Lars Ulrich
Lars Ulrich
Lars Ulrichis a Danish drummer and one of the founding members of the American heavy metal band Metallica. He was born in Gentofte, Denmark to an upper-middle-class family. A tennis player in his youth, Ulrich was originally a drummer in San Francisco. He then moved to Los Angeles at age sixteen in the summer of 1980 to train in the sport of tennis. However, rather than playing tennis, he began playing the drums. After publishing an advertisement in a local...
NationalityDanish
ProfessionDrummer
Date of Birth26 December 1963
CityCopenhagen, Denmark
CountryDenmark
...Metallica mythos...distilled the essences of the comic books and horror movies and the fantastic literature of metal itself...
As long as it says Metallica on the record it's Metallica.
One of my few shortcomings is that I can't predict the future.
Metallica's the only band I've ever been in and it's the only band I ever wanna be in.
I'm just sittin here trying not to be unhappy.
The day Metallica's over, i'm not going to put an ad looking for another band. I'll put my drumsticks on the shelf and there's 14 other things I wanna try. Metallica's the only band I've ever been and it's the only I ever wanna be in.
Over the course of our career we've been fortunate enough to share the stage with a select few of the bands we grew up on, admired and respected including AC/DC, Deep Purple, Guns N' Roses and Iron Maiden. The only band that we have never played with but have always wanted to is the Rolling Stones.
Napster hijacked our music without asking, ... They never sought our permission. Our catalog of music simply became available as free downloads on the Napster system.
We formed this band when we were 18-19, we couldn't play... We were just like 'Let's get together and play some cover songs, drink some vodka...' a year and a half later we were touring the world, releasing records.
Our music comes from our hearts - and it always has.
Everytime we put a record out, we lose people that can't deal with the growth.
Napster hijacked our music without asking. They never sought our permission. Our catalog of music simply became available as free downloads on the Napster system.
What's this all about? It's about music, it's not about anything else, it's not about having the coolest cover, or the coolest title, or about anything. it's just about music...
Let's see, I think the first thing we gotta to do is obviously, like you guys were expecting, is we gotta tank Jethro Tull for not putting out an album this year. Ha, Ha!!