thank god kirk recovered from this

Sounds like Kirk really wants to play blues. I would like to hear an album of that

Not gonna lie I fuckin hate this era of Kirk. The short spiked hair, black nailpolish, eyeliner, chains, wings, cigar, it's awful. I like how he is now and how he was back then. Pure thrash metal. This was the weakest spot in Metallica's career though

I love how, despite how heavy the music is that some artists play.. Most of them love nothing better than jamming out to the blues haha

I remember his Johnny Depp phase....

My favorite guitar of Kirk's is the Tom Anderson model he played on the Damaged Justice Tour. I haven't seen him play it in years. I wonder if he still has it

LTD ... Now we know why he smashes it all around

"It's a very tired joke by now." So are Kirk's wah-raping solos.

Nail polish, make up, the clothing, tap dancing shoes, cigar...the hell was going on back in those times Kirk? glad he got back to the dark side \o/

Kirk playing SRV at the start there

He went to study at an art school around 94/95 and came back like this. I know his wife is into that kind of stuff, and as soon as he married her, Kirk went back to normal...

Holy shit, Prince actually knows how to play guitar!

True bro, some of my favorite solos are from the unforgiven1, fade to black and some a7x ones are so far away and victim just so much emotions running through those frets it's amazing.

240p doesn't get the credit it deserves.

Was this recorded with a potato?

I can't believe that Kirk Hammett is now the proud owner of 'Greeny'... Peter Green's and Gary Moore's '59 Les Paul. What a tragedy... :(

There are many as good or better but he "made it' what ever that means. You are all just lovin' and hatin' because you know who he is. He is just another guitarist, take it or leave it.

when kirk still enjoyed playing in metallica... we miss that kirk

heheh the start of this video gives me the impression of kirk being the "little insane kid" and the guitar dude hes carer. he is by far my favorite guitarist of all time, my inspiration ever since the start (12 years ago)

I really love Kirk Hammetts see-through guitar. :) Looks awesome! :D

OUIJA - that's not a spelling mistake...... I guess that's why he's a guitar tech

the clear guitar is awesome Kirk - I use this on the most evilest of all evil songs .. Am i Evil ? (Evil Laugh) XD

Kirk Hammett stuff is great to teach beginning guitar students.

Same here Kirk might not be the fastest the best or the most technical but personally i love his sound and his style. Just my opinion though.

i fuckin love kirk hammet. he's the only guy in metallica you don't want to punch in the face every 5 minutes.... and he hangs out with les claypool.

hmm im pretty impressed that kirk is chilling and just playing blues

He's playing Stevie Ray Vaughan's version of Hide Away. Groovy.

What a fucking boss playing badass guitars with a cigar, doesn't get anymore boss than that.

Re-string the guitar only if he play one song because by then the strings have had it...come on, that's a load of shit. Just say "because we can."

Kirk ripps asses in that time! The solos and his personailty is totally INSANE! He looks like DEVIL! Smooking, black nails, crazy ass hair, crazy eyes, piercings and that big badass 'Hugh Heffner' dress style! Man Kirk can say 'I'M THE BOSS!'

"So that when he smashes the neck, I can replace it without ditching the whole body" ROFL.!!

Hank Whammyarvin (echorvin) , jimmy Tremolopage, david pitchilmour, Jimmy wahndrix. Every good guitarist has developed his own style with his own gear, so don't blame kirk for abusing the wah.

kirks dark era?

They're two of my favourite guitarists. If it wasn't for Dave and Kirk, I wouldn't be playing metal.

what a legendary guitarist.

lead guitar for 30 years+ in one of the top 5 biggest metal bands in the world. and some people are still saying Kirk sucks? facepalm

I love when his cigar burns his leg. that yell is priceless!

i find kirk is very tasteful with this lead work and i hardly find anything repetitive with his playing as far as records go i havent seen metallica live in a long time. if you expect someone to jump from one end of the spectrum to the other all the time then that is not going to last very long at keeping your amusement either. hes #11 on rolling stone's 100 list for a reason. if the general public and musicians alike didnt disagree with you then he wouldnt be on there at all.

Its not about the guitar, Its about the player. And the pickups too.

mmmmm I loooove cigars...and you know kirk gets whatever amazing cigar he wants

The people who say he sucks are fanboys don't listen to them. Kirk is a really good guitarist and he is perfect for Metallica. He isn't the greatest technical player, but when he want to he can shred, like In the Battery solo or Damage Inc

And doing it all with a cigar in his hand. What a boss.

