Here another historical interview by HAI Magazine, back in 1993 when Metallica did the 'burning' concert in Jakarta. The interview was in HAI Magazine head quarter and it was Kirk Hammet that answering to the journalist. Here the magazine scan, in Bahasa Indonesia.
The excerpts of interview, the interesting ones, that I translated are as below:
Q-We will
start from the very beginning. Why you choose to play speed metal?
Kirk Hammet -
Actually
we are not ‘choose’ speed metal. What we play is a music that become faster and
faster. We feel connected with that music. Then people started to call us speed
metal. For me, not a matter, we just want to call this is Metallica music.
The Music
of Metallica now being played by many new bands. What is your comments?
Meaning
they like our music, isn’t it? For me, not a problem because we never thought
about others band’s song. We never did comparison between our music and other’s.
Because when we started doing that, we stepped backward rather than forward. We
don’t want that happen.
Many people
said the Metallica songs in the last album are softer than previous. Is that
because you guys become old and tired?
People
always say that. Metallica songs, I feel still as hard as before. Soft is perhaps
not a correct word here. The truth is we make the song more variety. If we make
the song the same as before, our listeners will become tired too. With more
variation, such as Unforgiven, our creativity is more developed and it’s good
for us.
Is that
mean as a way to attracted more fans?
Not really.
What we trying to do is we want to make a music better and better. If our music
can attracted new listener, it is of course better than before. But it is just
not our main goal. We just want to make good music.
In the
past, news is, Metallica not really care about radio-sound (radio friendly)
music. How about now?
Oh, that’s
issue (Kirk laughed). Still the same I think. In the past we played for our own
(taste), now it still do. If the radio like to play our song it is good. When
not, we still played our music as what we always do.
In the
past, in album Master of Puppets, you didn’t feel want to do a videoclip. How
do you see a videoclip now, it is supportive to the band?
Last time
we make album without ever think about videoclip. Then we started thinking, how
about making a video clip? Then we try and the result is good. So then we
started attached a videoclip to our music.
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Why you
only do concert in Indonesia now? (April 1993)
Not that we
don’t want to do concert in other country, especially your country. If
possible, we like to concert in every country. But to enable one concert, many
things need to considered. There must be a good promoter, condition of the
places and so on. After all the considerations it is only recently we able to
go to your country and do a concert. After all the technical matter being resolved.
Why in
Jakarta, Metallica not using the Snakepit stage as in America?
We have
three type of stage and use to fit the best setting on the location. Actually
we want to have a Snake Pit stage in all our places we visit. But we can’t
bring all the equipment to Indonesia, just as we can’t bring them to Japan as
well.
What is
your favorite stage?
Snake Pit.
The coolest one.
What are
you going to do in your Jakarta concert?
For sure,
it will be a great concert. Just wait.
Will you
played “One” ?
I think so.
What else?
Lol, looks
like I need to show you the set list (laughed). No way! No surprise then.
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How do you
feel become one of numero uno guitarist in the world?
Wow, I feel
I am not like that. There are still many great guitarist out there.
Like whom?
Jimi
Hendrix, of course.
Hi Resolution magazine scan of Metallica Kirk Hammet interview in Bahasa Indonesia
The headline said: "In Jakarta, our concert will be the coolest", Said Kirk Hammet
Wawancara Metallica di Jakarta tahun 1993, Kirk Hammet menjawab beberapa pertanyaan ke majalah Hai sebelum konser mereka di Jakarta tahun 1993 tersebut.
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