James Hetfield

James Hetfield
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James Hetfield is an American co-founder of a heavy metal band called Metallica and he is also the main vocalist, lead vocalist, and rhythm guitarist of Metallica.

BIRTHDAY BIRTH SIGN
August 3, 1963 Leo
BIRTHPLACE AGE
Downey, California, US 60 years old

Early Life:

James Hetfield’s real name is James Alan Hetfield and his nicknames are Het, Jaymz, The Het, Papa Het, etc. He is descent of from English, Irish, and German. It is said that at the age of 9, he started playing piano at a basic level. Then he started playing the guitar as well as drums. Furthermore, he particularly admired bands as a young person such as AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Deep Purple, and many others.

Career Highlights:

James Hetfield has an awesome collection of cars and bikes and resides in Colorado’s Vail. He owns properties in California and Maui and has been actively involved in his music career from 1978 to the present.

He has made his Guest appearances On stage, in Musical collaborations, on Film, on Television, and in Music videos.so, Talking bout his genres he performs genres such as heavy metal,l, trash metal hard rock, and speed metal.

Albums released by him and his band mates are Kill ‘Em All (1983), Ride the Lightning (1984), Master of Puppets (1986),…And Justice for All (1988), Metallica (1991), Load (1996), ReLoad (1997), Death Magnetic (2008), Hardwired… to Self-Destruct (2009), and St. Anger (2003) (2016). Except for Death Magnetic (2008). Metallica has sold over 66 million albums in the US, making them one of the most commercially successful heavy metal bands.

They have received Eight Grammy Awards, six of which were given for best metal performance in 1990, 1991, 1992, 1999, 2004, and 2009. Metallica has had four nominations and two victories for Favorite Heavy/ Metal Rock Artist at the American Music Awards in 1998. They were awarded six Billboard Music Awards. At last, His group has got 3 Juno awards. 168 nominations resulted in 103 awards for Metallica.

Personal Life and Relationships:

His parent’s name is Cynthia Hetfield and Virgil Hetfield. He had one sibling Deanna Hatfield

When James was only 13 years old, his parents divorced in 1976. James’ parents were Christians. At the age of 16, he lost his mother Cynthia Hetfield due to cancer.

He studied at two schools Downey High School and Dea Olinda High School. In 1981, James Hetfield got his high school graduation certificate from Brea Olinda.

James’ wife is Francesca Hetfield. He was married to her in 1997. His wife is from Argentina. They have three children altogether, two daughters and one son, they are; castor Virgil Hetfield, the drummer of a popular band called Bastardane.

On June 13, 1998, Cali Tree Hetfield was born, and Marcella Francesca Hetfield. She was born on January 17, 2002. she is now age 20 years and she lives in San Franciso, California, USA

Related With:

Metallica band has James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo as present members while Dave Mustaine, Ron McGovney, Cliff Burton, and Jason Newsted are former members.

Social Media:

Instagram @james.hetfield
TikTok @therealhetfield
Facebook @mr.hetfield

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