Kirk Hammett “James’s struggle to get dry is a completely personal matter “The fact that we produce, bottle and sell alcohol is totally independent of this. “It is completely up to you whether you drink or not. And I think I can sell what I want. If I were a diabetic, that wouldn’t mean that I couldn’t sell sweets.”
Metallica have defended their decision to launch a whiskey, in spite of James Hetfield’s continuing battle with alcoholism. The band’s bourbon blend Blackened landed in off licenses in 2018, but last year vocalist Hetfield went back to rehab after a setback with his drinking problems. Bandmate Kirk Hammett insists they are unrelated: “You can’t compare […]