I bet he has a solid gold wah pedal with his name carved into the side of it mounted on his bedroom wall at home.

Still better than Hendrix.

Coolest paper weight ever!

wow! Very cool display. Can't tell you how many times I've listened to Master of Muppets

The most stupid I have seen a guitar player do is break his guitar.

All I have to say is Wah-Wah, can't play without it.

not really a metallica guy, but wow. kirk seems like such a cool guy.

Super! Was eager to know this.

Nothing beats smoking a cigar while playing a stevie ray vaughan song!

Where was that clip from?

I love how he's like:" I'm cool" and he drops cigar ashes on his pants and all that xD Well, what can i say: i fucking love Kirk Hammett! xD

This vids from the mid 90s when they were doing Load & Reload... Kirk was a strange fellow back then but he's a pretty mellow dude now

That's Kirk Hendrix right there. And Paul Mccartney the guitar tech.

You´re wellcome. If you want to hear a great version of that, listen to John Mayall Bluesbreakers (feat. Eric Clapton) cover.

0:30 that guitar was on sale in Ottawa for ~$750 CAD... my cousin and i saw it as we were jamming out in a guitar shop.

Yes he is "Hideaway" by Freddie King check out SRV's version.

Haha, Kirk Hammet playing SRV inspired licks, what a guy!

i was just at the rock and roll hall of fame the other day, the wave caster is on display there. it is a VERY cool guitar!

i fuckin love that orange guitar

these guys became millioners with just a heavy metal band,

@mateivornicu i think that every famous guitar players needs that.

i love his job..........

im glad kirk changed his image

It's just a solo that he would play after the ending solo from for whom the bell tolls.

Kirk is his bi -cigar chomping make up and nails era.

@Cheapooo for starting out guitar players yes since you wont need anything fancy yet but get a squire strat you might not want to pour tons of money into a fender

i was going to write that until i scrolled down

@2handsforchrist ... Freddie King's Hide Away ... Awesome respect for KH for playing this ...

"I couldn't figure out how to preserve the urine" Soooo Spinal Tap !

i now need a wave caster

Who is Kirk Hammett?

Anyone know the live performance at 1:20???

@MaxCarlsson95 Certain models are LTD exclusive. Also, towards the beginning of the video his guitar tech shows an LTD and explains that theyve gone through about 40 of them on the tour. The LTDs are there for the sheer purpose of destroying them haha

I have never seen what is the fun with smashing a guitar on stage.

Then there's SRV's version, which IMO is even better lol. It's probably where Kirk discovered the song seing as he's a huge Stevie fan

the first solo that kirk is playing is like a stevie ray vaughan´s solo

Thats true. Metal wouldn't be as heavy without the theatrics. I was never a huge fan. I'll be ok as long his fenders don't go crowd surfing.

Thank you....sounds like a cool song for me to learn :)

kirk hammett is soooooo cool!

Kirk nailing some blues riffs, nice.

Nevermind Kirk, just look at that fucking guitar at the end of the video!

Yeah the Hideaway! !

ohhh i love that blue guitar!!

Yeah it really is a great cover

General people did their emo in their teens, kirk did it in his near 40s

1:45 i wouldnt mind having that "paper-weight" haha

Somehow i knew he was gonna drop that cigar on him

Kirk And AM I Evil lol i watched the big four at the movies and everyone from Metallica Megadeth Slayer And ANthrax was playing it together it was so awsome who dosent want to headbang at the movies?

This is an old video...from the Load & Reload era...still good.

the dude that had the shine in his teeth had to be stoned man hahaha

supposedly they can see their fingers better in the dark during shows

if that 'WaveCaster' blue stuff went down the neck and to the head it would be epic

lol yea the clear guitar is soo AWSOME!!

Nice nail polish kirk!

Luckily we have Guthrie Govan, and the generation he has inspired. there is still hope.

There goes the whole tonewood debate.

seen them live twice and he was fine.

@Cheapooo fender strat is very good to start out on, hell even a squire strat is ok but if you have the money get a mexican one for about 400, but they're great for everything clean and funky, rock and metal work ok on 'em but the bridge pickup will have to go if you plan on metal (I suggest hotrails), and maybe the others if you use them with lots of distortion (tons of hum) I've been using my strat since I've started playing, only crappy thing is the tuning and tremelo system, but you can mod