Archive for the Lars Category
Sep
08
2008
Metallica - A Culture Show Special - BBC - Interviews/Behind The scenes - Bergen Norway 2008 - Part 3Posted by: admin in Album info, Band Info, Lars, Video
Sep
05
2008
Metallica: ‘Why Haven’t Any Other Metal Bands Dethroned Us?’Posted by: admin in Band Info, Interview, Lars
Speaking to the Guardian, Ulrich said: “I was thinking the other day about how everyone expects us to continue to release albums that define the genre, to ’save’ metal. And that’s a lot of fucking pressure, really. “Why hasn’t anyone dethroned us yet? We support all the great new metal bands, take them under our wing, but people still want us to carry the whole genre on our backs.” (more…)
Sep
04
2008
METALLICA’s ULRICH Downplays ‘Death Magnetic’ Leak: ‘It’s Part Of How It Is These Days’Posted by: admin in Interview, Lars, Video
During a guest appearance earlier today on “The Woody Show” on the San Francisco, California radio station Live 105 (KITS 105.3 FM), Ulrich stated about the French leak, “Listen, we’re ten days from release. I mean, from here, we’re golden. If this thing leaks all over the world today or tomorrow, happy days. Happy days. Trust me. Ten days out and it hasn’t quote-unquote fallen off the truck yet? Everybody’s happy. It’s 2008 and it’s part of how it is these days, so it’s fine. We’re happy.” Watch video footage of Ulrich’s appearance on “The Woody Show” in two parts below.
Aug
28
2008
Metallica’s Lars Ulrich On Cocaine, Oasis, Megadeth And That Quietus IncidentPosted by: admin in Interview, Lars
Lars, rumour has it that you’ve enjoyed a line or two of coke in your time. “I don’t do that any more. That’s all done, thank you for asking! A couple of years ago I was like, ‘You know? Enough of this. I don’t need it’. It was literally something that happened one morning, like ‘Y’know? Fuck that’. I was very impressed with Noel Gallagher: as you know, I’m an Oasis fanatic, and Noel was like [adopts stentorian tone] ‘You know what? No more cocaine!’ and I thought, ‘If he can do it, everybody else can do it’. I had my fun with it, it was always more of a social thing. We were never like rolling around and spending days in bathroom stalls, and peeking out the keyholes of doors for days.” (more…)
The drummer set he decided to quit the drug a few years ago, and took the Oasis guitarist as an inspiration. “A couple of years ago I was like, ‘You know? Enough of this. I don’t need it’. It was literally something that happened one morning, like ‘Y’know? Fuck that’,” he told The Quietus.com. He added: “I was very impressed with Noel Gallagher. As you know, I’m an Oasis fanatic, and Noel was like [adopts Mancunian accent] ‘You know what? No more cocaine!’ (Gallagher quit in 1998) and I thought, ‘If he can do it, everybody else can do it’. “I had my fun with it, it was always more of a social thing. We were never like rolling around and spending days in bathroom stalls, and peeking out the keyholes of doors for days.”
Jun
07
2008
METALLICA: Highlights Of ROCK AM RING Performance To Air On Europe’s MTV TWOPosted by: admin in Album info, Lars, Tour info
Reporters from a number of UK-based heavy rock magazines were given a preview of six tracks from the upcoming Metallica album on Wednesday (June 4) in London. Drummer Lars Ulrich recently stated that the yet-to-be-titled disc was a modern variation on the band’s older style.
