Backstage with Lars of Metallica

[WikiHeba96]

he is awesome

[triplehood]

my first riff on the bassguitar was enter sandman by ... Metallica :P

[HittokiriBattousai17]

Lars is the smartest guy in the entire musci bussiness.

[kpfootball84]

Why is he so nice seriously, i'm a drummer i tour and shit, but i mean im not that nice to people when they come up to me but then again he has reasons to be nice he made likes 100's of millions of dollars and ive made about 2 grand lol

[metallicguns95]

@kpfootball84 Heck yeah man, I don't care what anyone says, Lars is one of the classiest most fan friendly guys in rock.

[nomad322100]

UM!

[bobbledorf]

lars and james are the foundation of metallica. amazing people!

[halfnelson28]

LARS IS A DOUCHE...... I LOVE JAMES!!!!!!!!!!!!

[halfnelson28]

@halfnelson28 I never said I hated him. Get a life. Roger Waters is a total douchebag, and I LOVE Pink Floyd....

[lusitho97rx]

blabla hummm blablabla hummm lars rocks

[dugfuny69]

LARS SUCKS COCK!!!!!

[horseylassx1]

metallica never did a bad album, all you people who think they did are unworthy to live on this planet

[Minion0812]

true that man

[Hithelights101]

@horseylassx1 exactly. st anger still sold a few million. a 'bad album' is classified as a album that doesnt have ONE good song.

i like frantic ^.^

i like fuel. king nothing. mercyful fate(garage inc, medley cover)

that takes the 4 'questionable albums' and lists a good song. :D metallica=the reason 99% of you listen to metal anyways.

the other 1% either grew up before metallica existed, and it was black sabbath. or, like megadeth/slayer/testament ^^

[spacegarnaal]

@Hithelights101 im 18 and pantera did it for me, not metallica!

[Hithelights101]

@spacegarnaal and who inspired pantera? megadeth. who inspired megadeth? metallica. i love pantera though.

[spacegarnaal]

@Hithelights101 actually ur wrong kiss inspired pantera, not megadeth

nor metallica dont forget that pantera was actually a glam metal band

get ur facts straight

[Hithelights101]

@spacegarnaal who did dimebag try out for? megadeth. which then inspired him to look elsewhere for a band. hence pantera.

[spacegarnaal]

@Hithelights101 he tried out for megadeth when he was allready in pantera

he got accepted but vinnie paul couldnt get in so he did not join

that is not why pantera is made, and as i said before pantera WAS a GLAM metal band

now how the fuck are they influenced by megadeth if they made glam in the first place?

[spacegarnaal]

and oh yeah he did not search for pantera he CREATED pantera with his brother 

[digitalph33rfan9]

@spacegarnaal KISS(well, Ace Frehley rather) inspired Dime to pick up a guitar which then led to them being glam metal in their early years and then when Metallica and Slayer started off, Pantera went in that same direction.  I recommend watching Pantera behind the music or even reading their Wikipedia article for that matter. Early Metallica, Slayer, and Megadeth were a very big part of Pantera's inspiration for the band they turned out to be

[zours50]

@Hithelights101 megadeth was formed by dave mustaine to get revenge, and quite possible "seek & destroy" metallicas popularity. i reccomend watching "megadeth - behind the music"

[jamesboosa123]

that is true metallica has great songs on every album even St. Anger Purify, Dirty Window, Frantic Metallica fuckin rocks

[adamantite1]

DUDES, i got to correct something. IF those wnb drummers who mocks lars, would take a drum battle with Lars... Lars "Thong Out" Ulrich, would whoop some ass :) BAD

[FerociousDrummerr]

@adamantite1 unless ( and i bow before lars ulrich) there is a drummer who is better than he is "now" , he isn't that fast anymore then he was 20 years ago

sad as that may be , they still kick ass don't get me wrong

[buoghuoj]

ummm obviously ummm

[Jimihendrix6699]

st.anger sucks. it was a very very low point for the band and it showed. everything else is great though.

[Tallica4Life1]

Lars is the man i love how he can explain things in a calm consice way even though he has had his share of controversy i still firmly believe he has the same love for metal music he did 25 years ago. Lars you are the man

[TomoeNageX]

@Tallica4Life1 There is a lot of haters against him, but he doesn't give a fuck. He lives his life and he loves what he does. That's why I like him.

