This page is dedicated to ONLY the true/diehard fans of Lars Ulrich & Metallica...For the impact they have had on my life and yours, goes far beyond words. This is just alittle way for us to say thanks for the years of amazing music and a lifetime of inspiration. This page is NOT run by Lars Ulrich himself or Metallica, but a life long fan, yours truly...Lars Setup -
TAMA Star Classic 22"x16" bass drums
TAMA Star Classic 16"x16" Floor Tom
TAMA Star Classic 16"x14" Floor Tom
TAMA Star Classic 10"x9" Tom Tom
TAMA Star Classic 12"x11" Tom Tom
TAMA Diamond Plate Signature Snare Drum 6.5x14
Tama Cymbals stands & Hardware
REMO Drum Heads
Iron Cobra Pedals
Easton Ahead Drumsticks
Zildjiian 17", 18", 19" medium cymbals
Zildjiian 20" China Trash
Zildjiian 14" Dyno-Beat Hi-Hats
Zildjiian 20" Custom China
Myspace Contact Tables
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Besides being one of Metallica's founding members and main songwriters, drummer Lars Ulrich is also the band's spokesman. Born on December 26, 1963, in Gentofte, Denmark, Ulrich's father (Torbin Ulrich) was a nationally renowned tennis player, and it appeared as though Lars would follow in his father's footsteps, as the young Ulrich practiced hard on tennis skills. In 1973, his father took Lars to his first rock concert, to see the mighty Deep Purple in Copenhagen, which opened the youngster's eyes to hard rock and heavy metal. After he decided that the tennis life wasn't for him after all, Ulrich shifted his focus on music (namely the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement: Iron Maiden, Saxon, Diamond Head, Motorhead, Def Leppard, etc.), and took up the drums. His family relocated to California in the early '80s, as Lars promptly put an ad in the local music paper looking for other similarly minded musicians looking to start up a band (even though the NWOBHM had yet to make an impression stateside). One of the first replies he received was from guitarist James Hetfield, as the pair agreed that they should form a band that was a reaction against the glam metal that had infiltrated Los Angeles at the time. Soon after, Metallica was officially born.These days, some 80-odd million albums worldwide later, Metallica might have undergone enormous collective and individual changes, but the essence of Ulrich remains. He is at once a loyal, attentive and determined person, one who locks in for the long-haul and one who's skin can achieve great thickness. He's also, in recent years, become even more comfortable saying exactly what he believes in regardless of the consequences (as evidenced by his willingness to be the band spokesperson on the Napster issue).Music now shares the front seat with Lars' wife Skylar and two sons Myles and Layne as well as his thriving interests in art and film. Busy? Of course. But would Lars have it any other way? The proof is there for all to see...
