The name Metallica is synonymous with heavy metal and if you ever attended any of the heavy metal concerts you'd see them flooded with the Metallica tee shirts. What better tribute to the band than to sport their tee shirts when at their concerts!
The Metallica band started off from Los Angeles, California, in 1981 with the duo James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich. They were later joined by Dave Mustaine, Ron McGovney, Kirk Hammett, Robert Trujillo, Cliff Burton and Jason Newsted. As a band they were highly inspired by the heavy metal band Diamond Head from the UK. Soon after, they relocated to San Francisco.
Their tee shirts pay them the tribute they deserve, flashing names like "Death Magnetic", "Master of Puppets", and "Ride the Lightning". Their debut release in 1982 was "Metal Massacre", followed by "Kill 'em All" in 1983. Their third album "Master of Puppets" in 1986 was described as influential and was deemed one of the best heavy thrash metal albums.
Their early releases covered instrumentals; fast tempos and aggressive musicianship, thus placing them amongst the 'big four' thrash metal bands along with Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeath. Their tee shirts are an apt tribute for their many achievements.
The first Grammy Award nomination that Metallica received was for "Justice for All" in 1989 for the Best Hard Rock / Metal Performance Vocal or Instrument category. Even though Metallica was the expected favorite to win, the award went to another band. This no doubt, created some controversy among the press and fans. Yet their tee shirts have stood them in good support as a tribute.
Metallica has released three live albums, nine studio albums, five extended plays, 45 singles and 24 music videos. The band has also won nine Grammy Awards. With such a span of achievements as tee fronts they couldn't receive a better tribute to prove their status as heavy thrash metal band.
December 2006 saw Metallica release a DVD with all their music videos starting from 1989 to 2004, with a sale of 28,000 copies in the first week itself. Metallica also became the first band in the history of the Billborad 200 to have five consecutive studio albums debuted at number one with their album "Death Magnetic" which sold as many as 490,000 units.
Metallica was inducted into the San Francisco "Walk of Fame" in March 1999. They were also ranked the third "Greatest Heavy Metal Band" by MTV. In April of 2009 Metallica was inducted into the "Rock and Roll" Hall of Fame.
Metallica's achievements are so many! It is difficult to recount all of them here in support of the credit of attributing tee shirts to them as a tribute to the band. They certainly have proved their worth as a band that is so deserving and highly acclaimed.
Metallica has been a one of its kind hard thrash band to have earned such acclaim and fan following. Fans would proudly love to wear the Metallica Band Tee Shirts as a tribute.
