Interview Bruce Dickinson or Steve Harris. Or any of the Maiden boys for that matter! Up the Irons! \m/

Interviewing Kirk seems to be effortless and never ending … thx Rick!

​@@alantinoalantonioI think it will be difficult. It is another world . All these lyrics about history, especially from Europe.

He just played in our City. The Montreal shows were a blast ! Great conversation again ! 🤟 Love your channel ! ✌

​@crosswalklarry you would likely be surprised. For nearly all creators, regardless of size - youtube adsense makes up the smallest portion of their revenue, and typically barely covers expenses of their business. For someone like Rick, he had employees, editors, and in incredible amount of travel expenses for a large percentage of these interviews that he flies to them for.

The guy is a guitar god. It's surprising to find he is a human being that would cry over a broken guitar....

Well put. I love it when seasoned musicians still approach their craft and music in general as a fan as well as an artist.

@@jfender8023 Have you written a solo that's as iconic as Fade to Black, Creeping Death, The unforgiven, One, Ride the Lightning, Sanitarium, Master of Puppets? Exactly.

That is basically it (y).

He is a mediocre guitarist to be fair.

@@larryb4598 LOL u r ok bro? jesus lol

​@@larryb4598Time to take your medication.

😂😂💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯!!!!

Lars gotta interviewed solo no doubt.

It was only a matter of time before someone brought up Lars when he's not even relevant to the video.

People that hate him just do it for the sake of hating. I like him more the older I get

The problem is that other people call him a great guitarist just because he was the right person for the band at at that time. Those are different things. And it is annoying.

I thnk it primarily comes from a musical standpoint and from overcorrection. He's a great guitar player but not the greatest of all time, so people attempt to correct the narrative by pointing out his flaws, which leads to people who don't entirely understand to simply just say "he's the worst ever and got lucky" without delving further than pentatonic scale and wah-wah pedals. I think at one point there was hatred towards him from Megadeth fans for the usual reasons, but even Dave Mustaine was more bitter that he'd been replaced in general and not who he was replaced with. That old feud settled down a long time ago anyway beyond interviewers prodding Mustaine to get him riled up. Lars tends to be the lightning rod for everything else because of And Justice for All's mixing or being the face of the anti-Napster campaign. Whenever I see him interviewed Kirk always seems like he's just joined the band and he's super stoked to be able to play music for a living. He brought a more artistic and melodic side to the band that James Hetfield ignored at the time. I'm sure Lars Ulrich appreciated it though since they as a duo were responsible for using Andres Serrano works on the covers of Load and Reload. Personally I think the greatest thing he ever did was make those green Jazz III picks. Easy to see when it's dark, feel great and I love the little cutout.

@@Demiglitch No, itis because he is literally tone deaf.

@@Prometheus4096you serious? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

The opposite of Dave Mustain..

I had no idea that he is like this! And LOVE those warm ups!!!

I can say he wasn't lying. My brother and I went to their shows in Detroit in early Nov. and we were right outside the stage (not snake pit, but still on the floor) and Kirk, James, and Rob all pointed out to the crowd, Kirk even pointed at me when I gave him the devil horns. My brother and I both ended up getting guitar picks that Kirk threw to the crowd too. Hella awesome first concert experience.

I went to their show in 2014 here in São Paulo and, during and justice for all he made eye contact with me and laughed he saw me totally lose my mind. One of the best moments of my life

Which is why I like Mustaine better. @@randygreen6652

This channel will end up in the Library of Congress

So true - this is entertaining but really important, too. I've heard from musicians I've always loved and wondered about but haven't heard a lot from, like the bassist from STP!

Please interview Paul McCartney and Phil Collins

@@suryamahdi2674yes, please!

Rick proyects respect and when you proyect that, you are gold. When you have the hability to listen, like really listen theres nothing better than that.

Someone has to be the quietly keen observer with a solid sense of situational awareness. Those other dudes are just a tad bit narcissistic.

