Lead guitarist for Metallica, since 1983. Replaced Dave Mustaine. Gets a lot of shit from Megadeth fans and from idiots who otherwise don't like Metallica. He's a damn good player though.
Kirk Hammett can play faster than you or anyone you know, so think twice before saying that he "sucks", ok?
by bryan18 October 17, 2005
Get the kirk hammet mug.One of the fastest guitarist ever. If you see him in concert he does arpegio runs that will blow your mind. The only reason the new albums don't have solos is because James Hetfield writes all the songs and he never writes anything that pushes Hammet's skills.
by Spawn November 12, 2005
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kirk hammet of metallica...what can you say other than one of the greatest guitar players of all time. when you play 200 plus dates on the same tour,(black ulbum)shredding the living fuck out of them guitars,man!!! you got to respect that....
by raz master August 14, 2006
Get the Kirk Hammet mug.a very talented guitarist from the very great band MetallicA. he is one of the best guitarists, but definately not THE best guitarist. the best guitarist is of course jimi hendrix, duh. and he is definately better than dave mustaine, who was kicked out of metallica because of his drug problems, and because he's an asshole. yes i know kirk hammet is over rated. he is rated on a scale from 1 to ten (ten being the best) as a 12, but in reality he is actually only an 11.
by MetallilbangeR April 3, 2005
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The first song that Kirk Hammet wrote for Metallica was Enter Sandman which sucked. He should just play the main solos and let Hetfield write them.
by nfdfdf December 30, 2004
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