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Guitar players in the nineties seem to be reacting against the technique oriented eighties.
Kirk Hammett
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Kirk Hammett
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: November 18
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San Francisco County
California
Kirk Lee Hammett
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We never see ourselves as being on a higher level than our fans.
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Basically I just had to say, 'Screw everyone around me - from now on I'm just gonna play what I think is important to me and our music.' So I gave the big finger to all the current trends in technical wizardry, and just went off and did what I felt was best for the songs.
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I think it's morally wrong to keep someone away from what keeps him happy.
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I don't think success has changed us as people at all. We are the same lunatics that we were when this band first got going. We never see ourselves as being on a higher level than our fans.
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I'm not into that whole Satanic thing. It's just something to fall back on if you don't have much imagination. Singing you fiftieth song about having lunch with Satan--I'm not into it. It's silly.
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