Steel purists, prepare to remain mad. Kirk Hammett simply spilled some unlikely historical past classes in a current interview, together with how a lot the band UFO influenced Kill ‘Em All.

In an interview with Steel Mayhem ROC, which you’ll be able to watch beneath, Hammett mirrored again on the enduring Metallica album on it’s fortieth anniversary and talked about what influenced it. He talked about not solely how a lot he favored the band UFO, however how a lot an encounter with the band’s former guitarist, Paul Chapman, influenced him on the report.

He additionally admits he by no means noticed the band that includes their extra well-known guitarist, Michael Schenker, and was skeptical about seeing them with Chapman, however was then completely blow away. Within the interview, he says:

“I had by no means seen UFO with Michael Schenker. The primary time I noticed UFO, which was my favourite band of all time, was with Paul Chapman. I confirmed up a bit of skeptical to that gig, however then I noticed Paul on stage and he blew me away. It wasn’t honest to check him to Michael Schenker as a result of they’re two utterly completely different gamers.”

He then talked about that he bought to fulfill Chapman years later, which was a full-circle second for him as a guitarist.

“I felt like I used to be lastly closing that circle, assembly everybody who was instrumental in shaping UFO’s sound. Once I met him, I used to be simply so stoked. I can play a whole lot of his stuff, not simply Michael Schenker’s licks, and particularly on Kill ‘Em All. Now that I give it some thought, there are Paul Chapman licks all all through Kill ‘Em All.”

He admitted that he even considered getting a lesson from Chapman:

“I requested him, ‘What do you do these days?’ And he stated, ‘I play in native bands and I give guitar classes,’” Hammett recalled. “And, for a second, I believed, ‘Possibly I ought to get a guitar lesson.’”