childhood and early years 1;
and ‘Cliff ’Em All’ video 1;
divorce 1, 2;
early musical influences 1;
first show with Metallica 1;
and Flotsam and Jetsam 1, 2, 3;
groups involved with 1;
initiation ceremonies 1;
joins Metallica 1, 2, 3;
role of in Metallica 1;
treatment of by Hetfield and Ulrich 1, 2
Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy 1
Nirvana 1, 2;
‘Smells Like Teen
Spirit’ 1
NME 1
No Life ’Til Leather demo 1, 2, 3
‘No Remorse’ 1, 2
North American tours: (1974) 1, 2;
(1985) 1;
(1986) 1
‘Nothing Else Matters’ 1, 2
Nugent, Ted 1
Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum 1
Oakland Raiders 1
Obsession 1
Old Waldorf nightclub (San Francisco) 1, 2;
Metallica show at (1982) 1, 2, 3
O’Mahoney, Paul 1
‘One’ 1, 2;
music video for 1
One On One Studios (Hollywood) 1, 2, 3, 4
100 Club (Oxford Street) 1
‘Orion’ 1, 2, 3
Orion Music + More event (Bader Field) (2012) 1
Osbourne, Ozzy 1, 2, 3;
relationship with Metallica 1;
Ultimate Sin album 1;
Ultimate Sin tour 1
Osbourne, Sharon 1
Overton, Mike 1
Pantera 1, 2
Pareles, Jon 1
Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC) 1
Parker, Brad 1
Payola$ 1
Perry, Joe 1, 2
Perry, Neil 1
Phantom Lord 1, 2
Phonogram 1, 2
Piercy, Doug 1
Plant, Robert 1
Playhouse Theatre (Edinburgh) 1
Pope, Bill 1
Primus 1
Psycho, Billy 1
Public Enemy 1
punk movement 1
Putterford, Mark 1
Q Prime 1, 2, 3, 4
Quintana, Ron 1, 2, 3, 4
Radio City concert (1982) 1
Rainbow: Difficult to Cure 1
Rampage Radio (radio show) 1
Rasmussen, Flemming 1, 2;
and … And Justice for All album 1, 2, 3, 4;
background 1;
and Master of Puppets album 1, 2, 3;
and Ride the Lightning album 1, 2, 3
Ratt 1, 2
Raven 1, 2, 3;
All for One 1;
Metallica’s tour with (1974) 1
Rayfield, Trace 1
Reed, Lou 1
‘Ride the Lightning’ 1, 2
Ride the Lightning (album) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7;
criticism of by Bronze label 1;
recording of 1, 2;
release of 1;
sales 1, 2;
tracks 1
Ride the Lightning European tour (1984) 1
Rio San Gabriel Elementary School 1
Rising Force 1
Roberts, Juliana 1
Rock, Bob 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Rock’n Roll Heaven (New Jersey) 1
Rocshire Records 1
Rods, The 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Rolling Stones: Altamont concert (1969) 1;
Hyde Park concert (1969) 1
Roseland Ballroom concert (New York) (1984) 1, 2
Rubin, Rick 1
Rudy, Jack 1
Russell, Xavier 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Ruthie’s Inn (Berkeley) 1
‘Sad But True’ 1, 2, 3
Salomon, Michael 1, 2
San Francisco 1, 2;
metal scene 1;
see also Bay Area
San Francisco Civic Auditorium concert (1985) 1
Saturday Night Live 1
Saxon 1, 2, 3
Schenker, Michael 1, 2
Schneider, Bobby 1
Scorpions 1, 2
Scott, Bon 1
Scott, Ian 1
Scott, Patrick 1, 2, 3, 4
Secret label 1
‘Seek and Destroy’ 1, 2
September 1th (2001) 2
Sex Pistols 1, 2;
‘Anarchy in the UK’ 1
‘Shortest Straw, The’ 1
Sideburns (fanzine) 1
Sigur Rós 1
Simon, Paul 1
Sixx, Nikki 1, 2
Slagel, Brian 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Slayer 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
Reign in Blood 1, 2
Smallwood, Rod 1
Snyder, Dee 1
Some Kind of Monster (documentary) 1
Sounds (magazine) 1, 2
Souza, Steve ‘Zetro’ 1, 2
Starship 1
Status Quo 1
Stockholm 1
Stone, The (Broadway): Metallica’s appearance (1982) 1, 2;
Metallica’s appearance (1983) 1
Sweet Silence Studios (Copenhagen) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Syrinx 1
Tanner, Hugh 1, 2, 3
Tatler, Brian 1
‘Thing That Should Not Be, The’ 1
Thompson, Steve 1, 2, 3
Thorne, Dave 1
thrash metal 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
‘To Live Is To Die’ 1
Tommy’s Joynt 1
‘Trapped Under Ice’ 1
Trauma 1, 2
Troubadour nightclub (Los Angeles) 1, 2
Trumbo, Dalton 1
