He started heavy drinking after Cliff died. He was already and alcoholic but it got worse after that. Alcoholism ages you like crazy. This also applies to his change from 2016-2019.
1983 - 1987: Dave Mustaine 1988 - 1995: Lemmy 1996 - 1997: Abraham Ford 1997 - 2004: Shaggy Rogers 2005 - 2018: Jeff Woods/Jerry Williams 2019 - present: Hulk Hogan
@@sejn195that Also shows that cliff from 83’-86’ was truly the heart and soul that made Metallica what it is today James loved and respected him like an older brother so did Kirk and probably Lars he taught them harmonies timing etc and everything else they needed to know which is why the difference from KEA to RTL is massive even tho it’s only less than a year apart! Cliff was a true musical genius!
I watched a video last night.His look was as u describer.No facial hair, black on black.He has a great body.He could be about the hottest man on the planet
I wish I could go back in time during the Black album tour at my age now, and then fuck all the little slutty Metallica girls that came out of nowhere when Metallica started blowing up the charts
The list of songs, for anyone who wants to know. 0:00 Metal Militia 0:59 Fight Fire With Fire 1:20 Battery 1:35 Helpless 1:48 Dyers Eve 3:12 The Struggle Within 4:32 The Outlaw Torn 4:55 Devil's Dance 5:17 Stone Cold Crazy (?) 5:33 No Leaf Clover 5:58 I Disappear 6:23 St. Anger 7:56 My Apocalypse 10:17 Spit Out the Bone 11:47 The Day That Never Comes (S&M2)
There was a photo that surfaced on the internet of what appears to look like James in 2020 and he looks so different, it's like how he looked in 2014 without any facial hair and his hair was short, it could be fake but it creeped me out so much, obviously he'll change he's appearance but it's like he planned all this just so he can cut his hair I'm not saying the photo that I described could be a real 2020 photo though
@@fedora997 Probably fake.. I hope. I hated the way he looked in 2014... That made him look even older imo. Let's hope he still has his hair and mustache :)
It's not part of life. Its a curse we all inherited from Adam and Eve for disobeying Lord God. Before they did that we were to live and not age. That's why its so sad as it was never intended to happen.
@@bobwreck3775your telling the truth I’m Christian and it’s true ones like Moses lived a few hundred years old and still had the energy like he was 19 we’re lucky if we make it to 70 now.
I think my favorite look for James was from 98-2004 tbh. Kinda scary how in these last 2 or 3 years of touring the guy looks like hes aged 20 years. I wish him the best with his recovery in rehab. I love this band like crazy and they'll always be my #1 favorite.
i really dont undeurstand these rock stars from the 80's like metallica, motley crue, guns n roses, they get tattoos now they are 50 or 60 years old instead of when they were on their 20's or 30's
i believe 6:04 is from baltimore 2000 which was in july 2000, but dont take my word for it as im not 100% sure. im sure it was summer sanitarium though it was photographed
Mid 2003 was what James looked in late 2018 after growing the stache and while he was growing the hair. a month later James has longer hair but then he went to rehab and we don't know what he looks like now.
The James Hetfield I remember was that 79 and 81 class picture.. he was totally shy and a really nice cool guy! Eric Underwood class of 81 Downey High School California 👍
my fav james is from the years i discovered metallica 1990, but pics were also from around justice time, remember the one in the booklet they were so bad ass. he was in his 20s and to me looked like 50. aha. i tried to grow my beard (at 16) like his , but i could get only some mustache then i became kirk hammett instead. heroes
To me theres 3 different generations of Metallica, To me … Theres the Cliff years , then the Jason Years then the current version. THNK YOU CLIFF. You left a Legacy of Music to be enjoyed for many many years/
For some reason the current Granpa James reminds me of the old man in "The Lost Boys". Out of all of the band members, both James and Trujillo are the only two that appear as approachable and decent people.
I like his little childhood years and his high school years and his younger years in Metallica and his older ages in Metallica as well He’s changed a lot throughout the years
For his friends sake, cliff must think everyone's a dickhead for focusing on their friends death, instead of the music he lived for. Cool video bro, thanks for sharing!!