Lars! Always interrupting, james respectfully? Not really

Rick is a great listener. Such a good host. So calm and patient and waits for the perfect moment to open a new vein into the conversation without without controlling the flow. He just gives it shape. The rest is up to the guest.

@@SovereignKing And no one wants to hear from Lars. People want to hear from Kirk and James. Rob is cool too. Much respect.

It's cos Rick isn't in competition with him for fear of Kirk stealing his clout.

Kudos to Rick!!!

Definitely runs contrary to his "reputation" (arrogant / hard to work with, etc)

@@erikhendrickson59what

@@erikhendrickson59 I think you are confusing him with Lars

@@erikhendrickson59 You're confusing him with Mustaine

⁠​⁠@@RareYogurtMale”Kirk Huggett”😂

A Rick Beato Produced Metallica Album engineered by Fleming Rasmussen would be amazing

There’s no better interviewer. The guest can talk how long he want. This is rare now a days.

What did he do?

​@@steveo9683What hasn't he?

You damn right!!

Rick and Kirk are the same age, well of course he would feel more comfortable talking to someone his own age, I would think.

exactly

Kirk is a wonderful human being. One of my favorites. Metallica fan for life

The Gibson interview Kirk did was fantastic as well...same passion and energy. I really enjoy his insights into everything.

This. Exactly this. Every interview, he just sits to the side, and as others have said, he lets Lars and James be the voice of the band. That's fine. I remember when I met them on the Black album tour, and I just got the impression that there was more to Kirk than what you saw in interviews. So down to earth, and appreciative of the fans. I love this about him, and this interview is pure joy to watch. Thank you, Rick!

He talks about recognizing this.

That's kinda funny because a little to do with Kill'em all other than laying down solos. LOL. There is a cool interview with him on youtube about recording kill em all and there are pictures of recording process. Its pretty wild.

I've always loved Kirk for his authenticity. He is always grateful. Big stars lose that over time, but not him.

Nah, he’s just in touch with his femininity.

@@jamesestrada82 It's great to see Kirk still living rent free on your head with his femininity hahahahaha

@@JohnSmith-qm6eu LOL

@@JohnSmith-qm6eu😭

He is easily my favourite member from Metallica.

@@aandwdabest i agree to 100%

this 💯💯

After me

100%

Absolutely 💯

He was the only good part of the Some kind of monster doco.

yup! exactly.

His story about Greenie was so enthusiastic, I don't think I've ever seen someone so passionate about a particular guitar.

I agree. I hope he continues to explore his solo projects.

100%

It's pure gold now!

And who else could do what he’s doing?? Rick, please keep it up!

Well said. I've watched all the interviews but that aspect never occurred to me. 👍

Well said! It’s great when Kirk gets the spotlight, seems like a guy you could have a beer with any day.

I don't think Kirk gave Rick a chance to stop him from talking haha. Good for us all though.

Thank you so much!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

@@abrupt_oliver That's like 12 bucks; don't worry, dude :p

​@RickBeato it's so true...guitarists, songwriters and musicians in general just always seem so comfortable obviously realising they don't have to "dumb things down" or just feeling like they have to advertise whatever. The respect that always comes across in both directions is so wonderful to watch. My 4 and 5 year olds LOVE Battery, Seek and Destroy, I got demanded to turn up King Nothing yesterday...

100%. In addition to being a musical genius, Rick is a gifted interviewer.

Exactly, Kirk is not an extrovert at all, he's so verbal here because of Rick's genuine curiosity, enthusiasm and sincerity, soooo good.

Great minds think alike. I know Kirk made a lot of points I've heard Rick, and a lot, if not all of the artists he's interviewed, has made. So he let him go to town. I would have enjoyed more stories from the old days, but I could have listened to that all day.

I’ve noticed that it takes Kirk 15 minutes to complete a thought!! So I guess it works out?

