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Metallica was formed in Los Angeles, California in 1981 by drummer and former tennis prodigy Lars Ulrich, and guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield, who met after each had separately placed classified advertisements in the American publication The Recycler. Bassist Ron McGovney was ... an original member, and the band used a few transient guitar players, such as Brad Parker and Jef Warner, in the course of settling on a four-person lineup. Metallica got its name when drummer Lars Ulrich was helping San Francisco-area metal promoter Ron Quintana pick out a name for a new magazine to promote metal and the NWOBHM (New Wave Of British Heavy Metal) bands. Quintana came up with a suggestion 'Metallica,' but Lars quickly suggested another and decided to use that name for the band he and James Hetfield had just started.
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The other 2 years and 8 months spent making of St. Wanker were taken up with deliberating on who would be the next Metallica bassist: Bob Crock or shrink coach Dr. Phil "Constant Use" Towel. It was eventually decided neither would be suitable for the band and both were promptly shot out of a cannon pointed towards Providence, RI.
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German radio station EINSLIVE will have a one hour broadcast of the Metallica show from Minden, Germany 6-26-99 this coming week on Friday, July 16, around midnight. The show is called KULT UND CHAOS and starts around 3 minutes past midnight.
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