Lars in the only drummer I know that needs to proof that he really play the double bass.

@IdiotSerena

11 ай бұрын

do you even listen to metallica?

@davep3786

11 ай бұрын

@@IdiotSerena until recently , he wasn't ...not a lot ...maybe all that criticism , finally got taken seriously , and he finally , got an instructor and wood shedded his ass off .. he HAS seemed to improved DRASTICALLY on this last 12 months ...he even went on howard stern and demo-ed the famous "one " double bass role and actually did it WELL!! if anyone saw some of their older tour vids where , you had to grit your teeth through one (or just skip it ) then you understand how awesome that was.. no ...lars has definitely upped his game .. and i'm finally happy for him .

@imcharming4808

11 ай бұрын

You’re right. Others need to prove* they do.

@jeffh123

11 ай бұрын

Lars doesn't need to prove a damn thing. He has earned his spot with the rock gods. 🤘🤘

@martinelli03

11 ай бұрын

Maybe that’s because he was so god damn good at that time that no one could believe that someone could really play that way…hahaha

Give this man a break. He's definitely one of the drummers in the world.

@fleatactical7390

11 ай бұрын

Ha. I see what you did there.

@Kowinaida

11 ай бұрын

😆

@mst7806

11 ай бұрын

😂

@mikevogler5455

11 ай бұрын

😄👍

@sebastianhernandez9631

11 ай бұрын

Let's see: - He's a drummer ✓ - He's in the world ✓ Yup definitely he's one of the drummers in the world.

Lars looks like he is holding in a world record size dook every time he plays drums

Before the release of the new album, Lars rehearsed a lot, his technique has become much better compared to how he played about 10 years ago.

@xdiaba

6 ай бұрын

🤣

@Nick-hm6tl

6 ай бұрын

😂😅😅😂😅😅

@LarsHammet-rm8ic

6 ай бұрын

Finally someone admits the truth

@TheCalm25

3 ай бұрын

If you compare Lars to all the drummers in bands around the world you would quickly realize that he clearly is one of them.

@nommy210

3 ай бұрын

Can you not hear how offbeat he is? He was more consistent when he was younger and, I get it, he's getting old, but holy f--- some of these recent shows have been... f---ing awful...

His 2-measure drum break in "Whiplash" is legendary IMO.

@ssvillcYt

3 ай бұрын

LOL zoom on in to catch that neck snapping 140 bpm double bass 🤣

Let's be honest, we all want a guy like Lars in out band... All jokes and memes aside, Lars' contributions to heavy metal as we know it cannot be ignored.

@noperception5073

11 ай бұрын

The fact he can cop all the sht on the chin without having a shtty attiude and laughing most it off says something. He's not like Axl

@sebastianlopez1150

11 ай бұрын

thats true, but anyone can replace lars.

@rafaellago172

11 ай бұрын

@@noperception5073 He used to have a shitty attitude, and plenty of it. However - and I concede the point - he has matured greatly during the early to mid 2000's (Napster debacle + Jason's departure + James' stint on rehab) and became much more laid back. Nowadays, he's super cool and approachable. And yes, Axl is still kind of a moody manchild.

@noperception5073

11 ай бұрын

@@rafaellago172 cocaine probably had a large part to do with it. Never noticed the toothpick until someone in the comments pointed it out. Your points are all spot on. I've actually notice James get a little LESS tolerant of BS, but with James that's kinda a good thing, he was starting to become a bit of a pushover in recent years.

@user-qm7bp4ul5t

11 ай бұрын

what contributions, am really asking

Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang. Will go down as one of the most iconic metal drummers of all time. Bang.

This issue has never been IF Lars can do something, its been that he doesn't bother...Hetfield was recent talking about how they never used to rehearse because Lars wouldn't show up. Apparently something changed for this tour and he's taking it more seriously which is really cool!

@thehighdeath5562

8 ай бұрын

Agree. It seems like he never touches a drum kit except when they tour. Just lazy, I think.

@AK-47ISTHEWAY

6 ай бұрын

​@@thehighdeath5562Lots of money normally does that to musicians. It makes them lazy.

@VlaDuZa

4 ай бұрын

I am not sure how accurate that is. There's tons of footage of them playing and rehearsing before shows from 20 years ago. I even read somewhere that when Mastodon toured with Metallica a few years before this tour, Bill Kelliher said that he has never seen a band that is as dedicated to practicing before a show as Metallica. He said that he felt bad about his work ethic when he saw them playing 2-3 hours straight before hitting the stage, constantly warming up and preparing. It's just that Metallica have lived pretty far away from each other in the last years. James and Robert pretty much need to take a flight just to get to HQ (their headquarters) and rehearse. If anything, Lars (and Kirk), who lives the closest to their studio is probably the last thing that stops them from practicing regularly. They probably get to play together mostly on the road / right before going out on the road or when working on an album.

