Metallica talks about Grammy (All Access Grammy Special)

Guitar Hero

Another piece of the Guitar Hero puzzle . . . the track listing! In case you're just tuning in now, the all 'Tallica Guitar Hero will be hitting the streets on March 29 with some really cool features like different classic venues such as the L.A. Forum, Tushino Airfield, and The Hammersmith Odeon, the ability to play as us or in single instrument mode, and even the Expert+ setting with double bass drum kick pedals.

So without further ado, here are the songs on the game . . . both from us and from some of the bands we admire and even call friends:

Metallica Tracks

All Nightmare Long
Battery
Creeping Death
Disposable Heroes
Dyers Eve
Enter Sandman
Fade To Black
Fight Fire With Fire
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Frantic
Fuel
Hit The Lights
King Nothing
Master of Puppets
Mercyful Fate (Medley)
No Leaf Clover
Nothing Else Matters
One
Orion
Sad But True
Seek And Destroy
The Memory Remains
The Shortest Straw
The Thing That Should Not Be
The Unforgiven
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Wherever I May Roam
Whiplash


If you downloaded the "Death Magnetic" album for Xbox and PS3, those ten songs will play in their entirety in the full game mode. PS2 and Wii versions (coming in the Spring, most likely in early May) will include "Broken Beat & Scarred," "Cyanide" and "My Apocalypse" since they are not compatible with the Death Magnetic downloadable content.


Other Artists

Alice In Chains - No Excuses
Bob Seger - Turn The Page
Corrosion of Conformity - Albatross
Diamond Head - Am I Evil?
Foo Fighters - Stacked Actors
Judas Priest - Hell Bent For Leather
Kyuss - Demon Cleaner
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Tuesdays Gone
Machine Head - Beautiful Mourning
Mastodon - Blood And Thunder
Mercyful Fate - Evil
Michael Schenker Group - Armed and Ready
Motorhead - Ace of Spades
Queen - Stone Cold Crazy
Samhain - Mother of Mercy
Slayer - War Ensemble
Social Distortion - Mommy's Little Monster
Suicidal Tendencies - War Inside My Head
System of a Down - Toxicity
The Sword - Black River
Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back in Town


source: metclub.com

METALLICA: New KIRK HAMMETT and JAMES HETFIELD ESP Signature Series Models Unveiled At NAMM

The legendary guitarists of METALLICA, Kirk Hammett and James Hetfield, have worked with ESP Guitars to create their newest additions to the ESP and LTD Signature Series. The ESP KH-2 Ouija and LTD KH-Ouija are the latest models from Hammett, while the new James Hetfield model is the ESP Iron Cross.

"As most METALLICA fans know, the original Ouija model was a custom created for Kirk, and only a handful were made," says Matt Masciandaro, ESP President. "Not only are we bringing back the Ouija for the first time in more than a decade, but we're offering it in a white finish for the first time ever. For the Iron Cross, we're offering the guitar that James has been using for much of METALLICA's 'Death Magnetic' world tour, and will only be making this model during 2009.”

Available in limited quantities during 2009 only, the new Ouija model remains true to the original, with a neck-thru-body 25.5" scale design, alder body, maple neck, 24XJ frets, Gotoh tuners, an original Floyd Rose bridge, EMG 81 (B) / 60 (N) active pickups, and is available in both black and white finishes. Upgrades to the original model include mirror inlays and an ebony fingerboard.

The LTD KH-Ouija offers similar features to the ESP version, substituting a 1000-Series Floyd Rose bridge, ESP tuners, and a rosewood fingerboard (and is only available in black).

Available in limited quantities during 2009 only, the ESP James Hetfield Signature Iron Cross is currently featured on METALLICA's "Death Magnetic" world tour. Painstaking effort has gone into recreating every nuance of James' original guitar, while adding some new appointments to make it a truly unique signature ESP. Features include a set-neck, 24.75" scale, mahogany body with maple cap, mahogany neck, 22 XJ EVO "Gold" Ni- Free alloy frets, distressed gold hardware that includes Sperzel locking tuners, Schaller straplocks, Tonepros Locking bridge and tailpiece, and special EMG 81 (B) / 60 (N) active pickups with distressed gold covers. The guitar's finish is a highly distressed black with a gold racing stripe and a metal iron cross on the body top.


Source: blabbermouth.com

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!

First order of business....Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!


Rock legends Metallica and guitar great Jeff Beck are among the new inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The metal four-piece - who have sold more than 90 million albums - will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio on April 4th, it has been confirmed.

"We've done this our way. Twenty-seven, 28 years later, we're here," said drummer Lars Ulrich after the announcement in New York.

Grammy winner Beck, considered one of the greatest guitarists of all time, will also be inducted into the prestigious list, along with singer-songwriter Bobby Womack and hip-hop pioneers Rum DMC.

Vocal group Little Anthony and the Imperials, famed for hits such as Tears on my Pillow and Goin' Out of My Head, are also to be inducted in April, as will country singer Wanda Jackson and prolific session musicians Spooner Oldham, DJ Fontana and Bill Black.

Fontana and Black are best known as the drummer and bassist for Elvis Presley while Oldham played keyboards on songs such as Mustang Sally and When a Man Loves a Woman, as well as working with the likes of Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Jackson Browne.

"This year's class of inductees truly represents what the Hall of Fame is all about," said Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation President & CEO Joel Peresman.

"From classic artists that began their careers in the 50s and 60s to those that have defined the modern sound of rock and roll, these artists demonstrate the rich diversity of rock and roll itself.

"We are proud to honour these artists and celebrate their contribution to rock and roll's place in our culture."

Source: contactmusic.com

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