Metallica through the ages

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Metallica in 1987. Clockwise (from bottom left): Drummer Lars Ulrich, singer and guitarist James Hetfield, bass player Jason Newsted and guitarist Kirk Hammett.
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Jason Newstead, Kirk Hammet, Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield hold their trophy in 1993, at the 20th Annual American Music Awards in Los Angeles, CA.
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Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich testifies before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on music on the Internet in 2000, as Roger McGuinn of The Byrds and Hank Berry, CEO of Napster, look on. Ulrich testified that music is downloaded on the online MP3 sites without legal rights.
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Jason Newsted, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett of Metallica at the MTV Movie Awards in 2000.
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Metallica Bass player Robert Trujillo in 2003.
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Kirk Hammett of Metallica performs at Woodstock 1999 in Rome, New York at Griffiss AFB Park for the 30th anniversary concert.
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Lars Ulrich of Metallica plays at the MTV Movie Awards in 2000 at Sony Pictures Studio in Culver City, CA.
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Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett performs at the Jobing.com Arena in 2008 in Glendale, Arizona.
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James Hetfield of Metallica performs live in concert at the Wachovia Center on January 17, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Robert Trujillo, Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield and Jason Newsted of Metallica perform onstage during the 24th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Public Hall on April 4, 2009 in Cleveland, Ohio.