METALLICA'S LARS ULRICH: "I'M NOT A BUSINESSMAN" 

? Doesn’t mean he can’t be greedy like everyone says.

what a load of bollocks. all their best stuff was ripped from mustaine

W ru talking?....Load n Reload responded to the age of the alt mainstream music of the 90s....St Anger was so influenced by Nu Metal of the beginning of 2000s

@@melquizedec You're missing the point. Let me explain this another way. They already had more money than they knew what to do with at the end of the "wherever i may roam" tour that finalized with the summer '94 amphitheater run across the U.S. They were tired of playing thrash and they were not going to be pigeonholed by the metal world into only doing their half dozen tricks that they had theretofore done. They totally went with what they wanted to do as opposed to feeling pressured to stay in their little box. I respect that. I didn't care for much of the music on load, re-load, and didn't like anything from st. Anger... but hey... they threw off every attempt by anyone of restraining them. They took a lot of shit for what they did from 1995-2007. Then they re-emerged on death magnetic and hardwired only to prove that they still have the stamina and steel.

@@nepntzerZer I like your funny words magic man

@@nepntzerZer Dave, is that you?

Listen to the drumming on ...and justice for all especially songs like shortest straw and to live is to die to see how good of a drummer he can be

Lars is the perfect example of playing what the song requires. That’s really all that it comes down to. It’s not a drum clinic, it’s about laying down what’s right for the song. He is also very involved in the recording process of all the instruments and arrangements. I agree, there many , many haters of Lars Ulrich. But honestly, the guy is super passionate about his band and has become a brilliant musician/ businessman over the years. Lars Ulrich is a key element to Metallica’s success. People can hate on him all they want, but should ask themselves what have they accomplished lately ?

@@ernieball7567 👍🏼🤘🏼

The drums on justice for all sounded horrible in terms of the drum set he use and the mixing.

@@robbycricket6611 What the kick Drum was awesome on that album the rest of the kit sounded ok but the kick drum was Great especially compared to everything that came before.

Lars was born rich lol his in Denmark his father was famous after all

Yet I could swear I saw a toothpick in his mouth. Must have been hallucinating since he always has one. Even did the side twitch that comes with it.

You're goddamn right I did.

You can't handle the truf

Hetfield definitely is lol his last name IS pretty Jewish, can’t help himself but get into the finances

@@trendkill1891 yeah but he isn't jewish lol

@@trendkill1891 I guess that's what growing up in a not so rich household does to you

@@FreeTheJambon Not true at all lol it’s based on personality more than circumstance. I grew up broke af, single mom household, no pops, free or reduced school lunch, and bs but I have the worrrrrst spending habits. I know exactly what I want until I actually had a fistful of dollars and then my brain would get wiped clean and by the end of the day I’d end up buying $473 in deer leather and half of the necessary equipment to properly go camping. Some people from horrible situations are frugal but so are people from the best homes. It’s personality based. And also yea I was joking but there is a larger percent of the Jewish population that are more mindful with their money opposed to the majority within other races. So take that to the bank🏦

There has to be at least one business man in any band for them to really make money

Don't be Jealous 🤡

Well sure, everyone cares about money. What he’s trying to say is he simply isn’t greedy when it comes to his wealth. This is why he didn’t care about losing fans from Napster. He stood by his word and really helped out a lot of musicians from the destruction of “file sharing”

Everyone cares about money, but Lars probably doesn't care more then you and I. He was born rich and they quickly got enough money to stop worrying about it. He isn't someone who would invest with that money like other millionnaires.

If I’m buying Metallica shirts, it’s gonna be from their website. Their shirts are so soft!

How much did your paintings sell for? 🤔

The richest member of the Metallica band is Lars Ulrich, whose net worth is $350 million in 2022.Mar 27, 2022. This is the One interview where I would say Lars is Full of Shit !! LOL !

@@Mindrex327 I mean I guess he’s just trying to be modest. He’s definitely a great businessman. Maybe unknowingly, but he is definitely one of the biggest parts in how the band got so big. He found the name, he arranged each song, he put out the ad that eventually found its way to James, he was the one that was grinding his way through with millions of flyers and tape trades in the underground scene, he was basically their manager in the early days, heck he was practically his own lawyer during the Napster feud and made solid points. He’s just a very professional guy when it comes to running a band

That's because this was filmed 10 years ago

he can do a pretty good rimshot

How? He was completely right about Napster. It’s mostly ruined music for newer artists, and it’s almost never about the music anymore. Also his demos were fuckin stolen and put on the radio! People were only bashing on him because he was already rich but nobody was thinking about how this would effect the new artists

Best drummer in Metallica. Gene Hoglan Dave Lombardo Carl Palmer and the list goes on of drummers better then Lars

Hauahuahuahuhauuahuahuha!!!

