METALLICA's HETFIELD: 'The Fact That We Made It 30 Years Is Pretty Unbelievable'

September 27, 2010

Australia's Video Hits recently conducted an interview with METALLICA guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield. You can now watch the 22-minute chat below.

When asked if there are any plans for METALLICA to celebrate its 30-year anniversary in 2011, Hetfield replied, "Yeah, we've gotta do something; there's no doubt about that.

"There are quite a few bands that have made it 30 years, but these days, I think it's getting a little harder to survive 30 years.

"The fact that we made it 30 years is pretty unbelievable. If you asked us, or if you told us, 30 years ago, 'You're gonna still be together...', [we would have been like], 'Yeah, right. We're gonna explode in space, man.' . . . Even to be in the same room together... There are bands that tour that have multiple dressing rooms. 'Oh, you wanna talk to him? His lawyer is in building 3.' But we're still hanging together. We've been through hell together, and we're hopefully enjoying some heaven as well."

METALLICA just played two dates in Japan this past weekend (September 25 and September 26) and will return to New Zealand and Australia next month — the band's final round of dates in support of 2008's "Death Magnetic".

METALLICA has recorded a cover version of THE KINKS classic "You Really Got Me" with Ray Davies for "See My Friends", a disc of collaborations, which is due out November 1. Other contributors include Bruce Springsteen, Jackson Browne, Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora and Billy Corgan, to name a few.

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