The Metallica great is celebrating his remarkable guitar collection in a new Gibson book. He explains how he came to own prized guitars from John Frusciante and Michael Schenker – and why he doesn’t c ...

Who are the best rock bands for every letter of the alphabet? It's time that we learn our rock 'n' roll ABCs. First off, how difficult is it to name a rock band or solo musician for every letter ...

READ MORE: The Metallica Song That Made Kirk Hammett Cry "That Was Just Your Life," on the other hand, has been played a total of 170 times live, with the last being in 2010. "I guess I would say ...

For the Iowa Hawkeyes, things are different. Head coach Kirk Ferentz, now entering his 27th season in Iowa City, made the call to get ahead of the inevitable. Instead of waiting until April or ...

A longtime VFW member, Kirk became the first Black commander of the organization’s Minnesota chapter in 1995. A longtime resident of St. Paul’s Rondo neighborhood, Kirk also was active in the ...

Guitarist Kirk Hammett sees it as a chance to thank the band that invented heavy metal and paved the way for Metallica and so many other acts. The “Back to the Beginning” concert at Villa Park will ...

Kirk Hammett has played a huge amount of electric guitars over the course of his career, from uber-expensive vintage Gibsons and Peter Green’s iconic Greeny Les Paul (which he now owns), all the ...

In a sneak peek look at the March 30 episode of American Idol, the 16-year-old California high schooler wowed the judges with her performance of “And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going” from ...

that means all males in our culture need to be a leader,” Hammett added. Enter your information below to get a daily update with all of our headlines and receive The Orchard Metal newsletter.

It's no secret that Metallica's members love Motorhead - but Kirk Hammett shares his own personal journey to discovering the rock'n'roll legends When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Now, if you have a Les Paul Special at home, you could of course mod it and try this out for size. A Gibson mini humbucker retails for $129 and it is an easy installation on a Special – or indeed a ...

Having seen Canelo Alvarez snub his taunts in favour of a lucrative four-fight deal with Saudi Arabia's Turki Alalshikh, Paul has turned his attentions to Joshua. Joshua is licking his wounds ...