Kirk Hammett
At the age of 16, Kirk Hammett, also part of Metallica, was recruited as a replacement for Dave Mustaine, Metallica’s previous guitarist. His parents put him on a plane to New York to meet with the band after frontman James Hetfield approached Hammett. The band was not impressed by the kid as he walked into the venue, but they hired him on the spot as soon as he nailed the solo for the hit “Seek and Destroy.”
Kirk Hammett
Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry was a pioneer of Rock and Roll, born in 1926. He died at the age of 90 in 2017. Berry contributed three things to rock music: an irresistible swagger, a focus on the guitar riff as the primary melodic element, and an emphasis on songwriting as storytelling.” Joe Lynch wrote. There is no doubt that if it weren’t because of Chuck Berry, today’s rock music would not be the way it is today.
Chuck Berry