Kirk Hammett

Kirk Lee Hammett (born November 18, 1962, in San Francisco, CA) is the lead guitarist and a songwriter of the American thrash metal band Metallica and has been a member of the band since 1983. Before joining Metallica, he formed and named the band Exodus. In 2003, Hammett was ranked 11th on Rolling Stone's list of The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. In 2009, Hammett was ranked number 5 in Joel McIver's book The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists.

He is available as a playable character in Guitar Hero: Metallica. Though he apparently recorded a Guitar Battle track for the game, as Slash and Tom Morello did for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and Joe Perry did for Guitar Hero: Aerosmith, it was ultimately scrapped from the game's final release.

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Guitar Hero

Axel Steel ∙ Clive Winston ∙ Grim Ripper ∙ Izzy Sparks ∙ Johnny Napalm ∙ Judy Nails ∙ Pandora ∙ Xavier Stone

NPCs: The Bassist ∙ The Drummer ∙ The Female Singer ∙ The Keyboardist ∙ The Male Singer

Guitar Hero II

Casey Lynch ∙ Lars Ümlaüt ∙ Eddie Knox

Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock

Elroy Budvis ∙ God of Rock ∙ Lou ∙ Metalhead ∙ Midori ∙ Slash ∙ Tom Morello

NPCs: Bret Michaels

Guitar Hero: On Tour

Gunner Jaxon ∙ Memphis Rose

NPCs: The Female Singer

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith

Brad Whitford ∙ DMC ∙ Joe Perry ∙ Tom Hamilton

NPCs: Joey Kramer ∙ The Rhythm Guitarist ∙ Steven Tyler

Guitar Hero World Tour

Aaron Steele ∙ Billy Corgan ∙ Hayley Williams ∙ Jimi Hendrix ∙ Johnny Viper ∙ Marcus Fretshredder ∙ Matty Cannz ∙ Nick ∙ Ozzy Osbourne ∙ Riki Lee ∙ Rina ∙ Rockubot ∙ Shirley Crowley ∙ Skeleton ∙ Sting ∙ Ted Nugent ∙ Travis Barker ∙ Zakk Wylde

Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades

NPCs: Chad ∙ Marcus ∙ Michelle ∙ Ron ∙ Sal ∙ Zach

Guitar Hero: Metallica

Fembot ∙ James Hetfield ∙ King Diamond ∙ Kirk Hammett ∙ Lars Ulrich ∙ Lemmy ∙ Robert Trujillo ∙ Zach Harmon

Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits

Calista Valenz ∙ Simon Grimmsy

NPCs: Miss Heather

Guitar Hero: Smash Hits

Mario Greendale

Guitar Hero: Van Halen

Alex Van Halen ∙ David Lee Roth ∙ Eddie Van Halen ∙ Wolfgang Van Halen

Guitar Hero 5

Carlos Santana ∙ FrankenRocker ∙ Gerald Contest Winner ∙ Golden God ∙ Johnny Cash ∙ Kurt Cobain ∙ Matt Bellamy ∙ Racques Topus ∙ Robbie Lobster ∙ Scrap Heap ∙ Shadow ∙ Shirley Manson

Band Hero for home consoles

Adam Levine ∙ Adrian Young ∙ Gwen Stefani ∙ Quincy Styles ∙ Taylor Swift ∙ Tom Dumont ∙ Tony Kanal

Band Hero for Nintendo DS

Cthulhu

Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock

Arthas Menethil ∙ Austin Tejas ∙ Demi-God of Rock ∙ Echo Tesla ∙ Minotaur

*Characters are listed in their debut video game. Rock Star Creator not included.