Why Kirk Hammett Couldn't Play Metallica's Simplest Riff 

NOTE (not in between) 7:23 but actually in that clip he looks to play it simpler NEW METALLICA CHANNEL! ru-vid.com

Beethoven said “to play a wrong note Is insignificant, but to play without passion is inexcusable”

Lmao Rudy's "beautiful, bro" at the start of Smoke on the water.

As a musician, I can tell you that is always harder “following” than “leading” someone. Thats one of the reasons I admire Kirk, following someone like james is not easy.

It's like an old saying: "Even monkeys fall from trees." We're human. Mistakes can and will happen, no matter how experienced someone might be. I personally think it was interesting to see Kirk "flop" like that. It just goes to show that even our heroes have those "off-days".

J: "you ready?" K: "wait,im tuning" J: *starts thrashing* I imagine that's how a pedal tuner came to be.

In watching this, you show us you simultaneosly could be a professional 1) musician 2) reporter 3) comic actor 4) defense attorney

That "he left the focking band" example was just pure gold

*the notes in between*

I get kirk, he's an introvert. It's hard to face this kind of pressure in front of the eyes of all Metallica fans when they see the movie.

3:16 Plays 0-3-5 Distant voice: "Beautiful"

that "Kirk Hammett learns guitar" video is one of the greatest things ever

Sometimes it’s the *simple* riff that is hard to get timing down for. I’m glad Kirk had the same problem that I had learning some songs.

0-3-5 - Rudy Adobe intensifies “beautiful Bro”

St.Anger will forever have a sweetspot in my heart. 3 days ago I bought it in Vinyl, making it my first ever Metallica record bought on the big disc, and I can say I'm a proud owner. It's a rough diamond that in the last few years has finally got its respect.

Say what you want. This album kept them together

*_Dave mustaine approves and likes this video_*

Still waiting for All Nightmare Long vs Spit out the Bone, frrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrriend.

Love that there is a place on the internet where we can geek out about this band lol Andriy thanks my friend for being genuine and having entertaining content!

The part starting at 10:51 is an incredibly valuable and insightful point that people tend to forget all the time (especially haters and non-musicians)

Kirk was just having a bad day at the office, that's all lol. What's the big deal.

9:01 "Wait it's all 0-3-5?" "Always has been"

"YEAHED BY JEIMZ"😂😂😂

Hammett, Slash, Mustaine , Vai, etc are human and they keep learning. If anyone plays guitar can understand sometimes a riff stuck in your head wrongly and makes you to play wrong. Its just Metallica released the footage and others didn't. Love Kirk.

Kirk used to write a lessons column for Guitar World magazine back in the 90's -- which really influenced the trajectory of my playing back then. There were several lessons where he called into question the riffs that James and Lars wrote -- especially the ones they would have him solo over. What really stuck with me is how he used those examples as teaching moments to illustrate the importance of professionalism, creativity, and outside the box thinking with regards to your role in the band. Dude is a player and a class act!

You can hear in the studio version of SKOM, the tricky part in the left side sounds perfect (James) and on the right side sounds kind of sloppy (Kirk). He never managed to play it like it was supposed to, but still managed to blend with the tightness of James playing the riff.

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Could you do a video on Steve Harris, who as a bassist, has managed to write countless of amazing guitar riffs over his career. I’d be really interested to see how he balances writing stuff for his bass and for the guitarists

Kirk proves that lead and rhythm guitar are two different art and you can't say one is better than the other

3:17 is pure genius hahaha

Petition for a video ranking every album by solos and picking out the best and worst from each album

I honestly think that Kirk struggled with that riff because he had a brain lag at that moment, like anybody can have at a particular moment 'cause we ar human. Even if Hetfield plays rhythm better then Kirk, that doesn't mean that Hammet doesn't get riffs. He understands them and he also knows how to play them technically; he was just having a bad day, or a bad moment. I don't think any other explanation is needed. Truly. Brutal Honest here. 😀

I havent really watched you in forever and now I remembered how hilarious you are😂😂 loved this video!

Dude, you just did an Emotional Intelligence case study on Metallica. Sick.

non musicians have zero business commenting on what is or is not "easy to play"

Funny thing about being in bands - it's often hard to play a riff written by someone else in the band. People have their own stye and natural fingerings and if it doesn't closely align with your own style then it can be tricky to learn the other person's way of playing. It's both a blessing and a curse in most bands - it's the thing that gives your band variety in the writing and the unique sound of your music, but has that tendency to sometimes make it tricky to learn the riffs. You would think being in Metallica for >20 years would have got Kirk past that at this point, but I guess it still happens to the best of us.

1:28 I was lucky enough to be inside the snake pit in that concert, best night ever and I gave James and Kirk a fist bump!

I have been waiting for this from a long time...

I love how far he has come from when I first started watching Total Cliff. Amazing

Nothing can stop Kirk Hammett, except for the notes in-between

"BRRRRING BACK MUSTAI-..."

No one: RU-vid subtitles: cUrRy HeMeT

Great video! But rember lars trying to learn the "the shortest straw" Intro on guitar hero? I'm a Drummer and I exactly know why he couldnt get it right. When I first tried to learn the intro it was the same thong for me. Confusing pauses for seamingly no reason. Then I heard the intro woth a click and it all made sense (three notes I thought were directly together actually had a small pause in between etc.......). Explaining that would be a cool video too (if you get what I'm trying to say here haha)!

Everytime i re-listen this album i find something interesting(Your videos help a lot too). Man this album is a genius work.

Your editing matches your accent, matches your mannerisms, and with a beautiful umbrella of knowledge over everything. New subscriber here.

