1962	February 10	Cliff Burton born
	November 18	Kirk Hammett born
1963	March 4	Jason Newsted born
	August 3	James Hetfield born
	December 26	Lars Ulrich born
1977		Jason's first band Diamond with Kevin Kendrick, Todd Smiedendorf and Tom Depoy formed in Niles, MI Newsted family relocates from Niles to Kalamazoo, MI
	September	James' freshman year at Downey HS; befriends Ron McGovney
1978		James joins his first band, Obsession with Jim Arnold, Rich and Ron Veloz
1979 - 80		James' mother passes away and he moves to La Brea, CA. James quits Obsession
1980 - 81		James forms Phantom Lord with Jim Mulligan and Hugh Tanner
1981	May 9	Lars and James meet for the first time in Newport Beach, CA.
	June	Ron McGovney joins Phantom Lord and renames to Leather Charm; band falls apart when drummer and guitarist leave
	October 15	METALLICA FORMED
	October 31	Jason Newsted and Tom Hamlin relocate to Phoenix, AZ from Kalamazoo, MI
1982	January	First demo of Hit The Lights recorded, Lloyd Grant overdubs guitar solo
	March	Band records 3 song demo; one original song: Hit The Lights; and two covers: Killing Time and Let It Loose this leads to gig opening for Saxon
	March 14	First Metallica gig at Radio City, Anaheim, CA
	March 28	Second gig, supporting Saxon at Whiskey - A - Go - Go, Hollywood, CA
	April	Band records "Power Metal" 4 - track demo of Hit The Lights, The Mechanix, Jump In The Fire & Motorbreath
	April 23	Only appearance as 5 - piece w/Damien Philips (aka Jeff Warner) in Costa Mesa, CA
	May 25	James' first gig on rhythm guitar at Backbay (Lars') High School, Costa Mesa, CA
	June 14	Metal Massacre LP released, first appearance of Metallica on record
	July 6	Recording session for No Life Til Leather demo tape, songs: Hit the Lights, Seek & Destroy, Motorbreath, The Mechanix, Jump In The Fire, Metal Militia and Phantom Lord; financed by High Velocity records
	September 18	First San Francisco gig at The Keystone
	November 11	Band plays at The Woodstock in LA, supporting Y&T
	November 29	First headlining gig in SF, Kirk Hammett's Exodus opens
	November 30	Last show with Ron McGovney at San Francisco's Mabuhay Gardens
	December 10	Ron McGovney and Metallica part
	December 28	Cliff Burton joins Metallica
1983	February 11 - 15	Metallica moves from from Los Angeles to San Francisco
	March 5	Cliff's first Metallica show at The Stone in SF; Exodus opens
	April 1	Kirk Hammett asked to join Metallica.
	April 9	Dave Mustaine's last show
	April 11	Dave given bus ticket back to Californa, requested to leave Metallica
	April 16	Kirk's first show with Metallica in Dover, NJ
	May 3	Metallica signs with John Zazula's Megaforce Records
	May 10 - 27	Kill Em All recording sessions in Rochester, NY
	July 27 - September 3	First tour: "Kill Em All For One" with Raven
	September 24	Ride The Lightning demos recorded, "live" track of Phantom Lord and Seek & Destroy recorded Jason Newsted forms Dogz with Kelly David - Smith Eric AK joins Dogz, Dogz becomes Flotsam & Jetsam
1984	January 19	Bands equipment stolen in Boston MA, this event inspires 'Fade To Black'
	January 20	Jump In The Fire 12" released in Europe
	February 3	First European tour begins with Venom in Zurich, Switzerland
	February 20	Ride The Lightning recording begins at Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark
	March 26	First appearance in England at London's Marquee Club
	June 6	Second European tour starts in Holland with Twisted Sister
	August 1	First meeting with future co - manager Cliff Burnstein of Q Prime
	August 2	First Manager Megaforce (John Zazula) released
	September 12	Metallica signs with Elektra Records in USA
	November 16	Elektra re - releases Ride The Lightning
	November 17 - 18	Trapped Under Ice played live for FIRST time in Paris.
	November 18	Paris; First major European Tour begins Tank is the support act.
	November 23	Creeping Death 12" released in Europe
	December 20	First London headlining gig at Lyceum, end of first European tour.
