Editing Kirk Hammett (section)

==Personal life==
Hammett has been married twice. His first marriage to Rebecca lasted three years, having ended in 1990, during the recording of ''[[Metallica (album)|Metallica]]''. Hammett has been married to his second wife Lani since 1998. They have two sons, Angel (b. September 29, 2006) and Vincenzo (b. June 28, 2008). He resides in Sonoma, California, and Hawaii.<ref>[http://www.metallica.com/band/band-bio-kirk.asp Kirk Hammett biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151012182637/http://www.metallica.com/band/band-bio-kirk.asp |date=October 12, 2015 }}, ''metallica.com''. Retrieved April 6, 2015.</ref>

In addition to playing guitar and collecting horror memorabilia, Hammett's hobbies include reading comic books and surfing.<ref>[http://ultimatemetallica.com/kirk-hammett-biography/ Kirk Hammett (biography)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150415145841/http://ultimatemetallica.com/kirk-hammett-biography/ |date=April 15, 2015 }}, ''ultimatemetallica.com''. Retrieved April 11, 2015.</ref>

===Substance abuse===
At one point in his life, Hammett spent a "lot of money" on drugs.<ref name="auto14">Pushead. [http://www.metallicaworld.co.uk/Interviews/1986_thrasher.htm JAMES HETFIELD AND KIRK HAMMETT - THRASHER MAGAZINE 1986] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724215848/http://www.metallicaworld.co.uk/Interviews/1986_thrasher.htm |date=July 24, 2015 }}, ''metallicaworld.co.uk'', 1986. Retrieved April 7, 2015.</ref><ref>Wiederhorn, Jon. [http://www.guitarworld.com/archive-james-hetfield-and-kirk-hammett-metallica-discuss-their-1997-album-re-load?page=0,2 From the Archive: James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett of Metallica Discuss Their 1997 Album, 'Re-Load'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413123659/http://www.guitarworld.com/archive-james-hetfield-and-kirk-hammett-metallica-discuss-their-1997-album-re-load?page=0,2 |date=April 13, 2015 }}, ''[[Guitar World]]'', November 25, 2011. Retrieved April 7, 2015.</ref> Hammett has said that he used drugs because he thought they would be fun. During the [[Damaged Justice]] tour, he had a cocaine addiction. Hammett eventually pulled out of the addiction because cocaine made him feel depressed,<ref>[http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/testament/132357-metallica-playboy-interview-part-2-a.html Metallica Playboy Interview Part 2] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413024921/http://www.ultimatemetal.com/forum/testament/132357-metallica-playboy-interview-part-2-a.html |date=April 13, 2015 }}, ''ultimatemetal.com''. Retrieved April 7, 2015.</ref> but he relapsed during the ''[[Load (album)|Load]]'' era.<ref name="auto15">{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150413070137/http://metallicablogmagnetic.com/metallica-the-ultimate-rock-monsters-tell-all/ Metallica: The Ultimate Rock Monsters Tell All]}}, ''Q Magazine''. Retrieved April 7, 2015.</ref> One of the reasons Hammett said he spent a lot of money on comic books is because he finds them to be a more enjoyable and healthier alternative to drugs.<ref name="auto14"/> He also smoked heroin a few times but "didn't like it".<ref name="auto15"/>

=== Politics and environmentalism ===
Although the other members of Metallica do not speak publicly about their politics, Hammett has expressed his disagreement with statements by former president [[Donald Trump]]. In an interview with ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine in December 2016 (one month after Trump's election), Hammett said that he was "just waiting to get into a personal [[Twitter]] war with (Trump)." In the same interview, Hammett stressed the importance of the fight against [[global warming]], which Trump has [[climate change denial|claimed is a hoax]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7616945/kirk-hammett-metallica-twitter-donald-trump-interview|title=Kirk Hammett of Metallica: Hardwired for a Twitter War With Donald Trump|newspaper=Billboard|access-date=December 11, 2016|archive-date=December 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161211051014/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7616945/kirk-hammett-metallica-twitter-donald-trump-interview|url-status=live}}</ref>