Autistic Metallica Fan Wants To Meet His Hero, Drummer Lars Ulrich! | Mission To Lars | Real Stories 

Without a doubt! My heart is bursting!

She was the best. Such a good sister, always looking after him and understanding his needs.

Oh yeah-she did!!!

She's super cute too

@Mikey Cooper Eh, all celebrities are douchy in some ways. At least he did something nice for this disabled guy even though he didn't have to.

@Mikey Cooper I don't blame you. I miss the good old days when you could share media and no one would take you down for copyright infringement. Though I do understand why Metallica would be pissed that people shared their stuff for free.

My heart just melted seeing the excitement in Tom and how sweet and lovely Lars was to him.

@Mikey Cooper Napster basically ''stole'' musicians money by providing their music for free without their consent, which is what Spotify is the straight opposite of. Basically, supporting Napster is supporting crime. Lars got hate from the crime supporters but love and respect from anyone who knows what it's all about. Musicians doesn't earn their rightfully pay from pirated/free (without their consent) music

@Mikey Cooper well I guess you don't know Lars 🙂

I saw the shortened version. I wanted to watch this larger one just to see the build up.

Pretty much any metal musician would do that! Deep down, metal musicians are humblest of all...

@@andrewgraham7659 I first off saw the short version of mission to Lars. That sealed the deal. When I had enough internet GBs to chew up I watched the full version of Mission to Lars. Its so worth watching. I'm pretty sure the Spicer family didn't put the documentary in any format for retail selling. Bit of a shame, really. If they did do it then a small % of retail sales aid the funding for fragile X syndrome or conditions on the spectrum. Just some food for thought 😳

@@rosiewhitfield123 I live with aspergers, so I know the isolation and the frequent changes of mood. It is something my family doesn't understand. All of the organisations I know of that provide support to ASD people are volunteers. Maybe it could been marketed and the funds put into research. But I don't think that is what the family would have wanted. Maybe a festival of some sort could be arranged, since the metal scene in the UK is healthy, and the bands are frequently playing other festivals. There are so many ways that we can help. Maybe Metalica could be the first headline act.

@@andrewgraham7659 oh man you know a plenty about what I said and know about invisible conditions. I'm thinking you know what Metallica has a foundation called "All within My Hands (AWMH foundation) and if you contacted the foundation directly or through their management called Q Prime a benefit concert could became a reality. If you ain't wanting to I'd sure approach them and lay this idea at their laps, eyes and ears. I got nothing to lose at all. Be so worth the concept I believe.

Amen

Seeing this made me cry and laugh. Tom is absolutely a doll. So adorable.

Lars rules

Me as a Metallica fan and headbanger with autism myself I play drums in a death metal band and Lars is definitely one of my influences along with so many other drummers in the thrash and death metal genre and been playing drums for 5 years and started at age 13 now 18 and Jen ledger and Lori from skillet were my early influences but then quarantine happened and somewhere months before lockdown and late 2019 freshman year of high school I got into Metallica and Megadeth then slayer then the thrash metal genre outside of the big 4 bay area and Canadian band razor and the German thrashers but anyways playing Lars Ulrich songs on drums is fun especially battery and blackened are my favorites with the double bass blast beats

That's the thing. People crap on Lars, but if you watch their fan meet and greets or anything like this he's a cool dude that genuinely seems interested in his fans.

Joe Bearce I love your comment. I enjoyed this video as well. I got to see a new side of Lars.

He's danish, in any normal condition I've never felt he was a douche. When things gets heated, or high pressure is on, it's understandable he can be a little on the spicy side

You needn't apologize, Lars never knew and will never know you hated him ;)

I won Meet And Greet back in 2012. I can tell you, Lars was super nice and cool. He asked me questions about me, where i come from, stuff like that. I asked him a lot of questions and he answered them all. We chat about 15 minutes. I can really vouch for that, he is super nice with fans.

Nope. I'm not crying. You're crying! 🤣🙏👍

Hang in there, Stanley. I hope you're doing better. I've major depressive disorder my whole life with C-PTSD. No more ebbs and flows- just exhausted. Hoping it was passing for you!

Max Hellwig Do you have aspergers?

@@taikajorma7276 No, High-functioning autism (HFA)

Oh for absolute sure it took so so much courage from within Tom to meet Lars. Very high percentage of the population have almost zilch of a clue what Tom must go through in his life. I have an older sibling high on the spectrum. For most of my 40 years breathing I've sure had a second row seat into her life. Man they struggle pretty similar to someone with PTSD, ABI+an anxiety condition and individuals with a medium level of mental illness/health issues. It never hurts to be nice, every few days 💪💖

and yet I have audio processing disorder and ADD. Whateves. this vid is the one that will make my year. 🤘

Thabks for sharing that. I have only one friend whose son has HFA. I, myself, have Compunded Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. I rarely leave the house, and lights and noise make things rough. I can tap in to times when it wasn't so bad and can fake it for short periods of high intensity moments. Tom truly triumphed. I swear he's standing taller and smiling wider during the end credits when he can appreciate that whole journey without the stress. Cheers to all those challenging their adversity.

@Leo X Pope nah let me make it better: "What's the best metallica song" "Dyers eve" Lars.exe has been shut down

@Leo X Pope Actually there was a pretty nice live about Shortest straw which they uploaded like a month ago... It had quite a many double bass lines in in... Not sure if you meant that with sarcasm of course about the GH Metallica thing

rob burdack definitely it’s suprismg how chill he was about it. He probably worried before because a lot of people get worried around disabled people but he wa so good with him

You know what, honestly I think Lars would make a pretty good disability support worker. He was great with Tom but Tom was incredibly brave to take that leap in his life to meet his beloved musician. One wonderful time in Tom's and Lars's lifetimes I say.

Sallamaari V me too.....

@@ansta0311 - me three.. some bugger is cutting onions in my place.. :- / (and i'm alone. and NOT cutting onions.) \m/ x

To me Lars has always been a cool guy. His got such a caring heart in his chest. Some people seriously can't see what fans like such huge fans of his as Tom and I that his actually more grounded than others make him out to be. He gets the grounding from his pretty decent upbringing by his parents in Copenhagen. Bloody unreal man Lars is. Great man 💖💖

Carys Llewellyn I so agree- they are so loving!

It's actually VERY metal to cry and admit that you were touched. I would place doubt on anyone who saw this film and did not cry. 🤘😢🤘

Because he is an adult.....pretty simple really...can't be babied all his life...he is slow in speech but not an invalid. Basically can do everything for himself within reason hence the care home, which provides all his needs including friendships and a workplace.In other words, he is LIVING life the same as all "normal" people, Tom's a winner I would think.

I have a disabled sibling myself and I sure can meet you in the middle with guilt you have for having a disabled sibling. Mine is 7 years older than I am. I fall as the third child (4th child in pregnancy order)