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- In 1980 Lars Ulrich, moved from Copenhagen to L.A.
- he placed an ad in a South California paper called The Recycler looking for musicians to play with. James Hetfield got together with Lars for a jam session. In the summer 1981 James and Lars then, formed a band and called it Metallica. (the name: Lars Ulrich asked his friend for help.. after hearing the name \"Metallica\", Lars quickly suggested a different name and kept \"Metallica\" for himself!)
- 1981 Dave Mustaine joined the band, lead guitar
- 1982 the guitar bass player Cliff Burton joined the band
- April 1, 1983 Kirk Hammett replaced Dave Mustaine lead guitar who had to leave cause of alcohol
- Record label deal with Elektra fall 84
- Kill \'Em All, is released late 1984 tour
- RIDE THE LIGHTNING 1984
(Fade to Black theft of the band\'s equipment that year in Boston)
- MASTER OF PUPPETS 1986 #29 on the US charts
tour with Ozzy Osbourne did rise their popularity
-September 27th, 1986 after concert Sweden Clifford Burton killed tourbus accident
- Jason Newsted was chosen new guitar bas player
- August 1988 ...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
#6 on the US charts; Grammy for the One single; first music video \"one\" (soundtrack film \"Johnny Got His Gun\", which was made from the book by Dalton Trumbo); worldtour
- 1991 legendary METALLICA/BLACK album
new producer Bob Rock, this album previous with shorter songs, a fuller sound and simpler arrangements
number one all over the world, for several weeks, selling about 15 million copies, earning a Grammy and MTV/ American Music Awards, touring for three years
one tour with Guns N\' Roses
after all the long touring the members of the band were argueing a lot
- 1996 after a 4 years brake LOAD
powerful and eclectic, The Load tour was spectacular, huge stages, a more then 2 hours performance
- 1997 RELOAD
- 1998 GARAGE INC.
- 1999 with Michael Kamen composer San Francisco Symphony Orchester play old metal metallica songs with orchester
2 concerts April at the Berkeley Community Theater
S&M(Symphony&Metal) and DVD in late \'99
- 2001 Jason Newsted left the band privat reasons
Bob Rock all bass parts
- Spring of 2002 recording St. Anger with Bob Rock
- Fall 2002 Ozzy Osbourne bass player Robert Trujillo new member of Metallica
- 2003 St. Anger
- 2002 rock in park/ rock am ring
-13.06.2004 München Olympiastadion
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