I hard agree. Too many interviewers make the interview about themselves and not the thoughts and insight’s of the interviewee. I appreciate how humble Kirk is. His shoes are ridiculous but he seems chill and like he just loves guitars and playing them.

Exactly!! ❤

Beautifully and accurately said. ❤

it's because Lars doesn't let the others talk that much. lol Hearing the other guys talking is fascinating.

The fact that what qualifies for a good interviewer nowadays is someone who doesn't interupt the person answering the questions is pretty sad.

In todays world, the interviewer wants all the limelight.

You can tell he was just a little bit anxious at first but opened up quickly

He trully is I love that he loves collecting horror . Thats one thing we have in common

Kirk is the opposite to Mustaine and it's so amazing. Metallica would break up with Mustaine sooner or later and this guy is the balance between 3 genius like James, Lars and Cliff.

Agreed. Humility and long term success seem to generally go hand-in-hand. Coincidence? There are none.

You are spot-on about him. A legend that is down to earth and one of us.

@@Weeepaaa exactly. As I said to somebody else on here- he’s like the Ringo of the band who gets along with everyone and can sort of bring everyone together

wow that is amazing!

Kirk Hammett was my hero... He was the reason I picked up the guitar. You're sooo lucky 🤘🏻

@@HankMardukas82 LOL… and?

@@asraiSOAyou are a sad person.

@@milagomez55 WTF are you going on about kiddo?

WHERE'S RIDE THE LIGHTNING?

You’re welcome 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Agreed, and a big part of that is because he lets the musicians talk without interrupting them. Rick's interviews are like music itself; he lets the musicians play, or in this case talk and teach.

@@RickBeato Jimmy Page interview would break KZfaq

@@RickBeatoplease don’t forget David Gilmore

Damn, I never knew Kirk liked to talk this much. One question and he goes on for another 10 minutes 😅. Great stuff!!

didnt need him there. its not like he asked questions we didnt already know the answers to.

I agree , he's all open to just letting kirk talk, because , like music, the magic just happens.. spontaneity

People feel comfortable w/ Rick - he's a great, great interviewer.

Rick is an absolute pro, ask the good questions and get out of the way.

@@daveelson213 they do speak to him, so he might be more necessary than you think

He genuinely speaks. It's refreshing.

​@@mattmarkus4868really high probability of that 😂

His Gibson interview is good to

@@Colin.Wyeah was gonna say the same. That’s a great series of interview

Trippy but very genuine. Hard to dislike,

H. wah wah enthusiast

I. A real horror movie fanatic

H. All of the above!

He's such the opposite of what the stereotype of a heavy metal lead guitarist is in most people's minds. I know as a metal head that in reality most metal heads are actually big nerds who love music, horror, music gear, etc. But the regular-joe out there thinks metal heads are the exact opposite of how Kirk is. He's so soft spoken and super nice even though his guitar is belching out evil sounding noise. Lol. If you go back and watch the behind the scenes in the studio when Metallica was recording the black album you be laughing your ass off at how everyone is arguing and is jumping down each other's throats... Then Kirk says as soft as a mouse _"hey guys, can't we just get along and go back to playing our songs?"_ and everyone just ignores Kirk and continues to scream at each other and slam doors. Lmao. If you watch the footage from back then it really feels like Kirk is a child watching his parents argue. I can only recall ONE TIME Kirk started an argument. And he never raised his voice and in the end he was SO RIGHT. He was arguing with Lars and James about not putting guitar solos in every song. Lars and James said that guitar solos are outdated and that Metallica needs to get with the times _(this is in the late 90s/ early 2000s)_ and follow many Nu Metal bands and have little to no solos. It's true that solos wasn't popular in Nu Metal at that time, but Kirk said _"if we dont have solos like the other bands then that will date the album to this time period"_ - that was paraphrased from memory but he was so correct. James and Lars couldn't have been more wrong. Lol

tu hermana @@larryb4598

@@larryb4598 and you're a big somebody?

