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Metallica Trivia Questions

How much do you really know about Metallica? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

The band's bassist Cliff Burton was fired from Metallica just before his tragic death.

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Easy
✗ FALSE

Burton died in a bus crash in 1986; he was never fired. He won his spot by headbanging upside down from a ceiling.

2.

Metallica once recorded an entire album with a symphony orchestra called 'S&M' in 1999.

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✓ TRUE

'S&M' stands for Symphony and Metallica, recorded live with the San Francisco Symphony in April 1999.

3.

Metallica's 2008 album 'Death Magnetic' was produced by Rick Rubin, who also produced their 1991 'Black Album'.

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Medium
✗ FALSE

Rick Rubin produced 'Death Magnetic' (2008), but the 'Black Album' (1991) was produced by Bob Rock.

4.

James Hetfield's father was a famous opera singer who taught him breathing techniques.

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Medium
✗ FALSE

Hetfield's father was a truck driver who left the family when James was young; no opera background exists.

5.

Metallica's song 'One' is based on the 1939 anti-war novel 'Johnny Got His Gun'.

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✓ TRUE

The lyrics directly reference Dalton Trumbo's novel about a quadruple amputee soldier, and the video uses the 1971 film adaptation.

6.

Metallica's debut album 'Kill 'Em All' was originally going to be called 'Metal Up Your Ass'.

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✓ TRUE

The band wanted that title, but their label forced a change to 'Kill 'Em All' for fear of censorship and poor sales.

7.

Lars Ulrich's father Torben Ulrich was a professional tennis player who competed at Wimbledon.

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Hard
✓ TRUE

Torben Ulrich played tennis for Denmark, even appearing at Wimbledon in the 1950s and '60s.

8.

Kirk Hammett legally changed his name to 'Kirk Hammett' after joining Metallica because his birth name was 'Kirk LaMont'.

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✗ FALSE

Hammett was born Kirk Hammett; he never changed his legal name. He was born in San Francisco in 1962.

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