Kirk Hammett
Metallica
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Emerging from San Francisco's Bay Area, he grew up in El Sobrante under a multicultural family background and discovered a love for horror films before picking up a guitar at fifteen, eventually studying under virtuoso Joe Satriani while attending De Anza High School. By sixteen he co-founded the thrash outfit Exodus, contributing to its 1982 demo and the 1983 release Die By His Hand, and helped s…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
