James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett of Metallica perform live for SiriusXM to celebrate the launch of the "Maximum Metallica” channel on Aug. 28, 2025 in Amagansett, NY. - Credit: Kevin Mazur/ for ...

Despite that success, Metallica have never played Mama Said live as a unit, with its only known performances being two solo acoustic renditions by Hetfield in November 1996, one for UK TV show ...