Guitar players in the nineties seem to be reacting against the technique oriented eighties. |
I didn't want to fall into the trap of competing with all these other great guitar players. I just want to sidestep the whole thing and get out of the race. |
I don't think success has changed us as people at all. We are the same lunatics that we were when this band first got going. We never see ourselves as being on a higher level than our fans. |
I love this pedal to death. The only way you could keep me from playing one is by chopping off my legs! |
I would have to say I'm bored with the standard rock, guitar solos, but I've done it for five albums now, and this time I wanted to go in a completely different direction. I wasn't interested in showing off any more. |
I'm death obsessed. You know, I have death all over my house. I have a stuffed two headed sheep! |
I'm not into that whole Satanic thing. It's just something to fall back on if you don't have much imagination. Singing your fiftieth song about having lunch with Satan - I'm not into it. It's silly. |
I'm very fortunate to be doing the thing I do best, which is play guitar. There aren't many other things I could do. |
Just because you know umpteen billion scales, it doesn't mean you have to use them all in a solo. |
Kirk Hammett, lead guitar and attempted vocals |
My guitars are my umbilical cord. They're directly wired into my head. |
We wanted to offer something new to our audience. I hate it when bands stop taking chances. |
We're the underdogs. We haven't had a top ten hit, and we look like a bunch of bums out there. Amidst all this glam, and this huge production, we're going to stick it out. But that's what we're here for - and that's what put us here in the first place. |