Metallica w/ Charlie Benante On Drums In The Tuning Room - Helpless [Gelsenkirchen July 2, 2011]

[MetalheadYA]

Drum sound is still shit....mikes i reckon...BUT Charlie kicks the shit out of em.... much tighter than Lars...sorry Lars.....I could see one of those thought bubbles over James head during that one....It said.."Lets trade Lars for Charlie....SHIT..Scott will never go for it"....Time to retire Lars?.....OR... Maybe u could do a Neil Peart thing and take a year off and learn to play "traditional"...style???????..­..Just wonderin...

[hobohaymaker13]

Got the same birthday as Charlie.

[Decipher900]

Damn, even though James sounds like utter shit, my dreams finally came true. Stay there, Charlie!

[BrentWilliams710]

James on the phone with Scott Ian later that night:

"Hey, wanna trade drummers?"

[TheShepster80]

All this crap about lombardo being the best metal drummer is fucking bullshit! charlie is the best by far!

[Quarantinemetalband]

@TheShepster80 have ya seen mike mangini? hes prog metal but its still metal

[deadpool102192]

LOL.....BRA i agree with guenotc if i can hear lars double bass once this year ill have a fucking party

[ryno13373]

lol anything is better than lars...he just hit really hard and big deal.

[jcamp84]

Frank is so cool.

[CTS512]

James sounds like SHIT! and not in the good way...

[DrGustavoMarques]

Robert Trujillo Use Loreal Paris.

[aquabot]

@DrGustavoMarques hahahahahahahahahaa lol!!!!!!!

[guenotc1]

WOW!!! You are a tough guy on the computer! I simply have an opinion...and simply am entitled to it....no need for the vulger language DUDE!!!! Its AMERICA BRA!!!!!! Freedom of speech....plus...apparently 29 people agree with me BRA!!!!! So you want to be disrespectful...do it in person bra!!!!! Dont be a shitbag and do it where you can hide like a little bitch BRA!!!!!!!

[BrentWilliams710]

Should be titled: Metallica w/ Charlie Benante on Drums & Frank Bello on Air Guitar

[drumgy8]

All the anti-Lars people in here need to remember that without Lars there's no Metallica :)

[liveandletrock864]

@drumgy8 yea just exodus with kirk and holt, and james wrting riffs for a band with a better drummer

[jrlefty67]

Lol, Lars is thinking "I need to get dressed fast". Charlie has always been one of my favorite drummers. He could replace alot of drummers on any band in my opinion.

[MrRamminator1]

In my opinion Dave Lombardo is the best drummer out of the Big Four. Godfather of Double bass!

[potitocaquita]

@MrRamminator1 charlie, dave, shawn are awesome.. but lars

[MrRamminator1]

@potitocaquita Haha yeah true. Lars is shit but he is good for Metallica I guess

[metalzombiebass]

mean while the other member playing air bass and guitar xD

[svndrums]

I honestly believe that success has made Lars somewhat lazy...

[silentmjsty]

i didnt understand who is the drummer for metallica charlie or lars :))). %100 sure that charlie is better...

[Efilnikufesinable]

metallica is the most overrated band of the big four and Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax are way better than metallica

[CHACO381315]

@Efilnikufesinable Then why don't you just shut the fuck up and go listen to Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax?

[Efilnikufesinable]

@CHACO381315 hey fuck you and just saying im not here to figth so chill out

[VentoRdrummeR]

@Efilnikufesinable what's an overrated band? they're plainly the most successful, is all. there's no rating for musicianship except for your own taste. that said, in my opinion they sound a lot better with charlie benante, he's brilliant

[23chopperrob]

chuck makes it look easy

[hamo1689]

So much better than Lars who sucks.

[DailyBeat97]

look, charlie is clearly better than lars, but lars is really not that bad, seriously, it really gets annoying when everybody says lars sucks. For all of you that are saying lars sucks, listen to the drumming on the album ...And Justice For All

[MegaRattlehead666]

@DailyBeat97 The drumming on Justice was edited an unbelievable amount. So was The Black Album and everything after it. Bob Rock even says so on Classic Albums: Metallica: The Black Album. Lars was a good drummer up until the mid 90's.

[DailyBeat97]

@MegaRattlehead666 i totally agree, he had to record short segments,and they were all edited a lot. But have you seen live in Seattle 89' or San Diego 92', drumming in those were pretty awesome, he was even still pretty good in Cunning Stunts 97'. But live stuff from like 03', 04', his drumming sucks, he barely even plays the songs around then, listen to the Some Kind Of Monster EP, his live drumming sucks there. But yeah, i pretty well agree with you on that one.

[MegaRattlehead666]

@DailyBeat97 I'm glad you didn't throw a hissy fit and actually responded intelligently, thanks. Now, I don't want to sound like an asshole who hates Metallica because I don't, but if the drumming on the albums were edited it would be edited live as well? Not everything because back then he kept a beat almost perfect, but adding bits in like extra fills and double bass. If you listen to say Creeping Death closely on Cunning Stunts you can definently hear some added double bass parts.

[chreld]

Charlie is a top notch drummer. One of my Favs!

[smoothhitman1]

You know James wished Charlie was his drummer. Lars fucking sucks!!!! Lars is the worst metal drummer ever. He doesn't even use the ride cymbal. LOL

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[Baldmelon]

They must be awe. This guy plays circles around Lars and never breaks a sweat:-P

[666thrashmetal1]

Charlie Fucking Benante

[franciscopacora]

this guy makes them sound so much better!!!

[Penisonfaya]

1:21 You can see the envy in Lars Face

[humanfacedog]

All hail big "C" *****

[METALLICAOWN]

Charlie is the actually one who can replace Lars :) He also got the Feeling that Lars have! :D

[METALLICAOWN]

Charlie is the actually one who can replace Lars :)

[OKcheesusTV]

It's crazy how much tighter the performance is with a proper drummer.

[BallonkaSwe]

0:50 haha shawn

[garrysmodsroxs]

goodbye lars. lol

[deathnroller]

Chaaaarlie, don't cheat!

[guenotc1]

So much better than Lars. And Charlie is not a SELL OUT CRYBABY!!!! Much respect Charlie!!!!

[taylabrain]

@guenotc1 Dude... Fuck you.

[nagash54]

just... awesome!!!!

[tehgrim08]

in my opinion charlie is the best drummer out of the big four.

[the133t]

@tehgrim08 I personally believe that Lombardo is better, but Charlie is a fucking boss though, i'd say he's second best, but thats arguable.

[xInsidious]

@tehgrim08 Nick Menza baby. Currently, yes Charlie is probably the best, but overall in the 4 in terms of skill, Menza(90's), Lombardo, Charlie, and Lars.

[AnnihilAnthrax]

@xInsidious hell no...Charlie totally blows Menza

[XxStrongDrums1996xX]

@AnnihilAnthrax Eh, I dunno man. They are both amazing drummers. I can't really argue with you much there though cause I haven't seen what Nick's been doing recently.

[Ladykiller69]

@tehgrim08 Thats the best and tightest I've heard Metallica in awhile. Nice Job Charlie.....J

[Corummo]

@tehgrim08 <------------ as the guy said! :-)

[DaveGrillo93]

@tehgrim08  yes, with Lombardo :)

[calvi07]

@tehgrim08 Better than LOMBARDO???...... please...