May
30
2008
Metallica May Get Even More Creative With Pricing In The Near FuturePosted by: admin in Album info, Band Info, Interview, Lars
According to Bloomberg.com, Edgar Bronfman Jr., CEO of the Warner Music Group, of which Warner Bros. Records is a division, declined to comment on the status of contract negotiations with the band during a quarterly conference call earlier this month. The new Metallica album is the band’s last under its current contract with the label, which dates back to 1984 when the quartet first signed with Warner subsidiary Elektra Records. Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich told us that finishing out its recording contract was a liberating experience for the band:
May
29
2008
Do We Have To Wait Til Aug. 22nd to Slap LarsPosted by: admin in Album info, Lars, Tour info
Metallica is yet to play any new songs from the new album. Will we hear something before Aug 22th. In the following interview in Kerrang magazine from March ‘08, it is unclear if Lars is refering to this specific concert in Leeds to reveal any of the new songs live for the first time. Should we have heard something by now? Kerrang: Joining Metallica are Rage Against The Machine - who make their first UK appearance in the UK for eight years - Slipknot, Queens Of The Stone Age, Serj Tankian, Feeder and Pendulum. In addition to their Download 2008 appearances, Bullet For My Valentine and Biffy Clyro have confirmed they’ll appear at the three-day festival. More acts will be announced over the coming months.
May
27
2008
Metallica Is The Smartest Band In The World, MissionMetallica.com Proves ItPosted by: admin in Album info, Lars, Merchandise
Normally albums are released on a Tuesday at 12 a.m. By 12:30 a.m. they are all over the torrent sights and internet for downloading. Well this time around it should be available by 12:02 a.m. and in high digital quality thanks to the digital download they are providing. How will they thwart piracy, well that’s the genius. By selling the missionmetallica platinum packages, they win the battle. The most likely package people will buy is the $24.99 (platinum experience and digital download) or $32.99 (platinum experience, digital download, and physical CD) with packages upto $124.99. Usual first day CD prices are $9.99-$12.99. So on average, people will be paying at least two and a half to three and a half times the regular price depending on which package they buy. The usually free material found on ‘making of the album’ DVDs that bands release is what will be found in the Platinum MissionMetallica experience which in essence they are selling. So if they get at least two and a half times the money for each package purchased, they can afford to have at least half the normal sales downloaded for free and still clear the same money as if everyone bought it.
May
23
2008
Rumour: First METALLICA Single Is “An Eight-Minute Tour-De-Force That Features Some Of Their Fastest Playing Ever”Posted by: admin in Album info, Interview, LarsAccording to BW&BK sources, the new METALLICA album is scheduled for release in mid-September. The album will be preceded by an eight-minute single which is being described as “a tour de force that features some of their fastest playing ever.” The record is being produced by Rick Rubin (SLAYER, RED HOT CHILI PEPERS) and mixed by Greg Fidelman. (more…)
May
19
2008
How does it feel?…Metallica and More Answer…Posted by: admin in Appearances, Band Info, Interview, Lars, Tour infoTo headline Glastonbury? To start a huge mosh pit? To be Shakin’ Stevens? Jaimie Hodgson (music.guardian.co.uk) puts the questions to some of the festival season’s biggest stars
What is it like soundtracking the world’s biggest mosh pits? When you’re put in front of a crowd of 60,000 who have been partying and living in tents for three days, and generally been reduced to a more primal level of existence, there’s very little rhyme and reason to what goes on both on and off stage. No matter how drilled you are as a band, or how prepared you are, you never feel like you’re more than a second away from something insane happening. When you show up at these festivals there has to be a certain amount of rolling with the punches and going with the flow, whether you’re opening or headlining, and that suits us great. We consider the festivals in Europe the highlight of the year. When you play in a band with as much energy as Metallica, performing in such an unhinged environment, the spirit of what we do really comes into its own. After 25 years of doing this crazy thing non-stop, we feel very privileged to be the last band on at a festival that spans so many genres. · Metallica play Reading / Leeds on 22 and 24 August (more…)
May
17
2008
VIDEO: Lars Talks About Importance Of Music In Kids’ LivesPosted by: admin in Interview, Lars, Video
May
16
2008
LARS ULRICH Talks To SPIN Magazine About New METALLICA Album; Audio AvailablePosted by: admin in Album info, Band Info, Interview, Lars, Video
Here are some bullet points from Lars‘ comments about the forthcoming CD: * The yet-to-be titled new record will drop sometime in September. |