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Originally Posted by Senator Clay Davis
I have a few friends who play guitar and it's almost a second hobby bashing Hammett. Indeed the criticisms leveled at him include excessive use of the wah pedal in solo's and his lack of contribution to the band in terms of songwriting. It also doesn't help that he's the 3rd best guitarist Metallica has had. Kirk is a good, not great guitarist, and yes 3Justin3 is 100% correct when he says Metallica wouldn't be anywhere with James, the best rhythm guitarist of all time and primary composer of Metallica.
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The greatest thing Metallica ever accomplished as a band was to cut loose Dave Mustaine which gave us the awesome gift of Megadeth.