Lars Ulrich

So my dad has a video of the concert in phoenix earlier this year.

I threw it on and it surprisingly wasn't bad.... Right away.

James was singing pretty damn good, Kirk wasn't playing as sloppy as in the past. pretty good, Rob.. Well rob is an amazing bass player and rarely fucks up, but Lars..... Lars....

I've defended this man all my life. Telling people that he's my favourite drummer and how I loved his style. But this was hard to watch.

So many mistakes and he can't do a decent fill to save his life. I honestly can't even believe it anymore. It's just too hard for me to watch.

There I was pissed off at Lars for playing shitty... I skip the rest of the song and then they start playing The End Of The Line.. Starts of great, the start of that song is great. The crowd really gets into it. Then it kicks in and I just can't take it. Skip that song.

So the rest is just mediocre. Everyone sounds good except.. Well I don't have to say it.

I throw on disk 2. I hear Fight Fire With Fire.. Hell yeah, I love this fucking song. But then I thought "oh fuck, if Lars can't play those death magnetic songs how the fuck is he going to do this".

They play it and it was actually good.. Until the first chorus ends.. They stop the fucking song and go into the solo. I know the god damn reason why they did that. It's not because it's a long boring song, it's not because James had to tie his shoe, it's not because Rob was staring at the hot chicks in the crowd. It's because Lars can't handle the fucking song. You can see James look at Lars before they went into the solo. They probably talked about it before the show and Lars probably said something like "if I look at you at this certain time just go into the solo because I can't keep up".

I was so fucking pissed at this point, I just wanted to throw my fucking remote through the TV. I watched the rest of the show but I was pissed off throughout the whole thing.

Fucking pathetic. That little fucker is ruining the whole god damn tour. He's been my favourite drummer since I knew who Metallica were. But this is just ridiculous.

This is my idol. The guy who made me want to play the fucking drums. And now I have to sit there and watch him with his stupid fucking grin on his face as he plays a half assed version of Enter Sandman. He can't even play that song without doing one of his stupid little snare rolls.

I can honestly say I could outdrum the current Lars Ulrich and I'm 16. It just hurts me because this is the band that got me into metal and now I have to watch them like this... It's like seeing a dog you've had all your life slowly dying and shitting everywhere because they can't control themselves anymore.

I'm still going to see them when they go to Toronto just so I can be near them in person but I won't be listening to the drums at the show. I'll be listening to the Lars that I heard about from my dad. The Lars that would beat the fuck out of the drums every single night.

This has honestly made me lose some respect for him.... I have posters of this fucking guy in my room and now I can't even look at them without thinking "you used to be my idol, now your a joke".

It's hard for me to accept this. I've always told myself "he's not shit now, the other people just don't like him because of his personality" But now I don't know what to think.....

Maybe some people agree with me, maybe some people think I don't know what I'm talking about. It's just hard for me to watch him play like this.

All I know is that when he couldn't play the full version of Fight Fire With Fire my heart almost stopped...

Fuck.

There's no need to call him bad names, or to insult him. I know he wasn't the best drummer in the world. But it was the fucking attitude he had. Now I can't even take him seriously as a metal drummer.

 

If St. Anger wasn't enough to make you lose complete faith in them... =P

Really, I can understand your frustration. My first favorite band was Guns N Roses when I was real fucking little. And I can't even describe how badly Axl has let me down.

 

St.Anger was terrible I agree but every band makes shitty stuff.

Death Magnetic wasn't all terrible. There were some really good riffs in it.

Listen to 5:33 - 5:53 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dATv-2lDJaU&feature=fvst

That's classic Metallica right there. Lots of Death Magnetic was shitty, but that 20 second riff is killer. All I wanted from them was one more cool fuckin' riff and they did it for me.

If they make a new album that has shit like that on it I'll forgive Lars.

 

Everything I've heard from Death Magnetic has good (or even awesome) parts mixed with bad (ore even terrible) parts.
It would be interesting if St. Anger was the low point of a parabola, and their CDs keep getting better from then on =P The cynic in me tells me that's never going to happen, but it would be great.

 

That's exactly how I look at it.

Every song has something really good in it... But then it has something so terrible in it that I don't even bother playing them.

I'm gonna take all the good riffs and make one sick fucking song out of them.

I'll upload it onto youtube and call the song "Death Magnetic"... I always tell myself I'm gonna do this, but I'm actually gonna start on it later today.

 

Have you done much mixing before?
You know any good programs (and even tutorials) for it?
I've tried a bit with Audacity, but it's a bit primitive and limited seeming (but I love using it to record and edit).

 

Yeah, I could throw a cool song together with all the riffs no problem. It wouldn't even sound choppy at all.

I'll use the same program that I use for recording riffs and stuff. It's called Reaper. It's pretty simple. All you do is import the song and then I can easily select the riffs I want and then loop them together with other riffs.

I'm gonna do it tomorrow. It's gonna be pretty fun.

 

that is a bit uhh, whats the word i'm looking for, disheartening? disappointing? that he sucked at that concert. strange. do you think it was just this one night that he was a little off, or did you catch any other clips from this tour? i don't care what everyone says, about how metallica started sucking when the black album came out, i still love them, and have really liked everyone of their albums (with the exception of st. anger of course, that one did suck). people can't deal with their favorite bands evolving at all sometimes. i still find them to be talented musicians, and can appreciate their different takes on music over the years. i'm hoping that i am still correct that they are talented anyways, and it doesnt just come off the way because of editing and stuff. hmmm. no, i'm sticking by them lol

 

btw, i'd like to hear what you come up with on the riff idea! post a link if you get it done!

 

I almost did lose faith in them. Hands down metallica are my favourite band, ive loved em for years now, and yeah St anger was shit i agree, and most other people do to

But ive gota say death magnetic is a good album, and all nightmare long is my favourite track from the album.

And yeah, Lars is letting me down a bit too when i watch his more recent stuff

 

Disappointing is one way to put it.

In the past years they've declined in their live performances. In from 03 -06 James sounded like he inhaled some helium before the shows. It was awful, Kirk was also very sloppy during this time.

But now their new tour is pretty good. James is singing pretty decent and Kirk must have practiced a lot because he's just as good as he used to be.

I've come to the conclusion that I'm just going to ignore Lars for now on. It's not worth my time to get so pissed off because of his drumming.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TD-_FM8_d9c Just listen to how pathetic the double kick is to the song One. I can't even count Lars as a metal drummer anymore lol.

 

Mike Portnoy

any one??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juEdLpnQlr8

 

hmm yeah that didnt sound so great. now i'm gonna have to get on youtube and try to find more for comparison.