@wilmathewisp8252

Ай бұрын

Lars has simply become a lazy pig. I don't understand it, the head of one of the biggest bands in music history wrote some of the best songs in the world with James. Earns hundreds of millions. Why on earth doesn't he just sit down for a few months with a metronome and practice his own music??? Delivering such pathetic performances while fans pay hundreds of dollars per ticket is an outrage

Howard Stern would be impressed

@randysurline4651

11 ай бұрын

lol

Lars is the Draymond Green of drumming. Not perfect but he gets the job done I’ve been lucky enough to see Metallica multiple times over the last few years and Lars was solid

@aykutaydogdu269

11 ай бұрын

He WAS getting the job done. Now he cant even do that

@codybischoff1010

11 ай бұрын

@@aykutaydogdu269 Well you’re commenting on their video and they’re playing stadiums so I think he’s fine

@Duarki

11 ай бұрын

Lars is from the 80’s. he was an absolute beast in the 80’s. he started fading in the 90’s. Aging doesn’t go well with the style of drumming he brought to the world in the early 80’s. This song was written in 1983. And ur talking about how the 60 year old man is playing it in 2023? Ur just idiots. Lars packed up shop signed off on his legacy, and moved to collecting checks only in 1997.

@thekellgrenadventure7772

11 ай бұрын

No, just no.

@sethpoeski2954

11 ай бұрын

Yeah this is not true. Saw them recently and he was legitimately horrible.

Love him or hate him he is a drummer in a band

U can literally hear him fall out of time 😂

@alexkulp9727

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, just about every snare hit.

@LarsHammet-rm8ic

6 ай бұрын

Literally never fell out of time once 😑

@MusickopatH

3 ай бұрын

U can literaly hear U nag like and old hag

@bendup52

3 ай бұрын

​@@LarsHammet-rm8ic lol ok Metallica fan boy.

@acmekanik9135

3 ай бұрын

@@bendup52 At least he's not trackin.

I don’t how James and Kirk don’t mess up when Lars can’t even keep time. They must be used to it I guess,still love his drums on the studio stuff though

@yobrethren

11 ай бұрын

I kinda think that James actually keeps time Because whenever he and Lars interact, Lars is almost on his toes, because they are long term buddies just playing what they love. They have a click in their ears anyway, that's just how i look at it

@nicibrugier

11 ай бұрын

​@@yobrethrenThey definitely do not play to a click. If you play two performances of the same song at the same time they will go heavily out of sync after a while. Lars just has a click before songs so the starting tempos are consistent

@andreadg5429

11 ай бұрын

@@nicibrugier The snare count at 0.17 was so bad....

@matthewmadden7455

11 ай бұрын

Have you heard the many times Kirk has fucked up with leg of the tour? The Nothing Else matters intro in NY? The Fade to Black intro in Montreal AND LA? James forgetting a whole section of song in Dallas? They don't need Lars to make fuck ups.

@intehelt8606

11 ай бұрын

Kirk actually messes up quite a lot

But, single bass drum is 155 BPM and double is 148 BPM a whopping difference. I saw them at Download. Lars fell apart during "One". Sounding like the kit was falling down a flight of stairs.

@jord9261

11 ай бұрын

that was literally a technical issue but considering you're here watching this you're probably just a troll

@jelleepit

11 ай бұрын

I have followed this band since MoP's. They were one of the reasons I went to download. Lars has taken his foot of the pump for decades, he clearly doesn't practice like the others. But he is an asset in songwriting and arrangement. I wish he would go back to the practice and get back into playing well. @@jord9261

@mikeoxlong8272

11 ай бұрын

Those 6 tuplets on the bass drums are a bitch to play perfectly.

@Nmdixon-cu7vm

11 ай бұрын

@@mikeoxlong8272no it’s not if you know what you’re doing. It’s actually pretty easy. Lars just doesn’t care anymore.

@georgewalker3702

11 ай бұрын

​@@Nmdixon-cu7vmbruh have you actually attempted to play that part to the actual song? Cause I did and it sure is a bitch to play right.

Lars did his time and made his contributions when necessary. He moved the genre and drumming forward way more than most drummers in his prime. Whatever he can or cannot do today matters little when stacked against where he's been and what he's done. Go Lars.

@DannyJay618

10 ай бұрын

This is real talk. \../

@3allz

10 ай бұрын

Theyre all stealing a living if you ask me. Sounds like a bunch of 12 year olds just making noise in the garage, yet 10,000's of people buy tickets to this shit because of their name alone. Literally hundreds of artists that deserve attention over Metallica but most people are clueless monkeys, that make copium comments like yours 🤣

@ianthomas1686

10 ай бұрын

This is nonsense. Metallica would be ten times better with a competent drummer

@markuschelios6891

10 ай бұрын

@@ianthomas1686 You don't understand how bands work.

@badnasty2153

10 ай бұрын

Pretty sure Dave Lombardo did way more for drumming and metal than lars has

Only Lars can make that feel, and I mean that in the most respectful way. One of a kind. Well done.

@DetroitLionsDynasty42069

8 ай бұрын

lol “only Lars.” Sure ok pal

@hollowmade

5 ай бұрын

Feel what? Hard?

