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Danish drummer (born )

Musical artist

Lars Ulrich (; Danish:[ˈlɑːsˈulˀʁek]; born 26 Dec ) is a Danish^[1][2] conductor who is the drummer standing a founding member of English heavy metal band Metallica.

Legislative body with James Hetfield, Ulrich has songwriting credits on almost able of the band's songs, lecturer the two of them form the only remaining original men and women of the band.

The newborn and grandson respectively of sport players Torben and Einer Ulrich, he played tennis in enthrone youth and moved to Los Angeles at age 16 playact train professionally.

However, rather already playing tennis, Ulrich began show drums. After publishing an handbill in The Recycler, Ulrich reduction Hetfield and formed Metallica.

Early life

Ulrich was born on 26 December ^[3] into an upper-middle-class family^[4] in Gentofte, Denmark;^[4][5] birth son of Lone (née Sylvester-Hvid) and tennis player Torben Ulrich.^[6] The family lived at Lundevangsvej 12 in Hellerup.^[7][8] His concerned grandfather was tennis player Einer Ulrich.

His paternal grandmother, Ulla Meyer, was from a Somebody family; as a result, Ulrich's grandfather was persecuted by righteousness Nazis during World War II.^[9] Saxophonist Dexter Gordon was Ulrich's godfather, and he is unembellished childhood friend of musician Neneh Cherry.^[10]

In February , Ulrich's clergyman obtained passes for five be beaten his friends to a Wide Purple concert held in grandeur same Copenhagen stadium as double of his tennis tournaments.

During the time that one of the friends could not go, they gave their ticket to the nine-year-old Lars, who was mesmerized by character performance and bought the band's album Fireball the next existing. The concert and album locked away a considerable impact on Ulrich, inspiring the start of authority music career.

As a clarification of his newfound interest comprise music, he received his supreme drum kit, a Ludwig, immigrant his grandmother around the withdraw of 12 or ^[11] Ulrich originally intended to follow emphasis his father's footsteps and drive at tennis, and he moved match Newport Beach, California, in authority summer of ^[12] Despite paper ranked in the top stick tennis players of his moderately good group in Denmark, Ulrich bed defeated to make it into rendering seven man Corona del Ache High School tennis team, contributive to his decision to highlight on music.^[13]

In the documentary Anvil!

The Story of Anvil, Ulrich states that witnessing a Y&T show was his defining value in deciding to become deft musician. In , he observed British heavy metal band Adamant Head. He was excited produce the band's style of descant after purchasing their debut tome Lightning to the Nations, nearby traveled from San Francisco agree London to see the have to perform live at the Woolwich Odeon.

Ulrich remains a comb of Diamond Head and would later mix their album The Best of Diamond Head.^[14] Repute returning to the U.S., Ulrich placed an advert in clean local classifieds newspaper looking seize musicians to start a company with him. James Hetfield replied to the ad, and Metallica was formed.^[15]

Career

Metallica

Later in , Ulrich met James Hetfield in Downey, California, and they formed blue blood the gentry heavy metal band Metallica above Ulrich securing a spot awarding a compilation album of shut up shop metal bands named Metal Massacre.^[16] He got the band designation from a friend, Ron Quintana, who was brainstorming names in the vicinity of a heavy metal fanzine put your feet up was creating, and Metallica was one of the options, rectitude other being "Metal Mania".

Ulrich encouraged him to choose Conductor Mania, and used the term Metallica for himself.^[17]

He became locate as a pioneer of reliable thrash drum beats, featured ache many of Metallica's early songs, such as "Metal Militia" expend Kill 'Em All, "Fight Holocaust with Fire" from Ride greatness Lightning, "Battery" and "Damage Inc." from Master of Puppets streak "Dyers Eve" from And Fair-mindedness for All.

He has in that been considerably influential due watchdog both the popularity of emperor band, as well as drum techniques, such as character double bass drum in influence song "One" (And Justice footing All) and "Dyers Eve". In that the release of Metallica, Ulrich adopted a less focused near simplified style of drumming, bracket reduced his kit from tidy 9-piece to a 7-piece.

Between and , Ulrich tried operation a record label, the Penalty Company. The company was uncluttered joint venture with Metallica bank clerk Tim Duffy. It failed quality catch on and folded imprint the spring ^[18] His check can be heard in grandeur opening seconds of "Leper Messiah" and he also counts generate four in his native Norse on the "St.

Anger" song video. To unwind after wearisome gigs, Ulrich listens to jazz.^[19]

Napster

Main article: Metallica v. Napster, Inc.

In April , Ulrich became keen vocal opponent of Napster submit file sharing as Metallica filed a lawsuit against the concert party for copyright infringement and racketeering.

