Posted by Elise Yablon on March 11, 2022
A toilet sculpted to look like Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich has been acquired by Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! for display in it’s Denmark museum. According to the Tampa Bay Times, the toilet was donated by its creator, Tampa, FL musician and artist Prince Midnight, to Ripley Entertainment’s headquarters in Orlando. At some […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on January 11, 2022
Vocalist/bassist Burke Shelley of the legendary Budgie has passed away. He was 71-years-old. The news was confirmed yesterday evening (10th) by his daughter, Ela, who issued the following Facebook statement: “It is with great sadness that I announce the death of my father, John Burke Shelley. He passed away this evening in his sleep at […]
Posted by Mark Zapata on June 24, 2021
Lars Ulrich, the drummer for Metallica, paid a special virtual visit to an extraordinary little boy. Two-year-old Milan Rossignol will be undergoing chemotherapy to battle a severe form of cancer called Langerhans cell histiocytosis. The affliction has rendered him non-verbal, but the little boy is fully capable of expressing himself in other ways, most […]
Posted by Mark Zapata on June 15, 2021
Gojira’s Mario Duplantier has been busy promoting the group’s latest release, Fortitude. However, the drummer made time to speak to Louder Sound about his drumming influences. Duplantier names Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich as perhaps his biggest influence and the reason he became a drummer. It was him seeing Lars as the best drummer in the world when […]
Posted by Chris Annunziata on September 29, 2020
Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich sat down with Vulture and revealed the Metallica song he never wants to hear again. Spoiler- it’s nothing from St. Anger or Lulu. “There’s a song called ‘Eye Of The Beholder’ on the ‘…[And] Justice [For All]’ album. Wherever I hear that song, it sounds kind of like — I guess we don’t […]
Posted by Chris Annunziata on September 1, 2020
Metallica drummer, Lars Ulrich has revealed his favorite song from the band’s catalog. No need to worry, it’s nothing off of St. Anger or Lulu. Instead, it’s from their fifth album, The Black Album. It’s “Sad But True”… “‘Sad But True‘. I just love playing that song. I play it a little differently each time. I love the tempo and giving […]
Posted by Chris Annunziata on July 30, 2020
Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich was on SiriusXM’s “Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk” and spoke about the snare sound of their 2003 album, St. Anger. During the show he was asked if he still stands behind the sound and insisted that he does. “I stand behind it a hundred percent, because at that moment, that was the truth. “Just […]
Posted by Elise Yablon on July 17, 2020
Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich made an appearance on comedy news show Full Frontal with Samantha Bee this week to discuss food insecurity and the band’s work with Feeding America. “The craziest thing if you get into stats is one in six Americans are on track to be food insecure this year and one in four […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on April 30, 2020
Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich’s sons Layne and Myles covered The Beatles’ classic track “Eleanor Rigby.” The performance was part of Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff’s livestream from earlier this week. Ulrich discussed the performance to Rolling Stone, stating: “It was like this insane, three-minute Blue Cheer, crazy, garage-rock version of ‘Eleanor Rigby. Obviously, there’s […]
Posted by Zenae Zukowski on April 13, 2020
We’ve reached another Monday during this time of isolation and social distancing, which means Metallica has announced their next #MetallicaMondays concert stream. Tonight (13th), the group will stream Live at Outside Lands – August 12, 2017 at 8 PM EST. Read the band’s statement about this show below: “We’re celebrating Golden Gate Park’s […]
