It’s a good thing Metallica’s Lars Ulrich is such a great drummer, ’cause he’d never have made it as a trombone player. A new YouTube video shows Ulrich playing the instrument with the New Orleans-based brass ensemble the Soul Rebels, and laughing at his own feeble attempt.
Blabbermouth reports the video was shot in December of 2011 during rehearsals for Metallica’s week of 30th anniversary concerts at the Fillmore in San Francisco. The Soul Rebels opened all of those gigs and joined Metallica onstage every night.
The video shows a clearly amused Ulrich struggling to get enough wind to play a single note on the unfamiliar instrument, but failing as he keeps breaking up laughing. When he finally does make a small sound emerge, the drummer exclaims, "I gotta go lay down now!" After a second, slightly better attempt Ulrich quips, "By Sunday... can you guys find me a spot in your setup there?"
The Soul Rebels also performed both nights at Metallica’s Orion Music + More festival. The group released their debut album via Rounder Records in January.
wow its like UG wants trolling with stories and titles like this. metallica f**king rules and lars is indeed a great drummer.
But Metallica DOES F**CKING rule, and Lars IS a indeed a great drummer! Not the BEST drummer, but he puts more into a show than most! Anyone here who says they wouldn't want Lars in THEIR metal band is simply lying.
I find it interesting that sometimes Lars acts like a douche and a greedy person, and in moments like this one, he seems to be the funniest, most relaxed guy in Metallica. Serioulsy, have you watched the "Meet & Greet"'s? There's always awkward moments between the fans and the band members, except with... Lars.
I do like Metallica, and can admit Lars is not a Fantastic drummer, definitely nothing that great. But I also don't think he's absolutely terrible, his early Metallica stuff was better. He's not a bad guy, but I think people overlook the fact, he had the money and connections, that's the main reason he was in Metallica. We all know he's not great, but he's managed the band, got connections, and had more money than the other members, they couldn't afford to pass him up
I find it interesting that sometimes Lars acts like a douche and a greedy person, and in moments like this one, he seems to be the funniest, most relaxed guy in Metallica. Serioulsy, have you watched the "Meet & Greet"'s? There's always awkward moments between the fans and the band members, except with... Lars.
I agree, alot of people down size him thinking his opinion doesn't matter because he's not a great drummer. And also because theyre mad he tells the unfortunate truth (sometimes) and about napster. But he's a pretty down to earth guy who would be fun to hangout with, him and Alice cooper
I know Lars isn't what he used to be, but instead of practicing drumming, he probably is using that time to spend time with family and watch his kids grow up, is that such a bad thing?
Lot's of haters ^ I think it's cool that Lars/Metallica supports this completely non metal band and attempted to expose them to a large crowd at their festival. And here he's just hanging with them. Why all the hate? I would kill for Lars to do that for me and my band. I almost died when I ran into him at Orion by accident. He is so cool to all the fans.
The first clause of the first sentence ruined the whole article for me. He is not a great drummer. He does nothing exciting that grabs your attention at all, but it's not like Jason Bitter, who's extremely talented if you actually listen to what he's doing. Lars just doesn't play anything all that fun to listen to.
No wonder the new Metallica album is taking so long. Too busy blowing horns instead of writing riffs. Guess you can say this article blows. lol.
Maybe he's not writing riffs because he's the drummer...
I said Metallica not just Lars specifically. Negative vote on your part along with all the retards that agreed with you.
Well, even if you did mean Metallica, you were obviously talking about Lars since he is the only in the video playing the trombone... Hence the other dude replied with his obvious comment... And maybe you havnt realized, James has about 700 riffs or so written already
No wonder the new Metallica album is taking so long. Too busy blowing horns instead of writing riffs. Guess you can say this article blows. lol.
Maybe he's not writing riffs because he's the drummer...
I said Metallica not just Lars specifically. Negative vote on your part along with all the retards that agreed with you.
Well, even if you did mean Metallica, you were obviously talking about Lars since he is the only in the video playing the trombone... Hence the other dude replied with his obvious comment... And maybe you havnt realized, James has about 700 riffs or so written already
Didn't I just say "not just Lars specifically?" Learn to read.
Oh, and this story has no body, it's just a title.