The most consistently innovative metal band of the late 80s and 90s was formed in 1981 in California, USA, by Lars Ulrich (b. 26 December 1963, Copenhagen, Denmark; drums) and James Alan Hetfield (b. 3 August 1963, USA;

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guitar/vocals) after each separately advertised for fellow musicians in the classified section of American publication The Recycler.

They recorded their first demo, No Life Til' Leather, with Lloyd Grand (guitar), who was replaced in January 1982 by David Mustaine (b. 13 September 1961, La Mesa, California, USA), whose relationship with Ulrich and Hetfield proved unsatisfactory. Jef Warner (guitar) and Ron McGovney (bass) each had a brief tenure with the band. At the end of 1982 Clifford Lee Burton (b. 10 February 1962, USA, d. 27 September 1986; bass, ex-Trauma) joined the band, playing his first live performance on 5 March 1983. Mustaine departed to form Megadeth and was replaced by Kirk Hammett (b. 18 November 1962, San Francisco, California, USA; guitar). Hammett, who came to the attention of Ulrich and Hetfield while playing with rock band Exodus, played his first concert with Metallica on 16 April 1983.

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Metallica perform with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra; conducted by Michael Kamen. Includes tracks:- 'The Ecstasy Of Gold', 'Master Of Puppets', 'The Things That Should Not Be', 'No Leaf Clover', 'Nothing Else Matters', 'Enter Sandman' and more.

Review; There is no better way of describing this than "utterly superb". As a fan of classical music and also heavy rock I was interested to see how this rather unique paring would turn out.

There was always an outside risk that this could go beyond the shape of pears and I can only stress that the whole thing has turned out far better than I would ever have expected. I can understand that fans of purely classical music will find the whole thing probably a bit too much and I'm not sure how a pure heavy rock fan would deal with this. However fans of both musical factions will find that this bridges the gap and leaves the door open for future musical ideas.

The playing of the band is, as always, perfect. All four members of Metallica play to their utmost ability - The best example of skill, talent and sheer endurance can be found in their performance of "One" which is a masterpiece and probably my favourite song of the whole set.

Contrary to John's review I found the sound quality to be very good on the DVD in particular the 5.1 surround worked very well with the orchestra being clear and crisp and complementing the band very well.

A lot of credit has to be given to Michael Kamen who brought this project to life with his own particular flair.

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