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AUG 06, 04:05 PM

Pepper Keenan Recalls '90s Audition to Play Guitar for Metallica

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Pepper Keenan revealed he was auditioned by Metallica in 1992 to temporarily replace James Hetfield after his pyro accident, and was contacted again in the 2000s for the same role.

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