_{"We do what we want...... We don`t care what anyone else thinks"
-Cliff Burton- "From Cliff'em All"}

_{This book is about:}

_{Clifford Lee Burton}

_R.I.P.

_1962-1986

_{Born: 10 of February 1962}

_{Dead: 27 of September 1986}

_{"When a man lies he murders some part of the world.}

_{These are the pale deaths which men miscall their lives.}

_{All this I cannot bear to witness any longer.}

_{Cannot the kingdom of salvation take me home"}

_{-Cliff Burton: "To Live Is To Die"-}

_{It's also about Metallica}

_{"If you came here to see spandex, eye makeup, and the words}

_{'Ooh baby' in every fu**in song, this ain't the fu**in' band"}

_{- James Hetfield - 17 August 1985}

_{The Complete History of METALLICA}

_YEAR-BY-YEAR

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_{February 10, Cliff Burton, the bassist is born.}

_{November 18, Kirk Hammett is brought into the world in San Fransisco.}

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_{March 4, Jason Newsted, Cliffs replacment is born in Battle Creek, Michigan.}

_{August 3, James Alan Hetfield, is born in Los Angeles.}

_{December 26, Lars Ulrich, is born in Copenhagen, Denmark, where he remains until 1980, when his parents decided to relocate to Newport Beach, near Los Angeles.}

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_{Lars, only nine years old at the time, attends his first hard rock consert, a Deep Purple gig in his hometown of Copenhagen, and is so impressed by what he sees that he becomes a fanatical collecter of all the albums from bands like Black Sabbath and Thin Lizzy. He later discovers the New Wawe Of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM), led by groups such as Iron Maiden, Saxom, Sweet Savage and Diamond Head, which to this day remains influence on Metallica's musical direction.}

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_{Lars gets his first drum kit as a present from his grandparents.}

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_{The 17-years old Ulrich flies to Britain to see his favorite band at the time, Diamond Head, preform live in concert. He meets vocalist Sean Harris and hangs around whit the group for a month. He also visits his relatives in Copenhagen, where he gets to know the band Mercyful Fate, another early purveyor of the NWOBHM sound. He returns to Los Angeles determined to form his own European-soundingband.}

_{Early 1981}

_{Lars places an add in a South California paper called the Recycler looking for musicians to play whit. James, who has a classified add of his own on the same page, gets togheter whit Lars for a jam session, after which the two become friends. Lars played all of his NWOBHM records to James, who starts really getting into British Metal sound, and the duo start to think on a name to the band, their options was Grinder, Blitzer and Red Vette and settle on Metallica, which Lars steals from a fanzine editor friend.}

_{Late 1981}

_{Metallica makes an appearence on Metal Massacre I, a compilation LP of metal bands doing the rounds in the Los Angeles area, whit a 4-track recording of the track "Hit The Lights" (the song was later re-recorded for inclusion on the bands first album, Kill 'Em All). Featuring Lars drums, James on rythm guitar, bass and vocals, and friend guitarist Lloyd Grant on lead guitar, the recording is, amateurish, but still stands out as one of the most innovative original piecses of work from an American metal band as this time. During this recording the following covers were recorded: "Killing Time" by Sweet Savage and "Let It Loose" also by Savage.}

_{January 1982}

_{Metallica aquires Dave Mustain, a fast talking guitarist friend of James, who is replying to an add in a music newspaper. Around the same time, the band enlist the help of Hetfields roomate, Ron McGoveny, to play bass.}

_{March 1982}

_{Metallica support Saxon at Whiskey A Go Go in L.A., where they go down a storm, even though their set consist largely of cover versions from Diamond Head, Savage and Sweet Savage. In the coming months and years, a bootleg recording of this recording of this gig becomes one of the most sought-after tapes on the trading circuit.}

_{April 1982}

_{Metallica (Hetfield, Ulrich Mustaine and McGoverny) record a four-song demo on their faithful four-track recorder. Featuring a re-recorded version of "Hit The Lights" as well as the classics, "The Mechanix" (later reworked and retitled "The Four Horsemen"), "Jump In The Fire" and "Motorbreath", the demo spreads like wildfire and sows the seeds for the coming revolution set by the groups next demo.}