@abreyu

3 ай бұрын

Feel of loosing tempo

Talking about getting older... Some of the most impressive double bass playing I heard recently was by Simon Phillips on a Derek Sherinian track called 'The Phoenix'. Fast db playing nearly 5 minutes straight - the Guy is 66 years old, people! And he just recently pulled it off on a live album...

@mikecurran5349

11 ай бұрын

Lars is lazy he could have fixed his technique and been flying on double bass .

@maximpopov199

11 ай бұрын

@@mikecurran5349 He Just let it Go. But Hes doing it on gigs, so He practice that anyway. But what about his stamina?

@mikecurran5349

11 ай бұрын

@maximpopov199 he uses his whole leg when doing double kick which is exhausting I use to play like that .once I switched to using my ankles it became a breeze

@maximpopov199

11 ай бұрын

@@mikecurran5349 Yeah, full leg motion type of playing takes too much energy. Ecxactly, ankle motion gives you power & stamina to play much longer period of time. Thats for sure.

@lafemmedevastation

11 ай бұрын

i mean.. Simon Phillips is a well-established, properly GOAT'd drum GOD for several decades now. along the lines of Dave Weckl, Terry Bozzio, Vinnie Colaiuta, etc. Comparing him at age 66 to Lars at 18 is not even in the same _realm_ due to the immense chasm of skill disparities between them

I can't believe this is the same guy that recorded Master of Puppets.

@LynyrdS.73

11 ай бұрын

Do we realy know, he was playing it?

@downturn66

11 ай бұрын

@@LynyrdS.73 I mean, I assume so, but I guess we can't be certain about that.

@hazardeur

11 ай бұрын

i heard the tape machine cut and paste method was playing it @@LynyrdS.73

@whyisyes3957

11 ай бұрын

@@LynyrdS.73he could perform it live at the time from videos I have seen, it appears he fell off heavily after The Black Album tour

@Jacksonplayer707

11 ай бұрын

Они записывали в медленном темпе, а на записи прибавляли скорость

Love him or hate him Lars is one of a kind.

@MehtaKyaKehta

11 ай бұрын

He’s the only Lars.

@fleatactical7390

11 ай бұрын

He WAS one of a kind. Nothing inventive about the crap he has put out in the past 20 years. Unless you count having the shittiest snare drum sound ever.

@robminton9316

11 ай бұрын

So was Hitler.

@leadnsteel1428

10 ай бұрын

Well I couldn't see Lars being a frontman he doesn't have the voice that's why James is there.

@jeroldparker7766

8 ай бұрын

@@fleatactical7390 Enjoy watching the show from the seats!

about fricking time. I've watched like 20 years of youtube and no one EVER has gotten his feet like this

@neutronstar6

11 ай бұрын

LOL!

@fleatactical7390

11 ай бұрын

Because the footage has been too embarrassing to post.

@nehuge

11 ай бұрын

@@fleatactical7390 lol

@NykeESS

10 ай бұрын

It’s a glitch in the matrix. You weren’t ever actually meant to see it happen

he's skipping a decent chunk of double bass here but i'd say he is a lot better than how he was in much of death magnetic and hardwired tours as he is more subdued and has better timing

@nofrbls3640

11 ай бұрын

@@ShockwaveZerodo you reply to every comment you dont read with that

@volutedmetal8543

11 ай бұрын

​@@ShockwaveZero bro it's less than a standard paragraph

@nck9755

11 ай бұрын

@@ShockwaveZero we get it, you're illiterate

@sadpotato7029

11 ай бұрын

​@@nofrbls3640 he's the peak of "im smarter than you" lunatics

@metalpuppet5798

11 ай бұрын

You didnt properly listen back in the Hardwired and Death Magnetic tour then. He was just as good back then. He and the entire band have been super solid for years

Well he does some short runs, but skips a lot of db parts in many songs.

@maximpopov199

11 ай бұрын

Ya, cos He probably knows hes not gonna make it, how it suppose to be done.

@raymondt.5163

11 ай бұрын

duh coz hes old. hes not a robot. give a man a break. hes done his fair share of drumming skills in his youth. lets see if u can still do what hes been doing when ur 60. stupid

@metalpuppet5798

11 ай бұрын

​@@maximpopov199 he plays everything like its supposed to be played. The entire band only got tighter and tighter in the last few years

@metalpuppet5798

11 ай бұрын

Wrong

@maximpopov199

11 ай бұрын

@@metalpuppet5798 Not obviously. Listen to what He played on the records back then, and what He plays now, He plays simlpified Versions of his own parts of the songs. And skips DB parts here and there. No disrespect to Lars, Hes got his right to do so.

Nobody says he didn't play double bass, they just say he isn't good at it anymore

@LarsHammet-rm8ic

6 ай бұрын

Maybe because he’s a 61 year old grandpa who’s been beating the drums for the last 50 fucking years

@PNW_Sportbike_Life

3 ай бұрын

or ever was.

