Kirk Hammett was on the toilet when he got the call to join Metallica
Metallica‘s Kirk Hammett has revealed that when he was asked to join the band he was sat on the toilet.The lead guitarist for the metal legends was reminiscing about the time leading up to joining the band, at which point he was in thrash metal band Exodus, when he received a call on April Fool’s Day.He told Loudersound.com: “It was April 1st, April Fool’s Day, and I was sitting on the toilet. I got the call from [Metallica sound engineer] Mark Whittaker, and after I hung up, I was like, ‘I can’t believe I just got that phone call.