​@@larryb4598what you just said doesn't make someone a nobody. This guy is one of the most famous guitarist in the world. Regardless of your opinion of him, he is not a _"nobody"_ my dude. The *VAST* majority of Metallica fans as well as metal-heads have been wanting this interview for a long time, don't piss on our parade homie Larry.

Ola Englund has done some good interviews. These interviews are reminiscent of the work that Matt Pinfield did many years ago. Also, That Metal Show had interesting guests over the years although their format wasn't my favorite.

​@@larryb4598Kirk is a nobody but yet you're here watching him? Doesn't line up.

And one of the most genuine guys ever. I love how he comes across as basically the same excited kid who first picked up guitar decades ago. I’ve always thought that whenever I’ve seen him in behind the scenes footage etc, there’s no ego to him whatsoever

Same here. I learned all the Metallica riffs in the 90s. Mostly Kirk‘s parts.

That's awesome, I'm very happy for you 🙂

@@TheHulksMistress You're right. When I went to hmv store in London for launching Hardwired. He and Rob were so calm sitting the middle singing albums. The most exciting experience of my life shaking hands and talking to my childhood idols. I was so speechless that my dream was coming true.

He is the real deal - so so humble to me when I was a teen - so was Lars.

@@TomTomTom87 I am only speaking from my personal exchanges with him as a teen nearly 30 years ago. I can totally see how that would be hard to fathom based on media, post Napster thing etc. But I will say he was funny and super cool to me.

Metallica fan for about 32 years. I love to see Kirk talk about this stuff and show how much he appreciates what they have accomplished and how appreciative he is for all Metallica fans! 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

A serious Metallica mega fan for almost 40 years and you saw Kirk on the edge of tears throughout the interview? When? lol

Yea as soon as cliff comes up or some other topics he will be in tears, he as real of a person as you can get, lots of other famous people out there fake as fuck, not kirk of course.

KZfaq can be used for whatever content the user wants. That's the beauty of it. Don't like something? Don't watch it.

This is so true.

@@nebularain3338 I agree with you 100%. I would never advocate censoring or controlling any content. The ability to make or access any and all types of videos (within a certain ethical reason of course) is paramount to our freedom of choice. I was just saying that the types of videos that Rick creates (to me) are better than any of the other similar content I’ve seen on KZfaq. Cheers.

KZfaq sucks. They consistently delete content and entire pages. Understand who really runs this page.

Brilliant comment.

Truth

Nailed it!! The 72 seasons interview he seemed loopy and out of sorts. Completely normal here. So happy to see.

@@TranceSFXhe's more comfortable here and some people get loopy and strange when they're around people they're not comfortable with

EXACTLY and he is at the top of the pile but is still like us all when we where snotty teens first getting into music, HIS music mostly lol But he is still one of us even tho he is a guitar GOD. No bullshit, genuine nice guy who just loves rocking out!!

Dude I love Dime and Kirk as my top guitarists ever and the fact that he said this put a huge smile on my face

For sure dude. Almost as poignant as Eddie and his guitar.

⁠@@johnfenuccio1687Same here. Their last interaction got me too. Long live Metallica and Pantera! Getcha’ Pull!🤘🏼

@@justinludeman8424I certainly agree!💯Class acts!

Absolutely 💯💯💯💯

Love Rick, but love your content aswell!

Agreed one my favorite channels @GuitarZero2Hero

Kirk is definitely a guitar God of mine!

He’s still my hero

People love to meme on Kirk, but he definitely comes off as extremely likeable in this interview.

Of course he’s talkative because Lars isn’t there doing all the talking😆👍

Not surprisingly

Probably finally someone told lars to stfu

Well he's the only band member in the room, so he has to be

Surprisingly a better more engaging speaker than Lars

What happened to him stroke?

