He got the band name from a friend, Ron Quintana, who was brainstorming names for a heavy metal fanzine he was creating, and Metallica was one of the options, the other being "Metal Mania."
Han fik navnet "Metallica" fra en ven, Ron Quintana, som fandt på navne til et heavy metal-magasin han var ved at starte, og Metallica en af mulighederne, den anden var "Metal Mania".