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Interview: Metallica's Kirk Hammett on His New Book, 'Too Much Horror Business' (12/21/2012) You know him as Metallica’s lead guitarist. But to a select group of obsessive outsiders, Kirk Hammett is famous for a completely different reason: for years, the wizard of wah has been quietly amassing one of the world’s most extensive collecti... |
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Playing Tips: Metallica's Kirk Hammett (12/5/2012) Metallica’s Kirk Hammett is a giant among men. There isn’t a guitar poll he hasn’t won, and his popularity runs high among fans and critics alike. Few would dispute the contention that he is, with the possible exception of Edward Van Halen, the ... |
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Video: Kirk Hammett Performs "Trapped Under Ice" with Death Angel (11/5/2012) Kirk Hammett evidently knows how to throw a book party. The Metallica guitarist invited Bay Area thrashers Death Angel to perform at the release party for his new book, Too Much Horror Business: The Kirk Hammett Collection. (Hah! Take that, Jona... |
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Excerpt: Three Horror-Themed Questions with Metallica's Kirk Hammett (10/15/2012) The following in an excerpt taken from the December 2012 issue of Guitar World. For the full story, as well as features on the Beatles, Maroon 5, Bring Me the Horizon and more, pick up the issue on newsstands now, or in our online store. If you ... |
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Kirk Hammett: How to Play Like Stevie Ray Vaughan (8/7/2012) It’s definitely true that Stevie Ray Vaughan is one of my all-time favorite guitarists. Ironically, I was never really into Stevie while he was alive. Then, shortly after he died, I got hold of a video of him playing a live show and was just to... |
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Poll: The Greatest Guitarist of All Time, Round 2 — Kirk Hammett Vs. Dave Mustaine (7/3/2012) Welcome to our first-ever Greatest Guitarist poll, where 128 guitarists go head to head, round by round, in a bracketed format, all to crown your choice for the Greatest Guitarist of All Time. We filled 124 of 128 slots with the names of a host ... |
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James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett reflect on Metallica's Black Album (6/25/2012) This past weekend, Metallica held their first-annual Orion Music + More festival in Atlantic City, New Jersey, performing their sophomore album, Ride The Lightning, in its entirety for the first time ever (albeit in reverse tracklist order), and... |
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Kirk Hammett to Release 'Too Much Horror Business' Book in October (6/20/2012) When we spoke to Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammet a couple of weeks back, he mentioned he would be unveiling a brand new book at his Kirk's Crypt tent at this weekend's Orion Music + More festival. "It's a book about vintage tour and movie poste... |
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Interview: Kirk Hammett Talks Orion Festival, His New Book and the New Metallica Album (6/7/2012) When the book is closed on Metallica and the final history written, you won't find the word "unambitious" anywhere. In fact, with a busy European festival season nearly behind them, their own Orion Music festival looming, a 3D movie in the works... |
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White Wizzard's Erik Kluiber - How To Solo In the Style of Metallica's Kirk Hammett
(4.5 Stars · 114 Ratings) Guitarist Erik Kluiber from L.A. heavy metal act White Wizzard shows you how to solo in the style of Metallica's Kirk Hammett. White Wizzard recently finished recording Over the Top, their full-length follow-up to the High Speed GTO mini-album. ...(more) Guitar Lessons · 4:04 · Shared on 3/15/2010 by WholeNote |
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Randall Kirk Hammett Signature Amp
(4.5 Stars · 519 Ratings) Guitar World's gear editor Paul Riario demonstrates the features of the Randall Kirk Hammett Signature Head and Cabinet. For more gear reviews, lessons, interviews and more check out guitarworld.com! (more) Product Demos · 3:18 · Shared on 7/9/2008 by WholeNote |
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Randall Kirk Hammett RM100KH MTS Signature Series Amplifier
(4.6 Stars · 347 Ratings) For more gear reviews and videos check out guitarworld.com In this video Guitar World's gear editor Paul Riario demonstrates the features of Randall Kirk Hammett RM100KH MTS signature series amplifier and RS412KHX signature cabinet. Product Demos · 6:36 · Shared on 10/17/2008 by WholeNote |
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Quick Licks - Metallica - Creeping Death
(4.7 Stars · 132 Ratings) In Quick Licks, we'll be bringing you short, bite-sized video lessons that show you how to play classic riffs from your favorite songs. In the following video, Guitar World's Matt Scharfglass shows you how to play the main riff to "Creeping Deat...(more) Guitar Licks · 1:51 · Shared on 11/15/2011 by WholeNote |
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Metallica Lesson: "The Unforgiven" Intro (Part 1)
(4.8 Stars · 295 Ratings) Go to http://www.guitarworld.com/video-lesson-metallicas-unforgiven for the rest of this exclusive Guitar World lesson on how to play Metallica's "The Unforgiven." This video is bonus content related to the March 2011 issue of Guitar World. For ...(more) Guitar Lessons · 5:29 · Shared on 7/5/2011 by WholeNote |
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Musikmesse '09-Dunlop Kirk Hammett Wah & MXR Fullbore Demos
(4.8 Stars · 33 Ratings) http://www.premierguitar.com PG's Chris Burgess is On Location in Frankfurt, Germany, for Musikmesse '09 where he visits the Dunlop/MXR booth. In this video segment, we hear two product demos; the Dunlop Kirk Hammett Signature Wah (KH-95) and th...(more) Product Demos · 4:50 · Shared on 5/5/2009 by WholeNote |
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Dunlop Kirk Hammett Signature Wah
(4.6 Stars · 216 Ratings) For more gear reviews and videos check out guitarworld.com... In this video Guitar World's gear editor Paul Riario demonstrates the features of the Dunlop Kirk Hammett signature wah. Product Demos · 3:07 · Shared on 1/21/2010 by WholeNote |