When you’ve been with a band for 40 years essentially playing the same style of music, chances are you’re gonna get really good at it. Heavy metal legends Metallica no doubt have their fair share of songs that present a challenge to novice and skilled musicians alike who attempt to play them, but for Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett, at this point it’s a breeze.
“I gotta tell you. I know that people are going to kill me but Metallica music isn’t that difficult for me to play!” Hammett said on the Metallica Report podcast. “It’s difficult for me to play bebop – now that’s difficult sh*t to play, okay? There are jazz progressions out there where there’s a chord change every beat, that’s difficult bro!,” Hammett stated.
Hammett continued: “That’s mind-bending, learning how to solo over that. That’s where my head is at – or looking at great classic solos from great soloists and trying to get deep into the theory side of things and looking at it musically and seeing what their approach was. Metallica music, I’ve been playing it for the last 40 years. Of course, it’s going to be easy for me. It’s because I’m a guitar player.”
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