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Kirk Hammett
- Real/full name:
- Kirk Lee Hammett
- Age:
- 61 (born Nov 18th, 1962)
- Place of birth:
- United States (San Francisco, California)
- Gender:
- Male
Kirk Hammett
Guitars (2021-present)
Metallica
Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) (1983-present)
| 1983 | Kill 'Em All | Guitars (lead) |
| 1983 | Whiplash (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 1984 | Jump in the Fire (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 1984 | Ride the Lightning | Songwriting (tracks 4, 5, 7), Guitars (lead), Lyrics (track 7) |
| 1984 | Creeping Death (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 1986 | Master of Puppets | Songwriting (tracks 2-5, 8), Guitars (lead) |
| 1986 | Master of Puppets (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 1987 | The $5.98 EP - Garage Days Re-Revisited (EP) | Guitars (lead) |
| 1987 | Cliff 'Em All! (Video) | Guitars (lead) |
| 1988 | Harvester of Sorrow (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 1988 | ...and Justice for All | Songwriting (tracks 2, 3, 7, 9), Guitars (lead) |
| 1988 | Eye of the Beholder (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 1989 | One (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 1989 | 2 of One (Video) | Guitars (lead) |
| 1991 | Enter Sandman (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 1991 | Metallica | Songwriting (tracks 1, 4, 7, 9), Guitars (lead) |
| 1991 | The Unforgiven (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 1992 | Nothing Else Matters (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 1992 | Live at Wembley Stadium (Single) | Guitars |
| 1992 | For Those About to Rock - Monsters in Moscow (Split video) | Guitars (lead) |
| 1992 | Wherever I May Roam (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 1992 | A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica Part 1 & 2 (Video) | Guitars (lead) |
| 1993 | Sad but True (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 1993 | Live Shit: Binge & Purge (Live album) | Guitars (lead) |
| 1994 | One (live) (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 1996 | Until It Sleeps (Video) | Guitars (lead) |
| 1996 | Until It Sleeps (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 1996 | Load | Songwriting (tracks 2-3, 5-7, 10, 12), Guitars |
| 1996 | Hero of the Day (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 1996 | Mama Said (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 1997 | King Nothing (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 1997 | The Memory Remains (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 1997 | Reload | Songwriting (tracks 1, 4, 6-8, 13), Guitars |
| 1998 | Live in London - Antipodean Tour Edition (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 1998 | The Unforgiven II (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 1998 | Fuel (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 1998 | Turn the Page (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 1998 | Garage Inc. | Guitars (lead) |
| 1998 | Cunning Stunts (Video) | Guitars (lead) |
| 1999 | Whiskey in the Jar (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 1999 | Die Die My Darling (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 1999 | Nothing Else Matters (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 1999 | S&M (Live album) | Guitars (lead) |
| 1999 | S&M (Video) | Guitars (lead) |
| 2000 | No Leaf Clover (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 2000 | I Disappear (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 2003 | St. Anger | Guitars (lead), Songwriting |
| 2003 | St. Anger (Single) | Guitars |
| 2003 | Frantic (Single) | Guitars |
| 2004 | The Unnamed Feeling (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 2004 | Some Kind of Monster (EP) | Guitars (lead) |
| 2006 | The Videos 1989-2004 (Video) | Guitars (lead) |
| 2007 | Live Metallica: London, England - September 21, 1986 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2007 | Live Metallica: Chattanooga, TN - July 29, 1986 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2007 | Live Earth (Live album) | Guitars (lead) |
| 2008 | Live Metallica: Charleston, WV - August 1, 1986 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2008 | The Day That Never Comes (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 2008 | My Apocalypse (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 2008 | Cyanide (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 2008 | The Judas Kiss (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 2008 | Death Magnetic | Songwriting, Guitars (lead) |
| 2008 | All Nightmare Long (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 2009 | Broken, Beat & Scarred (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 2009 | Français pour une nuit - Live aux Arènes de Nîmes 2009 (Video) | Guitars (lead) |
| 2009 | Orgullo, pasión y gloria - Tres noches en la Ciudad de México (Video) | Guitars (lead) |
| 2010 | Live Metallica: Athens, Greece - June 24, 2010 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2010 | Live Metallica: Warsaw, Poland - June 16, 2010 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2010 | Live Metallica: Auckland, New Zealand - October 13, 2010 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2010 | Live Metallica: Belfast, Northern Ireland - May 11, 2010 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2010 | Live Metallica: Belfast, Northern Ireland - May 12, 2010 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2010 | Live Metallica: Auckland, New Zealand - October 14, 2010 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2010 | Frantic / Paranoid (Split) | Guitars (lead) |
| 2010 | Six Feet Down Under (Live album) | Guitars (lead) |
| 2010 | The Big 4: Live from Sofia, Bulgaria (Split video) | Guitars (lead) |
| 2010 | Six Feet Down Under Part II (Live album) | Guitars (lead) |
| 2010 | Live at Grimey's (Live album) | Guitars (lead) |
| 2011 | The View (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 2011 | Lulu (Collaboration) | Guitars (lead) |
| 2011 | Beyond Magnetic (EP) | Guitars (lead), Songwriting |
| 2012 | The First 30 Years (Single) | Guitars (lead), Songwriting (track 2) |
| 2012 | Quebec Magnetic (Video) | Guitars (lead) |
| 2013 | Through the Never (Music from the Motion Picture) (Live album) | Guitars (lead) |