_{May 1982}

_{Metallica makes one of only a few live appearances, when they perform at the Concert Factory in Los Angeles as the opening act on a bill that also features Leatherwolf, August Redmoon and Roxy Rollers. Consisting of Ulrich, Mustain, McGovney and Hetfield on lead vocals and Jeff Warner (later in Black 'n' Blue) on rhythm guitar, the band eventully falls apart when Dave refuses to allow Jeff to play lead guitar, causing a split whit Warner and a return to their more familiar four-man format.}

_{July 1982}

_{Metallica records "No Life 'Till Leather", possibly the most legendary demo ever recording ever made. Containing freshly recorded versions of the four cuts on their April 1982 tape, as well as "Metal Militia", "Seek and Destroy" and "Phantom Lord" the cassette gets circulated and distributed worldwide by the growing metal underground, who hail the group as one of the most innovated and unique new talents on the scene.}

_{August 1982}

_{San Fransico's Trauma, featuring bassist Cliff Burton, play the Whiskey A Go Go. In the audience were James and Lars, who become so impressed whit the four stringer that they immediately set on a hot pursuit to get him to join Metallica, an offer that he initially refuses. It is'nt until the end of the year that Cliff finally agrees to become a member of the band, but only under the condition that the band relocate to San Fransisco.}

_{September 18, 1982}

_{Metallica performs at keystone in San Francisco as part of a bill designed to promote the bands featured on the Metal Massacre I compliation. Playing along side of Bitch and Hans Naughty, Metallica blazes through seven cuts on the "No Life Till Leather" tape as well as two Diamond Head covers, leaving the 100-or-so people in attendance completely dazed by their high-energy delivery. Impressed by the maniacal reaction of the kids at the show, Metallica follow up the gig whit numerous other performances in the San Francisco Bay area, where they establish a strong following.}

_{October 1982}

_{Metallica supportes Laaz Rockit in San Francisco}

_{November 1982}

_{November 11. The quartet play as support to Y & T at the Woodstock in Los Angeles.}

_{November 19. Metallica plat their first headlining gig in the Bay area. Opening the show were locals, Exodus, who at the time featured 20-year old Kirk Hammett.}

_{November 30. Metallica perform their final concert whit Ron McGoveny, at San Francisco's Mabuhay Gardens.}

_{December 1982}

_{James, Lars and Dave begin moving their belongings and gear down to San Francisco, eventually settling down at 3132 Carlson Boulevard, the home of Mark Whitaker.}

_{January 1983}

_{The group recieves a phone call from Johnny 'Z' Zazuala, a New Jersey record store owner/concert promoter, who invites the band to come over to the East Coast to do some gigs.}

_{February 15, 1983}

_{Metallica complete their move to San Francisco, Lars and James share a room at Mark's place, while Dave ends up whit Mark's grandmother.}

_{Late February 1983}

_{The band, no officially featuring Cliff Burton on bass, recorded their fourth demo, a two-tracker containing the cuts "No Remorse" and "Whiplash".}

_{March 5, 1983}

_{Metallica, accompanied by Mark Whitaker as road manager/soundman, make the three-thousend-plus-mile journey to the East Coast. During the trip, many arguments occur between Dave and the rest of the band, whit Mustaine's alchol intake often at the root of the problem.}

_{April 1983}

_{While in New York, Lars and James make the decision to booth Mustaine from the band. Following a series of gigs whit Vandenburg and The Rods on the East Coast, Dave is deposited on a greyhound bus and sent home to San Francisco, while replacment guitarist, Kirk Hammett of Exodus, is flown in to fill Mustaine's slot. (Mustain later started Megadeath).}

_{May 10-27, 1983}

_{The band enter Barrett Alley Studios in Rochester, New York, to record their legendary debut album, "Kill'em All" (was gone be named "Metal Up Your Ass").}

_{Here are the songs: "Hit The Lights", "The Four Horsemen", "Motorbreath", Jump In The Fire", "(Anesthesia)-Pulling Teeth", "Whiplash", "Phantom Lord", "No Remorse", "Seek & Destroy" and "Metal Militia".}

_{July 1983}

_{"Kill'em All" is released theough Megaforce Rcords in the USA, and Music For Nations and Roadrunner in Europa.}

_{July 27-September 3, 1983}

_{Metallica embark on their first-even tour, a double package featuring labelmates Raven, which kicks off in New Brunswick and ends in San Francisco whit a sold-out gig at the Stone.}

