Why Rockers Can't Stand Metallica’s Lars Ulrich 

Do you love or hate Lars Ulrich?

Lars is the type of dude who wakes his wife up to tell her he’s going to sleep

Lars gave me a drumset through the make a wish foundation when i was 15. A complete replica of his sparkle green Tama starclassic. Not only that but signed a bunch of merch and sent me tickets to see Metallica and godsmack in san José. Unfortunately i missed my chance to meet him and the band. His assistant arranged for me and my family to meet him however we missed the phone call during the show. I never asked Metallica or lars for anything. Lars along with the make a wish team built this drumset for me. Now 33 and cancer free its one of my most prized possessions. Pretty good dude in my book.

When I first bought that "and Justice for all" album..the first thing I noticed and didn't like was the lack of bass guitar in the recording...I never understood it until now...thanks for the info.

Lars is an inspiration. He shows everyone that you can be amazingly successful with no talent

Nikki Sixx calling people out on being assholes is the most ironic moment in music history.

I can appreciate what he's done for the band on Metallica's early records but at the same time personality wise he just always struck me as a diva and egotistical prick

The whole thing with Jason is sad, he didn't deserve to be treated the way he was, and I wish he was still part of Metallica. While Robert Trujillo is an awesome bass player, his backing vocals leave something to be desired (watch the recent live performances of "of wolf and man" and you will see what I mean) - sometimes bands can just be petty and childish - look at how Michael Anthony from Van Halen was treated by the Van Halen brothers, then you have Roger Waters and the rift with Pink Floyd... Childish. I wish some of these bands could put aside petty differences and egos end just get on with making great music.

He looks like Anthony Hopkins from Silence of the Lambs in that thumbnail or was it made to look that way?

I kind of miss the old days when you enjoyed a band for their music, and there wasn't stuff all over the internet about what they eat, or how crappy a person they are. When I listen to Metallica I enjoy the music. I'm not thinking about Lars being a dick.

You gotta love to hate Lars. That simple. I had a cat as a kid in 1991. I named it Lars. My favorite Metallica member. That cat literally lost its mind and attacked all my friends when they came over. It got so bad nobody would ever come over unless I locked Lars in a room first 😆 looking back he was just like the real Lars. Very controlling and when he wanted something he would go after it claws first.

one of the miracles of the music history is that such a bad drummer was able to survive in such a successful band.

James was just as serious with Jason about the side project. He had the same opinions as Lars. Lars just was the one brave enough to say it.

Gotta fact check something: Newsted disagreement was mostly with James not with Lars.

So Lars was heavily critical of Hetfield's riffs? Wow. Check out Bob Rock's critique of Ulrich (not) being able to lay down drum tracks and why the Black Album took so long to record. Eye opening.

2:51 Eagles of Death Metal are objectively terrible but this is the most accurate description of Lars in history. Though I will also say there's a bit of projection there because that dancing from Jesse is a little swishy itself.

The Black album was important at that time in my life. Thank You.

Lars is like that one guy that joins a friend group and thinks hes the leader

Funny, because that whole Jason bit, in the past, it was said by sources that Hetfield was the one in Jason's face about side projects, said he was just drunk and apologized while begging Jason to stay, etc. Now it's Lars? I agree Lars can have an attitude; but, holy crap, that's really picking & choosing because all those big (rock) stars have bad f'n attitudes. The bass sound thing has several stories on who did what. Motley Crue; they're currently lying about everything and such spoiled babies that all they do is bicker and fight. My cousin is a first hand witness t MC's spoiled bickerings when she met them in Cincinnati and said she could not believe four grown men could act that way. She said it ruined her from ever wanting meet rock stars again. I remember back when Motley Crue called out several bands including Pink Floyd for live back tracking. I think Lars, here, was probably just striking back at MC after they called people out for backing tracks. My source was Metal Edge back in the early 90's. I remember being angry at MC for that. Tommy Lee is a woman beating pos and is no John Bonham so he should not criticize Lars much because Lars is a much better person than any of the MC guys by far. Nikki Sixx was onstage and used racial slurs against an African American security guard, look it up. I can't say anything about Jesse Hughes. I know nothing about him or the band. Maybe they're cool af and awesome people. I do not know so I can't say anything. Besides, I'm not really trying to defend that little weasel Lars, just pointing out the hypocrisy of most people. Dave Mustaine, has legitimate gripes but then so does Metallica about Dave's behaviors and demons. Dave admits to get drunk and/or stoned and violent. He and James scrapped a few times, from what I hear. How many f'n chances did he actually get? And why didn't he give Ellefson a second chance? Who gives af if a grown man is having sexual encounters with a consenting adult female? James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich have always had battles; but also say they are best friends. Look at Hetfield's attitude on the "Some Kind of Monster" when he screamed at Hammett. That was BS. Even Hetfield admitted he was having serious problems including alcoholism causing him to be angry and hostile so he went and got help. And in recent years, it happened again. This video has alot of truths but also fallacies. Obvious taking advantage of the "hate on Lars" movement to get a video out and feed the masses to generate money. That's the problem with gossip; people get a small perspective only, they never get the full story so the victim gets the hate. Before you judge Lars, you may want to know all the full stories. If he a spoiled little whiny-bag? Yes. But he is human and has points. And, as Jesus said: "Let those that haven't sinned cast the first stone." The hypocrites will. Yes, they cast stones to appear sin-free, but, they are fools only. The innocent know better. BTW, I'm not calling myself Mr, Innocent. I'm a f'n @$$hole!! lol

