These Guitarists Show Why They Are Experts With Their Instruments

Published on 03/11/2021
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James Hetfield

Speaking of James Hetfield, here he is! Hetfield is a guitar monster who hails from Downey, California. Hetfield is credited with inventing the sound of “speed metal,” as well as instilling in the music industry an unrivaled sense of rage. Hetfield went to rehab for drug abuse in 2001. He’s been residing in Vail, Colorado, since then.

James Hetfield

James Hetfield

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Pete Townshend

Townshend co-founded The Who, one of the most prominent rock bands of all time. He wrote in his biography about growing up in London shortly after WWII, “I wasn’t trying to play beautiful music. I was confronting my audience with the awful, visceral sound of what we all knew was the single absolute of our frail existence—one day an airplane would carry the bomb that would destroy us all in a flash. It could happen at any time.”

Pete Townshend

Pete Townshend

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