I went through a whole blues period in the Nineties, and that had some influence on 'Load' and 'ReLoad.'
Kirk HammettI think the whole concept behind lyrics is you better mean what you say, or you should like, become a storyteller. I mean, there's a lot of bands who are just storytellers, and then there are bands who actually have something valid to say. And the bands who have valid points are few and far between.
Kirk HammettHorror movies started to wane around the onset of World War II, and after World War II, when all the troops came home, people weren't really interested in seeing horror movies, because they had the real horror right on their front doorsteps.
Kirk HammettI'm death obsessed. You know, I have death all over my house. I have a stuffed two headed sheep!
Kirk Hammett