I love him. He was on national TV telling everyone what website to use and what program to install to pirate music for free. He was the soul purpose of everyone on earth screwing the music industry. WHO WOULDN'T LOVE THIS GUY?! XD

Love him But seeing this reminds me of something. So I've been listening to Metallica since I was about 12 I'm from the East Coast. As a kid my mother remarried and we Moved to Carlsbad Cali. in the late 70s early 80s. This was my first exposure to Metallica. This is when Metallica was starting to hit the Scene with Kill em all and the Album They called an import The Four Horsemen I was 13 at the time. One day my buddy tells me that Metallica is playing at this Club in San Diego with Suicidal Tendencies. Us being only 13 we couldn't get into the club. So we decided we were going tp sneak into the club to see the show. Myself and four of my friends went to the club but ended up not being able to get in. So we hung out until the show was done. After the show the guys came outside and started handing out demo tapes for free telling everyone to take the tape make copies and give them to your friends which was awesome. NOW FAST FORWARD TO THE NAPSTER DAYS. Sorry Lars LOL its ironic you spearheaded the fight to not be able to download free music. But I get it a lot of people took advantage of this. But ya that's the only thing that kinda made me look sideways and scratched my head at Lars. Kind of forgot his roots there for a while Free demo tapes and go make copies lol. Love all the Metallica guy keep Rocking Brothers. I've been listening to you all from the beginning. Remember Cliff Always 🎸⚡🙏. Anyway Keep doing what you do. ITS FUNNY IM GOING TO BE 80 YEARS OLD SOME DAY AND ILL STILL BE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET WITH MY WINDOWS DOWN KRANKING PULLING TEETH 🤘 METALLICA 🤘Thank you all for the many years of KICK ASS JAMING BADASSERY TAHAT INCLUDES YOU ALSO JASON.I think that they have lasted this long together because they have been able move on from the Bullshit. being together so long your going to have disagreements. but if you cant work it out and move on from it then I would say Don't be Van Halen. I bought my Niece her first electric guitar a year ago. The first band she started to learn was Metallica. Still inspiring new players after all these years. Hey HEAVI Do a good Piece on Metallica not this BS. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Y-G4PTysacI.htmlsi=4gDY6lCT8bQS3Ysi ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JNG_Kn-m73M.htmlsi=3HsTGs-D2_QiPQrL I THINK Heavi is working on being the most hated RU-vid channel By Lars and the Band HAHAHAH

During the Midwest leg of the 'And Justice for All' tour in 88 I hung out with Jason. Here are two things I noticed- He never wanted to hang out with Lars. And when Ulrich blessed us with his presence, he had an 'Entourage' around him at all times and he acted like a TOTAL TOOL.

Nikki Sixx has no room to talk about anyone 🤣

Lars One Of the Best Drummers EVER !!!!!! Love Ya Lars !!!!!! 🤘💃🤘 !!!!!!

Lars is a decent person most of the time, and an ok drummer at best. Hard to say much more about him.

