The history of the most influencial metal band to date - Music

Highlights of metallica's long life as a band and as people! I got all of this off of the official metallica fan club. Awsome you should join! http://www.metclub.com

1962 February 10 Cliff Burton born
November 18 Kirk Hammett born

1963 March 4
Jason Newsted born

August 3
James Hetfield born

December 26
Lars Ulrich born

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1977 Jason's first band Diamond with Kevin Kendrick, Todd Smiedendorf and Tom Depoy formed in Niles, MI
Newsted family relocates from Niles to Kalamazoo, MI

September
James' freshman year at Downey HS; befriends Ron McGovney

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1978 James joins his first band, Obsession with Jim Arnold, Rich and Ron Veloz

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1979 - 80 James' mother passes away and he moves to La Brea, CA.
James quits Obsession

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1980 - 81 James forms Phantom Lord with Jim Mulligan and Hugh Tanner

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1981
May 9
Lars and James meet for the first time in Newport Beach, CA.

June
Ron McGovney joins Phantom Lord and renames to Leather Charm; band falls apart when drummer and guitarist leave

October 15
METALLICA FORMED

October 31
Jason Newsted and Tom Hamlin relocate to Phoenix, AZ from Kalamazoo, MI

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1982
January
First demo of Hit The Lights recorded, Lloyd Grant overdubs guitar solo

March
Band records 3 song demo; one original song: Hit The Lights; and two covers: Killing Time and Let It Loose this leads to gig opening for Saxon

March 14
First Metallica gig at Radio City, Anaheim, CA

March 28
Second gig, supporting Saxon at Whiskey - A - Go - Go, Hollywood, CA

April
Band records "Power Metal" 4 - track demo of Hit The Lights, The Mechanix, Jump In The Fire & Motorbreath

April 23
Only appearance as 5 - piece w/Damien Philips (aka Jeff Warner) in Costa Mesa, CA

May 25
James' first gig on rhythm guitar at Backbay (Lars') High School, Costa Mesa, CA

June 14
Metal Massacre LP released, first appearance of Metallica on record

July 6
Recording session for No Life Til Leather demo tape, songs: Hit the Lights, Seek & Destroy, Motorbreath, The Mechanix, Jump In The Fire, Metal Militia and Phantom Lord; financed by High Velocity records

September 18
First San Francisco gig at The Keystone

November 11
Band plays at The Woodstock in LA, supporting Y&T

November 29
First headlining gig in SF, Kirk Hammett's Exodus opens

November 30
Last show with Ron McGovney at San Francisco's Mabuhay Gardens

December 10
Ron McGovney and Metallica part

December 28
Cliff Burton joins Metallica

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1983
February 11 - 15
Metallica moves from from Los Angeles to San Francisco

March 5
Cliff's first Metallica show at The Stone in SF; Exodus opens

April 1
Kirk Hammett asked to join Metallica.

April 9
Dave Mustaine's last show

April 11
Dave given bus ticket back to Californa, requested to leave Metallica

April 16
Kirk's first show with Metallica in Dover, NJ

May 3
Metallica signs with John Zazula's Megaforce Records

May 10 - 27
Kill Em All recording sessions in Rochester, NY

July 27 - September 3
First tour: "Kill Em All For One" with Raven

September 24
Ride The Lightning demos recorded, "live" track of Phantom Lord and Seek & Destroy recorded
Jason Newsted forms Dogz with Kelly David - Smith
Eric AK joins Dogz, Dogz becomes Flotsam & Jetsam

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1984
January 19
Bands equipment stolen in Boston MA, this event inspires 'Fade To Black'

January 20
Jump In The Fire 12" released in Europe

February 3
First European tour begins with Venom in Zurich, Switzerland

February 20
Ride The Lightning recording begins at Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark

March 26
First appearance in England at London's Marquee Club

June 6
Second European tour starts in Holland with Twisted Sister

August 1
First meeting with future co - manager Cliff Burnstein of Q Prime

August 2
First Manager Megaforce (John Zazula) released

September 12
Metallica signs with Elektra Records in USA

November 16
Elektra re - releases Ride The Lightning

November 17 - 18
Trapped Under Ice played live for FIRST time in Paris.

November 18
Paris; First major European Tour begins Tank is the support act.

