Metallica is one of the most well known rock bands in American history the band began on October 28, 1981 when drummer Lars Ulrich but an ad in the LA newspaper when James Hatfield answered the add with his skill on the guitar soon hatfield recruited his roommate Ron McGovney to play the bass guitar and Dave Mustaine to play the lead guitar they quickly recorded their first ever demo called “No Life ‘Til Leather” this demo blew up and they had shows all over the bay area they soon moved there after convincing Cliff Burton to leave the band Trauma that he was in to replace McGovney. Soon after they blew up on in the bay area they received an offer from the record company Megaforce Records. They soon moved to New York to record their first album shortly after arriving in NYC Mustaine was replaced by the legendary guitarist Kirk Hammett and they began recording their first album “Kill ‘em All.“ That Blew up with riffs like “The Four Horsemen,” “Whiplash” and “Seek and Destroy.” following their first album came “Ride The Lightning,” “Master of Puppets” that hit the Top 30 charts and their 4th album “…And Justice For All” Metallica also released their first self titled album fans know as “The Black Album” and their first-ever official live album they were a duel headline with Guns n’ Roses called “Live Shit: Binge & Purge” over the years Metallica’s fan base grew and they came out with more and more albums. Which leads to today In there 50’s Metallica still goes on tour and even is working on a new album “Hardwired to Self Destruct”