I met Machine Head once. They had opened for 'tallica when The Blackening came out. As we're standing in line, there's security for Machine Head standing around, and, a couple other guys and I were just kind of casually joking about Lars being a douche. This went on for like 5 minutes. Soon, the one ginormous security guy walks up to us and calmly grabs my shoulder and says, "I understand all the Lars jokes and the hate he got over the whole napster issue, but, the reality is that he is one of the nicest, most down to earth, most accommodating person that we've ever worked with. Whatever hate you see posted in articles or comment sections is 100% bullshit. That's not who Lars is at all." Obviously, I'm paraphrasing because it's been a few years since then, but, this is really close to what the gist was. We actually ended up bullshitting with the guy for the next 10 minutes or so we were in line waiting. Just thought I'd add this perspective to the bunch.

I love Lars! He's written many iconic drum beats and songs! He's also inspired many to pick up the sticks! Mike Portnoy, Joey Jordison, and Mario Duplantier love Lars..I think they know a little about drumming.

I like their early albums. I don't care to know about them as people or any other musician whose music I admire. I do know from 30 years in music there's a large % of artists with stuff like narcissistic personality disorder and of course depression and bipolar disorder. They can be truly awful to deal with as people. But those 'quirks' fuel the music they create. Without their quirks they wouldn't have the ideas nor the drive to persist in bringing them to the world. And we wouldn't have the music that makes our lives better. I also know that if you ask anyone about anyone you'll find everyone's got someone hating them and saying they're awful. Even the nicest people are 'complete assholes' according to someone who expected something special from them but their unrealistic entitlements weren't satiated.

Danish Pete Honoré on Anderton's Music guitar videos reminds me of Lars in his looks and accent...but Pete is so light hearted and goofy. They should jam sometime.

As a drummer who was originally influenced by 70s & 80s hardcore punk and thrash, particularly Dave Lombardo on Show No Mercy, Lars has always been one of the weakest live drummers, I learned a lot of Cliff era Metallica on drums and it's not that difficult, I could tell when he lost tempo or covered for a missed beat with a random roll/fill, it frustrated the shit out of me. I also found out his studio recordings are edited and put together from multiple tracks, sometimes flat out copy/pasted. No wonder he can never play a song the same way twice, he never recorded them in a single playthrough.

He left the focking band!

in order for a band to succeed you need a guy to push the band, this guy was it. I think that's why Metallica lasted so long, they have a chemistry that works.

I met Metallica at a signing party back in the '80s, yeah I'm not sure it's still a thing, but it happened. DFW, TX. Cliff Burton was there, James, Kirk and Lars. I was in line to get something signed, I saw all these people with guitars, clothing, whatever, all getting stuff signed! My friends were like, "Hey get your vest signed!" I was wearing a jean vest with an big Iron Maiden patch on the back. I asked them to sign it, James and Kirk signed it, no problem. Then I got to Lars. I'm a young teen fan, maybe I don't know shit! He was like, "I don't wanna sign that". (=hate) But he did sign it. FY! I wish he wouldn't have, doesn't matter. Cliff was the the last Metallica member to sign my vest. He wrote "Kill 'em all" on it! He was super cool! Long story long, Lars is a dick! Sometimes nothing matters though. My older brother would end up stealing it from me. Never to be seen again.

Met the guy years ago. I've met a few rockstars over the years and many celebrities at cons. He genuinely was the nicest celeb I met. He took the time to talk and he was happy to be there and having a bit of a laugh. I felt great talking to him. Hetfield and Kirk were there but it felt like they just had to be there. Which I can't blame them, they've been doing meet and greets the past 40 years and hearing the same things over and over.

Lars Ulrich is the most "Just OK" drummer in Rock n' Roll besides being an egomaniac

I was lucky enough to see Metallica at Download when Lars was too stoned to play, so they went backstage and asked other drummers to stand in for him. Joey Jordison stepped up for the first 20 minutes or so, and the sound was astonishing. I was also unlucky enough to see them WITH Lars, and the sound was back to it's usual plodding, monotonous drone.

Nobody want's this guy, only James cannot be replaced.

Im actually kinda surprised at the comment section rn! Haven’t seen anyone saying “it should have been lars not cliff” yet! Great job lol

I never met Lars in person. Whatever people say about Lars, I take it with a grain of salt. Here's the thing, though. You can judge a person by his friends. Lars may not have many, but those few friends have been loyal for 40 years and still going. Personally, I always believe that a friend to all is a friend to none. That's honesty, and honesty is the only excuse.

