METALLICA’s KIRK HAMMETT Hits Columbus As Half Of ‘The Assortment: Stay’ Guide Tour: Video, Images

Kirk Hammett, legendary guitarist of the multi-platinum-selling and nine-time-Grammy Award-winning band METALLICA, took half in a “Kirk Hammett The Assortment: Stay” ebook occasion on Could 10 on the Columbus Metropolitan Library in Columbus, Ohio. The intimate, stay dialogue takes a deep dive into Kirk‘s storied music profession and celebrates the launch of his new espresso desk ebook, “The Assortment: Kirk Hammett”.

Fan-filmed video and images of the Columbus cease of “Kirk Hammett The Assortment: Stay” can be found under.

“Kirk Hammett The Assortment: Stay” — a dialog with Hammett and Mark Agnesi of Gibson — can even hit Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at The Fillmore on Could 24; Tampa, Florida on June 7; and Denver, Colorado on June 28.

Newly launched worldwide through Gibson Publishing, “The Assortment: Kirk Hammett” is a premium, hardcover espresso desk ebook through which Kirk tells the tales behind the uncommon and extremely collectible devices he has used on hit data and on phases worldwide in entrance of thousands and thousands of followers. “The Assortment: Kirk Hammett” is obtainable globally through Gibson.com and the Gibson Storage areas in three premium codecs: restricted signed and numbered Customized and Deluxe Editions and a Normal hardcover.

A 400-page premium espresso desk ebook, “The Assortment: Kirk Hammett” explores in unprecedented element the extraordinary guitar assortment and life in music of certainly one of heavy steel’s true pioneers, Gibson signature artist Kirk Hammett. Shot on location in Hawaii and Los Angeles by legendary rock photographer Ross Halfin and that includes uncommon imagery from Halfin‘s picture archives, this newest launch from Gibson Publishing options unique new interviews with Hammett carried out by Chris Vinnicombe (Gibson editor-in-chief) and Mark Agnesi (Gibson director of name expertise). “The Assortment: Kirk Hammett” takes the deepest-ever dive into the METALLICA star’s eclectic guitar assortment, documenting the devices he has leaned on all through his profession, from his early days with Bay Space thrash trailblazers EXODUS to promoting over 125 million albums worldwide and rocking out with METALLICA for over 40 years on the world’s greatest phases. Guitars beneath the microscope embrace Hammett‘s storied 1979 Gibson Flying V and Greeny, the legendary 1959 Gibson Les Paul Normal previously owned by guitarists Peter Inexperienced and Gary Moore, and a lot extra. “The Assortment: Kirk Hammett” is a must have for followers of Kirk Hammett and METALLICA and anybody with an curiosity in high quality guitars.

In a video teaser that includes narration from Jason Momoa, the actor — who’s a longtime METALLICA fan — says: “Each guitar has a narrative, and the fun of discovering the correct one could be as electrifying as any tune it can play. Amassing is an obsession, a ardour, and a neverending quest for locating the right tone. Nobody is aware of this greater than Kirk Hammett.”

Hammett was a member of EXODUS‘s unique lineup earlier than changing Dave Mustaine in METALLICA in 1983. In truth, Hammett was not solely the one that got here up with the EXODUS title, but in addition the primary from the band to fulfill unique EXODUS singer Paul Baloff and introduced him into the group. With Hammett on guitar, METALLICA went on to document its debut album, “Kill ‘Em All”, later in 1983.

In a 1994 interview with Steel Hammer, Hammett mentioned his EXODUS bandmates had been lower than joyful about his choice to depart the band.