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James Hetfield

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    Seven Collaborations Mick Jagger, Arcade Fire, and Foo Fighters Could Take a Hint From

    Saturday Night Live is ending its 37th season with a bang. Last week, classic alum Will Ferrell hosted the show, reprising his parody of George W. Bush, and the 100th SNL Digital Short was aired. Things look to get even bang-ier with this Saturday's season finale, featuring Mick Jagger taking the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2012

    Landmine Marathon to Perform at Metallica's Orion Festival

    See also: Metallica Curates Orion Music and More Festival: Who Picked Which Bands? Lucero's Brian Venable on Metallica Being Dead to Him, ATO Records, and Women & Work When Metallica revealed the lineup for Orion Music and More, the two-day festival curated by the band members themselves, plenty o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2012

    Lucero's Brian Venable on Metallica Being Dead to Him, ATO Records, and Women & Work

    Memphis rockers Lucero have a timeless quality, a lowdown, from-the-gut, blue-collar rock 'n' roll sound that could have been recorded any time since the late '60s (save for a few flashes of class of '77 punk strut). Timeless, but not timely, according to guitarist Brian Venable. After nearly a de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    Metallica Curates Orion Music and More Festival: Who Picked Which Bands?

    Metal legends Metallica recently announced the two-day Orion Music and More Festival, where the band will headline each night by playing a different classic album, Ride the Lightning and The Black Album, in their entirety. There's a super-long video on the festival site featuring an interview with t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    Five Holiday Gifts for Your Metal-Loving Uncle

    ​Alright, slacker. There's no more denying it: the holidays are here, and you need to get on that shopping list. Luckily, Up on the Sun has caught gift guide-fever, and over the course of this week we'll be offering you suggestions for the entire family. It's hard to forget your metal-loving ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2011

    Metallica & Lou Reed's Lulu: Music for Gas-Huffing, Denim-Clad Arizona Teenagers?

    ​Clanging acoustic guitars, pitched somewhere between Led Zeppelin's ballads and John Fahey's American Primitivism, and then, a voice, singular and unmistakable. It is the voice of Lou Reed: "I would cut my legs and tits off when I think of Boris Karloff and Kinski / In the dark of the moon / You ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2011

    Metal Goes Pop: Five Examples of Doing It Right

    ​Yesterday our compatriots at Country Grind announced that heavy rockers Torche and Part Chimp will team for upcoming Chunklet-issued 12-inch record that finds Torche covering legendary lo-fi rockers Guided By Voices. Torche have always been a metal band unafraid to embrace big pop sounds, and th ... More >>

  • Music

    August 18, 2011

    Diamond Head @ The Clubhouse Music Venue

    ​Yesterday our compatriots at Country Grind announced that heavy rockers Torche and Part Chimp will team for upcoming Chunklet-issued 12-inch record that finds Torche covering legendary lo-fi rockers Guided By Voices. Torche have always been a metal band unafraid to embrace big pop sounds, and th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2011

    Absent: The Film Featuring James Hetfield of Metallica Available to Order Tomorrow

    ​Do you remember a couple months back, when I wrote about the Central Christian Church screening of Absent, the documentary by Justin Hunt about absent fathers featuring James Hetfield of Metallica? Yeah, me too. This year has flown by. I feel like I wrote that yesterday, but that was freaking ... More >>

  • Music

    April 28, 2011

    Kenny Chesney Is All Hat and No Saddle

    ​Do you remember a couple months back, when I wrote about the Central Christian Church screening of Absent, the documentary by Justin Hunt about absent fathers featuring James Hetfield of Metallica? Yeah, me too. This year has flown by. I feel like I wrote that yesterday, but that was freaking ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2011

    James Hetfield of Metallica to Speak at Absent Screening at Central Christian Church in Mesa Interview with Director Justin Hunt

    ​Fresh off his awesome performance at The Big 4 Festival in Indio, Metallica frontman James Hetfield is scheduled to speak at Central Christian Church in Mesa on May 12.Hetfield will be part of a Q & A following a screening of Absent, a documentary directed by Gilbert filmmaker Justin Hunt, kn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2011

    The Big 4 Festival at Empire Polo Grounds Last Night

    Mike R. MeyerJames Hetfield of Metallica performs at The Big 4 Festival in Indio.​The Big 4 Festival (Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax) Empire Polo Grounds, Indio, California Saturday, April 23, 2011 It's not an understatement to say that yesterday's Big 4 Festival was an event nearly thre ... More >>

  • Music

    April 21, 2011

    Megadeth's Dave Mustaine Is Metal's MVP

    Mike R. MeyerJames Hetfield of Metallica performs at The Big 4 Festival in Indio.​The Big 4 Festival (Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax) Empire Polo Grounds, Indio, California Saturday, April 23, 2011 It's not an understatement to say that yesterday's Big 4 Festival was an event nearly thre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2010

