38 Years Ago: Kirk Hammett Invited to Audition for Metallica
In the middle of the afternoon on April 1, 1983, Exodus guitarist Kirk Hammett was sitting on the toilet when the phone rang. He picked it up and it was the band’s manager Mark Whitaker. After exchanging pleasantries, Whitaker cut to the chase and asked Hammett if he wanted to audition for Metallica.
Figuring the call was an April Fool’s prank, Hammett responded, “Yeah, right” and then hung up. Whitaker called back and explained Metallica manager Jonny Z wanted him to call Hammett since he was close to both bands. When Hammett asked why Metallica wanted to replace Dave Mustaine, Whitaker said, “He f -ing sucks, man,” according to the biography Birth School Metallica Death, Vol. 1, by Paul Brannigan and Ian Winwood. “His tone sucks, his playing… He’s a f -ing drunk.”
38 Years Ago: Kirk Hammett Invited to Audition for Metallica
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