lars ulrichs kits

jaykaydrums said:

nice rundown of his kits over the years, some iconic kits in this video :)

and nice to know theres another signature drumkit coming out soon, bet it wont be cheap!!
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Thanks for posting this. I'm in the category of "I hate Lars so much because of how much I used to love him"
Similar to many old Star Wars fans.
 
Now that I've actually watched the video, I find his descriptions of his kits really unsatisfying. Yes, I understand that he's not really in to gear. But it's still disappointing.
 
The Drum History Podcast person who broke down Lar's kits will be salivating at this.
His podcast with DHP was interesting to listen too.
 
Winston_Wolf said:
Don't be too mean, he skipped his annual drum lesson to make that video.
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Annual? More like decennial. I did hear recently though, that Lars took at least one lesson back around the early 80’s. The teacher guy who was being interviewed said that Lars only wanted to learn double bass at the time.
 
You would think that if Lars was a friend of Neil Peart’s that he would pronounce his name correctly. It’s PEERT, not PERT!
 
Totigerus said:
Annual? More like decennial. I did hear recently though, that Lars took at least one lesson back around the early 80’s. The teacher guy who was being interviewed said that Lars only wanted to learn double bass at the time.
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I’m not a Lars fan at all but I will say the simplicity and for the song playing on the black Album Is really good.

When I hear songs from that album I think… I’d never play that part here and yet at the same time think it’s the only part that works for that song
 
Justinhub2003 said:
I’m not a Lars fan at all but I will say the simplicity and for the song playing on the black Album Is really good.

When I hear songs from that album I think… I’d never play that part here and yet at the same time think it’s the only part that works for that song
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Indeed. I get people bagging on Lars over his giant ego, but not his drumming. So he’s not the world’s greatest drummer, but he’s got the gig and everyone else doesn’t.
 
JimmyM said:
Indeed. I get people bagging on Lars over his giant ego, but not his drumming. So he’s not the world’s greatest drummer, but he’s got the gig and everyone else doesn’t.
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And he’s way more involved in the song writing than dudes way more talented than him.
 
Justinhub2003 said:
I’m not a Lars fan at all but I will say the simplicity and for the song playing on the black Album Is really good.

When I hear songs from that album I think… I’d never play that part here and yet at the same time think it’s the only part that works for that song
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Agreed. His albums are great. I'm just not a fan of his live performances. I actually had to leave a Metallica show once. Lars was rushing and dragging so much that it was making me seasick. BTW, I used to be a huge fan of theirs back in the 80's. I guess I just outgrew them. 🤷‍♂️
 
Totigerus said:
I actually had to leave a Metallica show once. Lars was rushing and dragging so much that it was making me seasick.
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I had a very similar experience after seeing them a couple of years ago. Fills, fills, fills...nonstop!!!!

That said, I'm a fan and I thought the video was fun to watch.

The white Black Album kit is still my favorite.
 
I'm not a lars fan nor metallica fan but that was a really cool video. Maybe it's because I'm a big Tama fan? I donno. Anyway, it was a cool run down. I also really appreciated how chill and humble Lars was. He has a reputation for kinda being this pretentious a-hole however this whole video he was just really laid back. It was like going through old home movies with your grandpa.
 
Totigerus said:
Agreed. His albums are great. I'm just not a fan of his live performances. I actually had to leave a Metallica show once. Lars was rushing and dragging so much that it was making me seasick. BTW, I used to be a huge fan of theirs back in the 80's. I guess I just outgrew them. 🤷‍♂️
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I've never seen Metallica live nor would I ever pay the money to see them live BUT I've watched hundreds of live videos ranging from the Burton days all the way up to shows within the last year... Lars just gets worse and worse. He can't play his own drum parts at all, his timing is all over the place, and the rest of the band looks miserable having to follow along with him.

His recorded drum parts are actually cool, ESPECIALLY Kill Em All and Ride The Lightning. Hell, even that new Lux Eterna song kicks ass. But he is just so sloppy live. I wish I could get paid millions of dollars a year to be a crappy drummer.

And die hard Lars fans are worse than hardcore political followers. Don't you dare say anything about him or they will make it their mission to prove you wrong through nonsensical rants and quoting false "facts".
 
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Son of Vistalite Black said:
First posted to the Neil is to blame post:

FWIW, Tama is releasing a 40th Anniversary Lars Ulrich signature drum set. Limited to only 72 kits because the shade of yellow is so unattractive, Sweetwater has it listed at $7,999.99 (USD).
https://www.sweetwater.com/store/de...ck-exclusive-yellow-with-gloss-black-hardware

Neil is to blame...

So it was Neil Peart who connected Lars to Tama and here we are 40 years later..
www.drummerworld.com
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Tony Williams switches to a big yellow kit and everyone is like "hell yeah!"

Lars switches to a big yellow kit and everyone is like "eww, yellow"
 
roncadillac said:
His recorded drum parts are actually cool, ESPECIALLY Kill Em All and Ride The Lightning. Hell, even that new Lux Eterna song kicks ass. But he is just so sloppy live. I wish I could get paid millions of dollars a year to be a crappy drummer.
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I've heard it was Bernard Purdie who played on the albums.
 
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