@@dragonforcefan3277 He's a solid build and tall (186 cm) so i think peak weight for him (100 kg) is not so impossible (85kg is too low!) at least 90 kg and then i would be surprised. He looks like 85 kg in lately 1999 and early 2000.
You know the thing bout my hero here is everybody says that his voice is not all that great blablabla.but the thing is is that mother fuckers don't understand his singing is just right because none of the other fucking frontmen can't do what my boy can do and riff the fuck out of that guitar like nobody's business.but the grit and the growls that he does just goes so smoothly with his guitar playing .I'm not saying that the other frontmen ain't great nononoi love them all also but papa het can do it like no other I'm not putting the ones down but papa het is just beyond all the others in my opoin.
It's normal and it has to happen, but It saddens me that the guys are getting old, I'm no spring chicken but Metallica has been a part of my life since I was a kid and they're getting up there.
i think if james wants to grow it out one last time before retiring, he should focus on volume on top. if he has body to his hair, it'll appear more like his hair is doing just fine and not unbalanced to the back/sides.
I just don’t know what happened between early and mid 2004 but that seems to be the time St. Anger James transitioned into Death Magnetic/Hardwired James (looks-wise). He looks much older from that point onwards, weird.
Before Cliff Death , James was skinny and with baby face
After Cliff Death , James grew muscles and appears of more age
It was a big change
You can see him trying to grow some facial hair in 1985 and maintaining a boyish face. When he tries again in 1988, then he looks like a grown man
Daniel Silva Pinheiro he got some whilst recording master of puppets there’s pictures of him in the studio with a beard
Are you aware that time goes forward?
@@lukaszm5011?
I feel like James hit puberty again after Cliff’s passing R.I.P Cliff
He started to change again after Newsted left too
Something about that bass
I think its the facial expressions he looks less like a kid beaming ear to ear
@@traviss1030 nah bass
He started heavy drinking after Cliff died. He was already and alcoholic but it got worse after that. Alcoholism ages you like crazy. This also applies to his change from 2016-2019.
He’s aged pretty good. A lot better than Lars.
Lol lars hair is the only thing that aged
Tbf Lars really looks the same
@@Can-of-Shrimp sup
Only thing that happened to lars is that he gained weight and few wrinkles here and there and obviously...the hair lmao
Lars looked 50 times better than James in 81 - 1994
83-87 street kid
88-93 wrestler
94 Thor
95 Viking
96 ragnorok
97-Chris Pratt
98-99 shaggy
00 nu-metal
03 shemus
04-18 jerry Williams
19 hulk hogan
Early 04 Owen Wilson then jerry Williams until 2018
Hulk Hogan? Wtf...
Haha I like the Hulk Hogan at the end. He's making a comeback next album
del 89 - 95 Lemmy
sheamus👌👌👌
0:45 Man, Kirk looked very different back in 1982
Damn what happened to him?
You bastard 😂
I was about to say that’s Dave but then I realized the joke
@@faizharits6691 r/woooosh
@@shadicstories6319 i already know it was D###
The Master Of EVERYONE
You goddamn right brother!!
1983 - 1987: Dave Mustaine
1988 - 1995: Lemmy
1996 - 1997: Abraham Ford
1997 - 2004: Shaggy Rogers
2005 - 2018: Jeff Woods/Jerry Williams
2019 - present: Hulk Hogan
lol
1995 Techno Wiking
1996 sheamus
1:39
This is where the epic transition happened
5:41
This is one of his best looks
@@joeyvitale3241
No Leaf Clover From S&M
Bruh 5:41 is NOT one of his best looks, 86-93 is
Nick Hudson i’d say 1986
He looks like Donnie Whalberg there.
@@toastfan23 hahaha he looks like a goat
Before cliff died - looks like a 15 year old boy
After cliff died - looks like a 40 year old man
@@sejn195that Also shows that cliff from 83’-86’ was truly the heart and soul that made Metallica what it is today James loved and respected him like an older brother so did Kirk and probably Lars he taught them harmonies timing etc and everything else they needed to know which is why the difference from KEA to RTL is massive even tho it’s only less than a year apart! Cliff was a true musical genius!
