Lars Ulrich Biography
In Brief......
Lars Ulrich
Born: December 26, 1963
From: Gentofte, Denmark
Personal: Married, 1 Child
Specialty: Pounding, driving rhythms
Plays: drums
Vitals: green eyes, blonde/brown hair, 5'7"/1.7 meters tall,
weighs 130 lbs/58.97 kilos
Views of the members........
"The detail that he pays attention to in music and things like
that. That's where I learned a lot from him that way." - Jason
"Lars isn't as snotty as he used to be." - Kirk
Biography.......
Lars was barely 10 years old when he attended a Deep Purple concert and
learned what music could be. This was no small feat when you think of
the music that young Lars had been exposed to up until that time. His
father ran a small jazz club and was very involved in Europe's jazz
scene. The legendary sax player Dexter Gordon is even Lars' godfather.
It was Deep Purple and Ritchie Blackmore that changed the world for
Lars. He was impressed enough from their concert that he purchased their
Fireball album the next day. Three years later at age 13, he persuaded
his grandmother to buy him his first drum kit.
Drums and music took a backseat to tennis, his father's profession. Lars
was a ranked junior player in his native Denmark when the Ulrichs moved
to Newport Beach, California. There, Lars was just another tennis
player, not the notable player he was in Denmark.
Shortly after, tennis became less important, and Lars fell prey to the
guilty pleasures of southern California: sex, drugs and rock n' roll...
Lots of rock n' roll. Lars' passion for music grew, and he began trading
tapes to obtain his beloved blend of European metal.
In June of 1981, Lars, the ultimate fan boy, flew to England to catch
some shows by his now favorite band, Diamond Head. Somehow, some way,
Lars managed to talk his way into living with the band in England until
he had had to return to California. Back home, he found his tape trading
friend Brian Slagel looking for bands to record tracks for an album that
would be released on his new Metal Blade Records. Lars secured himself a
spot on that album.
But, Lars had no band.
Before going to England he had jammed with a James Hetfield, a singer
and guitar player. That jam had its share of problems... Lars'
timekeeping wasn't that solid and the cymbals fell victim to gravity a
bit too often. But now, he had bait: a spot on an album.
Hetfield took the bait, and Metallica was born.
Music now shares the front seat with Lars' wife and child, and the
drummer has learned to relax a bit more, but he's still very much in the
driver's seat.
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