He joined in 1986 right after Cliff Burton died in a bus crash.
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Jason Newsted left metallica in 2001.
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Unfortunatly it was due to the death of Cliff Burton.
If your question is who replaced Dave Mustaine - Kirk Hammet
1922 ^^^ WRONG!! He joined during the same year Cliff died (1986) and it's Jason Newsted. But if you are talking about James Hetfield, he has been there since the very beginning with Lars.