No homo, James was incredibly attractive in his early 20's
You got that right
For real😳
and still no homo he is still
I ain't gay either but....Lmao..I was thinking more so in his 30's. I think he hit his prime during load and early 2000's before st anger
Even though he has aged he still has that sex appeal.
1981-1983: PreTallica
1983-1993: Metallica
1994-2003: MoneyTallica
2003-2007: NuTallica
2008-Present: Metallica
Literally
Ahhaha
what is "nu"
@@mehmetunal9731 Nu Metal
2008-present: metallica (emphasizing the lowercase
8:41 Wtf happen with Lars in that photo ?
😂😂
And james has no pit hair..
LMFAOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He shit himself
Yes it is
My favorite James hetfield style is the black album with long hair and black pant, black t shirts. It was old high school days. Graduated 1994
I watched a video last night.His look was as u describer.No facial hair, black on black.He has a great body.He could be about the hottest man on the planet
I wish I could go back in time during the Black album tour at my age now, and then fuck all the little slutty Metallica girls that came out of nowhere when Metallica started blowing up the charts
@@DuggieDug111 sounds like a dream
the evolution of the table
James keeps on looking so different its like he's 5 different people.
8:42 that’s gotta be the best photo of Lars I’ve ever seen
@@becks1980 LMAOOOO HUMPTY DUMPTY
the change from 86' to 89' is crazy he foes from looking 17-30 in 3 years and then some how looks younger in 96'
It’s insane how much older you look with facial hair and younger without it
The list of songs, for anyone who wants to know.
0:00 Metal Militia
0:59 Fight Fire With Fire
1:20 Battery
1:35 Helpless
1:48 Dyers Eve
3:12 The Struggle Within
4:32 The Outlaw Torn
4:55 Devil's Dance
5:17 Stone Cold Crazy (?)
5:33 No Leaf Clover
5:58 I Disappear
6:23 St. Anger
7:56 My Apocalypse
10:17 Spit Out the Bone
11:47 The Day That Never Comes (S&M2)
5:17 is actually from Mercyful Fate medley ;)
hope heel keeps that long hair in rehab
Same!!
bc
There was a photo that surfaced on the internet of what appears to look like James in 2020 and he looks so different, it's like how he looked in 2014 without any facial hair and his hair was short, it could be fake but it creeped me out so much, obviously he'll change he's appearance but it's like he planned all this just so he can cut his hair I'm not saying the photo that I described could be a real 2020 photo though
Imagine James returning the And Justice For All look when they return
@@fedora997 Probably fake.. I hope. I hated the way he looked in 2014... That made him look even older imo. Let's hope he still has his hair and mustache :)
0:36 EL RUBIUUHHHH
JAJAJAJJAJAJAJ
Que bueno no ser el único que se dio cuenta xD
Lo conocerá?
I think it's so cool that he's growing his hair again. I hope he grows it long again
Maybe even blonde
He sadly cut it again
@@RickGrimesS5 where the video
@@KenaiTobin Go to rockfeed to get an idea haha
Yeah about that..i think we can wait again
James the Finest out of the group♥️
5:47 fred durst
screams 2000 so loud i can taste the translucent plastic
The bushy hair with the chops and gottee he just looked Fukin badass
I disappear time
History of a Table
James Hetfield for people who 35 now is like Elvis Priesly. He's always in your life
8:41 Golum photo bomb
I love you Lars
it is very sad to get old! but it's part of life! James Hetfield eternal!
It's not part of life. Its a curse we all inherited from Adam and Eve for disobeying Lord God. Before they did that we were to live and not age. That's why its so sad as it was never intended to happen.
@@bobwreck3775 k goofball
@@bobwreck3775💀
@@bobwreck3775your telling the truth I’m Christian and it’s true ones like Moses lived a few hundred years old and still had the energy like he was 19 we’re lucky if we make it to 70 now.
