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The two biggest rock bands in the world conducted themselves very differently.

2014 performance includes band's takes on songs by Ozzy Osbourne and Rare Earth, too.

"I am not alone, and neither are you," the frontman declared to more than 60,000 fans.

After just one show, second guitarist Brad Parker vanished from Metallica's lineup.

Bassist was warned off side projects long before he quit over feeling artistically limited.

Las Vegas show was opened by Greta Van Fleet.

But in a good way.

"It was meant to be James' voice on every Metallica record," he tells UCR. "That was the way it was supposed to be."

Song centered on front man's tumultuous upbringing.

James Hetfield also reflects on why they didn't fight to keep bassist who left in 2001.

Rising stars had enjoyed a positive day before the bus crash that changed everything.

"You don't have more than one album like that," Lars Ulrich says in exclusive excerpt from new book.