1985	January 109	USA co - headline tour begins in Nova Scotia
	February 9	First performance of Fade To Black in Chicago
	March 9	Ride The Lightning peaks at #100 on USA charts
	March 18	Ride The Lightning tour ends in Portland, OR
	August 17	Metallica performs Monsters Of Rock Festival at Castle Donington for the first time
	September 2	Master Of Puppets recording sessions begin in Denmark
	September 14	Band plays the Metal Hammer festival in England, performs Disposable Heroes for first time
	September 30	Metallica performs at Day On The Green Festival in Oakland, CA
	December 27	Recording of Master Of Puppets completed
	December 31	Metallica plays the SF's Civic Center, with Megadeth, Exodus and Metal Church
1986	February 21	Master Of Puppets is released in USA
	March 27	USA tour supporting Ozzy Osbourne starts in Wichita, KS
	May 11	Master Of Puppets peaks at #29 in USA
	July 26	James breaks arm while skateboarding in Evansville, IN
	July 27	John Marshall plays rhythm guitar as James recovers
	Aug 3	Last USA appearance with Cliff
	September 10	European leg of Damage Inc. tour starts in Cardiff, Wales
	September 26	Last gig with Cliff Burton in Stockholm, Sweden; James' arm healed, plays rhythm guitar
	September 27	Cliff Burton dies in bus accident in Sweden
	October 7	Cliff's funeral, Castro Valley, CA
	October 28	Jason Newsted joins Metallica
	October 31	Jason's last show with Flotsam & Jetsam
	November 4	Master Of Puppets certified Gold in USA
	November 8	Jason's first gig with Metallica at Country Club in Reseda, CA
	November 20	First Japanese tour ends at Sun Plaza Hall, Tokyo
1987	February 8	Damage Inc. Tour world tour ends in Zwolle, Holland
	February 13	Metallica plays Aardschock festival in Gothenburg Sweden with Anthrax and Metal Church; Scrap Metal opens, consisting of roadies of the various roadies, including Metallica's Eddie Kercer and Fleming Larsen
	March 23	James re - breaks arm in 2nd skateboarding accident Band scheduled to appear on NBC TV's Saturday Night Live cancelled due to James' broken arm
	July 8	Recording session for Garage Days Re - revisited begins in Los Angeles
	Aug 8	Master Of Puppets ends 72 week run on USA Charts
	August 21	Garage Days Re - revisited released in USA
	August 22	Metallica plays Castle Donington festival
	October 10	Garage Days Re - revisited peaks at #28 on USA Charts
	November 5	Ride The Lightning certified Gold in USA
	December 4	Cliff 'Em All home video released in USA
	December 7	Garage Days Re - revisited certified Gold in USA
1988	January 15	Kill Em All re-released in USA by Elektra with Am I Evil? and Blitzkrieg as bonus tracks
	January 29	Recording sessions for ...And Justice For All begins in Los Angeles
	February 4	Cliff 'Em All home video certified gold and platinum in USA
	May 27	Monsters Of Rock tour starts in Troy, WI with 40,000 people featuring Van Halen, Metallica, Scorpions and Kingdom Come
	July 28	Master Of Puppets certified double platinum in USA
	Aug 19	Harvester Of Sorrow 12" single released in UK
	August 25	...And Justice For All released in USA
	September 11	First show of Damaged Justice tour in Budapest, Hungary
	October 9	...And Justice For All peaks at #6 in USA
	October 30	Eye Of the Beholder single is released in USA
	October 31	...And Justice For All certified Gold and platinum in USA
	November 15	USA leg of Damaged Justice tour starts in Toledo, OH
	December 6	Footage for One music video shot
1989	January 9	One single released in USA
	February 5	Live radio broadcast of concert in Dallas, TX on Z - Rock radio network
	February 22	Metallica performs One on worldwide broadcast of Grammy Awards
	April 5	Cliff 'Em All certified triple platinum in USA
	April 8	One single peaks at #35 in USA
	April 21	Last show with Queensryche opening, The Cult new support act
	May 1	First show in New Zealand in Auckland
	May 3	First show in Australia in Adelaide
	May 16	Kill Em All certified gold & RTL certified platinum in USA
	June 20	2 Of One Home video released in USA
	July 20	...And Justice For All certified double platinum in USA
	August 18	2 Of One certified platinum in USA
	September 23	Last USA gig on Damaged Justice tour at Laguna Hills, CA
	October 8	Last show of Damaged Justice tour in Sao Paulo, Brazil
1990	January	Band records Stone Cold Crazy for release on Elektra 40th Anniversary album "Rubaiyat"
	May	Metallica plays several European festivals; including surprise shows at Hippodrome and Marquee in London
	August 13	James and Lars record 3 demo's for new album
	October 6	Recording of self - titled Metallica album commences at One On One Studio in California
	October 14	Records demo for The Unforgiven at Bayview Studios, CA
