Kirk Hammett than Fleetwood himself.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame drummer looked back on his connection with Hammett in a recent conversation with
When they're not on tour, Fleetwood and Hammett live near one another in Maui. The two had encountered each before other in the area, but they didn't really strike up a friendship until
James Hetfield was in town for a charity concert that Fleetwood was hosting. Hetfield and Hammett visited Fleetwood at his house to rehearse a Metallica song for the gig.
"And I'm s----ing myself," Fleetwood recalled of his head space before the thrash metal icons' arrival. "What am I gonna do? You know, I play what I play. But any Metallica song is like a machine, and if one thing is out of place, it doesn't work. So I said, 'I'll do my best.' I'd met Kirk before that in a funny little shop here on Maui. But I had never met James Hetfield, and he said to me, 'This is one of the greatest moments in my life. Do you know how much your band means to me?' It was so humbling. And so that night, Kirk was actually onstage playing on [