Kirk Hammett

Lego has been in the lives of children for many years making it one of the top companies in the market. However, Legos has had its negative streaks and has had to build its self and go back to its roots. By using PESTEL framework, Porter’s 5 Forces and SWOT analysis we are able to have a better idea of the factors that are being considered by Legos in their business. Lego’s political environment and legal environment plays a role on its business because they must take into considerations the…

Kirk, the captain of the USS Enterprise in Star Trek, maintains his essential nature while attempting to solve the problems that arise throughout the mission in that episode. James T. Kirk otherwise known as Captain Kirk makes all the decisions usually in the episode. Captain Kirk’s most intense character trait is his hatred for all things evil or tyrant. He…

In 1932, a renowned toy company was founded by a Danish carpenter named Ole Kirk Kristiansen. This toy company is what we know today as LEGO, and I think it is safe to say that we have all seen a Lego brick at some point in our lives. These popular toys are plastic bricks that connect together to create characters, buildings, and cars. In recent years, Lego sets have morphed into complex models that require hours of work to build. They are no longer exclusively children’s toys; now, they are…

jeb Taylor The manufactured trampoline, as we know it today, was created by two men, George Nissen and Larry Griswold. Around 1935, Griswold, then the assistant gymnastics coach at the University of Iowa, and Nissen, a tumbler on the University of Iowa gymnastics team, "made regular jaunts to Bloomington, Illinois where numerous circus people had their winter homes. Among them were the "Flying Wards", some of the finest trapeze performers in the world. Griswold and Nissen worked out with them…

In 1962, LEGO introduced the first LEGO wheel, after working on it since 1958; it featured in the LEGO Set No. 400 (see Figure 3) and went on to be LEGO’s best selling set with an impressive 820,420 unit sold (according to LEGO’s website) in 1967. Some sets before the LEGO wheels production included pre-produced toy cars, which some might say took away from the magic and joy of building everything in the set. A total of 381 million LEGO wheels where made in 2011 and judging by the company’s…

American rock guitarist and singer - Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix is best known as one of the most influential electric guitarists in the history of popular music. The top tracks of Hendrix include: “Purple Haze,” “Fire” and “The Wind Cries Mary.” 2. Kirk Hammett - certainly shaped Metallica’s sound on wildly popular songs…

and it contains a track called "The Call Of Ktulu." However, early pressings of this album contain a misspelling that reads "The Cat of Ktulu." Albums with this misspelling now can be sold for a handsome price. Number Ten: Kirk Hammett Struggled With Drug Addiction. Hammett has admitted that being around Metallica fueled his drug problems. He said, "I had a bad coke problem on the ...And Justice For All tour. You hang out with other musicians, and the next thing you know, you have five guys…

Never Land Nightmares “Enter Sandman” “Enter Sandman” by Metallica, is one of the most famous rock songs during 1990’s, written by Kirk Hammett, James Hatfield, and Lars Ulrich, this song talks about the fear of dark, nightmares, and death. Interestingly, it starts with a very different and unique guitar riff, which brings the feeling of dark and fear. The original theme of the song was a child dealing with darkness and death, but was changed before it got released because it…

THEY CUT THEIR HAIR “JUDAS!” we cried, as Hetfield’s mullet hit the floor at some point in the mid-‘90s. Then we saw they’d all been at it when the Load pictures came out. We looked at the back of it, then looked at the back of Kill ‘Em All. They looked kind of the same, but without the hair, they’d lost something, right? Just their hair, it seems. Load and Re-Load weren’t to everyone’s taste, but guess what? Like they were still like a T-Rex attack – hair or not. Although if they wanna grow it…

is a mix of flemenco guitar style, which is a spanish guitar style of playing ( I know it’s weird, and not totally present: but, Les’s strum patterns show it all ), and slap bass. Claypool began his bass journey in high school where his friend Kirk Hammett ( the lead guitarist for Metallica ) dragged Les into the wonders of rock. Les was inspired by bands like Cream, Led Zeppelin. He soon found his love for the bass when Rush’s Geddy Lee, Paul McCartney, and Yes’ Chris Squire really inspired him…