1991	April 29 - May 4	James, Lars and Bob Rock do minor recording at Little Mountain Studios in Vancouver
	June 10	Mixing and minor recording starts at A & M Studios in Hollywood
	July 7	Band leaves A&M Studios, recording and remixing of Metallica ends
	July 8 - 10	Mastering of Metallica at Sterling Sound in New York
	August 3	Listening party for Metallica at Madison Square Garden
	August 12	Self - titled Metallica album released, debuts at #1 on USA charts
	August 17	Band performs at Castle Donington Monsters Of Rock
	September 28	Metallica performs in Moscow at the Tushino Airfield
	October 12	Wherever I May Roam tour begins
1992	February 25	Enter Sandman performed at Grammy Awards, wins Best Heavy Metal award for Metallica
	April 20	Band performs at Tribute To Freddie Mercury at Wembley Stadium; this 3 song set appears on the live Nothing Else Matters CD single that features the Scary Guy, James performs Stone Cold Crazy with Queen and Tony Iommi
	July 17	Co - headline tour with Guns N Roses begins at RFK Stadium, Washington DC
	August 8	James burned by pyro mishap at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Canada; Riot ensues when Guns N Roses frontman leaves stage
1993	July 4	Last show of Wherever I May Roam tour
	November 23	Binge & Purge box set released Metallica Club formed
1994	May 30	Summer tour begins in Buffalo, NY. Kill/Ride Medley and The God that Failed played live for the first time
	July 3	Danzig's last gig opening for Metallica, Glenn performs Misfit's classics London Dungeon, Last Caress and Green Hell with Metallica; Suicidal Tendencies joins Metallica on So What
	August 21	Last show on Summer tour; Rob Halford joins Metallica on Rapid Fire
1995	February 15	James and Lars join Long Beach/Los Angeles area radio station KNAC for its last few hours of broadcasting; Kirk does an AOL Online chat
	May	Band begins recording sessions for next album(s)
	August 17	Rehearsal attended by Club members
	August 23	Bands performs Club Member only gig at London Astoria 2
	August 26	Bands interrupts recording session to play Castle Donington Monsters Of Rock show
	September	Band plays gig at Tuktoyatuk, Canada with Hole, Veruca Salt and Moist
1996	February 13	James gets his hair cut
	May 21	Until It Sleeps single released in USA
	May 23	Premiere of Until It Sleeps video on MTV
	June 1	Load is released in Japan
	June 3	Load is released in non - Japan/North America areas
	June 4	Load is released in North America; Metallica plays 2 short sets on flatbed trucks at Tower Records in San Jose and Sacramento
	June 9 - 10	Band plays Club members only gig in San Francisco, show appears on Internet and Fan Can 2
	June 23	Band plays Club members only gig in Toronto, Canada
	June 27	Lollapalooza Festival tour begins
	August 3	Lemmy of Motorhead joins band onstage in Irvine, CA for Overkill
	August 4	Last Lollapalooza show in Irvine, CA; Lemmy joins sits in on Overkill, Jerry Cantrell joins for For Whom the Bell Tolls; Live recordings of 5 songs from this show appeared as b - sides
	September 4	Metallica plays Until it Sleeps at MTV Video Awards
	September 6	Poor Touring Me European tour begins in Vienna, Austria with Corrosion of Conformity opening
	November 14	Metallica scheduled to play King Nothing at MTV Europe's Video Music Awards; Last Caress/So What performed instead
	November 27	Last European Poor Touring Me in Copenhagen, Denmark
	December 19	Poor Touring Me North America begins in Fresno, CA; Korn opens
1997	January 26	Lars marries Skylar in Las Vegas, NV
	January 27	King Nothing performed at American Music Awards
	January 28	Last date with Korn opening, Corrosion Of Conformity opens remaining shows
	February 9	Fuel played for the first time in Chicago
	May 28	Poor Touring Me ends in Edmonton, Canada
	July	ReLoad recording session commences
	August 17	James marries longtime girlfriend Francesca
	August 22	Band breaks from studio for European Festivals, Pukkelpop Festival in Belgium
	August 23	Blindman's Ball - Stuttgart, Germany
	August 24	Reading Festival - England
	October 10	ReLoad recording finished
	October 18 - 19	Metallica plays acoustic show at Neil Young's 11th Annual Bridge benefit
	October 21 - 22	The Memory Remains video shoot in Van Nuys, CA
	November 10	The Memory Remains single released worldwide (except N. America)
	November 11	The Memory Remains sigle released in North America; Metallica performs a free show in Philadelphia
	November 13	TV appearance on BBC's Top of the Pop; Club show at London's Ministry of Sound, eight songs recorded at this show would appear as b - sides on various formats of The Unforgiven II single
	November 14	ReLoad released in Japan
	November 15	Club gig in Hamburg, Germany
	November 16	Club gigs played in Stockholm and Copenhagen; The Memory Remains music video premieres on MTV