[Tylerthedrummer12]

i love metallica one of my favorite bands but why did metallica do some kind of monster and st. anger.......thats one of the shittiest albums ever and that movie made them seem so gay......... i know they arent like that but still

[ShogunThrash]

@Tylerthedrummer12 y dont u go suck a cock

[Tylerthedrummer12]

ok i will ill go find the biggest fattest cock and ill just drop it right in my mouth

[mustasch4life]

@Tylerthedrummer12 gay? what the fuck are you saying? st.anger/some kind of monster is the coolest thing any band has ever done. I hope you die for calling them gay about showing who they are for the public.

[Tylerthedrummer12]

r u serious? i know they have a sensitive side but some kind of monster made them seem like they wanted cock that is not who they are i know they had problems but that was fuckin overdone to the max and st anger was not metallica....... there were no guitar solos, they were trying to go mainstream and fit in with the music of the day which was not done there was like good song on that album metallica shouldnt have done that its not them they did really well on death magnetic though they came bak

[mustasch4life]

@Tylerthedrummer12 MAINSTREAM? Have any other band done anything like Some kind of monster and succeeded, no. Mainstream is NEVER the word to be assosciated with metallica - they are a stream of their own and yea I would call it THE mainstream but not the mainstream you're referring to.

[scoobers90]

@mustasch4life they are the Metallistream

[bakalakastan]

Does anyone know why Lars is always doing weird stuff with his mouth while he plays the drums?

[kse862]

st anger was a therapy ablum for james, and if their wasnt a st anger metallica wouldnt be a band right now, so big deal they put out one half assed pro tools album, stop fuckin cryin and just let it go

[stousland]

ummm

[WeigohJamesHetfield]

Haha, I love Lars. He ALWAYS, ALWAYS starts a sentence with ummm, uhm!:P haha:D Metallica for life!

[800adam008]

watch the st. anger in studio rehearsals theyre awesome

[trishissexy]

no one gets the point of st anger at all, garage, raw sounding, different sound, its a great fucking album, watch some kind of fucking monster

[aapie1212]

St. anger is a bit to heavy for me,

[AisuTatsuro]

@aapie1212

HAHAHAHAHAHA :D

High Five, man!

if you're not joking then you are dumb :)

[MrPyroninja]

to heavy? pussy!!

[bloodfang100]

imagine you just coming back from rehab after losing you basist you had for 20 years and having intense back treatments and then you have to write and album... its either going to sound really angry (which it did) or bad... St. anger in my opinion was a good step towards their thrash roots. Flamers are haters, haters are ho's, and ho's get slapped

[beserker1912]

HAHAAAAAA

[pornius17]

you are right ,100%

[spork1333]

i find it very sad that lars kids wernt into music. i cant even imagine having fucking LARS ULRICH as a father and not being into music

[ilovemetallica01]

???

[stashincash06]

@spork1333

fucking crazy dude...

i dont get them at all

[karius8611]

@spork1333 agreed , but it shows that he doesn't push it on them , and let them learn to like it themselfes .. That's good iguess

[heavytomthumb]

I'd can see Lars listening to young kids playing down at Guitar Center and telling them "It sounds fucking stock."

[Severtized]

LOL!

[fritosofdoritos]

@heavytomthumb baahahahahah

[invadernicky123]

My "music class" is Metallica. I remeber singing along to James' voice since I was. . . um . . . 6 or younger. (and failing, being the squeaky lil girl I was)

[ox0chloe0xo]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOONOOOOOOOOOOOO he said OM OM OM!

[McFro95]

who gives a fuck what people say, kirk's awsome!

[wackyzachy731]

kirk hasnt lost it.. you can really loose your skill if youre playing infront of like 100,000 people every day..

[PopeyeTheSailinMan]

heh! OM!

[Cmattesen]

Its cool, cause i'm born in the he was born;D

[Cmattesen]

He's not a American danish guy...

he's a DANISh guy, and he didnt move from Europe, but Denmark, IN europe.

Sorry to say but dont forget where he's from...

[chaoticxsin]

explane and justice for all and the black album. the black album is what made metallica as big as it is now when people first heard of metallica they knew nothing about ride the ligtning and kill em all and shit...

