Kirk Hammet of Metallica 2

Kirk Lee Hammett (born November 18, 1962) is an American musician who has been lead guitarist and a contributing songwriter for the heavy metal band... more

by Joy McKenzie

Title

Kirk Hammet of Metallica 2

Artist

Joy McKenzie

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Digital Art - Digital Art- Photography

Description

Kirk Lee Hammett (born November 18, 1962) is an American musician who has been lead guitarist and a contributing songwriter for the heavy metal band Metallica since 1983. Before joining Metallica he formed and named the band Exodus. In 2003, Hammett was ranked 11th on Rolling Stone's list of The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. In 2009, Hammett was ranked number 15 in Joel McIver's book The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists.

In addition to playing guitar and collecting horror memorabilia, Hammett's hobbies include reading comic books and surfing. (Text description released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0 via Wikipedia)

The original public domain image of Kirk is very small, and was shot in Guadalajara Mexico in 2010, on stage. I completely restored the image, using various effects and filters to enlarge and color the image in brighter tones. Kirk is playing his ESP signature KH Bride of Frankenstein guitar, which is one of several 'monster' guitars in the series. Kirk is, as usual, playing with tape around his picking hand, his way of saving his hand from getting cut up by the strings while palm muting. Always a fashion icon on stage, I believe Kirk is wearing velvet pants, probably the only guitarist who can get away with it since Hendrix and Page.


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April 1st, 2018