James - Kirk - Jason - Lars



Instrument: Guitar and Vocals

Birthday: August 3, 1963

From: Los Angeles, California

Vitals: 6'1" & 180 lbs; blond hair & blue eyes

Marital status: Married

Drives: Chevy Blazer, Dodge Ram, '55 Chevy BelAir

Food: Mexican, meat-n-potatoes, Bar-B-Que, Oysters

Sports teams: Oakland Raiders, San Jose Sharks, D.C. United

Before Metallica: Played in Obsession, Leather Charm

Pre-Metallica career: Worked in sticker printing factory

Likes: Hunting, hot-rods, anonymity, snowboarding, street hockey, wave boarding, cigars, choppers, guns, wood work

Listens to: Black Sabbath, Motorhead, Skynyrd, Thin Lizzy, Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Spegetti, Western Soundtracks

Heroes: Clint Eastwood, Pops Hetfield

First concert: Aerosmith & AC/DC, 1978, Long Beach, California

Movies: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, Easy Rider, Sling Blade, Pulp Fiction, Vanishing Point

Instrument: Guitar

Birthday: November 18, 1962

From: San Francisco, California

Vitals: 5'8" & 134 lbs, brown hair & brown eyes

Marital status: Happily married to Lani

Drives: Land Cruiser, mountain bike, '55 Dodge Coronet

Drinks: Martinis, Sky Vodka, green tea

Eats: Sushi, Mexican food, pasta, Indian food, Thai food

Sports teams: None ("I hate sports!")

Before Metallica: Played in Exodus, drank a lot

Likes: Mountain biking, tattoos, piercing, collecting old horror-movie stuff, cigars, philosophy, H.P. Lovecraft, Taxidermy, Pinball

Listens to: Jimi Hendrix, UFO, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple. Led Zeppelin, Kiss, John Coltrane, Gout, Mule, Chet Baker, Prez Prado, AIC, David Bowie, U2, King Crimson, Robert Johnson, Radiohead

Heroes: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Jimi Hendrix, Chet Baker, Diane Arbus, John Coltrane, Charles Bukowski, Edward Munch, Joel Peter Whitkin

First concert: Day on the Green with the Eagles, Steve Miller, Heart, and Foreigner

Instrument: Bass

Birthday: March 4, 1963

From: Battle Creek, Michigan

Vitals: 5'9" & 150 lbs, brown/red hair & blue eyes

Marital status: Single

Drives: '94 Land Cruiser, IBIS Titanium, Cyclocross bike

Drinks: Bordeaux, Barolo, barbaresco wines. Evian, Metrx Shakes

Eats: Thai Curry, Frosted Flakes, Bananas, Ginseng

Sports teams: NBA: Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls; NFL: Detroit Lions, L.A. Raiders

Before Metallica: Flotsam and Jetsam, Dogz

Pre-Metallica career: Burger-flipper, pizza-maker, and truck-driver

Likes: Mountain biking, Elizabeth, Basketball

Listens to: Kiss, Black Sabbath, Tom Waits, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Machine Head, Sly and the Family Stone, Sepultura, Wes Montgomery, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Bob Marley, Johnny Cash, Jaco Pastorius, Anything and everything

First concert: Ted Nugent, 1975, South Bend, Indiana, Notre Dame University

Heroes: Gene Simmons, Al Pacino, B.B. King, my father, Zach Harmen, Bob Marley

Instrument: Drums

Birthday: December 26, 1963

From: Gentofte, Denmark

Vitals: 5'7" & 130 lbs, blond/brown hair & green eyes

Marital status: Married

Drives: Porsche, Chevy Blazer, Range Rover, Saab

Drinks: Dry white wine, Evian, tea

Eats: French food, tuna, sushi, frozen yogurt

Sports teams: San Jose Sharks, San Francisco 49ers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Before Metallica: None

Pre-Metallica career: Paper boy, gas station attendant

Likes: Hanging with my wife, running, scuba diving, skiing, movies, fashion, art

Listens to: Oasis, AIC, Black Grape, my wife

Heroes: Guillermo Vilas (Argentinian tennis player), Ritchie Blackmore, Ace Frehley

First concert: Deep Purple, 1973, Copenhagen