@321doucheface

8 күн бұрын

@@LarsHammet-rm8ic he has that excuse now. 25 years ago was a different story.

Man he hits that snare hard!

@MarcoPolux

11 ай бұрын

that's all he does... he never learned technique nor dynamics. Now, he even dislearned. Hehehe, sorry, sad but true.

@jompahyeah7635

11 ай бұрын

Tbh it's better to hit the drums hard than hit the drums to soft

@metalpuppet5798

11 ай бұрын

​@@MarcoPolux his style is the only style that will EVER fit into Metallica. He and the entire band only got tighter over the last few years

@MarcelH666

11 ай бұрын

Drummers have no other choice if they want to be heard in louder music

@LocoMan-bd2fq

11 ай бұрын

Hits the snare hard like a caveman whispers like a ballerina on the double bass 🙄 that was the weakest db I've ever seen his beaters don't even go that far back at all so no power on the hits he should just start triggering them. Coming from a lars fanboy

Can't lose it if you never had it to start with...

The tempo is slow enough that my grandmother could play double bass on this.

@dang3740

11 ай бұрын

🤣

@Jamie_Case

10 ай бұрын

Yep, I never managed to get the db speed of all my favourite thrash bands in my 25 years of playing, but I can do this comfortably

@MusickopatH

3 ай бұрын

So Happy for you and your GM Thou i wish your GM wouldve tesch you More self esteem so you wouldnt need to out others down and compareand Be actually jealous

@damianmlamb

Ай бұрын

​@@Jamie_Casewhere's the video 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@catstone1176

Ай бұрын

@@damianmlambok mr Eminem covers

This man is still a huge reason why I wanted to become a drummer.🤘

Saw them in jersey a few weeks ago. Lars fucking killed it!

@jd0879

11 ай бұрын

He made a lot of mistakes in Montreal

@vincent2053

11 ай бұрын

@@jd0879Canada isn’t real so it doesn’t count

@TomFoolary_

11 ай бұрын

​@@jd0879not everyone's perfect at 59, let's be glad he's still playing and rocking for us 🤟

@metalgod91zb

11 ай бұрын

I was there in NJ both nights and I thought Lars was on point.

@darksider-jj8zc

11 ай бұрын

@@TomFoolary_ Around the same age Charlie Benante, Gene Hoglan, Danny Carey.

Goddamn he's not even trying

@tzon6802

11 ай бұрын

That's what he's best at

@nehuge

11 ай бұрын

YOU go try it

@kybamclane9357

11 ай бұрын

@@nehuge Why? I'm not the one who's supposed to be playing it

@whyisyes3957

11 ай бұрын

It’s a shame because if he put effort in he could play it, considering who wrote all these parts

I do not think anyone has said that he doesn't do double bass. Even during the rock era during their live shows he did double bass on their old songs, however he did it poorly and still do. Now don't get me wrong, I have seen live shows of them where he managed to pull off "One" but there is plenty of shows where he does not. And people bring up his age, his age has nothing to do with it. Nicko McBrain is 71, is still killing it on the drums and he doesn't even have to simplify his playing like Lars does. What matters is practice. Hellhammer is 54, a few years younger then Lars and yet he practice drums atleast 2 hours every day. Not only does he have better stamina, his double bass is perfect and his playing is still tight as hell. Lars doesn't practice which he has been open with so it is no surprise he is very sloppy behing the kit.

Those overhead mic’s are so high they pickup the drum groove from the guy playing high up in the rafters.

Lars is the perfect example of knowing someone.

@kirjian

10 ай бұрын

OOF

@safeinsound666

10 ай бұрын

WACKO.

@predatorrlx1502

9 ай бұрын

Maníaco!!

@DimebagVision

9 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂💯

@imagereflection4826

9 ай бұрын

Yea a lot of people were very lucky to know Lars.

I really like his playing. He is not clean... he is no Danny Carey, But he seems to enjoy it. Not everyone has to be a Virtuoso. I likr his style, as sloppy as it can be.

@fleatactical7390

11 ай бұрын

Let me ask you something. If Metallica were just starting out today, do you think their current music/releases would sell? Also, do you think if Metallica were starting out and auditioning drummers... they would hire Lars? IMO, the answer is "Hell no" to both of those.

@The0nlyy

11 ай бұрын

@@fleatactical7390that’s true, but no band that sounds like Meticallica would be popular today so that’s a pointless argument. The only people who still like Meticallica are older than Lars, and they aren’t musically advanced enough to appreciate a drummer that can play double bass a whole song anyways. Meticallica is a mainstream band and you never hear double bass on the radio so it’s perfectly fine for them.

@fleatactical7390

11 ай бұрын

@@The0nlyy I see your point. They and Lars stopped wanting to lead and innovate and instead wanted to be popular and accessible.

im seeing them live just to laugh at lars he a smol man

I don’t know why he’s not got better even just accidentally after being in one of the biggest bands of all time for 40 years

@stellarcubicbeam7760

10 ай бұрын

thinking the same. he looks like he is still skill level based of a teenager

@josealejandrocaraveo

10 ай бұрын

That's because he gets lazy, he admitted that he doesn't practice in an interview but in recent times I saw a better drumming in his last concerts keeping time and playing old parts almost the same in a lot of songs

@stellarcubicbeam7760

10 ай бұрын

@@josealejandrocaraveo Na, he is bad.