_{December 1983}

_{The band travels to New Jesey, where they spend several weeks working on material for their second album "Ride The Lightning" ("Fade To Black", "For Whom The Bell Tolls" and "Trapped Under Ice" are put together There). On weekends, Metallica plays a series of headling gigs whit Anthrax supporting in such cities such as Chicago, Milwaukee and New York. However, after the last show, most of the group's equipment gets stolen.}

_{Early February, 1984}

_{Metallica flies over to Europa to support Venom on their "Seven Dates Of Hell" tour. The highlight of the trek takes place on February 11, when the group perform at the Aardschok festival in Zwolle, Holland, in front of 5000 fans.
Late February, 1984}

_{The quartet drives to Copenhagen, where they stay at Mercyful Fat's rehearsal rooms, completing work on tracks for the second album. Eventually, the band join producer Flemming Rasmussen at Sweet Silence studios in the same building to begin recording, the LP.}

_{March 1984}

_{Halfway through the recording of the album, Metallica head to England, where Music For Nations has orginazed a tour as support to The Rods (Exciter are also scheduled to play). However, as soon as the band arrived in England, they find out that the tour had been cancelled, whit poor advance ticket sales cited as the reason for the cancellation. Unable to re-enter Sweet Silence to complete work on the coming LP (another act had already booked the time), Metallica decide to hang around in England, where metalheads are anxious to see them perform. Two gigs are arrenged at the Marquee club in London, on March 14 and 27, both of which completely sell out.}

_{June 1984}

_{Metallica complete work on Ride The Lightning, and embark on a brief four-gig Dutch/German tour whit Twisted Sister.}

_{Here are the songs: "Fight Fire Whit Fire", "Ride The Lightning", "For Whom The Bell Tolls", "Fade To Black", "Trapped Under Ice", "Escape", "Creeping Death" and "The Call Of KTULU".}

_{August 1984}

_{Metallica play a few gig in New York, on bill that also features Anthrax (the openers) and Raven (the headlines). Attending the show are Cliff Burnstein, co-founder of Q-Prime Management (Def Leppard), and Michael Alago, A&R director of Elektra Records, both of whom walk away suitably impressed whit the band's performence. Before long, Metallica become Q-Prime Management clients as well as Elektra recording artists. Initially issued through the Megaforce lable, Ride The Lightning is eventually re-released through Elektra.}

_{November 18-20 December, 1984}

_{Metallica launch their first major European tour, whit Tank supporting, in Paris, France, and end it whit a prestigious gig at the Lyceum in London. An average of 1300 fans turn up for each show.}

_{Early 1985}

_{The initial three and a half months of the year are spent touring the States, first as co-headlines whit W.A.S.P. (Armored Saint supported) and then headliners.}

_{May-July, 1985}

_{Metallica gets some well deserved rest before starting work on meterial for their third album.}

_{August 1985}

_{August 17. Metallica are sandwiched between Ratt and Bon Jovi at the Castle Donnington festival in England, where they performed for 70,000 fans. A week later, they are back in Oakland, California, playing in front of 90,000 bangers at the Day On The Green festival. The next day, Lars heads to Copenhagen to begin work on the drum tones for Metallica's next LP. Several days later, he's joined by the rest of the band.}

_{September 14, 1985}

_{Interspersing the recording proces whit gigs in Europa, Metallica perform at the Metal Hammer festival in Germany, where they introduce a new track "Disposable Heros".}

_{December 27, 1985}

_{Metallica completes work on Master Of Puppets and head back to California.}

_{New Years Eve, 1986}

_{Metallica play the Civic Center in San Francisco, alongside Megadeath (the first, and only time the two bands have shared the stage), Metal Church and Exoudus.}

_{January 1986}

_{Master Of Puppets is mixed in Los Angeles under the guidance of Michael Wagener, followed by a press tour of Europa, which Lars (naturally) takes care of. While Ulrich is talking about the record, across the Atlantic, James and Cliff cruise around the Frisco club circuit whit a band called Spastic Children, which features Hetfield sitting behind the drum kit. Also in the group are vocalist Fred Cotton, and a guitarist by the name of Jack McDaniel.}

_{February 1986}

_{James and Lars head to the Bahamas for a brief holiday prior to the realese of "Master Of Puppets".}

_{Here are the songs: "Battery", "Master Of Puppets", "The Thing That Should Not Be",}

_{"Welcome Home (Sanatarium)", "Disposable Heros", "Leper Messiah", "Orion (Instrumental)" and "Damage Inc".}

_{March 1986}

_{Master of Puppets finally gets released, follow by a US arena, as support to Ozzy Osbourne, beginning on March 27.}

