Biography
Kirk Hammett is one of the most famous rock guitarists in the world. The member of the Metallica group, having entered the time of maturity, refused the detrimental habits of youth, but faithful to his teenagers and tastes.Childhood and youth
Kirk was born on November 18, 1962 in San Francisco. By the sign of the zodiac guitarist - Scorpio. 14 years before him, but also on November 18, two musicians were born at once - Estonian Tõnis Megia and Drummer of the German Rock Group Scorpions Herman Rarerell. To the book of Greg Prato about the works of German colleagues, Hammett wrote a preface in 2016.
Philippine blood flowed from the mother, and a mixture of European nationalities inherited from the Father flows in the vests of the musician. Before the birth of Kirk, his parents have already been on the light of the older son of Rica. Soon the younger sister Tony was added to the brothers.
Embed from getty imagesAlready in childhood, the native San Francisco became interested in two things that he devoted a biography - rock music and horrors. According to the family legend, 5-year-old Rick started a fight with a sister. Parents who have worsted children put a son in the corner. The boy did not stay anything, how to delve into what is happening on the TV screen, where the horror film was broadcast with elements of science fiction "Triffid Day". Winned so impressed Rica that he was forever became a fan of this genre.
According to another version, the parties in the family Hammett was often accompanied by drug use. For the time of turbulent parties, parents sent off the cinemas, where the evenings showed horror films.
Whatever it was, Hammett Junior became interested in comics with terrible stories who collect brother, and in elementary school spent money issued by parents for breakfasts to the purchase of magazines with Horrors. At Rock Music Kirk also raised Rick. Together with the elder brother, the boy listened to the records of Jimmy Hendrix, UFO and Led Zeppelin groups. To purchase musical equipment, Kirk in adolescence worked at Burger King.
Personal life
The musician was married twice. The first wife of Kirk was called Rebecca. The family existed for 3 years and broke up in the 1990s during the record of the Black Album.On the last January day of 1998, Hammett married the secondary. In 2006, Lani's wife gave birth to the rock star of the son of Edgela. After 2 years, Kirk and his spouse became the parents of another boy Vincenzo.
Celebrity's personal life complicates mental illness - attention deficit syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder. The main heroes of Martin Scorsese "Aviator" and James Brooksa "Brooks" and James Brooks "are better not happening", as well as one of the central characters of the Big Explosion Theory Sheldon Cooper.
Guitarist Lucky - with a height of 172 cm, the weight of Kirk is about 62 kg. The body of the men decorate the tattoos, in particular, the number of 666 is displayed on the buttock. The way Hammette looks without a mustache, can be seen, mowing photos laid out in the "Instagram" musician. Rocker - Vegetarian, and from eating flesh of animals, he refuses not from humanism (his living room is decorated with stuffed animals), and from the conviction that meat is harmful.
In addition to the music and collecting "horrors" of all kinds (from cassettes with films to posters), Kirk is fond of yoga, cooking and surfing. The musician, in his youth fond of drugs and alcohol, says that now surf and thrillers are his best antidepressants.
Another passion of rocker - collecting musical instruments: In 2016, he dried for $ 2 million Gary Mura guitar.
Music
At 16, Kirk had formed a Tresh metal group Exodus ("Exodus"), which was named after the novel of the American Writer of the Jewish Nationality of Leon Juris. The Hammetta team often played on the same stage with Metallica, and a young guitarist thought that with his participation "Metal ensemble" looked and sounded even better. At the same time, the musician took lessons at the virtuoso guitar Joe Satriani.
In the spring of 1983, Metallica terminated cooperation with guitarist Dave Mastein. The guy was abused by psychedelica and satisfied the scandals.
According to the memoirs of Hammetta, the frontman of the James Hatfield group called him and invited him to listen on April 1, and Kirk sent a natural need for a call during a call, sitting on the toilet. The guitarist took money on a ticket and flew from California to New York.
After the guy played a solo in the song Seek and Destroy, Metallica's leader decided to turn on the guitarist into the team. Since then, without Hammetta, studio records, concerts and group clips are not cost. In April 2009, the San Francisco native along with Metallica colleagues and its former members Jason Newstheted and Cliff Burton was introduced into the Hall of Glory Rock and Roll.
The death of Kliff in the fall of 1986 became a huge shock for Kirk. Metallica toured in Sweden, and the jet musicians played cards at wishes. The winning Burton wanted to take a bed on the bus, on which Hammett usually slept. Kirk reluctantly gave way. At night, the bus turned over, and Burton turned out to be the only dead, the remaining participants in the group were separated by light scratches. Hammett and now can not get rid of the idea that he should have been on the site of comrade.
Kirk Hammett now
From July 13, 2019 to January 5, 2020, an exhibition IT's Alive was held at the Royal Museum of Ontario! Classic Horror and Sci-Fi Art from The Kirk Hammett Collection, on which exhibits were presented from the personal collection of the musician - one of the largest assemblies of the relics from the history of horror movies in the world.On August 28, 2020, a new Metallica album comes on sale, which is based on the records of joint concerts with the Symphony Orchestra Michael Tilson Thomas, held in September 2019. On the cover of a disc, which includes 20 compositions, a joint photo of the conductor and Kirk Hammetta is posted.
Discography
- 1983 - Kill 'Em All
- 1984 - RIDE THE LIGHTNING
- 1986 - Master Of Puppets
- 1988 - ... and Justice for all
- 1991 - Metallica (The Black Album)
- 1996 - Load.
- 1997 - Reload.
- 2003 - St. Anger.
- 2008 - Death Magnetic
- 2016 - Hardwired ... to Self-Destruct