@josealejandrocaraveo

10 ай бұрын

@@stellarcubicbeam7760 That's not true, he compose great drums tracks and fills he deserves recognition, he inspire a lot of new drummer even Mike portnoy and other great drums holds respect for him

@stellarcubicbeam7760

10 ай бұрын

@@josealejandrocaraveo I can't hold respect for Lars, when people like Nicholas Barker and Babymetal's first, second and newest *best drummer*, destroy Lars.

Nice to see he is becoming good again. He is a drum legend. He built a legacy, good to see him being more solid. Well, we all get that being old makes drumming harder, he is not playing blues or bossa nova.

@andrepereira744

11 ай бұрын

Yea, bossa nova is way harder

@hugorezende199

11 ай бұрын

@@andrepereira744 requires control but waaaay less energy and youth

@ALaz502

10 ай бұрын

Wtf? This vid is sloppy AF.

@zoso1980

10 ай бұрын

He's no legend. He's always been a guy that just plays for a paycheck. He practiced more when Cliff or Dave wrote and demanded stuff with chops. Out of courtesy many other metal drummers keep their mouths shut, but a "drum legend?" Silly statement. Lars doesn't play for the art, growth or passion. The same reason he's in the corporate metal band. To make money. He's no different than Gene Simmons or Paul Stanley. Check your praise of the guy. He's a business manager moonlighting as a drummer. Always has been.

@user-wy3ty6wi2h

10 ай бұрын

​@@zoso1980but Paul Stanley was constantly training vocals up to 10x, in 83-89 there was generally his peak vocal form, it was wonderful and technical. Gene gets into the rhythm perfectly, not to mention the inventive bass parts in the 70s. So they are musicians, and they have always done their musical work efficiently, unlike Lars. Yes, and they are boots of 20 cm and 5 kg on each leg. Dedication, however

Lars is the best drummer in Metallica 😂

@scamster71

11 ай бұрын

He's the fourth best drummer in Metallica. lol

@ESP500

Ай бұрын

I like pony tail Phil collins lars

If that's double bassing, I'm good at double bassing.

@jeroldparker7766

8 ай бұрын

Enjoy the show double bassing from the seats, maybe you will be sitting next to fleetestical!

@afrojojo9475

8 ай бұрын

No thanks. I'm usually on the kit during our shows. Not much of a Metallica fan to go to one of their shows.

@cjd100

4 ай бұрын

⁠@@afrojojo9475 by your shows you mean playing to 100 people at max?

The picasso of drumming, more older he gets, more like a kid he plays

Holy crap. Timing is all over the place. Someone get this guy a metronome

@neil3467

10 ай бұрын

It’s the recording and how the sounds are lining up. Sounds different with a proper recording of the live performance.

@Trip6

9 ай бұрын

FACTS

I love it when bands let people come up and play for them

@koenignero

8 ай бұрын

What an underrated comment

i remember my first time playing drums...

For all that can be said about his drumming today, back in the day before the haircuts and pub rock albums, Lars was a huge influence with his style and when he used to play his parts like on the albums. Metal drumming has evolved so much that it left him behind.

Dude, I have been listening to this band more of my life than not. And that man has been practicing lately. Good on him for real Lars. Used to be super sloppy and lately. He has gotten up to speed on his game.

@x8nis

9 ай бұрын

amen

@PitrKrn

8 ай бұрын

I'm listening to the same kind of shit from 20 years😂

@nachomagallanico

7 ай бұрын

@@PitrKrnme too 😂😂😂😂😂

@Gurnu

6 ай бұрын

used to? that's not sloppy? shit, I don't even want to hear what you think would be sloppy...

@user-rb4gv5xi1o

6 ай бұрын

@@Gurnu Yeah🤜

He wouldn't pass an audition to Metalica if they were looking for a drummer today

@tonysegalini2528

11 ай бұрын

Most overrated drummer ever imo

@Virvum_Juggernaut

11 ай бұрын

Man, he wouldn’t pass an audition for a school garage band. If we were to isolate his double kicks, they’d be embarrassingly sloppy … the meter would be all over the joint. Edit : For Lars to be this shit after drumming every day for decades is quite an achievement.

@tonysegalini2528

11 ай бұрын

Also.... Kirk Hammett the only one in the band that's any good.... 0 credit

@posthawk1393

10 ай бұрын

@@tonysegalini2528 Rob is great.

@dazed1nyc

10 ай бұрын

​@posthawk1393 yeah seriously, glad u said it I was about be like really bro? Lol

He’s got the meter of a washer/dryer combo.

