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Ronald McGovney is an American bassist and musician. Born in Los Angeles in 1962, he plays the bass guitar. His musical work is associated with the thrash metal and speed metal genres. He began his work period in 1981.
McGovney is a member of the band Metallica. He speaks English. His nationality is United States. He is identified as a male person in music databases.
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1962
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Key facts
- Born
- Ronald J. McGovney , ( 1963-11-02 ) November 2, 1963 (age 62) , Los Angeles, California , U.S.
- Genres
- Thrash metal speed metal
- Occupation
- Bass guitarist
- Years active
- 1980–1982 1986–1988 2011
- Formerly of
- Leather Charm Metallica Phantasm
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ronald
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- speed metal
- Instrument
- bass guitar
- Image
- Ron McGovney yearbook.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1962-11-02
- start of work period
- 1981-00-00
- name in native language
- Ronald McGovney
- short name
- Ron McGovney
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Encyclopedic overview
Ronald J. McGovney (born November 2, 1963) is an American semi-retired musician, best known as the original bass guitarist in the thrash metal band Metallica from October 1981 to December 1982. Having previously played with guitarist James Hetfield in the garage band Leather Charm, McGovney was a member of Metallica during its first year of gigging and appeared on their early demos before departing late in 1982, prior to the start of recording for the band's debut album, Kill 'Em All in May 1983. He was replaced by Cliff Burton.
After a period of inactivity, he played in the thrash metal band Phantasm. He later played with Metallica at their 30th anniversary show.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ron McGovney” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.