James Hetfield
Here’s James Hetfield, speaking of James Hetfield! Hetfield, from Downey, California, is a guitar colossus. Hetfield is credited for developing the sound of “speed metal” and instilling an unmatched sense of wrath in the music business. In 2001, Hetfield went to treatment for drug abuse. Since then, he’s been based in Vail, Colorado.
James Hetfield
Pete Townshend
Townshend was one of the founding members of The Who, one of the most well-known rock bands of all time. In his memoir, he talked about growing up in London shortly after WWII, saying, “I wasn’t trying to play beautiful music. I was confronting my audience with the awful, visceral sound of what we all knew was the single absolute of our frail existence—one day an airplane would carry the bomb that would destroy us all in a flash. It could happen at any time.”
Pete Townshend