Oh shut up. Just because he was rich doesn’t mean he was wrong. People like you out here complaining about not getting free music when these artists (especially the newer ones trying to make) worked their ass off on their stuff and didn’t get a dime for it. It’s like if you never got payed from your own job! You’d be pissed to! Now because of Napster it’s extremely hard for up and coming musicians to make money off their work. It’s barely about music anymore, everyone just asks for donations and they make money from live gigs alone. At least with stuff like Spotify or Apple Music you can still make some money, but in most cases you only get 20% or so of all profits! Y’all who supported Napster were just selfish nuts who hated on the rich for no reason other than them being rich!

he’s not a drummer’s arse

Oh very very original. I’m totally sure you’re some great drummer who can create just as great of drum parts and keep the stamina to play in front of millions for 40 years, along with keeping all your bands music in order by arranging each riff together to create a great tune!

@@smarkmalark doesn't matter if they can or not

@@smarkmalark I’m not a drummer but I really honestly believe Lars is very law quality and Metallica would sound better with a real one like Menza or Meickey Dee or Lombardo etc etc

Exactly.

They do give away money though. Just 6 days ago they announced that they donated 135k dollars to the German aid organisation in support of the people of Western Germany in their recovery from the July 2021 floods. They also raised 1 million for World Central Kitchen's ChefsForUkraine, with Metallica donating 500k and the other 500k were raised by fans who bought some of the exclusive merch. Metallica are not greedy. They've been doing charity for decades, and they always donate a large percentage of their income from concert tickets to local charities in cities all around the world.

I mean, they do.

They give away about that much. At every town they play a show in to local food banks through there all within my hands foundation so no I don’t think they wouldn’t mind at all

definitely the most impressive in metal!

@@shallex5744 theyre all solid musicians for sure. I just hate that they were always yapping about NEVER turning into what they turned into....biggest sellout ever in metal.

@@JTCT371 how did they sell out in particular

@@shallex5744 after 4 great metal albums and an LP, filled with 7 to 8 minute songs, awesome solos, as raw as it could get, and saying "We will never make a video" and "We will never sell out" (yes, words from them)....they go and hook up with the guy who produced Motley Crue...and what we got was a terrible, watered down, over produced version of Metallica, where they slighted the original people who supported them, in favor of a bigger audience.....The Black Album was not good, , and everything they did after that just got progressively worse. I loved Metallicas early days, and they are solid musicians, but as someone who was a huge fan, I was very disappointed in where they decided to go.

@@JTCT371 they didn't slight me at all, i think they always made what was in their souls and i think they made some excellent stuff on those albums. it seems that some fan's version of what 'metallica' is is different from how metallica themselves see it, which is fine. all that music is is a language to communicate thoughts, feelings, and ideas, just like any other kind of language, and if you don't understand or can't relate to a message that someone is expressing to you, whether in music or verbal communication, you're naturally going to think it's all just a bunch of gobbledygook, and different messages will mean different things to you at different periods in your life. i say that the load and reload album combined have several of their greatest songs of all time on them, and particularly the former album is a very personal, emotional and intimate album with several outstanding tunes on it. i've followed a lot of the personal journey and more intimate details of the members of the band, and so it's very easy for me to understand and relate to their entire musical journey, and to me, none of it seems out of place, and everything i can gather tells me that they never sold out, and most people who think that are just simply unable to understand or relate to where the guys are coming from with the music. and i am speaking from experience where i've had moments where i think something is shit just because i don't understand it, or something just goes in one ear and out the other, and only in time does the true nature of something clear itself up in your mind, and you return once again to a piece of music and in my case a lot of that kind of stuff has turned into my favorite works of music, and i think how foolish i was to not pick up on it from the beginning. but ultimately, as i said before, music is a language, it's more than just simply notes and creating something that sounds good. for a lot of people, music is an identity, it's a message, a feeling, an idea, and certainly for you, it sounds like you carry many negative connotations around those albums, referring to them as sellouts, and referring to general themes of being overproduced, with inferred undertones of them having lost their 'soul' or 'genuineness'. that's one way to perceive it. all i can say is that from my perspective, none of that is true, and i can perceive so much rawness and honesty in something like the Load album, knowing what i know about the boys, and the subject matter and nature of that era of music, and it just makes me respect and love the band even more. so i think it really just depends on how understanding/empathic you are towards that kind of stuff. sorry for the long rant, i don't expect to be able to change your mind, i'm just hoping maybe you can understand a little more why someone might like their later albums