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The Metallica singer-guitarist’s parents were strict Christian Scientists; the sect’s distrust of Western medicine meant Hetfield had to leave class during any health-related lessons in school. When his mother, an opera singer, died, the troubled teen cut loose. “Just causing trouble, shoplifting, getting a little stash box,” he says. He knew what he wanted, though: His high-school yearbook entry read: “Aspirations: Be a rock star.”