| 2013 | Live Metallica: Antarctica - December 8, 2013 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2014 | One (Awards Show Rehearsal Version) (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 2014 | Lords of Summer (First Pass Version) (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 2016 | Live Metallica: San Juan, Puerto Rico - October 26, 2016 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2016 | Fifth Member Exclusive Deluxe Box Set Sampler (Compilation) | Guitars (lead) |
| 2016 | Liberté, égalité, fraternité, Metallica! (Live album) | Guitars (lead) |
| 2016 | Live Metallica: Minneapolis, MN - August 20, 2016 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2016 | Hardwired (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 2016 | Live Metallica: New York, NY - September 27, 2016 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2016 | Moth into Flame (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 2016 | Atlas, Rise! (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 2016 | Live Metallica: London, England - November 18, 2016 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2016 | Hardwired... to Self-Destruct | Guitars (lead) |
| 2017 | Live Metallica: Buenos Aires, Argentina - March 31, 2017 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2017 | Live Metallica: Singapore, Singapore - January 22, 2017 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2017 | Live Metallica: Beijing, China - January 18, 2017 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2017 | Live Metallica: Shanghai, China - January 15, 2017 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2017 | Live Metallica: Seoul, South Korea - January 11, 2017 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2017 | Live Metallica: Chek Lap Kok, Hong Kong - January 20, 2017 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2017 | Live Metallica: Copenhagen, Denmark - February 9, 2017 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2017 | Live Metallica: Los Angeles, California - February 12, 2017 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2017 | Live Metallica: Copenhagen, Denmark - February 7, 2017 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2017 | Live Metallica: Mexico City, Mexico - March 1, 2017 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2017 | Live Metallica: São Paulo, Brazil - March 25, 2017 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2017 | Live Metallica: Mexico City, Mexico - March 3, 2017 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2017 | Live Metallica: Mexico City, Mexico - March 5, 2017 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2017 | Live Metallica: Santiago, Chile - April 1, 2017 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2017 | Live Metallica: East Rutherford, NJ - May 14, 2017 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2017 | Live Metallica: Philadelphia, PA - May 12, 2017 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2017 | Live at the Festival Hall, Osaka, Japan - November 18th, 1986 (Live album) | Guitars (lead) |
| 2018 | Live Metallica: Herning, Denmark - March 27, 2018 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2018 | Live Metallica: Mannheim, Germany - February 16, 2018 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2018 | Live Metallica: Bologna, Italy - February 12, 2018 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2018 | Live Metallica: Barcelona, Spain - February 7, 2018 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2018 | Live Metallica: Madrid, Spain - February 3, 2018 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2018 | Live Metallica: Bologna, Italy - February 14, 2018 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2018 | Live Metallica: Turin, Italy - February 10, 2018 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2018 | Live Metallica: Madrid, Spain - February 5, 2018 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2018 | Live Metallica: Lisbon, Portugal - February 1, 2018 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: El Paso, TX - February 28, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: Cincinnati, OH - January 30, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: Nashville, TN - January 24, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: Little Rock, AR - January 20, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: Raleigh, NC - January 28, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: Birmingham, AL - January 22, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: Tulsa, OK - January 18, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: Cleveland, OH - February 1, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Helping Hands... Live & Acoustic at The Masonic (Live album) | Guitars (acoustic) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: Indianapolis, IN - March 11, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: Kansas City, MO - March 6, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: Lubbok, TX - March 2, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: Grand Rapids, MI - March 13, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: Louisville, KY - March 9, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: Wichita, KS - March 4, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: Milan, Italy - May 8, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: Barcelona, Spain - May 5, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: Zurich, Switzerland - May 10, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: Lisbon, Portugal - May 1, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: Paris, France - May 12, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: Madrid, Spain - May 3, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: Manchester, England - June 18, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: Köln, Germany - June 13, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: Meath, Ireland - June 8, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: London, England - June 20, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: Brussels, Belgium - June 16, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: Amsterdam, Netherlands - June 11, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: Moscow, Russia - July 21, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: Hämeenlinna, Finland - July 16, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: Copenhagen, Denmark - July 11, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: Berlin, Germany - July 6, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: Tartu, Estonia - July 18, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: Trondheim, Norway - July 13, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: Gothenburg, Sweden - July 9, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: Vienna, Austria - August 16, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: Mannheim, Germany - August 25, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: Munich, Germany - August 23, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: Prague, Czech Republic - August 18, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: Bucharest, Romania - August 14, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2019 | Live Metallica: Warsaw, Poland - August 21, 2019 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2020 | Live in Argentina (1993 - 2017) (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2020 | Blackened 2020 (Single) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2020 | All Within My Hands (Live) / Nothing Else Matters (Live) (Single) | Songwriting (track 1) |
| 2020 | Moth into Flame (Live) (Single) | Songwriting (tracks 2 & 4) |
| 2020 | For Whom the Bell Tolls (live) (Single) | Songwriting (tracks 3 & 5) |
| 2020 | S&M 2 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2020 | S&M 2 (Video) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2020 | Live at Donington '87 (Live album) | Guitars |
| 2020 | Live Metallica: San Rafael, CA - November 14, 2020 (Live album) | Guitars (lead) |
| 2020 | Motherload (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2021 | Disappear (Leaked and Live) (Demo) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2021 | Tribute to Chris Cornell (Single) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2021 | Live Metallica: Louisville, KY - September 24, 2021 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2021 | Live Metallica: San Francisco, CA - September 16, 2021 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2021 | Live Metallica: Louisville, KY - September 26, 2021 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2021 | Live Metallica: Chicago, IL - September 20, 2021 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2021 | Live Metallica: Sacramento, CA - October 8, 2021 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2021 | Live Metallica: Sacramento, CA - October 10, 2021 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2021 | Live Metallica: Hollywood, FL - November 4, 2021 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2021 | Live Metallica: Arlington, TX - November 27, 2021 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2021 | Live Metallica: Daytona Beach, FL - November 14, 2021 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2021 | Live Metallica: Atlanta, GA - November 6, 2021 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2021 | Live Metallica: Daytona Beach, FL - November 12, 2021 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2021 | Live Metallica: San Francisco, CA - December 17, 2021 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2021 | Live Metallica: San Francisco, CA - December 19, 2021 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2022 | Live Metallica: Buenos Aires, Argentina - April 30, 2022 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2022 | Live Metallica: Las Vegas, NV - February 25, 2022 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2022 | Live Metallica: Santiago, Chile - April 27, 2022 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2022 | Live Metallica: São Paulo, Brazil - May 10, 2022 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2022 | Live Metallica: Belo Horizonte, Brazil - May 12, 2022 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2022 | Live Metallica: Porto Alegre, Brazil - May 5, 2022 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2022 | Live Metallica: Napa, CA - May 27, 2022 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2022 | Live Metallica: Curitiba, Brazil - May 7, 2022 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2022 | Live Metallica: Clisson, France - June 26, 2022 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2022 | St. Anger Live Rarities (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2022 | Live at Bridge School Benefit 1997 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2022 | Lux Æterna (Single) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2023 | Live Metallica: Hamburg, Germany - May 28, 2023 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2023 | Live Metallica: Hamburg, Germany - May 26, 2023 (Live album) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2023 | Screaming Suicide (Single) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2023 | Leftovers from the Black Album Box Set (Compilation) | Guitars (lead) |
| 2023 | If Darkness Had a Son (Single) | Songwriting, Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2023 | 72 Seasons (Single) | Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing) |
| 2023 | 72 Seasons | Guitars (lead) |
| 2023 | The Amsterdam Sessions (Amazon Music Presents) (EP) | Vocals (backing), Guitars (lead) |
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The Wedding Band
Guitars (2019-present)
Spastik Children
Bass
Exodus
| 2014 | Salt the Wound (Single) | Guitars (lead) |
| 2014 | Blood In, Blood Out | Guitars (lead) (track 4) |
| 2021 | Salt the Wound (Single) | Guitars (lead) (track 1) |
Michael Schenker Fest
| 2018 | Warrior (Single) | Guitars (lead) (track 2) |
| 2018 | Resurrection | Guitars (lead) (track 1) |
| Added by: themostoriginal | Modified by: Krister Jensen |
| Added on: 2011-04-09 03:18:04 | Last modified on: 2023-11-01 15:50:45 |
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Biography
Kirk Hammett co-founded Exodus, where he played guitar until early 1983 when he left the band to join Metallica.Trivia
He took lessons from Joe Satriani from 1983 or earlier until 1988.Joined Meshuggah on stage on April 12th, 2015, at RockBar Theater in San Jose, California, during the second installment of his annual horror-themed Fear FestEvil, a music and memorabilia event.
Hammett is known for always having his picking hand taped to protect his skin due to his palm muting and fast picking during lengthy ...