@@577buttfan yeah it’s never been confirmed but they turned the comments off on his 72 Seasons interview bc everyone was asking about his speech changing. If you watch pre 2020 interviews and then the last year or so you’ll see all the signs of a stroke. Seems to be recovering really well though!

@@larryb4598 You sound envious and bitter🤭

@@larryb4598is this a joke

The way Kirk defined heavy metal vs hard rock, you could feel the passion in his answer!!

That’s because Rick is like a kick-ass rockin’ brother.

I'd say he's been working on his speech anxiety, stuttering and fluency. Good on him.

I noticed he sounded nervous and now about 10 minutes in, he seems to have chilled out. Maybe he's baked.

Yeah, I was a bit surprised. He is usually much less articulate.

I think some of that has to do with the venue. He’s sitting in a studio in front of some amps with his guitar. In his comfort zone, and after he starts holding his guitar, it’s even easier. Sometimes in life, I have felt more comfortable talking with my guitar in my lap than with nothing in my hands.

I love that he's a fan of The Hu, and watching his awe and honor that this Mongolian band would cover a Metallica tune. His enjoyment of music and musicmaking is so quick and so real that his pleasure is catching, just to hear him talk about it, and Rick gave him the space in which to do just that. This was a great interview.

I was thinking the same thing. Nailed it

Was thinking the same thing! Kirk has the most to say and least time to say it all it seems. Very thoughtful and passionate dude who may have been overshadowed by the aggression of his scene.

You should also watch his Gibson interview! It was from about a year or so ago… another fantastic interview 👌

Yeah good listen

Right ?! His solos are so distinct, and have so much character. They’re never just random noise (like so many other metal leads tend to churn out). And they are all unique and immediately recognizable. Like you could hear some random new snippet for the first time and you’ll automatically know that it’s Kirk . I always felt Dimebag had this ability as well. SO freakin great 🤘🏻🙌🏻

Absolutely! This one blew my mind and personally connected with it artistically at the same time. I'd give anything to sit behind my drums in a room with Hammett!! 🤯🤩🤪🥰

Nah, he's destroying the legacy.

rumor has it that James hated the fact that Jason was working on a side project before he left the band, and it was the reason WHY Jason quit. it is interesting that Kirk put out a side project, and James said nothing about it.

@@mylovesongs2429 20 years have passed, people mature and learn. What's so interesting about it?

@@mylovesongs2429Lars and James eventually realized the mistake they made and how unfair it was to expect Jason or anyone to have no other creative outlet for things that do not fit into Metallica. They have discussed this publicly.

@@mylovesongs2429 "rumor" has it? There's a whole movie about it, bro

❤❤

Dead on. Also struggling to find the right words at times. I have ADHD and that is a big problem for me.

Most definitely

God do i feel old hearing that!🤣

Agreed. He became my favorite member of Metallica after watching this.

Yes, also when he talked about Dimebag and Vinnie

life history of many

Kirk thought it was cliche' but music saved my life too.

that whole section was just amazing.

What controversy?

every album they have released to date is amazing!!!!!!

​@brydoncordero5762 Load, Reload, Saint Anger? Really? Even they don't like those.

@@stephanjones8424Who says they don’t like Load and Reload? They still play quite a few songs from those albums. I’m pretty sure Fuel is one of Hetfield’s favorite songs to play live. They’ve been playing some St. Anger stuff lately, too.

@@stephanjones8424 I like all those albums, they aren't classic metal, but they are good albums. (St. Anger I understand if you don't like the 00's Nu-Metal sound, but I do.)

I always wondered how different the music would be if cliff was still alive.

yea I just realized the same.

I agree , Kirk just flowing..

Right? Turns out I fucking love hearing Kirk Hammett talk too. Heheh.

Yeah true. Lars and James don't usually let Kirk speak out much, and they've been treating him that way since 1983. Kirk usually just lets the music do the talking.