James Hetfield recalls Metallica’s attempt to recruit a different frontman

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Metallica attempted to recruit a different vocalist as their frontman during the group’s early days.The singer/guitarist hosted a new segment called ‘Road Dog Brothers’ on SiriusXM‘s Mandatory Metallica station, “about bands we’ve toured with, causing chaos, joy [and] debauchery”.“A lot of those early memories were celebrated with a band called Armored Saint, who were a fellow LA band back in the early ’80s when [Metallica] was getting started,” Hetfield told listeners.“John Bush was a singer we got to know really well, and really, really tried to get him into the band as a singer.”He went on to say that the attempt ultimately “didn’t work out”, remembering how Bush was “dedicated and very in love with what he was doing with his brothers in.