I wanna see andriy make videos about sepultura just to hear him say “Brazilian “

My closed-captioning auto-corrected the words 'Kirk Hammett' to 'Curry Helmet'.

I'm not a fan of Metallica by any stretch of the imagination, but I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Imma subscribe and like.👍

The Unnamed Feeling Is THE Most Underrated Metallica Song Ever.

I also have always liked St. Anger I never was on the bandwagon. It really wasn't as bad as people said they just expected a "Metallica" album. I loved the raw emotion on the album.

8:08 "dude, you're sweating!"

I liked St. Anger, because I was glad to see Metallica play fast again. I thought the recording didn't sound the best, but I appreciated the attitude.

Man when I heard Rudy's voice was like God saying something, and that something is: "Beautiful bro"

Andriy can make us appreciate everything Metallica does. He can make us appreciate anything if he wants

I would really like to see those smartasses that criticise Kirk picking up a guitar and trying to play it lmao.

There's never too many Metallica memes. I'm looking forward to them, Andriy

I died on "hÉ fuckin' left the band" "he fÚckin' left the band" "he fuckin' lÉft the band" "he fuckin' left the bÁnd" OMFG

This isnt our most convincing dirt on Kirk. Our most convincing dirt is his absolute shit show of a Prince tribute in Minneapolis in 2018. Look it up if you haven't seen it. I bet Lars could've picked up a guitar and played it better.

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8:53 you kill me with that xD Amazing video Andriy!

I just love how this guy loves to break down the crafting of a Metallica song, good job mang

Some actual artists and metallica fans out here like St Anger the whole time, -minus the can snare if we could be still, still, good

It was tricky for me, it took me a while. Many tries and fails but when I nailed it, didn’t have a problem with it anymore. It’s harder than it looks because (as you said) it is counterintuitive. Great vid. St. Anger is overhated and underrated, but I can understand why.

Some Kind of Monster holds a special place for me, it's the first metallica song and St. Anger was the first CD I bought, and I watched the rehearsal DVD so much it stopped working

I learned more about Matalica here, than everywhere else combined. Your accent makes your channel interesting to watch.

We Need a "Yeahed by Jeimz" sticker/seal

That video of Kirk just shows how human the band really is

now that you mention it, really love the simplicity of the riff similar to the Frankenstein concept they talk about in the song, the building with all the different parts. I imagine the abnormal brained monster lurching around!

I never knew there was a controversy about this, and I have owned the dvd since release. That being said I really enjoyed the video, well done+

shit yeah, always laughed at haters laughing at this video, the riff is clearly tricky, of course kirk eventually got it, he's a bad ass as guitar player (at least was), would appreciate a full riff tab!

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I used to play along to this riff on my guitar including all these *notes in between*, just by ear... Now after your explanations why it would be hard for Kirk to get it, I feel like I'm no longer able to play it :D

Kirk started recording some rythm parts since load. their is a lot of moments on this album where the two guitars have their own part rather than both playing the same riff, and Kirk recorded all his parts

Rudy Ayoub? 3:15

0:58 james with 7 string?

Андрей, ОЧЕНЬ крутой разбор и погружение в самую гитарно-техническую суть! И еще прекрасная способность донести свои мысли! Очень сильно, спасибо! )

This is one of your best videos, so good to feel this vibe again!! Thx Frrriend.

Warning, hot take: Some Kind of Monster is in my top 5 of Metallica songs

Still waiting for 20 levels of metallica lyrics

These breakdowns are so cool! Please keep it up

love when james plays the riff slow and kirk says holy shit

criticizing Kirk is ridiculous.. playing next to James would be nerve racking enough as it is never mind the haters who still want Dave back.. its been almost 40 damn yrs get over it!

unironically, this is one of the most enjoyable riffs from MetallicA that I've played, and still today.

@andriy Your channel is for sure the best metallica channel, I'm sure even tallica guys wacth it... haha

Вы всё врёти!!11!1! мне фред сказал, что кирк не умеет играть!1!!1!11!11!

Спасибі вам, Пане Андрійко, адже з вами набагато легше вчитися індійської мови💞

Hahah Rudy showed up! This is a great video man, you did an amazing job editing it and producing it.

This should be a popular challenge for all guitar players. Just like that Ice Bucket Challenge. "Some Kind of Challenge"

Kirk is virtuoso! I'm his student

Your like... The best... Ever.

Very cool breakdown of this riff. I always love hearing those notes in between when listening to the song.

I actually learned a lot about songwriting structure as a lad when I set out to make my own fan edit of St. Anger by studying the single edits & then applying that to the rest of the songs. So many of them loop way too much & lose the "Punky" / "Reign in Blood" simplicity they were initially going for. Purify comes to mind. The chorus only loops once & does one of the variations each time it appears in my cut. 2x instead of 4x. Too much of a good thing, even Anger? Can be too much!

“Bring back Mustaine” lol

I blame Lars! Kirk was probably stressed or having a anxiety attack 😂

10:17 *HE* left the fucking band he *LEFT* the fucking band he left the *FUCKING* band he left the fucking *BAND* lmao best part

It's always fun to watch and hear you analyze musical situations. I'm American and I have some ancestry from Hrvatska. So, I always like to hear a Slavic accent. You have a great command of the English language, your accent adds a nice flair. Respect and Blessings from Wild Wonderful West Virginia. 🙏

the kirk who failed

I love Kirk. He is one of my favorite guitarists of all time, but he is one of the sloppiest live players I have ever seen. It's a shame.

James wrote the main riff too. He came up a demo version of the riff and Bob guided them to the vibe we hear on the final album.

I love your voice. Its so cool. Great video by the way!