	November 17	Worldwide release of ReLoad (except USA and Japan)
	November 18	USA release of ReLoad; Club show in Paris
	December 6	Band playes The Memory Remains with Marianne Faithfull and Fuel on Saturday Night Live
	December 8	Billboard Music Awards, wins award for Best Hard Rock Artist
	December 12	Video shoot for The Unforgiven II in Los Angeles
	December 18	"Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" radio broadcast hosted by sports radio personality Scott Farrell of Farrell on the Bench; The show features an acoustic set with special guests Jim Martin, Les Claypool, Gary Rossington, Jerry Cantrell, Sean Kinney, Pepper Keenan and Chris Isaak
1998	January 26	The Unforgiven II video premieres in USA
	January 31	Kirk marries Lani in Hawaii
	February 23	The Unforgiven II singles are released worldwide (except N. America & Australia)
	March 2	The Unforgiven II released in Australia
	March 17	The Unforgiven II released in North America
	March 21	Metallica performs live for MTV's "ReLoad, Rehearse, Request" show
	March 22	Lone Ulrich, Lars' mother passes away; First three Pacific Rim tour dates rescheduled
	April 2	Pacific Rim leg of Poor Re - Touring Me begins in Newcastle, Australia
	April 7	Metallica plays live for Club members on Australian TV show "Recovery"
	May 7	Fuel video taped in Tokyo
	May 8	Pacific Rim leg of Poor Re - Touring Me ends in Tokyo
	May 21	Fuel video premieres on MTV in USA
	June 13	Cali Tee Hetfield born
	June 16	Fuel singles released
	June 24	North American leg of Poor Re - Touring Me begins in West Palm Beach, Florida
	July 6 - 11	Met Club contest winners work on tour as roadies for Metallica
	August 5	Myles Ulrich born
	August 8	Tour break
	August 15	Jason performs with Sepultura in Brazil
	August 28	Tour resumes in Irvine, CA
	September 13	Last show of Poor Re - Touring Me in San Diego, CA
	September 15	Metallica return to studio to record new cover songs for Garage Days re - release
	October 10	MetClub's first CD-ROM, "Byte the Lightning", ships.
	October 18	Metallica performs set at the Playboy Mansion.
	October 23	Turn The Page video shot, directed by Jonas Akerlund in LA.
	November 6	Kirk has emergency appendectomy while on promo tour in London.
	November 17	Toronto, Canada first show in Garage Inc promo tour.
	November 18	Metallica TV appears on MTV features premiere of Turn The Page music video.
	November 19	Chicago, IL Garage Inc promo tour.
	November 20	Detroit, MI Garage Inc promo tour.
	November 22	Whiskey In The Jar home video shot in NY. Jonas Ackerlund returns as director.
	November 23	Philadelphia, PA Garage Inc promo tour.
	November 23	Garage Inc. released outside North America.
	November 24	New York, shown live on MTV Garage Inc promo tour.
	November 24	Garage Inc. released in North America.
	November 22	VH-1 airs Behind the Music program dedicated to Metallica.
	December 8	Cunning Stunts home video released on video tape and DVD, making this the first music related video shot specifically for DVD.
1999	January 7	Metallica announces plans to play two shows with the San Francisco Symphony, with Michael Kamen conducting and arranging
	March 15	Jason and Ted Nugent announce Metallica's plans for New Year's Eve at the Pontiac Silverdome in Detroit, Michigan.
	April 12	Metallica's Garage Remain the Same tour begins in Hawaii.
	April 14	Metallica.com's new design is unveiled!
	April 21 / 22	The S&M shows in Berkeley, California, with the San Francisco Symphony and Michael Kamen conducting.
	April 30	Metallica plays Mexico City with Monster Magnet and Pantera.
	May 2	Garage Remains the Same tour hits South America.
	May 21	Garage Remains the Same tour heads to Europe.
	July 20	Garage Remains the Same Europe ends.
	July 24	Metallica plays an explosive set at Woodstock '99.
	August 2	Free e-mail@metallica.com e-mail service begins, allowing Metallica fan's worldwide to have their very own Metallica e-mail address.
	August 31	Lars holds an online chat to help usher in our "sister" website
	October 5	S&M, the latest Metallica CD is announced. It will contain the symphony shows held earlier this year.
	November 5	Lars appears on MTV to premiere the new S&M version of 'Hero of the Day.'
	November 6	MTV airs "Metallica: S&M," part of their 'Spanking Live New Music' week. Five new music videos from S&M hit the various video channels and radio.
	November 16	A live version of 'Seek & Destroy' appears on the 'WCW: Mayhem' album.
	November 19	S&M released in Japan. Metallica plays in Berlin with symphony.
	November 22	S&M released in worldwide. No Leaf Clover to premiere on MTV.
	November 23	S&M released in North America. Metallica plays in NY with symphony.