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“If you came here to see spandex and big hair, this ain’t your band”, ’s “war cry” throughout the early eighties. While the rest of the hard rock bands wanted to get rich and a lot of women, , as in the words of former lead guitarist Dave Musta ....

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... him how to play guitar and James was very motivated to get something started. In effect, James had put a listing in a worldwide music magazine, The Recycler under “H” for “Heavy Metal”. James and Lars, were the only ones listed, so it was obvious that the two should talk to each other. In the fall of 1981, the band “” was formed. Playing drums was Lars Ulrich, on bass guitar was Ron McGoveny, playing lead guitar was Dave Mustaine, and rhythm guitar and lead vocalist was James Hetfield. During the song writing process over the next few months, the band became very addicted to Alcohol. When drunk, Dave Mustaine would get very violent, while th ...