He swivels with his right foot but not the left... I think I'm beginning to understand why the "darkness" section of one has always sounded sloppy when Lars plays it live

i can see why he struggles. its all in his technique. He is sitting too low along with the fact that his feet are too far up the pedal to the point where his toes are aligned with the beater. This is what causes his bad technique. He is using his thighs more than his ankles which is why he gets tired out so quickly and struggles with tempo and clean double bass while keeping his energy. He needs to sit up higher, and have his toes about half way down the pedal to utilize his ankles more and get more power from the beater swing. took me a long time to figure this out playing double bass. surprised he hasnt after 40 years

@henrikniesler

11 ай бұрын

good point, I still struggle today to find the best way for long and fast double bass playing, I started in 1987 with a single kick and playing heel down and for years i played heel down double bass too, and I'm a big guy almost 2 meters tall, when my seat is too high i would need 28" bass drums to not look like a monkey behind the kit, haha. And playing metal needs constant practize something I have not done in many years. For the music I play I don't need superfast double bass that made me lazy too

@AnonyBass

11 ай бұрын

I think whatever Lars is doing, it is working for him and has been for decades. Pretty sure he doesn't need any advice :P

@henrikniesler

11 ай бұрын

@@AnonyBass you're right.

@Centerpieceofmind

11 ай бұрын

metal drummer here. Yep, I agree. Poor technique. I can put down 16ths@160bpm indefinitely because I'm letting my Trick pedal and momentum do some of the work for me.

@AnonyBass

11 ай бұрын

@@Centerpieceofmind It's hilarious how many people bash Lars just to bash Lars. There are literally bazillions of videos of him on KZread from behind where you can clearly see his feet moving up and down on normal pedals hitting every single note thats played. Must suck to be that jealous of someone that you feel like you have to bash them. There are a million bass players that are better than me, but I don't go on Geddy Lee's page telling him how crappy he is just to make myself feel better.

Make Lars great again!

@HeK.

10 ай бұрын

He never was.

@joebyrd1119

10 ай бұрын

...And justice for Lars!

What this man has created and accomplished in his career is much greater than any other drummer has ever had and that’s not opinion that’s a fact .RESPECT

This is the most honest comment about Lars you will ever read!! He sucks now!! BAD!! But in the 80's he was a pioneer and forever an lcon because of it!!

@abreyu

3 ай бұрын

Nope. Castronovo was a pioneer, not Lars

That time when Lombardo and Jordison made Lars cry.

@paisteplayer1040

11 ай бұрын

or Charlie, they all destroy lars

@robertwalker3357

11 ай бұрын

Tom hunting from exodus still great

@MegaTeostyle

10 ай бұрын

@@paisteplayer1040 Both made mistakes on Battery and Creeping Death on Download 2004.

@paisteplayer1040

10 ай бұрын

Minor mistakes playing songs that they are not used to playing.. Otherwise the drumming is far superior to lars.

@paisteplayer1040

10 ай бұрын

@@MegaTeostyle lets imagine lars trying to play Anthrax or slayer songs.. Amusing.

LARS IS MY MAIN INFLUENCE ON PLAYING ROCK/ METAL DRUMMING!!! FORGET THE HATERS!!!💕🙏🥁👊🎼🤘💯

@nahuelpurran9074

11 ай бұрын

how you should play then HE IS VERY BAD HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO PLAY 😢

@paisteplayer1040

11 ай бұрын

Then you must be an air drummer

@boondogle381

11 ай бұрын

that's what I'm talking about, all these haters. Lars is rad!

@nahuelpurran9074

11 ай бұрын

@@paisteplayer1040 Si Bro tengo 16 años y toco mejor . podes ver mis videos en el link q te pase

@erics.4113

11 ай бұрын

And Justice For All had a big influence on early drumming style for me too. He does interesting arrangements with time patterns and fills.

As watching this my friend runs in and says, who’s building a shed in here ? Lol

What's that under the drum throne? Is that the motor powering him?

But the next album, Lars will be down to a Hello kitty 3 piece drum kit.

Lars has been totally on fire both during last year’s festival tour and during this years M72 tour. Saw them playing two festivals in Europe last year and twice in Amsterdam this year and sounded great! Tight, energetic, good tempo’s. Performing like this for over 2 hours straight while pushing 60. My deepest respect. Actually got the pleasure of meeting Lars last week in SanFran and he was totally cool and down to earth, took the time for a short chat and some photo’s even while he was having a night out. Thanks Lars for all the great music and shows you bring to us!!

@Z3Rocker77

10 ай бұрын

Hell yeah, that's fucking sick man

Just looking at his posture and the way he is sitting, legs tucked back under his seat . You couldn't make it any more strenuous on an aging body to play double bass. He's still a legend, just wish he kept improving through his career instead of just leveling off.

Danny Carey from the band Tool is 2 years older than lars. ... to repeat or not to repeat. That is the weakness

The drumming is simple, but Lars still gets it wrong a lot.

I'm very happy they finally opened that long lost crate from the "Justice" tour that had his feet in it!

@fleatactical7390

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, but this must have been the crate marked "defective."

