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15 Metallica Facts in Their 35 Years

15 Metallica Facts in Their 35 Years

1- They have 5 number 1 records on Billboard top 200 . Upon Death magnetic’s Release in 2008 , No other Artist had accomplished this feat

 

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3- “Master of Puppets” is Metallica’s Most Played Live Song With 1,256 Total Plays

Followed by :

1209 : Creeping Death

1135 : ONE

1128 : Seek and Destroy

1034 : For Whom the Bell Tolls

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5- Bas player Cliff Burton was killed on September 27 1986 , After their Bust Lost Control and Flipped While the band was on tour in sweden

Bas player Cliff Burton was killed on September 27 1986 , After their Bust Lost Control and Flipped While the band was on tour in sweden

6– April 2000 : Metallica Famously Fought against music piracy by filling a lawsuit against napster for enabling users to trade piraded music

 Metallica Famously Fought against music piracy by filling a lawsuit against napster for enabling users to trade piraded music

 

7- October 1981 – : Metallica Formed after James Hetfield addressed a characterized promotion put in the recycler by Lars Ulrich Looking For People to stick with in los angeles

 

8- 9:57 Length Metallica’s Longest Song “Suicide & Redemption” on Death Magnetic , 2008

9:08 Length of Shortest song “MotorBreath” From Kill ‘Em All , 1983

 

10- 1983 – Dave Mustaine Who went on to found megadeth in 1983 , was Metallicas First Lead Guitarist

11- Number of Official Members that have played in Metallica

12- Metallica Has Sold an estimated 100 Million Records Worldwide

 

13– Sinse Nielsen Soundscan Began in 1991 , The Black album has sold 15,620,000 Records ,

The Best Selling Album in The USA

 

 

 

14 – Metallica won 8 Grammy Awards

YearRecipient/Nominated workAwardResult
    
1990“One”Best Metal PerformanceWon
1991“Stone Cold Crazy”Won
1992MetallicaWon
“Enter Sandman”Best Rock Song 
1996“For Whom the Bell Tolls”Best Metal Performance 
1999“Better than You”Won
 Best Hard Rock Performance 
2000“Whiskey in the Jar”Won
2001“The Call of Ktulu”Best Rock Instrumental PerformanceWon
2004“St. Anger”Best Metal PerformanceWon
    
2009Death Magnetic  
Best Recording PackageWon[I]
“My Apocalypse”Best Metal PerformanceWon
  

15- Kirk hammett  once took private lesson from guitar virtuoso  Joe Satriani and Kirk is Vegetarian

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