*Thank you for your good job , nice , very nice video . 1985 , 1986 James I love*
By 1988 he's battle hardened
Que disparate como a envejecido estos últimos años la melenita canosa esa no le favorece en nada
Psicologo: "Elrubius metalero no existe, no puede hacerte daño
0:35 Elrubius metalero
xD
es su papa un lokazo como el
I think my favorite look for James was from 98-2004 tbh. Kinda scary how in these last 2 or 3 years of touring the guy looks like hes aged 20 years. I wish him the best with his recovery in rehab. I love this band like crazy and they'll always be my #1 favorite.
It should be illegal to be that pretty
How is that even possible to be so freaking gorgeous
I really like the sideburns style from 86-87
2:00 the last time we see him with out the Stache
In the 80s of course
Yeah but he had those killer side burns though
@@mrswimshady96912:10 truly the last time, and yet in 88’ he still had the babyish face even tho he was 24/25 there
i really dont undeurstand these rock stars from the 80's like metallica, motley crue, guns n roses, they get tattoos now they are 50 or 60 years old instead of when they were on their 20's or 30's
Its very wierd
motley crue already are tattoo clad people since back god knows when. they're one of the most tattooed rock stars back in the days.
Its not uncommon. I have aunts in their 50s that got some recently.
Probably smarter to save it for later in life anyway. Less likely to regret it.
What about Sylvester Stallone? He was in his 60s when he got his done
0:52 the moment when the bad ass metal hetfield face is born
After 1998 my man just turned on swag mode
Have I really aged that much? I’m the same age as James. 1963 boomer.
6:23 *PONG* *PONG* *PONG* *PONG* *PONG* *PONG* *PONG* *PONG*
6:56
Why's James look like Rob? 😂
Late '96 - early '97 Hetfield activated the 'cool uncle whilst all the other grown-ups in the family always get annoyed with him' mode
I already can see James singing country Christmas songs in soon
i believe 6:04 is from baltimore 2000 which was in july 2000, but dont take my word for it as im not 100% sure. im sure it was summer sanitarium though it was photographed
Oh yeah could be. Idk, can't remember where I got that photo from but it said early 2000. Oh well, he pretty much looked the same that time haha
Rick Grimes S5 haha true!
From a thrasher to a metal head to a cowboy to a mullet to a hipster to a boyband to a biker to a hipster again to a please retire.....
Good video man, with music according the era
Mid 2003 was what James looked in late 2018 after growing the stache and while he was growing the hair. a month later James has longer hair but then he went to rehab and we don't know what he looks like now.
The James Hetfield I remember was that 79 and 81 class picture.. he was totally shy and a really nice cool guy!
Eric Underwood class of 81 Downey High School California 👍
How tall was he in 79 from 81
Did he have a growth spurt in those 2 years
my fav james is from the years i discovered metallica 1990, but pics were also from around justice time, remember the one in the booklet they were so bad ass. he was in his 20s and to me looked like 50. aha. i tried to grow my beard (at 16) like his , but i could
get only some mustache then i became kirk hammett instead. heroes
James Szacunek dla Ciebie za Wszystko.
Haha😀 pracownia geo plan lubi JH
3:03 wtf James had a mullet in 1989???
No, he shaved just the sides like Jason
It was for a good reason. He got burned.
1:16
James looked kinda cool here, especially with the facial hair
He wore beard in Denmark I think that's because it was too cold
@@juanantoniocarmonacamacho3344
Great, but still looked cool
He kinda look like young Gary oldman there
In my opinion he looked the coolest at 1:58
4:03, ok this photo is so badass
To me theres 3 different generations of Metallica, To me … Theres the Cliff years , then the Jason Years then the current version. THNK YOU CLIFF. You left a Legacy of Music to be enjoyed for many many years/
Ah ah HETFIELD? The lion roars again! yeah \\m//
man he aged so much between Puppets and Justice
Barry, you're fantastic...
For some reason the current Granpa James reminds me of the old man in "The Lost Boys". Out of all of the band members, both James and Trujillo are the only two that appear as approachable and decent people.
