21 Things You Didn't Know About Metallica
1. James Hetfield Started Out Playing Piano
Although he's now known as one of the tightest rhythm guitar players in history, ol' Papa Het actually first got his taste for music at age nine, plonking away at a piano.
It was only after a handful of lessons and a few listens of some Black Sabbath he switched to drums, eventually settling on guitar in his early teens.