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"After months of playing air guitar to 'Free Bird', what really got me into guitar was watching a documentary about Jimi Hendrix and picking up the Woodstock soundtrack. Listening to his version of 'Star Spangled Banner' and 'Purple Haze.' My brother played acoustic guitar and, idolising him, I thought, 'I'm going to get a guitar.'"

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About Kirk Hammett

Kirk Hammett is an American musician best known as the lead guitarist of the heavy metal band Metallica. He joined Metallica in 1983 and has performed on the band's major studio releases since then.

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