@lokiinepe

10 ай бұрын

What song is?

0:08 metal in your game

I knew he could back on the pupoets tour when cliff was still in the band. Lucky enough to catch him live shortly before his death.

Its a 150bpm 16th note pattern---anybody can play that.

@bobical7162

10 ай бұрын

even a fetus?

People be like, I can play better in my room alone than he can in a stadium full of people.

He doesn’t Time anymore 😂

What is the electrical device on the back of his seat?

Oof, when he does the three-count on the hi-hat at 0:18. He goes out of time with this own counting, then starts the beat too soon. Love Lars but that is painful.

he is still pretty good with single pedal double strokes

@maximpopov199

11 ай бұрын

For How many years and gigs he played with single pedal? Using double pedal for short runs mostly. Of course he's good with single kick.

Geez those cymbals are dddddrrrryyyyy….was this the Phoenix concert?

Time is just a magazine, apparently...

How would he not if he's playing all those old songs with double bass in it?

@punxsutawneyphil3944

11 ай бұрын

Lol, most of the time he doesn't play these double bass parts.

@bigfig

11 ай бұрын

He skips it live, and sometimes there is a db samples in mettalica live videos.

@tzon6802

11 ай бұрын

Even the fast double bass parts recorded on AJFA were dubbed in because he couldn't play them consistently

@hazardeur

11 ай бұрын

the official and nice term is "rearrangement"

@punxsutawneyphil3944

11 ай бұрын

@@hazardeur lol 🤣

Lars es un gran baterista.

I'm more impressed that he still uses a butt kicker attached to the bottom of his seat.

I didn't know he uses a ButtKicker™ on the stool.... neat

i still think lars has one of the hardest drum tracks from the 80’s

@zvish7739

9 ай бұрын

cuz' they are unplayable while being sober?

@MadisonStationCrossFitCanton

9 ай бұрын

@@zvish7739dork.

People give this guy a lot of crap, but they forget he was one of the most influential players in the earlier years of thrash.

@e30325ikiller

7 ай бұрын

in which way?

@felipeemanuel5790

Ай бұрын

He was not, he was in an influential and important band, but as drums skills? Not even close.

What’s crazy is he never used a ride cymbal…..

@grizzlywhisker

9 ай бұрын

Having that china cymbal in the ride position has always seemed like a cardinal sin to me. I've been playing drums my whole life and I have no idea how you can just not have a ride cymbal lol.

@citytonightproductions

9 ай бұрын

@@grizzlywhisker agreed, I’ve been a drummer for 35 years and it’s very odd to have a China in place of a ride. I absolutely hate China cymbals and little tiny splash cymbals anyway. Lol

what kind of engine is that under the seat?

I mean isnt Lars 59 years old? At that age I would be happy to play even 50% of what he is doing right now. It's true that he wasnt never SUPER good with doublebass, but what the hell the man gets the job done (somehow) and that seems to keep the fans happy. What else is there to say? :D

@ericvandruten

11 ай бұрын

Chris Kontos is from '68, and he's killing it.

@myringains

11 ай бұрын

Don't confuse stamina with technique. Yes, at 59, being able to pull off a metal concert is impressive but the argument here is whether he can double kick or not. Age is not important in that.

@MegaTeostyle

10 ай бұрын

Listen to AJFA, buddy. Outstandig double bass drumming.

@wlounsbu

10 ай бұрын

Nicko Mcbrain is 71 and hasn't skipped a beat. Lars just ain't it.

@MrTommyc33

10 ай бұрын

Danny Carey is a 60 year octopus who makes a hour and a half show look effortless, this on the other hand is dreadful.

Funny to see these videos that pop up, the best is the comments. I would like to know what do these people have done in their lives. Really.

@tonymcnamara9368

11 ай бұрын

👏👏👏👏

@natedog8281

11 ай бұрын

Absolutely nothing, in order to feel better about themselves and their day these people have to bash on a millionaire drummer who plays for the biggest metal band of all time.

@100hooker

11 ай бұрын

Seems to me they watch videos and leave comments. Kinda like I’m doing on a Wednesday night at 9:40. Does that make me a bad person too?

In most bands the drummer is usually always the best one in the band. Slipknot, Slayer, and a bunch of other bands are a testament to this. All of a sudden when the drummer isn't one of the best, you get Lars. Now he's a little bit worse than not just being the best, but his stage presence makes up for that 1000 fold, he's pretty agile on stage for being 60.

No ride cymbal?

Seen Lars live 12 times, he kick s it every time and he's better and better, just like James voice better and better

Remember that part of truly getting good at your craft is learning economy of effort. It's not that you can't double-bass or downstroke every note on guitar, it's that you don't have to. You proven it many times over already and honestly, it sometimes sounds awesome to loosen up a bit and just do the fastest or hardest parts for emphasis. GO!!

THE KINGS!

Dale Lars!! Demuestra que no hace falta ser un buen bateria para tener exito.

@picklezplays4116

9 ай бұрын

I really just read "Die Lars!" was really confused for a second xD

Ladies and gentlemen, the Peter Criss of thrash!

