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METALLICA Drummer Explains Label Switch

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich has spoken to Billboard magazine about the group's switch from longtime home Elektra to sister label Warner Bros. "The fact that we can start a relationship with Warner Bros. 20-plus years into our career and be considered a priority there, that's a great thing," he sai...

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Dying Teenager Receives Phone Call From METALLICA's ULRICH

Lanita Withers of News-Record.com is reporting that a terminally ill teenager got a phone call in April in the hospital from Lars Ulrich, the drummer from his favorite band, METALLICA. Band members had heard about Christopher's battles with a form of muscle cancer and phoned him before their concert...

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METALLICA: More LARS ULRICH Biography Details Revealed

METALLICA's web site has released more information about the upcoming official biography of drummer Lars Ulrich. The book (view cover here),which is due in stores in Denmark on June 1, will detail Lars' life growing up in Denmark through the current "Madly in Anger" tour, and will include interview...

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METALLICA: LARS ULRICH Biography To Be Published In Denmark

A new biography book about METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich is being published in Denmark on June 1. Written by renowned Danish rock journalist Jens Jam Rasmussen, the book is largely based on a collection of interviews with Lars focusing on his life growing up in Denmark and moving to America to form...

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Did METALLICA Use Strong-Arm Tactics To Land At WARNER BROS.?

Hits Daily Double reports: "Amid ongoing Atlantic-Elektra roster cuts, money-minting rockers METALLICA choose to leave, causing a stir by opting out of the new WMG East Coast order and heading for Tom Whalley's Warner Bros. How did they pull it off? Buzzers buzzing that the band’s tactics involved t...

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METALLICA Honored At ASCAP's POP MUSIC AWARDS

METALLICA were honored at performing rights groups ASCAP's annual Pop Music Awards, held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Tuesday (May 18),according to Reuters. ASCAP bestowed its Creative Voice Award on "Lars Ulrich and METALLICA," according to the citation, for the group's "artistic career achievem...

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METALLICA: New 'Some Kind Of Monster' Clips Posted Online

IFilm.com have posted several video clips from the METALLICA documentary "Some Kind Of Monster", including footage of an argument between drummer Lars Ulrich and frontman James Hetfield, the bass audition of Robert Trujillo and the recording sessions of "Some Kind of Monster". Check out the clips at...

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METALLICA's ULRICH To Attend Danish Screening Of 'Monster' Movie

According to Popcorn.dk, METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich will be a guest at the screening of the METALLICA documentary, "Some Kind of Monster", in Copenhagen on May 26, the same day the band are due to kick off the European tour in the Danish capital. Lars will answer questions from the audience at th...

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Original METALLICA Bassist RON MCGOVNEY: 'The Band Was Formed In My Garage'

The original METALLICA bassist, Ron McGovney, recently gave an interview to the METALLICA fan site AllMetallica.com about his time with the group and his current activities. What follows are several excerpts from that interview: AllMetallica.com: Could you explain for everyone exactly what your part...

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MAYHEM To Celebrate 20th Anniversary With Live DVD

Norwegian black metallers MAYHEM will celebrate their 20th anniversary next year with a special show at the Rockefeller in Oslo, Norway. "We'll invite a bunch of musician friends [and we'll throw] one hell of a party," MAYHEM frontman Sven Erik Kristiansen (a.k.a. Maniac) told Denmark's Metal Refere...

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RAUNCHY: Entire New Album Posted Online

Danish metallers RAUNCHY have had their entire sophomore album, "Confusion Bay", made available for streaming at this location (scroll down to "lyt til Confusion Bay"). RAUNCHY, who recently replaced singer Lars Vognstrup with Kasper Thomsen, have been selected as "Band of the Month" by Denmark's na...

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METALLICA's ULRICH: Drum Sound On' St. Anger' Sang Back To Me In A Beautiful Way

METALLICA's Lars Ulrich recently spoke to the U.K.'s Rhythm magazine about the origins of the "distinctive" drum sound he achieved on the group's new album, "St. Anger". "The famous drum sound everybody is talking about," he said. "One day I forgot to turn the snare on because I wasn't thinking abou...

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METALLICA Filmmakers: We Wanted The Band To Talk Things Out With JASON NEWSTED

METALLICA documentary filmmakers Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky recently spoke to U-Wire.com about the much-anticipated "Some Kind of Monster" project, which is expected to receive a theatrical release this summer. The following are excerpts from that interview: U-Wire: Did you ever try and get th...

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Ex-SYSTEMATIC Frontman To Form New Project With Members Of MANMADEGOD

According to a posting at SMNNews.com, former SYSTEMATIC frontman Tim Narducci is set to hook up with the remnants of the San Francisco Bay Area's MANMADEGOD (guitarist Craig Locicero, drummer Steve Jacobs, and bassist James Walker) in an as-yet-unnamed new project. SYSTEMATIC, one of the first grou...

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SYSTEMATIC Split Up

San Francisco Bay Area metallers SYSTEMATIC, one of the first groups signed to Lars Ulrich's now-defunct imprint The Music Company (distributed through Elektra Records),have broken up following an April 9 show in Livermore, California. Guitarist Adam Ruppel and drummer Shaun Bannon are expected to...