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Kirk's bands before Metallica
Mesh
The garage band called 'Mesh' was his first band ever.
Exodus
The first band, that won a great reputation in the San Franscisco
'Bay Area' - metalscene. While he was playing in this band, he was
getting so much of wicked technique, that Metallica asked him to
join the band.
Kirk's projects beside Metallica
Spastik Children
San Francisco, CA 1986-1990
The lineup:
Fred Cotton - vocals
James Hetfield - drums & vocals
Cliff Burton - bass & vocals
Jim Martin - bass & vocals
James "Flunky" McDaniel - guitar & vocals
After Cliff's death Kirk and Jason took over his bass duties
Voodoo Children
Manhatten, NY - 1993
Jason Newsted - bass/vocals
Kirk Hammett - guitar
Tony Prinzivalli - guitar/vocals
Whitey Chrobak - keyboards
Tim Lau - drums
Les Claypool & Kirk Hammett
He recorded one track with Les Claypool from Primus.
Bands Kirk has played live with
Primus - "Tommy The Cat" & "Master of Puppets"
Portland, OR - December 11, 1990
Kirk played "Tommy the Cat" and "Master of Puppets"
together with Primus.
Linda Perry & Kirk Hammett - "Whole Lotta Love"
San Fransisco, CA - XXX, 1997 (?)
Kirk played Led Zeppellins "Whole Lotta Love" together
with Linda Perry from the band 4 Non-Blondes at the 'Bay Area Music
Awards'. Kirk's guitar sounded a bit more crunchy than the guitar
does in the original version of that song. Linda did the vocals
and at the end of the song right after she said something like:
"Here's Kirk Hammett. Maybe you heard of him. He's in this
band called Metallica?", Kirk played a few notes of the "Enter
Sandman" riff. It was aired on the local Bay Area alternative
radio station Live 105.
Swarm & Kirk Hammett
San Francisco, CA - March 20, 1999
He played with his friend's band Swarm on March 20 in 1999 in San
Fransisco. There have been even made a video of this show.
Kid Rock, Lars Ulrich & Kirk Hammett
Burbanks, CA - XX xx, 2000
Kirk and Lars played "American Badass" with Kid Rock on
Jay Lenos' "The Tonight Show". There were 3 guitarists
on stage so Kirk just played "co-rythm" and Lars played
drums. During the song's bells part, Kid Rock said "This is
the twisted brown trucker band with the pioneers of this music:
Metallica.". After the song Lars got up, gave Leno a hand shake
and hugged kid rock after the commercial break during the 10 second
interview lars was on Kid Rock's lap.
Bands Kirk has recorded with
Septic Death & Kirk Hammett
He played solos for Pushead's band Septic Death.
Pansy Devision - "Headbanger"
Kirk Hammett took part in Pansy Devision's song "Headbanger".
Orbital & Kirk Hammett
Kirk recorded with Orbital a song called "Satan" on the
"Spawn" - soundtrack.
Primus - "bonus track"
Kirk played together with Mark Osegueda of Death Angel and Primus
on an extra secret track on Primus' album "Anti-Pop".
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