METALLICA's Lars Ulrich On Some Kind Of Monster - "The Whole Thing Was A Mind Fuck"
July 28, 2010, 13 years ago
Noisecreep has issued the following report from Amy Sciarretto:
Most METALLICA fans were alternately bewildered and excited by their fly-on-the-wall, 2004-released docudrama Some Kind Of Monster, which showed the post-Jason Newsted era band as they worked on St. Anger and their interpersonal conflicts while attending group therapy sessions.
Frontman James Hetfield made a leap in his battle with alcoholism by entering rehab smack dab in the middle of the 'Anger' sessions. It was a polarizing and captivating look at the band, as it showed 'Tallica, warts and all. While it was thrilling to see the band's most private moments, it almost revealed too much. It was filled with uncomfortable and awkward moments, as though you were eavesdropping during private therapy meetings.
Drummer Lars Ulrich recently commented on Some Kind Of Monster, saying that it has come back to bite him in the ass repeatedly - and at the hands of OASIS' Noel Gallagher, no less. The drummer expressed a note of regret about making the film, saying, "Every time I see Noel Gallagher he quotes lines from that movie back to me. That thing has taken on a life of it's own. I had to live that s--- for three f---ing years! The whole thing was a mind f---. I am aware a lot of other musicians seem to have lived a lot of those moments. They weren't necessarily stupid enough to film them like we were and share them with the rest of the world."
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