Originally Posted by: hunter1801Pretty much all Metal bands are madeby the guitarist. Really hard to play metal without having the guitar be the focal point.

The biggest metal band every Metallica wasnt made my their guitarist:
I think one of the reasons Kirk Hammet is such a big hit is because Metallica was such a kick ass band at the time. It really allowed Kirk to be exposed. Who buys metallica cd's for guitar solos?