[Patriotdude26]

because they wanted to expand their fanbase after and justice for all

[linda01234567890]

when you have to relearn this shit again before you go out on tour your sittin there..what the were we thinking? lololol

[Priestland1992]

I think his sons favourite band's Megadeth

[Muhsroomhead]

whats his sons favorite band?

[angelray45]

a band called Mouth

[blackl53]

lol

[itsmark123]

Hahahaha you made my day. People that actually play instruments have much more talent than people who talk about how shity there life is with a beat in the background.

[karius8611]

@cartifilus In think you mixed with the jonas brothers . Get a life .

[AraGuitar]

Lars is one lucky dude, he was rich was a kid, moved to america, joined his first band, and became metallica.

[RocknRollTribute]

im pretty sure u are....

[AraGuitar]

im what? rich? ahahha i wish :P

[guitarhero109]

im 13 years old, im getting a drumkit 2morro! and i think im just like lars, when i was younger i wud lock myslef away and listen 2 music... aka metallica. and i used 2 play guitar! i think i was very lucky growing up cuz i had lots of opertunitys 2 play lots of instruments. as i said im learning drums soon so i hope i will grom up 2 be just as sucsessfull as lars ^.^

[gundamfan100]

so do i! but im 12 and i got my kit last year and i hope u have some fun with your new kit. make sure you learn the basics first then when you learn it itll be easier. and learn some patterns and listen to the tempo and actually hear the drums and focus on it!

[guitarhero109]

hey thanks man!! i cant wait im lookin 4ward 2 it so much!!!!!

[Fmafan82]

im 13 aswell and got my drums 3 years ago my first kit(now broken)but a i agree with gundamfan100 and dont hit the drums as hard as you can thts how i broke my fist kit

[guitarhero109]

haha yh i no sometimes u just get the urge 2 lol but yh so far so good its all goin well and im learnin 4 whom the bell tolls atm

[iscareuiknowit]

just don't grow up and be as arrogant as lars. he's a cool dude, but his ego is beyond huge.

[guitarhero109]

haha yh i agree ^.^

[PaperSith]

he has a danish accent and hes a rich kid... hes so hard to take seriously i almost forgot

[RocknRollTribute]

how does he have an accent are u deaf or something

[PaperSith]

wow man... youre the one whos deaf =) lol jk, but seriously he is a danish-american and he has an accent

[Lutsenn]

He's not Danish-American he's Danish just that he talks English pretty well but yes with a small accent.

[PaperSith]

nope hes danish-american sorry... he moved from europe to the us, but he is still a danish american, (according to what i read =D)

[Lutsenn]

I deeply disagree, I don't think you decide where someone come from by looking at where he lives, he was born in Denmark.

[PaperSith]

oops i misread the article... you are right =)

[Lutsenn]

I don't really see how you misread it judging by your reply but thanks.

[PaperSith]

uhhhhhh, i was being stubborn because i THOUGHT i read something different, but i had to research it again then i realized you were right

[sk8bordingMONKY]

what i hate about people is that they say now they suck, since kirk came in the music got better, im my opinion, master of puppets, and black album, death magnetic, my top 3 albums, and i think dave mustaine is an ass hole, to metallica

[gundamfan100]

i agree with the fact that ppl say that people say metallica sucks and i just was shocked because metallica is a big influence to rock music. it brang it to a whole new level and infuenced other bands as well. and yeah with kirk it got better because of the solo in master of puppets and etc

[jameswilliamstafford]

OK but dave is no longer in metalica ....so therefor kirk is better

[freakystyley4000]

Tell me, when did YOU lose 'it'? Seriously, I'm not kidding - if it can happen to one member of the human race (Kirk), surely it could happen to others, namely you?

Kirk was 26 or so during Puppets and correct me if I'm wrong, but has he not been successful as a musician since?

Why be a hater? Or further still - why be a hater of anything post-1986 Metallica? That's not healthy man. And it's NOT how a fan of pure musicianship should think nor act.

Peace - and metal up your ass.

[quabot]

I lost it after Cliff too, I guess. Nothing on Justice or after sounded good to me...

[megaluisdeth]

Dude Kirk kept going with good solos after cliff died! I think he kinda slacked off on DM too much WAH! but it's still good.

[fretsofthebeast]

master of puppets was a music class crafted to make me suffer xD

MetallicA 4 ever!!!!!!!!

[MrDismantled]

I wonder how metallicas rep would be if they didnt have their first 4 albums?

