The Tragic Real-Life Story Of James Hetfield

On top of being lit on fire and experiencing various skateboarding injuries, James Hetfield has continued to hurt himself, most notably with a back injury in 2000. While jet-skilling, he aggravated his chronic back issue and needed to recover from a herniated disc. According to MTV News, the frontman was forced miss some shows as a result, but in his place, several other rock stars stepped in for him, including members of System of a Down and Korn, along with Kid Rock. 

Resilient as ever, Hetfield returned shortly after his absence and was in high spirits as he joked with the crowd to say (via "Justice for All"), "If you see me on the ground, it ain't because I'm doing my Angus Young impression!" But even though the singer's injuries do not seem to faze him much, no matter how severe, it was still frightening for fans when he fell in a gap on stage while performing in Amsterdam. Though unlike the catastrophe with the pyrotechnics, Hetfield was helped up by some crew members, and though he appeared to be in some pain, it was clearly nowhere near to what he had experienced before. He then addressed the audience and said, "Is everybody okay? Yes, I'm okay. My ego, not so much. But we're fine. Hurt my feelings a little bit."

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