November 23
Creeping Death 12" released in Europe

December 20
First London headlining gig at Lyceum, end of first European tour.

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1985
January 109
USA co - headline tour begins in Nova Scotia

February 9
First performance of Fade To Black in Chicago

March 9
Ride The Lightning peaks at #100 on USA charts

March 18
Ride The Lightning tour ends in Portland, OR

August 17
Metallica performs Monsters Of Rock Festival at Castle Donington for the first time

September 2
Master Of Puppets recording sessions begin in Denmark

September 14
Band plays the Metal Hammer festival in England, performs Disposable Heroes for first time

September 30
Metallica performs at Day On The Green Festival in Oakland, CA

December 27
Recording of Master Of Puppets completed

December 31
Metallica plays the SF's Civic Center, with Megadeth, Exodus and Metal Church

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1986
February 21
Master Of Puppets is released in USA

March 27
USA tour supporting Ozzy Osbourne starts in Wichita, KS

May 11
Master Of Puppets peaks at #29 in USA

July 26
James breaks arm while skateboarding in Evansville, IN

July 27
John Marshall plays rhythm guitar as James recovers

Aug 3
Last USA appearance with Cliff

September 10
European leg of Damage Inc. tour starts in Cardiff, Wales

September 26
Last gig with Cliff Burton in Stockholm, Sweden; James' arm healed, plays rhythm guitar

September 27
Cliff Burton dies in bus accident in Sweden

October 7
Cliff's funeral, Castro Valley, CA

October 28
Jason Newsted joins Metallica

October 31
Jason's last show with Flotsam & Jetsam

November 4
Master Of Puppets certified Gold in USA

November 8
Jason's first gig with Metallica at Country Club in Reseda, CA

November 20
First Japanese tour ends at Sun Plaza Hall, Tokyo

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1987
February 8
Damage Inc. Tour world tour ends in Zwolle, Holland

February 13
Metallica plays Aardschock festival in Gothenburg Sweden with Anthrax and Metal Church; Scrap Metal opens, consisting of roadies of the various roadies, including Metallica's Eddie Kercer and Fleming Larsen

March 23
James re - breaks arm in 2nd skateboarding accident
Band scheduled to appear on NBC TV's Saturday Night Live cancelled due to James' broken arm

July 8
Recording session for Garage Days Re - revisited begins in Los Angeles

Aug 8
Master Of Puppets ends 72 week run on USA Charts

August 21
Garage Days Re - revisited released in USA

August 22
Metallica plays Castle Donington festival

October 10
Garage Days Re - revisited peaks at #28 on USA Charts

November 5
Ride The Lightning certified Gold in USA

December 4
Cliff 'Em All home video released in USA

December 7
Garage Days Re - revisited certified Gold in USA

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1988
January 15
Kill Em All re-released in USA by Elektra with Am I Evil? and Blitzkrieg as bonus tracks

January 29
Recording sessions for ...And Justice For All begins in Los Angeles

February 4
Cliff 'Em All home video certified gold and platinum in USA

May 27
Monsters Of Rock tour starts in Troy, WI with 40,000 people featuring Van Halen, Metallica, Scorpions and Kingdom Come

July 28
Master Of Puppets certified double platinum in USA

Aug 19
Harvester Of Sorrow 12" single released in UK

August 25
...And Justice For All released in USA

September 11
First show of Damaged Justice tour in Budapest, Hungary

October 9
...And Justice For All peaks at #6 in USA

October 30
Eye Of the Beholder single is released in USA

October 31
...And Justice For All certified Gold and platinum in USA

November 15
USA leg of Damaged Justice tour starts in Toledo, OH

December 6
Footage for One music video shot

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1989
January 9
One single released in USA

February 5
Live radio broadcast of concert in Dallas, TX on Z - Rock radio network

February 22
Metallica performs One on worldwide broadcast of Grammy Awards

April 5
Cliff 'Em All certified triple platinum in USA

April 8
One single peaks at #35 in USA

April 21
Last show with Queensryche opening, The Cult new support act

May 1
First show in New Zealand in Auckland

May 3
First show in Australia in Adelaide

May 16
Kill Em All certified gold & RTL certified platinum in USA

June 20
2 Of One Home video released in USA

July 20
...And Justice For All certified double platinum in USA

August 18
2 Of One certified platinum in USA

September 23
Last USA gig on Damaged Justice tour at Laguna Hills, CA

October 8
Last show of Damaged Justice tour in Sao Paulo, Brazil

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1990
January
Band records Stone Cold Crazy for release on Elektra 40th Anniversary album "Rubaiyat"

