The band Metallica is a heavy metal music group formed in 1981 in Los Angeles, California, after James Hetfield responded to an ad placed in June 1981 by Lars Ulrich in “The Recycler”. a Los Angeles, classified only newspaper. A drummer named Lars Ulrich placed the ad "Drummer looking for other metal musicians to play with Pan Tang's Tygers, Diamond Head and Iron Maiden." » James Hetfield responded to the ad. Before the band even formed, Ulrich asked the founder of Metal Blade Records if he could record a song for the label's upcoming compilation album Metal Massacre, the request was granted. The unnamed band was officially formed in October 1981, but still without a name for his band, Lars had his own ideas for a band name, names. such as "Blitzer, Grinder, Helldriver, Thunderfuck, as well as "Lars Ulrich" spelled backwards.[8] » One day, Ulrich was talking with friend Ron Quintana, who was thinking of names for a fanzine, Quintana came up with the name "Metal". Mania" and "Metallica". Lars convinces Ron to name the fanzine Metal Mania and "steals" the name "Metallica" for his band.[8] Around this time, the unknown band named Metallica was born! During the first two years of Metallica, Hetfield and Ulrich fired several members of the band, including original lead guitarist Dave Mustaine. Metallica had traveled to New York to record their debut album, which is where Mustaine was officially fired. his excessive drug and alcohol use, overly aggressive behavior, and personality conflicts within the group.[10] The group packed up Mustaine's equipment, put him on a Greyhound bus, and left him. sent back to California; this time, Mustaine was able to ruminate on his thoughts and create lyrics for his music that would later... middle of paper ......w.rocklistmusic.co.uk/rstone.html#80' s14. All Metallica.Com - Information - Interviews (sd). Retrieved February 26, 2012 from http://www.allmetallica.com/info/loadpersp96int.shtml15. Erlewine, ST (nd). All music. Metallica – Biography. Retrieved February 26, 2012 from www.allmusic.com/artist/metallica-p4906/biography16. Lollapalooza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. (nd). Wikipedia. Retrieved February 26, 2012 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lollapalooza17. Caulfield, K. (n.d.). Metallica scores fifth consecutive No. 1 album | Billboard.com. Music News, Reviews, Articles, Information, Online News and Free Music | Billboard.com. Retrieved February 26, 2012 from http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003850675#/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003850675