_{June 26, 1986}

_{Shortly before a gig in Evansville, James breaks wrist trying to skateboard down a hill. The gig gets cancelled, and the other dates on the tour are done whit James only on vocals, whit his wrist in plaster and Kirk's guitar roadie, John Marshall (now whit Metal Church) on guitar.}

_{September 1986}

_{September 10. Metallica headline Londons London's legendary Hammersmith Odeon, whit Anthrax supporting.}

_{September 27. On the way to Copenhagen, Metallica's tour bus overturns, throwing Cliff Burton trough the windscreen and killing him instantly.}

_{October 1986}

_{The rest of the band returns to America to consider their future. Whitin a couple of weeks, the group starts auditioning new bassist. Among the favorites to fill the emptey slot are Aromored Saint four-stringer Joey Vera, Laaz Rockit and Willy Lange. But after auditions in Phoneix Jason "Newkid" Newsted from the band Flotsam & Jetsam is chosen to fill in Cliff's position.}

_{November 1986}

_{November 8. Metallica perform their first live show whit Jason "Newkid" Newsted at the Country Club in Los Angeles.}

_{November 9-14. The quartet travel to Japan to play five sold out gigs}

_{November 15. Metallica begin a tour of Canada and the East Coast of America whit Metal Church supporting.}

_{January-February 1987}

_{The Metallica/Metal Church tour travels to Europa, where they play East Europa for the first time. The last gig of the tour takes place on February 13 in Gothenburg, Sweden.
May 1987
James breaks his arm while skateboarding. This time, the injury is more serious, and the healing proces is very slow. For a short while, Metallica's sheduled apperance at Europa's annual Monster's Of Rock festival in August becomes questionable.}

_{August 1987
August 4. The four play three Monster Of Rock festivals playing in front of over 200,000 people. To coincide whit the shows, the band issue a six-track EP (The 5.98 EP: Garage Days Re-revisted) cointaining cover versions of "Crash Course In Brain Surgery" (Budgie), "Helpless" (Diamond Head), "Last Caress/"Green Hell" (Mistifits), "The Small Hours" (Holocaust) and "The Wait" (Killing Joke).
They later on released (The 5.98 EP: Garage Days Re-revisted....and more) here are the songs from that album: (The same as above) and "Stone Cold Crazy" (Queen), "Killing Time" (Sweet Savage), "Enter Sandman (demo)", "The Unforgiven (demo)", "Nothing Else Matters (demo), "Wherever I May Roam (demo)", "Sad But True (demo)", "One (demo)", "Nothing Else Matters (Elevator Version)" and "So What" (Anti Nowhere League). (This two records, was recorded in Lars Ulrich garage).
December 4, 1987}

_{Metallica release Cliff Em' All, a video collection of bootleg and unproffesionel recordings shot during 1982-1986, while Cliff was still whit the band. Whitin only two months of its release, the video is certified both gold and platinum. By the end of 88 it becomes the year's top-selling music video.}

_{January 19, 1988}

_{Metallica officially begin recording their fourth album, to be titled}

_{...And Justice For All.}

_{May 1988}

_{The band complete the recording process and start to mix while preparing for their scheduled two-months trek as part of the US Monsters Of Rock package (also featuring Kingdom Come, Dokken, Scorpions and headlines Van Halen). May 27th is the date of the tour opener in East Troy, Wisconsin.}

_{July 1988}

_{Master Of Puppets is officially certified platinum, it has sales over 1,000,000 units only in USA.}

_{September 1988}

_{...And Justice For All is released.}

_{Here are the songs: "Blackened", "...And Justice For All", "Eye Of The Beholder", "One", "The Shortest Straw", "Harvester Of Sorrow", "The Frayed Ends Of Sainaty", "To Live Is To Die" and "Dyvers Eve".}

_{November 15, 1988}

_{The US tour to promote "...And Justice For All" starts in Toledo, Ohio whit Queensrÿche}

_{December 6, 1988}

_{The band maked their first-ever video, for the track "One" in Los Angeles, a day before the first two-night appearence at the Long Beach Arena.}

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_{Metallica's "2 of One" video released. Its the long and short version of the "One" video.}

_{February 1989}

_{Febuary 5. Metallica's gig at the Reunion Arena in Dallas is broadcast nationally via the Z-Rock radio network.}

