Kirk Hammett Got Hit By a Ham Sandwich Right After He Went Vegetarian (VIDEO)

With the release of Metallica's new book Metallica: Back To The Front, which documents the creation of their album Master of Puppets, the band posted a video of guitarist Kirk Hammett  telling a story of a fan throwing a decapitated pig's head and ham sandwich onstage right after he decided to become a vegetarian. 

“Someone threw a pig’s head up on stage. I couldn’t believe it. someone actually went to a butcher’s shop, got a pig’s head, put it in some sort of receptacle, drove, carried it into the show and waited for the moment to launch that pig’s head," Kirk recalled. 

“I remember seeing it flying through the air and it landed by Cliff [Burton]. Cliff didn’t even notice, but I noticed immediately – being a vegetarian you notice things like that."

“Right when I thought, ‘What’s going to happen next?’ my guitar got plastered with a devilled ham sandwich. I knew it was devilled ham because I could smell it, and like I said, I’d just become a vegetarian.”

Right after being hit with the sandwich, a photographer snapped a pic which hilariously ended up on the back of the album Master of Puppets. 

Watch Kirk tell the story above.