Kirk Hammett

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guitarist human musician songwriter

Kirk Hammett is the lead guitarist of the heavy metal band Metallica, renowned for his influential solos and role in shaping the band's signature sound.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Kirk Hammett canonical	5
Kirk Hammett – lead guitar	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5161470 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Kirk Hammett
Context triple: [Joe Satriani, notableStudent, Kirk Hammett]

A. Yngwie Malmsteen
Yngwie Malmsteen is a Swedish neoclassical metal guitarist renowned for his virtuosic, fast-paced playing style and influential solo career.
B. Steve Vai
Steve Vai is a virtuoso American rock guitarist, composer, and producer renowned for his innovative playing style and influential solo work as well as collaborations with artists like Frank Zappa and David Lee Roth.
C. Billy Costigan
Billy Costigan is the undercover Massachusetts State Police officer infiltrating the Irish mob in Martin Scorsese’s crime thriller film "The Departed."
D. Jon Lomberg
Jon Lomberg is an American space artist and science communicator best known for his close collaboration with Carl Sagan and his major role in designing the visual and artistic elements of NASA’s interstellar messages, including the Voyager Golden Record.
E. Dave Navarro
Dave Navarro is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known for his work with the rock band Jane's Addiction and a stint with the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Kirk Hammett
Target entity description: Kirk Hammett is the lead guitarist of the heavy metal band Metallica, renowned for his influential solos and role in shaping the band's signature sound.

A. Yngwie Malmsteen
Yngwie Malmsteen is a Swedish neoclassical metal guitarist renowned for his virtuosic, fast-paced playing style and influential solo career.
B. Steve Vai
Steve Vai is a virtuoso American rock guitarist, composer, and producer renowned for his innovative playing style and influential solo work as well as collaborations with artists like Frank Zappa and David Lee Roth.
C. Billy Costigan
Billy Costigan is the undercover Massachusetts State Police officer infiltrating the Irish mob in Martin Scorsese’s crime thriller film "The Departed."
D. Jon Lomberg
Jon Lomberg is an American space artist and science communicator best known for his close collaboration with Carl Sagan and his major role in designing the visual and artistic elements of NASA’s interstellar messages, including the Voyager Golden Record.
E. Dave Navarro
Dave Navarro is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known for his work with the rock band Jane's Addiction and a stint with the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	guitarist ⓘ human ⓘ musician ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
associatedAct	Exodus NERFINISHED ⓘ Metallica NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction with Metallica NERFINISHED ⓘ
coFounderOf	Exodus NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1962-11-18 ⓘ
education	studied guitar with Joe Satriani ⓘ
fullName	Kirk Lee Hammett NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	hard rock ⓘ heavy metal ⓘ thrash metal ⓘ
hasChild	Angel Ray Keala Hammett NERFINISHED ⓘ Vincenzo Kainalu Hammett NERFINISHED ⓘ
hobby	collecting horror memorabilia ⓘ
influencedBy	Angus Young NERFINISHED ⓘ Eddie Van Halen NERFINISHED ⓘ Jimi Hendrix NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Schenker NERFINISHED ⓘ Ritchie Blackmore NERFINISHED ⓘ Tony Iommi NERFINISHED ⓘ
instrument	acoustic guitar ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ
joinedBand	Metallica in 1983 NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	guitar solos in Metallica ⓘ use of wah-wah pedal ⓘ
memberOf	Exodus NERFINISHED ⓘ Metallica NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableInstrument	ESP KH-2 guitar NERFINISHED ⓘ ESP KH-3 guitar NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	72 Seasons ⓘ Death Magnetic NERFINISHED ⓘ Hardwired… to Self-Destruct NERFINISHED ⓘ Load NERFINISHED ⓘ Master of Puppets NERFINISHED ⓘ Metallica (The Black Album) NERFINISHED ⓘ Reload NERFINISHED ⓘ Ride the Lightning NERFINISHED ⓘ St. Anger NERFINISHED ⓘ …And Justice for All NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation	guitarist ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	San Francisco, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionInBand	lead guitarist ⓘ
previousSpouse	Rebecca Hammett NERFINISHED ⓘ
publishedWork	Too Much Horror Business NERFINISHED ⓘ
replaced	Dave Mustaine in Metallica NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse	Lani Hammett NERFINISHED ⓘ
yearOfAward	2009 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction with Metallica ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Joe Satriani → notableStudent → Kirk Hammett ⓘ

Peter Green → influenced → Kirk Hammett ⓘ

Metallica → currentMember → Kirk Hammett ⓘ

Don’t Tread on Me → composer → Kirk Hammett ⓘ

Don’t Tread on Me → performedByBandMember → Kirk Hammett ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kirk Hammett – lead guitar

Gibson Flying V guitar → hasNotablePlayer → Kirk Hammett ⓘ

subject surface form: Gibson Flying V

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