May
Metallica plays several European festivals; including surprise shows at Hippodrome and Marquee in London

August 13
James and Lars record 3 demo's for new album

October 6
Recording of self - titled Metallica album commences at One On One Studio in California

October 14
Records demo for The Unforgiven at Bayview Studios, CA

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1991
April 29 - May 4
James, Lars and Bob Rock do minor recording at Little Mountain Studios in Vancouver

June 10
Mixing and minor recording starts at A & M Studios in Hollywood

July 7
Band leaves A&M Studios, recording and remixing of Metallica ends

July 8 - 10
Mastering of Metallica at Sterling Sound in New York

August 3
Listening party for Metallica at Madison Square Garden

August 12
Self - titled Metallica album released, debuts at #1 on USA charts

August 17
Band performs at Castle Donington Monsters Of Rock

September 28
Metallica performs in Moscow at the Tushino Airfield

October 12
Wherever I May Roam tour begins

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1992
February 25
Enter Sandman performed at Grammy Awards, wins Best Heavy Metal award for Metallica

April 20
Band performs at Tribute To Freddie Mercury at Wembley Stadium; this 3 song set appears on the live Nothing Else Matters CD single that features the Scary Guy, James performs Stone Cold Crazy with Queen and Tony Iommi

July 17
Co - headline tour with Guns N Roses begins at RFK Stadium, Washington DC

August 8
James burned by pyro mishap at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Canada; Riot ensues when Guns N Roses frontman leaves stage

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1993
July 4
Last show of Wherever I May Roam tour

November 23
Binge & Purge box set released
Metallica Club formed

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1994
May 30
Summer tour begins in Buffalo, NY. Kill/Ride Medley and The God that Failed played live for the first time

July 3
Danzig's last gig opening for Metallica, Glenn performs Misfit's classics London Dungeon, Last Caress and Green Hell with Metallica; Suicidal Tendencies joins Metallica on So What

August 21
Last show on Summer tour; Rob Halford joins Metallica on Rapid Fire

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1995
February 15
James and Lars join Long Beach/Los Angeles area radio station KNAC for its last few hours of broadcasting; Kirk does an AOL Online chat

May
Band begins recording sessions for next album(s)

August 17
Rehearsal attended by Club members

August 23
Bands performs Club Member only gig at London Astoria 2

August 26
Bands interrupts recording session to play Castle Donington Monsters Of Rock show

September
Band plays gig at Tuktoyatuk, Canada with Hole, Veruca Salt and Moist

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1996
February 13
James gets his hair cut

May 21
Until It Sleeps single released in USA

May 23
Premiere of Until It Sleeps video on MTV

June 1
Load is released in Japan

June 3
Load is released in non - Japan/North America areas

June 4
Load is released in North America; Metallica plays 2 short sets on flatbed trucks at Tower Records in San Jose and Sacramento

June 9 - 10
Band plays Club members only gig in San Francisco, show appears on Internet and Fan Can 2

June 23
Band plays Club members only gig in Toronto, Canada

June 27
Lollapalooza Festival tour begins

August 3
Lemmy of Motorhead joins band onstage in Irvine, CA for Overkill

August 4
Last Lollapalooza show in Irvine, CA; Lemmy joins sits in on Overkill, Jerry Cantrell joins for For Whom the Bell Tolls; Live recordings of 5 songs from this show appeared as b - sides

September 4
Metallica plays Until it Sleeps at MTV Video Awards

September 6
Poor Touring Me European tour begins in Vienna, Austria with Corrosion of Conformity opening

November 14
Metallica scheduled to play King Nothing at MTV Europe's Video Music Awards; Last Caress/So What performed instead

November 27
Last European Poor Touring Me in Copenhagen, Denmark

December 19
Poor Touring Me North America begins in Fresno, CA; Korn opens

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1997
January 26
Lars marries Skylar in Las Vegas, NV

January 27
King Nothing performed at American Music Awards

January 28
Last date with Korn opening, Corrosion Of Conformity opens remaining shows

