Specialty: Angst-ridden, soul-rending, growling, loud-ass vocals
Birthday: August 3, 1963
From: Los Angeles, California
Vitals: 6'1" & 180 lbs (1.85 meters & 81.65 kilos); blond hair & blue eyes
Marital status: Married
Drives: Chevy Blazer, Dodge Ram
Eats: Coors Light, Pacifico, Bombay Gin Martinis, Caffney's Irish Ale
Food: Mexican, meat-n-potatoes, beer
Sports teams: Oakland Raiders, San Jose Sharks, San Jose Clash
Before Metallica: Played in Obsession, Leather Charm
Pre-Metallica career: Worked in sticker printing factory
Likes: Hunting, fishing, anonymity, snowboarding, street hockey, water skiing, cigars
Listens to: Black Sabbath, Motorhead, Skynard, Thin Lizzy
Heroes: Clint Eastwood, Pops Hetfield
First concert: Aerosmith & AC/DC, 1978, Long Beach, California
Describes self as: Rugged, honest, stubborn
Specialty: Pounding, driving rhythms
Birthday: December 26, 1963
From: Gentofte, Denmark
Vitals: 5'7" & 130 lbs (1.7 meters & 58.97 kilos); blond/brown hair & green eyes
Marital status: Married
Drives: Porsche, Chevy Blazer, Range Rover, Saab
Drinks: Dry white wine, Evian, tea
Eats: French food, tuna, sushi, frozen yogurt
Sports teams: San Jose Sharks, San Francisco 49ers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Before Metallica: None
Pre-Metallica career: Paper boy, gas station attendant
Likes: Running, scuba diving, skiing, movies, fashion, art
Listens to: Oasis, AIC, Black Grape
Heroes: Guillermo Vilas (Argentinian tennis player), Ritchie Blackmore, Ace Frehley
First concert: Deep Purple, 1973, Copenhagen
Describes self as: Anticipating, stubborn, spontaneous, sarcastic, talkative, silly, squeaky
Specialty: Kick-ass, full-blown lead guitar vocals
Birthday: November 18, 1962
From: San Francisco, California
Vitals: 5'8" & 134 lbs (1.7 meters & 60.78 kilos); brown hair & brown eyes
Marital status: Happily Divorced but Re-Married
Drives: Land Cruiser, mountain bike, '55 Dodge Coronet, '66 Mercedes Benz
Drinks: Martinis, Sky Vodka, green tea
Eats: Sushi, Mexican food, pasta, Indian food
Sports teams: None ("I hate sports!")
Before Metallica: Played in Exodus, drank a lot
Likes: Mountain biking, tattoos, piercing, collecting old horror-movie stuff, cigars, philosophy, H.P. Lovecraft
Listens to: Jimi Hendrix, UFO, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple. Led Zeppelin, Kiss, John Coltrane, Goul, Mule, Chet Baker, Prez Prado, AIC, David Bowie, U2, King Crimson, Robert Johnson
Heroes: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Jimi Hendrix, Chet Baker, Diane Arbus, John Coltrane, Charles Bukowski, Edward Munch, Joel Peter Whitkin
First concert: Day on the Green with the Eagles, Steve Miller, Heart, and Foreigner
Describes self as: Smelly, ugly, happy, obsessive, progressive, curious
Specialty: Making sure Metallica thumps harder than ever (Yeah Right! (Left The Band). )
Birthday: March 4, 1963
From: Battle Creek, Michigan
Vitals: 5'9" & 150 lbs (1.75 meters & 68.04 kilos); brown/red hair & blue eyes
Marital status: Single
Drives: '94 Land Cruiser
Drinks: Bordeaux, Barolo, barbaresco wines; Evian
Eats: Anything BBQ-ed
Sports teams: NBA: Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls; NFL: Detroit Lions, L.A. Raiders
Before Metallica: Flotsam and Jetsam
Pre-Metallica career: Burger-flipper, pizza-maker, and truck-driver
Likes: Mountain biking, shootin' hoops, playing and listening to music
Listens to: Kiss, Black Sabbath, Tom Waits, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Machine Head, Fugees, Sly and the Family Stone, Sepultura, Wes Montgomery
First concert: Ted Nugent, 1975, South Bend, Indiana
Heroes: Gene Simmons, Al Pacino, B.B. King, my father, Zach Harmen
Describes self as: Energetic, caring, goofy