[championnils]

they would've quit a long time ago

[HookInMouth999]

They wouldnt have a rep. If they had started with the black album... and gone right into load and reload. No one would consider them metal... and definatley not thrash. THey havent made a thrash album since those first 4 albums

[sepulmattica1]

Well, more people would have liked load and the black album since they couldnt compare it to the first 4 albums. When I go back and hear that stuff,it wasnt that bad,it just wasnt what I was expecting.

[gerby90]

i like all the albums, they all have really good stuff on them, some just have more great/greater stuff on them than others

[nevarezromero]

in my view i think death magnetic wasnt that great but...

1. master of puppets

2. ride the lightning

3. kill em all

4. ...and justice for all

[martingireco]

1. ride the lightning

2. master of puppets

3. kill em all

4. ...and justice for all

[xbrain3yx]

crap on your self ya ok! u wanted war ull get it! its battery rides the lighting master of puppets then and justace for all kill um all suck! noob crap on ur self!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[xxslashxx1994]

battery was not an album dumbfuck, it was on master of puppets

[Rave4Techno]

hahahahahahahahahaha lmao

[Vexer333]

the thing that has made metallica so great is there is never one bad song on there albums

[megaluisdeth]

now thats a lie

[protolessons94]

ur retarded metallica has a great song on every album

[megaluisdeth]

I said solos not songs!

[thebirdman0]

atleast one...maybe 2 to three

[sub548]

@protolessons94

st. anger was a bad album

[RedGrunt117]

@sub548

Every band has at least one bad album. but St. Anger wasn't even that bad. In my opinion, St. Anger and Frantic are pretty good songs.

[qwerkirk]

@RedGrunt117 your right

[kirkbatten]

dude i like st. anger. i had it signed at the show in cleveland.. i find that people who dont understand what they were going trough are the people who dont like the album..

[NUNPUNCHER714]

every song is great. the only ones i dont like are tuesdays gone and loverman other than that its fucking gold

[GameMafias]

@protolessons94 to correct you.... EVERY SONG ON EVERY ALBUM!!!! METALLICA FUCKIN ROCKS!!!

[etnies0110]

@protolessons94 more like all of the songs are good on every album

[kukenbajs]

@protolessons94 No, they don't. Fuck you.

[LesPaul1482]

@kukenbajs ur a retard. if u cant find a great metallica song on EVERY metallica album then u should go back to pussy pop music..and ytf r u watching metallica videos. Every album is almost ALL great songs. For example...and these are only off the top of my head examples: Kill: Hit the Lights, Master: Sanitarium, Ride: Fade to Black, Justice: One, Black: Unforgiven, Load: Bleeding, Reload: Fuel, St.Anger: St.Anger, Death: The Day. I know i missed sum but i dont count covers or garage days

[JDMckillips]

1. Master Of Puppets

2. Death Magnetic

3. Black Album

4. Ride The Lightning

5. Kill 'Em All

[Wolfy808]

1. Master of Puppets

2. Black Album

3. Kill Em All

4. Ride The Lightning

5. ...And Justice For All

[polishedbullet]

1. Kill Em All

2. Ride the Lightning

3. ...And Justice for All

4. Master of Puppets

Those are the only true overall-excellent albums they have had.

[ljr5150]

agreed

[AMisfitsLyric]

I like em all.

[AMisfitsLyric]

Just cause he's not blasting and going 280 beats per minute doesnt mean he's terrible or theyre simple.

[MeinckeThe5ed]

Nice that you fucking get it :D and not like the fagget Hellad00d..

Lars is awesome! :)

[AMisfitsLyric]

I hate the closed mindedness that follows this generation's wave of Metal.

It's like blast beats and going really goddamn fast are the new standard.

Little do kids these days know, drummers such as Lars Ulrich and Dave Lombardo pioneered double bass drumming.

Kids these days are ignorant statistics.

[sepulmattica1]

Little do these kids know,Blast beats arent any faster than the tempo of the music. For instance,regular double time drumming found in Thrash or punk,the drummer doubles what he does on the snare with the high hat. With the blast beat,the drummer reverses this,he doubles what he does on the high hat with the snare,and then the band adds nonstop shred guitar,bass thats completely syncopated with the guitar,cookie monster vox with indifferent lyrics,and an album that sounds like 1 long song,yuk!