He became different in every decade
I like his little childhood years and his high school years and his younger years in Metallica and his older ages in Metallica as well He’s changed a lot throughout the years
Theory: James was replaced with a double that doesn’t look exactly like him in 1999
So he's had his hair short for 24 years.
No
Is it just me or is he the splitting image of the lion from the Wizard of Oz
Its the squinty eyes
Funnily enough, James is a Leo (represented by the Lion, of course). Coincidentally, so was the actor who played the Cowardly Lion in Wizard of Oz.
Love reminds me of the good old days
1999 james , his hair was long but real clean looking. Quite dapper playing with the San Francisco symphony
That was adorable.
The First 2014 Pic, He Looked like another man. A man thats not a MetalHead. Of course he looked like another person back in 96 Through Now.
There are times when he has a Paul Teutel senior of American chopper vibe to his image.
For his friends sake, cliff must think everyone's a dickhead for focusing on their friends death, instead of the music he lived for. Cool video bro, thanks for sharing!!
"Don't push James 'cause he is close to edge and he is trying not to eat any more garlic bread"
his weight changes a lot, in 2019 he was like 100 kg.
I don't think so only maybe like 80 or 85 kilos because he aint that fat
@@dragonforcefan3277 He's a solid build and tall (186 cm) so i think peak weight for him (100 kg) is not so impossible (85kg is too low!) at least 90 kg and then i would be surprised. He looks like 85 kg in lately 1999 and early 2000.
@@marcinsk6035 Well yeah true but in the 80s he was probably like 60 or 70 kilos.
@@dragonforcefan3277 Due to his height in the 80s he was like 70 kilos but not 60 :)
@@marcinsk6035 Ok thanks for the info
You know the thing bout my hero here is everybody says that his voice is not all that great blablabla.but the thing is is that mother fuckers don't understand his singing is just right because none of the other fucking frontmen can't do what my boy can do and riff the fuck out of that guitar like nobody's business.but the grit and the growls that he does just goes so smoothly with his guitar playing .I'm not saying that the other frontmen ain't great nononoi love them all also but papa het can do it like no other I'm not putting the ones down but papa het is just beyond all the others in my opoin.
Finally
Great effort
4:22
Really badass
2:58 James Hetfield no Brasil 🇧🇷
Best James character started in 1989 with that bearded mustache
Looked his best in the 90s
I think James had a late growth spurt like look how he stand at the mic in 1984-86 compared to 89
It's normal and it has to happen, but It saddens me that the guys are getting old, I'm no spring chicken but Metallica has been a part of my life since I was a kid and they're getting up there.
I’m 24 just discovered Metallica. Feels like I went back in time
Te amo, te admiro.... Vc sempre surpreende, sempre melhora.
Mid 1999 James is the most badass
'89 🔥😍
After i see this,life is short..
Holy Crap mid 2011-late 2011
Weight loss extreme
Maybe depression or diet :)
his best looks was in that era after the black album with the long hair and mustache he looked so savage
James : gOATEE YEAHH! Mutton chops with Stache YEAHHH! cLEAN SAVEN YEAHH fULL BEARD no!
James hetfield is my favorite country music artist
early 1989 he was the hottest man alive even with that mustache. DADDY
Lol get some girl! 😂
JayCee_ C i wish
Totally agree.
i think if james wants to grow it out one last time before retiring, he should focus on volume on top. if he has body to his hair, it'll appear more like his hair is doing just fine and not unbalanced to the back/sides.
Nothing stays the same, except the music of the Lords of THRASH METAL!!!
2022-dilf
9:40 James in Faith No More t-shirt ((:
I love that he does that.I pay attention to that.Mike Pattons no sloach !
Can u recall the band shirts he's worn?
Nice
Jeez the transfer between 81 an 82
And beyond magnetic
I just don’t know what happened between early and mid 2004 but that seems to be the time St. Anger James transitioned into Death Magnetic/Hardwired James (looks-wise). He looks much older from that point onwards, weird.
That’s when he had his alcohol issues
1986 Best Hair!
89-91 easily his best look imo
Wow 🌹
He looked like a 14 year old boy or some kind of cat until he got facial hair. Then he looked like the Cowardly Lion until like 1995