METALLICA's Lars Ulrich "When You Strip All The Nonsense Away It's Just Four Guys Who Really Love To Play Music Together"
October 6, 2010, 13 years ago
According to Scott Kara from Nzherald.co.nz, Lars Ulrich doesn't want to be reminded that METALLICA will be 30 years old next year.
"Don't say it. Don't say it," he laughs, holding his head in his hands.He watches videos of DEEP PURPLE almost every day on his iPad; on his iPod of late he's been listening to BACHMAN TURNER OVERDRIVE and STATUS QUO; and says music is what he knows best and where "I dwell".
"It's my comfort zone. It gets me fired up, and to be able to make it your life for 30 years it's pretty amazing."And while Metallica might be a multimillion-dollar business - with 100 million records sold and millions more in tour and merchandise earnings - Ulrich says these days it's all about the music. "When you strip all the nonsense away - all the hotel suites, the private planes, and all the hooplah - it's just four guys who really love to play music together."
Ulrich also believes Metallica have always remained "a team" and they have been fortunate not to have had any real casualties in their 30 years together. "We've all lost our minds for short periods of time, but no one's ever gone missing for three months, or ended up in the gutter. You know, we didn't really have these really, really dark sides to us."
Read the entire interview here.
