Metallica was first established in Los Angeles - the United States under the name The Young of Metal Attack. A few months later the group changed its name to Metallica said to be the combination of Metal and Vodca said. Metallica's name itself is actually a proposed name for a music magazine that was stolen by Lars Ulrich before the magazine got the name.The first is the formation Metallica Lars Ulrich (drums), James Hetfield (vocals and guitar), Lloyd Grant (guitar) and Ron Mc Govney (bass). This formation which gave birth to the first song called Hit The Light, which later signed rock compilation album Metal Massacre in 1981.
After circulating Metal Massacre, and Ron Grant resigned. Grant's position was replaced by Dave Mustaine and Ron's position was replaced Cliff Burton. This formation later in July 1982 issued a demo-album, No Life Till Leather. This demo is then brought Metallica to get an agent and then migrated to New York.
In 1983, Metallica was planning to do a short tour to several cities. Hetfield and Mustaine honey instead involved hostilities, until finally Mustaine out and later founded Megadeth. Mustaine's position was replaced by Kirk Hammett, Exodus guitarist of the group. The third formation is then issued the album Kill 'Em All in May 1983.
In 1984, Metallica greater by issuing the album Ride the Lightning. This album survived 50 weeks in the Billboard Top 200. Demi facilitate their campaign also released a mini album, Jump In The Fire.
September 1985, producing an album Metallica Master Of Puppets. Back Metallica entered the Billboard Top 40 for 72 weeks. This album is certified platinum albums without a single and video.
September 27, 1986, on his way to the Scandinavian tour - the bus they were traveling crashed and Cliff Burton (bass) died. This event was hitting all the members of the band. Even Dave Mustaine of Megadeth was founded, to commemorate the death of Cliff in the song In My Darkest Hour (Megadeth Album: So far .. So Good .. So What!). October 1986, the position was replaced by Cliff Burton, Jason Newsted, the base of the group Floatsam And Jetsam.
Album ... And Justice For All outstanding September 1988. This is where Metallica started out the video clip. Their first video for the song One, the video reached number 1 on MTV. This success led to the production of video clips Cliff 'Em All a video memory for Cliff Burton.
End Metallica 1990 album was recorded. This album makes Metallica reached quadruple platinum sales and became the number one album in the U.S. and eight European countries. And the award-winning Grammy Award for Best Metal category of viewers two years in a row.
Jason Newsted base resigned from the band after a fight with James Hetfield. This dispute caused Jason Newsted more spend time with his own project. The other band members think Metallica should come first, even though at the time Metallica was a vacuum.
This group currently consisting of Lars Ulrich (drums), James Hetfield (vocals and guitar), Kirk Hammett (guitar) and Rob Trujillo (bass). Former members include Ron McGovney (bass), Dave Mustaine (guitar), Cliff Burton (bass) and Jason Newsted.