I've met Lars a several times and he is as down to Earth as any of my buddies. Of course guys who have been in a band for 40 years +/- are going to have disagreements, I think the telling part is that Hetfield and Ulrich have learned to work it out and stay together. I can't think of any relationship I know of that is as close as they have to be not have a bump or two in the road.

I don't think we hate Lars, I think we just look at him, roll our eyes and see him as a bit of a clown.

I loved Lars drums on justice but the bass being low was messed up . Jason is awesome

Drama aside, I just love Metallica, especially their 80's and early 90's albums.

I met him after a show on the Justice tour. He was cool and casual like any of us average headbangers that were hanging out. It wasn't a meet and greet, he was just waiting around until it was time to head to the next town and was glad to chat.

I'm a "Rocker" old as hell. I think Lars is the man for the job! Nicky Six shouldn't be commenting on the personality of any musician

Lars reminds me alot of my old drummer, he was the same way. Great drummer with a vision, a better business man though. We lost a few amazing musicians because of him and because I didn't speak up. Alot of great memories having shared the stage with bands we idolized. August burns red, a day to remember, bring me the horizon, carnifex, blind witness are a handful of the bands.

Unfortunately I like Lars and am a percussion instructor…Musicians always have disagreements!

And Justice for All is my favourite Metallica album and I do absolutely love the way the drums sound, but I did notice the bass was muffled or something, that's funny.

I'm so glad that there are millions of people out there that also hate lars.

Dave Mustaine is the last person who should be talking about someone else being hard to get along with lol

Yes and on the Justice tour they used to make his bass guitar head" explode" sometime during the show on occasion tell me that wasn't something that had a deeper meaning

Met Lars once. He was so down to earth and took his time to chat.

og nu skriver jeg noget som han kan forstår men du ikke kan, han er verdens bedste trommeslager og er pænt lige glad med denne video :) gg wp

I can’t wrap my head around any grown man, having to verbalize the statement “I’m not afraid of Lars” 😂🤣😂🤣. Who is afraid of Lars? He’s the least physically intimidating entity in that band.

You forgot about what a clown he was during the Napster trail not to mention hypocrite because he himself admitted to recording music off the radio. Which at it's core is the exact same thing

Oh crap. I had always thought that the drums in And Justice for all sound dry and @nal but I had thought it was just the new preferred way for drums to sound.

Give way and be humble that's the best way to humble anyone

I like little drummer boy Lars.🥁

I love Lars, I have always loved him and I will always love him…

I know he was really pissed by me and my friend during the Summer Sanitarium tour. We had Napster Lives shirts made and stood center fence in the pit during three shows😅

A video about people who don't like Lars Ulrich with only 6 minutes? ^^

Thanks You Lars. I can't imagine And Justice For All without this dry ragressive garage sound. It fits the album so weel. The snare is more natural and I'm thankfull the album doesn't sound like EVERY other big productions at the time. It's part of the personality of the album. Part of the legend. 😍 Another proof Lars was a visionary.

Ask any hardcore Metallica fan about Lars. The band would never have started without him, and there is no way they would have gone on for 40+ Years without him. He is also the most fan friendly rock star in the world. He will take the time to talk to any and everyone he can. Lars Rules.

The first 4 Metallica albums were fantastic. Probably the best 4 first albums from any band ever. Lars had a huge part in arranging them all, stringing together chords & riffs, etc. I think 90% of below comments are just jumping on the band wagon....for give the pun.

I loved Fenriz's snare joke.

I like Lars. As a fellow €uropean, I bet he still feels like he's an outsider in the US. Plus, he comes across as very articulate (and he's at least bilingual). I like that.

I like the guy , he's done a great job.

It's pretty crazy to hear all of this. Sounds like Ulrich holds a huge roll in Metallica success!! Let's remember that!

Love Lars , don’t understand why the hate, im no expert on drumming but still rocking 2 hour shows and gives it 100%

I'm 56 now and was a huge fan of the first 3 albums(the Cliff years). Back in the early/mid eighties, it was all about the music, partying and headbanging. You really didn't get into the personalities and we didn't have the internet so you never got to know who they really were.