Tsangarides, Chris 1
Twisted Sister 1, 2, 3
Tyler, Steven 1
Udo, Mr 1
Ulrich, Lars: Anthony as musical mentor 1, 2;
attempt to shake loose thrash metal tag on group 1;
car crash 1;
in charge of Metallica’s offstage operation 1;
childhood and upbringing 1;
and death of Burton 1, 2;
and drugs 1;
drums 1, 2;
early musical influences and favourite bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5;
eating habits 1;
exacting standards 1;
first meeting with Hetfield 1, 2;
formation and naming of Metallica 1;
forms first band 1, 2;
on front cover of Kerrang! 1;
and Hollywood rock scene 1;
home in San Francisco 1;
marriage and divorce 1;
moves to California with parents 1;
obsession with New Wave of British Heavy Metal 1, 2, 3, 4;
parental background 1;
punched by Hetfield at Troubadour show 1;
record collection 1;
relationship with Hetfield 1;
road trip to England (1981) 1;
schooling 1;
sexual activities 1, 2;
technical abilities as a drummer 1;
and tennis 1, 2;
view of Ride the Lightning album 1;
wanting to get rid of by Hetfield and Burton rumour 1
Ulrich, Lone (mother) 1, 2
Ulrich, Torben (father) 1, 2, 3
Ultimate Sin tour (1986) 1
‘Unforgiven, The’ 1, 2
Van Halen 1, 2, 3, 4
Vandenberg, Adrian 1, 2
Vanek, Kerry 1
Veloz, Ron and Rich 1
Venom 1
Vera, Joey 1, 2, 3
Volkshaus club (Zurich) 1
Wagener, Michael 1, 2
‘Wait, The’ 1
Wall, Mick 1
W.A.S.P. 1, 2
‘Welcome Home’ 1, 2
‘Wherever I May Roam’ 1
‘Whiplash’ 1, 2
Whiplash (fanzine) 1
Whiskey (a Go Go) club (Hollywood) 1, 2
Whitaker, Mark 1, 2, 3
Wright, Toby 1
Y&T 1, 2
Zazula, Johnny 1, 2, 3, 4;
ending of time with Metallica 1;
finances 1, 2, 3;
founding of Megaforce record label 1;
and Metallica’s contract with Electra Records 1;
and Raven 1;
takes interest in Metallica and invites them over to New Jersey 1;
wire tap fraud conviction 1
Zazula, Marsha 1, 2, 3
Zed, Tony 1
Portraits of the artists as young men James Hetfield
Lars Ulrich
Cliff Burton
Kirk Hammett.
Early LA gig fliers: note the mention of the non-existent ‘Metallica EP’, the recordings for which surfaced on the No Life ’Til Leather cassette.
Metal Blade CEO Brian Slagel’s copy of the No Life ’Til Leather demo, with handwritten track titles and notes by Lars Ulrich.
The back cover of the Metal Massacre album, Metallica’s first vinyl outing. Spot the unfortunate spelling errors …
Dave Mustaine backstage at The Stone, San Francisco, March 5, 1983, the night of Cliff Burton’s first gig with Metallica.
James Hetfield photographed at 13004 Curtis and King Road, the home he shared with Ron McGovney in Norwalk, California.
The Young Metal Attack: Metallica backstage at The Stone, March 19, 1983.
Cliff Burton onstage at the Marquee club, London, March 27, 1984.
Alcoholica: Drunk and disorderly in Paris, August 29, 1984.
Award winners: receiving silver discs marking 60,000 sales of Ride the Lightning, backstage at the Lyceum, London, December 20, 1984.
Cliff Burton, sound checking in Stockholm, December 12, 1984.
The Little Prince: Lars Ulrich meets his public after an Iron Maiden show at the San Jose Civic, California, July 3, 1985.
An early photo shoot with new bassist Jason Newsted in 1986.
James Hetfield, onstage during the Master of Puppets tour, 1986.
Lars and Torben Ulrich in Copenhagen, Denmark, c.1991.
Ready for lift off: an early ‘Black Album’ photo session, 1991.
About the Authors
Paul Brannigan and Ian Winwood are two of the UK’s foremost music writers. Author of the Sunday Times best-seller This Is a Call: The Life and Times of Dave Grohl, Brannigan contributes to Rolling Stone, Classic Rock, Q and Metal Hammer magazines, while Winwood has written for Rolling Stone, the Guardian, Mojo, Kerrang!, NME and the BBC.
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