    Iraqi Metal Band Acrassicauda on Moving to Brooklyn and More

    Iraqi metal rockers Acrassicauda.​Every band has its set of problems. Feuding guitarists, trouble getting gigs, issues with scraping up enough money to record a record or go on tour.Few American bands face the same struggles as Acrassicauda -- an Iraqi metal band that recently moved to Brooklyn. T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 22, 2009

    Coming Soon: Beatallica's Second

    Between them, The Beatles and Metallica have probably sold something like 5% of all records ever manufactered. So I was pretty excited to hear the sophomore record from Beatles/Metallica mashup band, Beatallica. The Masterful Mystery Tour, slated for release August 2, takes it's name from Metallica' ... More >>

  • Music

    February 26, 2009

    The Expendables

    Between them, The Beatles and Metallica have probably sold something like 5% of all records ever manufactered. So I was pretty excited to hear the sophomore record from Beatles/Metallica mashup band, Beatallica. The Masterful Mystery Tour, slated for release August 2, takes it's name from Metallica' ... More >>

  • Music

    October 16, 2008

    Metallica’s Therapist Opens Up

    Between them, The Beatles and Metallica have probably sold something like 5% of all records ever manufactered. So I was pretty excited to hear the sophomore record from Beatles/Metallica mashup band, Beatallica. The Masterful Mystery Tour, slated for release August 2, takes it's name from Metallica' ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 16, 2008

    Metallica’s Therapist Opens Up

    Between them, The Beatles and Metallica have probably sold something like 5% of all records ever manufactered. So I was pretty excited to hear the sophomore record from Beatles/Metallica mashup band, Beatallica. The Masterful Mystery Tour, slated for release August 2, takes it's name from Metallica' ... More >>

  • Music

    May 15, 2008

    Harptallica

    Between them, The Beatles and Metallica have probably sold something like 5% of all records ever manufactered. So I was pretty excited to hear the sophomore record from Beatles/Metallica mashup band, Beatallica. The Masterful Mystery Tour, slated for release August 2, takes it's name from Metallica' ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 15, 2008

    ...And Harps For All

    Between them, The Beatles and Metallica have probably sold something like 5% of all records ever manufactered. So I was pretty excited to hear the sophomore record from Beatles/Metallica mashup band, Beatallica. The Masterful Mystery Tour, slated for release August 2, takes it's name from Metallica' ... More >>

  • Music

    September 20, 2007

    Cartridge Family

    Musicians with munitions

  • Music

    January 18, 2007

    Rock Docs Are Go!

    As CDs wither, the low-budget rockumentary is born again

  • Music

    April 20, 2006

    Master Plan

    You'll hog these covers

  • Music

    February 17, 2005

    Some Other Monster

    Ten years before short hair, Napster, sobriety and group therapy for Metallica, there was Metallimania

  • News

    December 30, 2004

    Fahrenheit 2004

    Remembering the movies that heated up cinemas this year

  • News

    December 30, 2004

    Leaning Sideways

    In a year when small movies came up big, picking the best was a Payne

  • Music

    December 30, 2004

    Up From the Underworld

    This year, blood-soaked extreme metal took its rightful place in the world of heavy music

  • Music

    October 28, 2004

    Megadeth

    Mustaine resurrects the great metal beast

  • Film

    August 5, 2004

    Head Trip

    Between hard rock and a safe place, Metallica finds itself

  • News

    April 8, 2004

    Letters

    Letters from the week of April 8, 2004

  • Music

    March 11, 2004

    Devil in the Details

    New books document heavy metal's ugly history

  • Music

    October 16, 2003

    Cheese Wizards

    Primus scrape the mold off their sabbatical with a retrospective DVD, new songs and a tour celebrating their cheesiest album

  • Music

    June 19, 2003

    Metallica

    St. Anger (Elektra)

  • Music

    January 9, 2003

    Good Grief

    Waylon Jennings' widow and youngest son say goodbye to a sad year -- with rock stars. In Phoenix!

  • Music

    August 30, 2001

    Metal Morfosis

    The Latin Grammys pay close attention to Juanes

  • Music

    January 14, 1999

    Recordings

    The Latin Grammys pay close attention to Juanes

  • Music

    May 15, 1997

    Recordings

    The Latin Grammys pay close attention to Juanes

  • Music

    June 20, 1996

    The Pantheon (Bow Down Before the Gods of Metal)

    The Latin Grammys pay close attention to Juanes

  • Music

    June 20, 1996

    Metallica-ca

    The Latin Grammys pay close attention to Juanes

  • Music

    June 3, 1992

    NOT EXACTLY EASY LISTENINGMETALLICA IS STILL HARD TO TAKE

    The Latin Grammys pay close attention to Juanes

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