_{Febuary 22. Metallica perform "One" live on national TV as part of the Grammy Awards, where the band are nomineted in the Best Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Category. But to Everyone's dismay, Jethro Tull walk off whit the award.}

_{April 21, 1989}

_{Metallica's last gig whit openers Queensrÿche. The Cult take over the slot.}

_{October 8, 1989}

_{Metallica's Damaged Justice world tour comes to an end in San Pailo, Brazil.}

_{January 1990}

_{The quartet interupt their self-imposed histatus from the music world by recording a cover of Queen's "Stone Cold Crazy" for inclusion on a compilation LP celebrating Elektra Recordings 40-year Anniversary.}

_{May 1990}

_{Metallica decided to come out of 'hiding' and playing of several European festivals alongside Warrior Soul and Dio. A couple of impromptu appearansec at London's Hipperdrome and a secret gig at The Marquee (where they performed as Vertigo) also take place.
June 1990}

_{Fresh from their European stint, Metallica play a couple of stadium gigs whit Aerosmith and Warrant in upstate New York and Canada.}

_{July-September 1990}

_{The band are intensively working on material for their fifth LP, an album that is set to feature a more straight-forward musical direction than the group's previous records.}

_{Early October 1990}

_{Whit 12 songs ready to be recorded, Metallica enter One On One Studios in Los Angeles (where ...And Justice For All was laid down) whit producer Bob Rock to begin work on the Metallica's "Black Album".}

_{October 1990-July 1991
Perfectionists that they are, Metallica and Bob Rock take plenty of time to insure that the album turns out exactly as they want it. The LP is remixed three times, whit Lars, James and Bob completing the final mixing proces in early July, just to get the album mastered and ready for the August 12 release date.}

_{August 1991}

_{August 12. Metallica finally sees the light of day. Whitin a week of its release, it shifts over 600,000 units in the US alone, debuting at #1 on the Billboard Pop Album Chart, where it remains for a full month.}

_{Here are the songs: "Enter Sandman", "Sad But True", "Holier Than Thou", "TheUnforgiven", "Wherever I May Roam", "Don't Tread On Me", "Through The Never", "Nothing Else Matters", "Of Wolf And Man", "The God That Failed", "My Friend Of Misery" and "The Struggle Whitin"}

_{August 17. Metallica performs at the UK's Castle Donnington festival (alongside Mötley Crüe, AC/DC and Queenryche), singaling the start of the band's world tour in support of the new album.}

_1991-1993

_{Following the August 12, 1991 release of The Black Album, the band hits the road, playing more than 300 shows in 37 countries.}

_{February 1991}

_{Metallica wins a grammy award for "Best Heavy Metal Performance" for their cover version of Queen's "Stone Cold Crazy" from Electra's Rubaiyat compilation.}

_{Febuary 10. Clifford Lee Burton's birthday. He would be 30 years old.}

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_{Metallica release "A Year And A Half In The Life Of Metallica" video, it's about how they did the Black Album.}

_{Later on they released "A Year And A Half In The Life Of Metallica....Continued" video.}

_{Summer 1992}

_{Metallica hits the stage whit Guns 'n' Roses. It certainly wasn't that cool, hang-out vibe Ulrich had hopped for between the two bands, but the fans got their money's worth}

_{Autumn 1993}

_{They relese their Limited Edition "Live Shit, Binge and Purge" box, it contains 3-CD's (from three nights in Mexico), 3-videos (from Seattle 88 and two days from San Diego 92), a 72-pages book whit over 400 pictures.}

_{Summer 1994}

_{Shit In The Sheds tour! Three months of Metalli-fun in the sun for the band and the fans.}

_{October 1994}

_{Ulrich and Hetfield return to the rehersal studio to begin bashing out rough tunes for that will become, nearly two years later, Load.}

_{February 15, 1995}

_{Metallica enter The Plant in sauasalito, California, whit producer Bob Rock and engineer Randy Staub to begin recording their sixth record. It's the first time they've recorded near home and enjoy the relaxed vibe. They end up whit enough material for two albums and debate about putting out a double album. They decided, rather, to shelve about half of the songs, to be completed and released a year or so after Load's release, as sort of a Load, Unload.}

_{December 1995}

_{December 13. Metallica is playing on Lemmy's (from Motorhead) 50th birthday at the Whiskey A Go Go, Los Angeles. They perform a set of Motorhead covers dressed as Lemmy himself.}

