Metallica’s Kirk Hammett on Finally Going Solo: ‘I Was Shocked That I Got the Band’s Blessing’ - Rolling Stone

It's taken nearly four decades for the guitarist to want to record something outside the band. Now he's releasing the instrumental EP Portals

Thirty-nine years ago this month, on April Fool’s Day, Kirk Hammett got a call he hoped was no prank: an offer to join Metallica. The guitarist, then age 20, was still playing in Exodus, the thrash-m… [+14255 chars]

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