Ironically, the voice of Metallica (indeed, a defining voice of his rock'n'roll generation) very nearly wasn't a voice at all, simply because in the early days, James Hetfield didn't fancy being a lead vocalist. Metallica tried a few different vocal/guitar configurations. <...> James decided to fight harder to establish himself as a frontman and the results are, ahem, history.

James is the main songwriter in Metallica, co-creating the framework and structure for most Metallimaterial.

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Oh, and for the record, Kirk plays his guitar at least 361 days a year.

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