_{March 1996}

_{Since it's release in 1991 Metallica's "Black Album" has sold over 15 millions copies worldwide - and still selling! It's still on Billboard top 200. (The Black abum was totally almost five years (249 weeks) on the Billboard top 100 list).}

_{June 4, 1996}

_{After a year in the studio whit Bob Rock, Load is finally released!}

_{Here are the songs: "Aint My Bitch", "2X4", "The House That Jack Built", "Until it sleeps", "King Nothing", "Hero Of The Day", "Bleeding Me", "Cure", " Poor Twisted Me", "Wasting My Hate", "Mama Said", "Thorn Within", "Ronnie" and "The Outlaw Torn".}

_{June 1996}

_{Metallica begins the Lollapalooza tour whit Sonudgarden, The Ramones, Rancid and others.}

_{Later on Metallica started a new tour, "Pour Touring Me".}

_{Early Sommer 1997}

_{Metallica goes in the studio again to record their 7th album, Reload}

_{The Metallica members}

_{James Alan "Jaymz" Hetfield}

_{Instrument: Guitar/vocals}

_{Previous jobs: James has worked in a sticker factory, as a high school janitor, and as a mover.}

_{Marital status: Married.}

_{Born: 3 Aug. 1963, Los Angeles, California.}

_{Equipment's: ESP Explorer guitar whit EMG pics ups and Ernie Ball strings. Mesa Boogie mk II simulclass amp. Earplugs.}

_{Car: Chewy Blazer and Dodge Ram Pick-up.}

_{Favourite drink: Coors light, Pacifico, Bombay Sapphire Martinis and of course Beer.}

_{Height and weight: 6'1" 180 lbs.}

_{Previous Bands: Obsession, Leather Charm.}

_{James has recorded backing vox for "Twisted of Cain" and "Am I Demon?" on Danzig's first album. He was brought up in a strict Christian Science house hold, his older brother Dave Hetfield had guitar in their garage which he used to play about on. His mother tried to get him more interested in classical music, and even paid for two years worth of piano training... Besides not in Metallica, he enjoys hunting and beer...}

_{Lars Ulrich}

_{Instrument: Drums}

_{Previous job: Paper boy, and also worked at a gas station.}

_{Marital status: Married.}

_{Born: 4 Mar, 1963, Gentofte, Danmark.}

_{Equipment's: Tama Artstar II Drums whit Remo heads and Zildjian Brilliant cymbals. Earplugs.}

_{Car: A Porshe, Chewy Blazer and a Range Rover.}

_{Favourite drink: Coors Light, Bombay Sapphire Martinis and Beer.}

_{Height and weight: 5'7" 130 lbs.}

_{Favourite food: Taco Bell, Cheese, Mayonnaise and french food.}

_{Lars has recorded a drum track whit Merciful Fate for a remake of their song "Return of the Vampire".}

_{Jason Curtis "Newkid" Newsted}

_{Instrument: Bass}

_{Previous job: Burger Flipper, a pizza maker and a truck driver.}

_{Marital status: Married.}

_{Born: 4 Mar, 1963, Battle Creek, Michigan.}

_{Equipment's: Plays bass (a lot of them). La Bella strings and uses Ampeg amongst other equipment. Earplugs.}

_{Car: 1967 Ford Mustang and a Land Crusier.}

_{Favourite drink: Thick, red wine.}

_{Height and weight: 5'9" 150 lbs.}

_{Favourite food: BBQ anything.}

_{Previous Bands: Flotsam & Jetsam.}

_{Jason has many side projects. His former Flotsam & Jetsam also released two albums whit Jason's work on it.}

_{Kirk Lee Hammett}

_{Instrument: Guitar}

_{Previous job: Burger King and as a dishwasher.}

_{Marital status: Married.}

_{Born: 18 Nov, 1963, San Francisco, California.}

_{Equipment's: Kirk various ESP guitars, along whit various vintage guitars, uses Dean Markley strings. Mesa Boogie amp. Earplugs.}

_{Car: A Porshe, Land Crusier and a Mountain Bike.}

_{Favourite drink: Martinis and Guinness.}

_{Height and weight: 5'7" 134 lbs.}

_{Favourite food: Sushi and Martinis.}

_{Previous Bands: Exodus.}

_{Kirk's old Exodus demo's have been seen floating around, he has also recorded a track whit Les Claypool and Mike Bordin set for possible future release (by Primus?), he also produced demo's for Death Angel.}

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