I don't know man. All of this sounds like people taking things personally, which is fine. But it seems very subjective. Metallica, the greatest metal band of all time, would not be anywhere near where it is today without Lars. From his drumming and business sense early on, to his ear for arrangement and good riffs as time went on, his importance and effect on the band is truly undeniable. He might not be the most sociable or likable guy, but I refuse to believe he doesn't deserves recognition as an all-time great artist.

Lars seems like an absolute pain of a person to deal with in any creative endeavor. Absolutely no idea when to go with the flow. Just gets an idea in his head and like a child refuses to do anything else. What a nightmare. I have a friend almost exactly likes this. No ability to think of the bigger picture or anyone else. Just wants something and doesn't consider anything else.

Who is the dwarf to the right at 0:45?

I seriously doubt that Lars is losing any sleep about who likes him or not .

Pretty sure the rift between Newsted and Metallica had more to do with James Hetfield and not Lars. He’s literally said that in an interview.

Jealousy is a dangerous sickness.

Denmark FTW, Haters gonna hate. We all know Lars was not the best drummer, but hell he made incredible songs with one of the best bands ever.

I have met Lars...super nice dude to me at least. This Lars bashing was NEVER a thing until the Napster days. It is getting old.

I love the drums on And Justice for All

Lars and Axl in the same band would have been a sight to behold

Lars is a true dedicated Man! And he deserves a whole lot more respect But yeah , most people follow eachother in opinion, Lars can handle it!

I think Lars didn't want to play any songs live that had a hard drum riff. He felt he would not be able to do it live without messing up, so he stayed away from certain songs. Maybe due to his lack of practice, laziness or just not that good. He felt like he was always being criticized about his drums and he was hurt when he got picked on. His defense to that was to act out and hopefully he would get his way. Just my thoughts, but I think he is one of the best, he has been with Metallica since the beginning (41yrs) and no chance of a change now.

I looked up to Lars as a kid. I taught myself to play drums by playing along to metallica songs. For that alone, I love Lars.

I've met Lars a couple of times as a fan; he is polite to the fans. I do think that there is an evil side to him that he has difficulty controlling at times.

Some drummers are technical, like Neil Peart or Danny Carey. Others have feel, like Phil Rudd or Ringo Starr. Lars is neither

i dont hate or love Lars i respect him. As he is the Reason we have Metallica he had a spot on the Metal Massacre before even having a band, so there you have it

He’s very smart, creative, and good in producing and stuffs he always seems to be the one who arranges everything when it comes to sound and mixing. But sometimes he’s way to diplomatic and serious and shit and he always has a very long explanation. That’s the only thing I get annoyed about him. As far as being a drummer? Yeah he’s not the best but without him, Metallica wouldn’t even exist.

Although he wasn't the best drummer, there's no question in my mind that he had a nose for song writing. It was Lars that heard Kirk's Sandman riff and rearranged it to the legendary riff that we know it as today.

Sounds like old school magic. Keep the wheel grinding

The Jason part isn't very accurate. At the meeting Jason requested that they take a year hiatus so he could go do stuff with his other band. It was more James that disagreed.

I have met Lars and spend a few minutes talking with him and he is a great person coming across very humble and appreciative.

this reminds me of their song "NONE OF THIS MATTERS"

Never in my life have I ever heard of a metal guy wanting to make the bass less audible. Lars’ ego is something else man.

I look at it this way. Sometimes the artist behind the art isn't your average normal person. His drumming does reflect his personality though. Like not in tempo = do it his way no matter what people say

Lars was amazing back in the 80s and early 90s. His drumming was amazing on the Justice album. I listened to that tape a million times in my headphones, mowing lawns, just tripping out on his awesome drumming.

I met Lars while working at an amusement park. The band was there for a short time during the day before a concert at a local venue later that evening. He was kinda fun (and funny). But hey, my interaction with him was only for a minute or so.

That whole statement about their fights and arguments, and all that shit is what we call in the world of music there’s no bad publicity

It’s not about late being a jerk, it about how he uses the same drum beat and style for litterally each song

Leave Lars alone. He’s not perfect. Nor are you. Nor am I. He has done a lot to make great music and have a positive influence on things for the the last 40 years. Appreciate and celebrate the man. He wears Metallica on his heart and sleeve and people will always remember that. 🤘🖤

The entire "and justice for all" album had no bass guitar...it conflicted with Lars's double bass drums so as a joke they removed Jason bass sound from the album,jason was already thinking of leaving the band after or before "and justice for all"