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HETFIELD CREDITS HIS MUM FOR FORCING HIM INTO MUSI
Topic Started: May 11, 2009, 4:46 am (826 Views)
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JAMES HETFIELD is extra thankful to his mum on Mother's Day, because the piano lessons she forced him to take as a kid inspired him to become a rock star.
The Metallica frontman hated the classical keyboard sessions but they introduced him to music and gave him his first steps towards a career on the stage.
Hetfield tells Metal Hammer, “My mom had seen me over at a friend’s house just kind of start bashing on the piano, and she thought, oh, he’s gonna be a musician, OK, we’ll sign him up for piano. I did that for a couple of years and it was really a bit of a turn-off because it was learning classical pieces, stuff that I wasn’t listening to on the radio, you know?
“I remember it was an older woman’s house and the cookies at the end was the big deal. But I am so glad it was somewhat forced upon me, because the act of left and right hand doing different things, and also singing at the same time, it gave me some inkling of what I do now. Singing and playing are somewhat easier than it probably could have been if I hadn’t have had piano.”

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Someone get this Metal Hammer!
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Oh bless! James you're so sweet, glad you was forced into thou cos you're one hell of a muso now!!
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YAYY!! We Love you Papa Het!!!
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AWW thats so cool :wub: We're sure glad he was "forced" into it too!

And he worked for cookies, how cute :lol:
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StevieNicks
May 11 2009, 09:46 AM
The Metallica frontman hated the classical keyboard sessions but they introduced him to music and gave him his first steps towards a career on the stage.

hehe, that is really recognizable to me.
I started keyboard lessons when I was 8, but... yeah, the classical pieces,,, bleegh. I quit after 4 years, but I am so glad that I did it.

Wish we had cookies then :lol: jk
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it's so cool to see him to be able to percieve things in this way, he has more courage to talk about these things more openly :horns2

the Metal Hammer we have here doeSn't have the interview :(

PLEASE someone get it.... PLEEEEEAAAASEEEE!!
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HEY! GUESS WHAT?!

I has it... :biggrin
Will scan it tonight or tomorrow :biggrin
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May 11 2009, 03:21 AM
HEY! GUESS WHAT?!

I has it... :biggrin
Will scan it tonight or tomorrow :biggrin

:nanner3: :nanner3: :nanner3:
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That was great.Thank you! :heart: I'm sure that he feels awful when he knows that his mother could stay alive nowadays. :( It is very hard to lose someone who teach you many things and loves you.I know how it feels and I understand that he doesn't want to talk about this very much.
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Oh, such a nice story.
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That's so sweet! I hope my son will be as grateful later, he is taking keyboard lessons now (because he wanted to) and has to play classical pieces as well and hates practicing. Maybe I should give him cookies afterwards! :D I'll let him read James' story so he will know why he has to practice!
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May 11 2009, 01:27 PM
Oh Hell
May 11 2009, 03:21 AM
HEY! GUESS WHAT?!

I has it... :biggrin
Will scan it tonight or tomorrow :biggrin

:nanner3: :nanner3: :nanner3:

:nanner: :nanner: :nanner:
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Aww, James Hetfield the Metal God/Cookie monster! :heart:
I wonder if he still likes cookies and milk :wub:
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awesome!!!!
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He did it all for the cookie. ;)


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That's awesome. I wish my parents would have put me through music lessons at a younger age. I think I want my kids to be exposed to this. I would love to play the piano. I might start them out on it and see where that takes them.
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