Lars is a Legend. Without Lars Metallica never would have been formed.

@abreyu

3 ай бұрын

Hetfild is a legend with or without Lars. Lars alone is nothing...

Ok, maybe Lars doesn’t have the best technique or maybe the best tempo, also, considering he is getting older BUT he wrote Master of Puppets, how you can “fight” against that?

@jd0879

11 ай бұрын

Dude stfu. We’re debating his 2023 drumming. Don’t bring up something irrelevant about how he wrote a song 40 years ago

@kybamclane9357

11 ай бұрын

Writing and playing are very different things. He can write very good but he is very bad at playing.

@sciontc9240

11 ай бұрын

​@@kybamclane9357 lol how is bad at playing he wrote and played it best haven't you seen the master of puppets tour ? If your saying now he's less than yes but the dude played crazy when he was young no one talks about those days tho . He wrote and was on master of puppets period

@kybamclane9357

11 ай бұрын

@@sciontc9240 He played alright. Better than today that's for sure. His sense of rythm though was still awful. Ive watched those performances and one thing I've noticed is how much Metallica like to speed up the tempo of their songs when they play live to the point that they sound slopy and frantic. Do you know why that is? Its because Lars plays sloppy and frantic. Ive seen James start a riff on the actual tempo he's supposed to be in and when Lars comes in just completely screw up the tempo and play something different. He doesn't have a sense of rythm he just plays notes. That's why he's a bad drummer. He doesn't even practice outside of the studio.

@Assimilator702

11 ай бұрын

@@kybamclane9357Well said. The Lars nut huggers are a meme at this point.

I searched "best moments of lars ulrich" and i found only two videos that aren't a meme of lars or a video of lars saying stupid things

Man he really likes those big beaters doesn't he? Wow

Man… I feel bad. This is pretty terrible. Had a buddy go and watch him when he was in Dallas and Houston. He told me he was pretty awful but I didn’t want to believe it. This guy is such a great writer and has contributed so much to the metal scene that I feel like he gets a pass. That being said, this isn’t even that fast and you can tell he is really having to muscle through it. Even our heroes get old.

@Drummer81able

10 ай бұрын

Age doesn't have anything with bad drumming. It's only bad habits that turn drumming bad. Drums isn't about struggle to play with muscles,its all about techniques.

@RazeTheWeak

10 ай бұрын

@@Drummer81able - I agree to an extent. I mean, at a certain age, we all eventually slow down. But his technique is pretty poor and that definitely affects his speed and efficiency.

@jaymann5180

10 ай бұрын

Yeah, but Lars has been like that for the last 25 years, and all his contemporaries, plus people 12 years older than him haven't lost any gas.

He’s holding on for dear life

Well without Lars there would be no Metallica... Despite all the shit he gets online it's unbelievable the negativity he gets, people are still listening... I'm not a drummer but the drumming on the Justice album to me is amazing. Lars riffs with the Guitar on Drums, this is the unique dynamic between James and Lars, Lars also arranges the music this is important too.. Anyway even if people think he's a bad drummer, hes a very wealthy bad drummer, no matter what people think, so he must be doing something right...

Saw Lars on the first night in Amsterdam. This guy works for his money. Also he written a lot of Metallica songs. He is the only that can and will challenge James at times. Lars bashing is out fashion guys. This band only gets better. I hope they will play till death due us part;)

@gringochucha

11 ай бұрын

Agreed. Lars is a huge part of Metallica's sound and success.

There’s so much double kick on 72 Seasons…he just doesn’t do it 100% of the time. Sounds terrific.

It's not that he can do double bass, but it's the punctuation and audibleness of the double bass that I can't hear. Like, the double bass is close enough, but it sure isn't precise and audible enough sometimes. Been like this since the 2000s. I can still remember when Dave Lombardo filled in for Lars at Download 04. While Dave had the speed and punctuation in the drumming, the musicality that Lars would put out just wasn't there. (Ngl though, Dave playing Battery at Download 04 is the best live version I've heard in a long time and will always be the best.)

@MadCritter

11 ай бұрын

Seriously. I actually have a CD of that show (same audio source as the videos here it seems though) and hearing the thunder Lombardo releases is just insane.

@jd0879

11 ай бұрын

Except for the double bass section the rest of it was terrible

@DruBaGuiCovers

11 ай бұрын

Jordison and Lombardo filling in at download festival is the most unlistenable thing I have heard in my entire life. They raped the songs.

@Otto-1943

11 ай бұрын

you sound like a guy from Reddit

@Assimilator702

11 ай бұрын

@@DruBaGuiCoversYeah and James looks at Dave and Joey with a VERY pleased look on his face. He knew during that show what it would like to be playing with a solid drummer. Lars has been a sloppy mess for well over 15 years and never practices which is his downfall as a drummer.

No one said he doesn’t do it anymore, he’s just not any good at it.

Well, as they say, "love him or hate him..." Listen, at the end of the day it gets dark.