OKay so Kirk is about 56 years old? He still sounds like a teenager when he talks, and, he's just as cute as ever, and he still plays as great as ever, He seems to have this "forever innocent" vibe, also. He can strip on video tape after taking pain killers for his broken arm after a surfing accident, BUT, he is still KIRK, the man of "innocence" a PURE and TRUTHFUL kinda guy. He could stand up on stage and say "F you" to everyone and they'd just say "Awww, ain't he cute"? I guess the downside to that is that he won't be taken seriously IF he wanted to be, this is MY opinion about Kirk.
@@24b636 if we're talking about the same strip: There is a snippet of a small video from HQ - SKOM era- that Kirk and Lars are outside studio and Larz taking "interview" from Kirk about funny questions for the St. Anger. At some point, Kirk says "Its hot in here" and Taking Of his Clothes and IMMEDIATELY UNFORTUNATELY the Camera BLURRES. 😂😂😂 Find That video . Is So precious
@@24b636 Yes, but, the good parts were blurred out. It was a while ago, he still had dark hair back then. He had broken his arm (maybe surfing) and he was on pain killers and stripped on camera. I don't think that I replied to you about this until now, IF I did, here it is again.:)
when he's on his 20's he's so cute and 30's look like johnny depp like i mean dude he's just awesome, there's something wrong with you if you dont have a crush on him.
Am I the only who thinks Kirk seems to be the fittest Metallica member, even until now? This legend has always remained the same size for 30 odd years! He is definitely God's finest creation!
Kirk is and always has been a cutie. There are some people who think he is succumbing to altzheimers. They don't realize kirk has always been a bit different, maybe a bit socially awkward. So when they see him talk on video they don't realize he's just a bit different. He makes up for it in spades onstage though. The hell with em.
He seems to just word things a bit different, and maybe his physical behavior says it all. But, try and find the video decribing his take on Cliff Burtons death, and how they didn';t hear him in the bus crash, and it just shows how he words it differently. And he says how "Nobody heard Cliff" amoungst hearing a bunch of screams, but not hearing Cliff. I really hate to mention Cliff Burton's death after all this time, but, if anyone looks up the video where Kirk talks about when Cliff isn't heard from on the bus, you should (hopefully) hear the video where he acts like his (maybe strange) self and says how he heard everyone (except for Cliff) after the bus crashed.
He is so handsome! Not only he has a talent, charisma, beauty, but also a good personality. Everyone loves him for being nice and friendly. His wife is a very, very lucky woman
Andrew Condon Probably because he thinks hes one of the reasons cliff died. They were playing cards and cliff one so he chooses Kirks bunk and later that night he was fought under the bus in an accident.
Is it weird that when I was around 5, (I had no idea who James, Kirk, Lars, etc. were) I thought Kirk was Johnny Depp? And then figured out it was a totally different person, 5 YEARS later...?
1983 was actually 1988/89. Justice tour set up in the back. 1984 was actually 1986. Similar pic appears on the back of Master Of Puppets. 1985 was actually 1984. It's the same pic that appears on Ride The Lightning.
Well I've been following Kirk since all my life. He was always so so cute, down to earth guy and polite. His BEST ERA of aging but also still FUCKING HOT AS HELL , is his 45-55 years old. Pure Hotness ❤️❤️ I mean 😈
Kirk is a genius, savant. He has always seemed odd to people that haven't followed them from the start. Virtuosos tend to be weird in the way they come across to people that don't know the whole story.
I wouldn't say Kirk is Virtuosos... Good lead guitarist yes... But Virtuosos is kind of a hard title to earn, it's like the olympic gold medal but for guitarists. Kirk is not in the same league as Paganini, Beethoven, Guthrie Govan, Paul Gilbert, Franz liszt, frédéric chopin, Wilhelm kempff, Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, Robert Schumann etc. It's people who are highly skiller in Music. Kirk is medium level compared to that of many on my list, but also low compared to many on that list. Good music doesn't always translate into highly skilled. I am a big fan of Metallica, but I think people should know, Kirk hammett is not known to be much beside a great influencer, the kind of giy who inspires people to pick up the guitar, but every begynner guitarist when they start moving into intermediate level, start jumping over to higher skills guitarists, because they start ti appreciate more that type of "Guitar-Porr"
Seeing the pictures of Kirk Hammet and all the band members makes me think that they are all so damn great and I hope that the weenies like Lars didn't make Kirk and the guy Trujio take on a role that they are really too really good for.
@@Stuntredemption I didn't make that up. I remember one of the pictures from this photo session. Kirk was the "Ultrakid." The pictures you have for Kirk in 1983 and Metallica in 1984 are both pictures from 1986. The picture that you have of Metallica in 1985 is from 1984.
Kirk was aging extremely well up until the last 5 years, he just seems really strange in interviews now and his guitar playing has gotten really bad ( the guitar center interview for example). Still one of my biggest inspirations without a doubt though :3
