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Kirk Hammett on Metallica's Kill 'Em All

Jaan Uhelszki, Music Radar, 11 September 2008

METALLICA HAVE NEVER done anything the easy way. On the eve of recording their first album Kill 'Em All, they fired lead guitarist Dave Mustaine after a savage fistfight with James Hetfield. Hetfield had accused Mustaine of kicking his dog.

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