Lars Ulrich

Lars Ulrich! That's some kind of drummer! A real good one in the rock and metal field. Lars Ulrich is the found member of the world known and famous rock band, Metallica. Lars is originally Danish an was born on December 26, 1963, in Gentofte, Denmark. His father was a famous tennis player, and his little son Lars was on the line to be a tennis champ too after taking tennis seriously. But after Lars's father took him to a rock concert, the concert of Deep Purple Lars's life had a big change, drummer had his mind turn! Lars begun interested in drumming and after a while he started playing it too. He listened to big and famous rock bands like Iron Maiden, Deep Purple and Def Leppard, which had helped him a lot to learn in the rock field and to idomated to this kind of music. In the 80's he and his family moved to Los Angeles, there he developed his skill in drumming and rock style. Suddenly he thought about making a band which would played in rock or in metal field. Then he met James Hetfield with whom he started playing with founded the ultimate metal band, one of the best in the world, METALLICA. James Hetfield as vocalist and on the guitar, and Lars on the drums. Other members like the bass players and the solo guitar players where changing until there met the present guitar player Kirk Hammett and started playing and writing song. They first practiced in Lars's garage. They appeard in many local and simple concerts but after a while they got known and they collected many many fans. Today Lars is one of the most respected metal drummer. Lars was one of the first drummers who used the double pedals which is today indispensable in metal or other rock musics. Lars playes with Tama drums from the first time, zildjian cymbals.

Some Links:
Lars Ulrich at Drummerworld
Lars Ulrich at Wikipedia