What Happened Today In Music, March 14th 1982 Metallica made their live debut when they appeared at Radio City in Anaheim, California. Metallica formed in Los Angeles, California, in late 1981 when Danish-born drummer Lars Ulrich placed an advertisement in a Los Angeles newspaper, The Recycler, which read, "Drummer looking for other metal musicians." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ckom3gf57Yw #TodayInMusic