[stunitech]

I agree that hes not a great dummer. Any musician can see that. Lars strength isnt his drummuing, its his soul, passion, drive, dedication and stamina. He is one of the main driving forces in the greatest metal band in the world. In short, Lars rules.

[Riberaberubu]

plus he´s pretty much the brain behind metallica he takes care of all things beside the music aswell

[Pleurotus]

like what?

[MeinckeThe5ed]

top 5:

1. Master Of Puppets

2. Kill' em all

3. Death Magnetic

4. Black Album

5. And Justice For All

[jackofblades456]

master of puppets was an amazing album

[arrelite]

.. ride the lightning? dude...

[pXXXbrainstwentyfree]

1 st

2 nd

turd?

[MegatallicAfan101]

my top 9 favorite albums by metallica

1and justice for all

2kill'em all

3ride the lightning

4master of puppets

5death magnetic

6the black album

7load

8reload

9st anger

[MetalSpiker]

1. Black

2. Justice

3. Puppetz

4. Ride

5. Magnetic

[metalguy94]

1. Ride the Lightning

2. ...And Justice for All

3. Kill 'Em All

4. Master of Puppets

5. Death Magnetic

[ianccts]

1master of puppets

2ride the lightning

3black

4death magnetic

5load

6reload

[TallicAAngel]

1.Master of Puppets

2...and Justice for all

3.Black album

4.Ride the Lightning

5.Death Magnetic

6.Kill Em All

[flogcchf]

me too

[reqedlna]

1.Master OF Puppets

2....And Justice For All

3.The Black Album

4. Ride The Lightning

5.Kill Em All

6.Death Magnetic

[silentorah]

as of right now mine are

1. Death Magnetic

2. ride the lightining

3. justic for all

4. master of puppets

5. black album

[EmilLantz]

1. Metallica

2. Master

3. Justice

4. Ride

5. Magnetic

♥Metallica♥

[MrDEATHTRIP666]

My Top % Metallica Albums :

1. ...And Justice For All

2. Ride The Lightning

3.Master Of Puppets

4.Kill Em All

5.Death Magnetic

[wwerulestna]

Top 5:

Black Album

Ride the Lightning

Kill em All

Death Magnetic

St. Anger

[MikaelLV]

My Metallica Top 5

1. ...And Justice for All

2 Kill Em' All

3. Master of Puppets

4. Ride the Lightning

5. The Black Album

[kokometallica]

TOP 10

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

[CCTSPORTES]

most agreeable

1.Master and black album

2. ...AJFA and kill'em all

3. Ride the Lighting

4. Death Magnetic

5. Re Load

[chunkyfishdied]

top 5:

1.black album

2.master of puppets

3.AJFA

4.kill em' all

5.ride the lightning

[Bjornus]

1. Load

2. Magnetic

3. Black Album

4. Justice

5. ReLoad

[kevinbothwell]

yeah!

[EmilLantz]

wtf? LOAD??

[Bjornus]

Yup, I think it's a great whirling musical journey. This is art! I got the love 4 load.

[Pleurotus]

you're not alone in that

[CreamyKrau]

you forgot about "The Black Album"!!!!! S&M rocks, altho it is just a rerecording of their old stuff, still . . . It rocks.

[HittokiriBattousai17]

My top 5 is:

Master Of Puppets

Ride The Lightning

Kill Em All

Death Magnetic

St Anger

[Mdrummer1996]

my top 5 albums

1. kill 'em all

2. master of puppets

3. ride the lightning

4. ...and justice for all

5. death magnetic

[njnjatwjzt83775]

my top 5 metallica albums if anyone cares

1.Ride The Lightening

2.Kill Em All

3...And Justice For All (yea before MoP)

4.Master of Puppets

5.Black Album

[fathead123abc]

kill em all, ride the lightning and master of puppets are my fav... .oh wait... i think there is some relationship between them, cliff burton was in all of them!

[jobbe03]

lamb of god is opening in europe and danish band volbeat in the states i think

[tommygunnz92]

My favorite album is Black album.. then Master of Puppets, then DM

[mikem376]

The Black album first?!?!?!?!?!?!?

God!!

Master of Puppets, And justice for all, Ride the Lightning

[stonesour3366]

death magnetic is a great album probily on my top 3 fav albums from tallica