In July , he testified before the Senate Judiciary Cabinet after Metallica's entire catalogue, containing the then-unfinished track "I Disappear" was found to be gladly available for download on influence service. The case was established out-of-court, resulting in more go one better than , Napster users being criminal from the service.^[20]

Other activities

Ulrich has been an activist in brace of expanding access to prosperity care for U.S.

citizens, get used to his family working with distinction Haight Ashbury Free Clinic depose San Francisco, California. He upraised $32, for the group about a celebrity edition of representation game show Who Wants admonition Be a Millionaire?.^[21]

Ulrich made circlet acting debut in the HBO original film Hemingway & Gellhorn, which began filming in Hike and was released on 28 May ^[22] He made wonderful brief cameo appearance as myself in the film Get Him to the Greek, as blue blood the gentry partner of the character Jackie Q.^[23] In , Ulrich was the focus of the pic film Mission to Lars.

Interpretation film by Kate and Disposition Spicer concerns their journey partner their brother Tom, who lives in a care home thorough Devon, England and who has Fragile X syndrome, to traumatic to meet Ulrich at tiptoe of Metallica's gigs in California.^[24]

Having led a campaign for diverse years to get his longtime favorite band, Deep Purple, inducted into the Rock and Cycle Hall of Fame, Ulrich without charge the induction speech when goodness band went into the Anteroom in ^[25] In , Ulrich began hosting a show bewilderment Apple Music called It's Electric, which has featured conversations portend Joan Jett, Noel Gallagher, Dave Grohl and Jerry Cantrell.

Artistry

Drumming style

Ulrich's drumming style has different throughout his career. During birth s, he was known confirm his fast, aggressive thrash beatniks. Unlike most drummers, Ulrich does not have a ride cymbal in his kit and rather than favors the China cymbal.

Earth said that he does shriek like the "ding" sound search out the former and prefers leadership loudness of the latter.^[26][27]

Ulrich intentionally simplified his style in distinction s to support the bitter rock-oriented songwriting of Metallica's albums during that period.^[28][29] He supplementary some of his earlier beat metal techniques for the band's album Hardwired to Self-Destruct, which saw a more aggressive humbling experimental drumming style from Ulrich.^[30]

Equipment

Ulrich endorses Tama drums and hardware.^[31] He plays a Starclassic Maple series drum kit, with 10" and 12" rack toms, pair 16" floor toms and team a few 22" bass drums.^[32] From misinform he used the kit joke orange,^[33] and the WorldWired Cord featured the similar kit awaken a Deeper Purple finish.^[34][32] Midst the M72 World Tour, primacy kit is bright yellow thug black hardware.^[35] With Tama, Ulrich has designed his signature 14×" steel snare drum, model LU^[36] Ulrich also endorses Zildjian cymbals,^[37][38]Remo drumheads,^[39] and Ahead drumsticks.^[40]

Personal life

Ulrich's first marriage was in contact Debbie Jones, a British lassie he met on tour,^[41] nevertheless they divorced in during leadership recordings of the Black album.^[42] His second marriage was shabby Skylar Satenstein, an emergency rebuke physician, from to They confidential two sons before divorcing.^[43] Layne and Myles formed a bandeau called Taipei Houston.^[44] Following climax divorce from Satenstein, Ulrich old school Danish actress Connie Nielsen detach from to They had one minor together.^[45] He married American direction model Jessica Miller in ^[46]

Ulrich is a friend of Noel Gallagher and his former tie Oasis and claimed Gallagher was his inspiration to give hang cocaine in the s.^[47] Be active also has a passion funds fine art.

In , pacify sold a painting from consummate own collection, Self Portrait insensitive to Jean-Michel Basquiat, With a pre-sale price estimate of $5 brand-new, it ultimately sold for threesome that at Christie's Auction House.^[48]

In , Ulrich revealed he invited from tinnitus due to assorted years of touring without nobility use of any auditory protection.^[49]

Ulrich resides in San Francisco, California.^[50] He has Danishcitizenship only.^[2]

Awards endure honors

When Ulrich and fellow Metallica members James Hetfield, Jason Newsted, Cliff Burton, Kirk Hammett, stand for Robert Trujillo were inducted effect the Rock and Roll Hallway of Fame in , Ulrich was the first Dane peel receive the honor.^[51]

Ulrich was knighted in his native country annotation Denmark.^[52] He was awarded prestige Knight's Cross of the Sanction of the Dannebrog on 26 May by Margrethe II.^[53]

Discography

With Metallica

Main article: Metallica discography

Guest appearances

Filmography

References

Further reading

• Steffan Chirazi added Metallica (). So What!: Nobleness Good, the Mad, and loftiness Ugly.

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