Metal Madness 05

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Metal Madness

 · 26 Apr 2019

  

Yo! Back with part II of our Metallica members close up! Let's get going wit 
 the co-founder, and drummer LARS ULRICH!! 

 
        As a co-founder, Lars is usually the one who talks to the media. 
He's exteremely talkative 'n' can sometimes be intensely serious, but he can 
also get as fucked up as the rest of the band. Born 'n' raised in Copenhagen 
he tried a career at tennis just like his father until he moved to L.A. in 
1980. When he realized that just about everyone there was not only into tennis 
but was better than him, he quickly gave it up. Now he dove full tilt into 
his other passion: muzak! Drummin' in particular. In '77 he got a drumkit 
from his grandmother and started fantasizing that he was Deep Purple's Ian 
Pace. 
        When he first moved to L.A., hardly anyone had heard of Iron Maiden, 
Saxon, Motorhead and other cool European bands. He searched for a guitarist 
with his tastes and found one bad-assed James Hetfield, a guy who appriciated 
the finer things in metal. Months later, METALLICA was born in a skanchy old 
garage. 

        QUOTES: "We are doing this first and foremost for ourselves. If we as 
a band feel comfortable and good about it, that's enough. We haven't been 
forced into doing anything...putting out something that we are not 
completely satisfied with could never happen." 
        ADVICE: "If we're trying to tell people anything, it's just do it 
yourself, get your own shit together, cause that's what we've always tried to 
do. Follow your instinct and and be a leader instead of a follower." 
        FACTS 'YA PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW 
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Born: December 26, 1963 
        Birthplace: Copenhagen, Dennmark 
        Bro's 'n' Sisters: none 
        First concert: Deep Purple 
        Influences: Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Motorhead, Status Quo, Diamond 
         Head, 'n' Nazareth 
        First band: Metallica 
        Former jobs: paper route, gas station attendant 
        Self-description: "Energetic, confident, humble, sarcastically 
         obnoxious when I'm drunk, and clumsy-I always spill drinks and walk 
         into walls when I'm preoccupied." 

 
                           
Pretty cool, huh? 'Ya hungry fer more? How about Jason Newstead, current 
replacement of the late, great Cliff Burton? 

        Jason is a real serious-lookin' dude in Metallica. In interviews, he 
doesn't kid around much, with answers direct 'n' to the point. He looked like 
the most dignified Metallican, until I saw his starrin' role in "amplified 
body" noises "on their Justice show." Can't be in Metallica if you're not a 
little crazy right? 
        He got his first bass after being "corrupted" by KISS at age thirteen. 
He fucked around with it for a while, then put it in his closet for 5 years. 
When he heard Black Sabbath 'n' Rush at 18, he was again inspired and started 
playin' bass seriously. He quit school to go with a band of older guys to 
California. In Arizona they ran out of money, and all but Jason went home. 
He stuck it out with dishwashin' jobs and eventually hooked up with drummer 
Kelly Smith. Together they formed Flotsam and Jetsam. In the fall of '86 Cliff 
Burton of Metallica was killed under a bus. He was recommended to Metallica 
and was asked to audition wit them. Around 2 a.m. after talkin' with the rest 
of the band, Lars casually asked, "You want a job?" Jason casually "screamed 
at the top of his lungs in the middle of this restaraunt". After rehearsing a 
couple of days Jason played his first gigs with Metallica: two surprise "warm 
up " sets at L.A.'s Country Club. After that, they toured Japan and Europe                        " 
        Cliff was a tough act to follow, but Jason did it with style! 

        QUOTES: "You gotta play like you are never gonna play again.You just 
gotta roar EVERYWHERE, whether the are 20 people or 20 million." 
        ADVICE: "Success is being able to play what we want, and not having to 
conform to anybody and still coming through over and over, still being 
accepted. Being true to ourselves that's what it comes down to" 

        FACTS 'YA PROBABLY DIDN'T KNOW 
        ------------------------------ 
        Born: March 4, 1963 
        Born in: Battle Creek, Michigan 
        Is He married: fuck yeah! 
        First concert: Ted Nugent 

 

that's about it for the rest of the band! These metal files are really 
getting around so if you have anything special you want to see E-mail 
Splattergut in about any board in Lubbock or me, Blind Cyclops on Virtual 
Madness. 'Till then "try, fail, live, learn, and die happy trying!"-Diamond 
Darrel. 

BLind Cyclops 
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