February 9
Fuel played for the first time in Chicago

May 28
Poor Touring Me ends in Edmonton, Canada

July
ReLoad recording session commences

August 17
James marries longtime girlfriend Francesca

August 22
Band breaks from studio for European Festivals, Pukkelpop Festival in Belgium

August 23
Blindman's Ball - Stuttgart, Germany

August 24
Reading Festival - England

October 10
ReLoad recording finished

October 18 - 19
Metallica plays acoustic show at Neil Young's 11th Annual Bridge benefit

October 21 - 22
The Memory Remains video shoot in Van Nuys, CA

November 10
The Memory Remains single released worldwide (except N. America)

November 11
The Memory Remains sigle released in North America; Metallica performs a free show in Philadelphia

November 13
TV appearance on BBC's Top of the Pop; Club show at London's Ministry of Sound, eight songs recorded at this show would appear as b - sides on various formats of The Unforgiven II single

November 14
ReLoad released in Japan

November 15
Club gig in Hamburg, Germany

November 16
Club gigs played in Stockholm and Copenhagen; The Memory Remains music video premieres on MTV

November 17
Worldwide release of ReLoad (except USA and Japan)

November 18
USA release of ReLoad; Club show in Paris

December 6
Band playes The Memory Remains with Marianne Faithfull and Fuel on Saturday Night Live

December 8
Billboard Music Awards, wins award for Best Hard Rock Artist

December 12
Video shoot for The Unforgiven II in Los Angeles

December 18
"Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" radio broadcast hosted by sports radio personality Scott Farrell of Farrell on the Bench; The show features an acoustic set with special guests Jim Martin, Les Claypool, Gary Rossington, Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney, Pepper Keenan and Chris Isaak

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1998
January 26
The Unforgiven II video premieres in USA

January 31
Kirk marries Lani in Hawaii

February 23
The Unforgiven II singles are released worldwide (except N. America & Australia)

March 2
The Unforgiven II released in Australia

March 17
The Unforgiven II released in North America

March 21
Metallica performs live for MTV's "ReLoad, Rehearse, Request" show

March 22
Lone Ulrich, Lars' mother passes away; First three Pacific Rim tour dates rescheduled

April 2
Pacific Rim leg of Poor Re - Touring Me begins in Newcastle, Australia

April 7
Metallica plays live for Club members on Australian TV show "Recovery"

May 7
Fuel video taped in Tokyo

May 8
Pacific Rim leg of Poor Re - Touring Me ends in Tokyo

May 21
Fuel video premieres on MTV in USA

June 13
Cali Tee Hetfield born

June 16
Fuel singles released

June 24
North American leg of Poor Re - Touring Me begins in West Palm Beach, Florida

July 6 - 11
Met Club contest winners work on tour as roadies for Metallica

August 5
Myles Ulrich born

August 8
Tour break

August 15
Jason performs with Sepultura in Brazil

August 28
Tour resumes in Irvine, CA

September 13
Last show of Poor Re - Touring Me in San Diego, CA

September 15
Metallica return to studio to record new cover songs for Garage Days re - release

October 10 MetClub's first CD-ROM, "Byte the Lightning", ships.
October 18 Metallica performs set at the Playboy Mansion.
October 23 Turn The Page video shot, directed by Jonas Akerlund in LA.
November 6 Kirk has emergency appendectomy while on promo tour in London.
November 17 Toronto, Canada first show in Garage Inc promo tour.
November 18 Metallica TV appears on MTV features premiere of Turn The Page music video.
November 19 Chicago, IL Garage Inc promo tour.
November 20 Detroit, MI Garage Inc promo tour.
November 22 Whiskey In The Jar home video shot in NY. Jonas Ackerlund returns as director.
November 23 Philadelphia, PA Garage Inc promo tour.
November 23 Garage Inc. released outside North America.
November 24 New York, shown live on MTV Garage Inc promo tour.
November 24 Garage Inc. released in North America.
November 22 VH-1 airs Behind the Music program dedicated to Metallica.
December 8 Cunning Stunts home video released on video tape and DVD, making this the first music related video shot specifically for DVD.
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These are all correct i got them from the official metallica fan club.

Sometimes in 2000
Metallica files a lawsuit against the mp3 people of napster,
Metallica films a video for their song on the Misson impossible 2 soundtrack "I disapear"

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