Poor Lars


It seems that Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich is even more ignorant to his own ramblings that I previously thought...

"I hear myself sometimes saying, 'METALLICA's not a heavy metal band' and all this other nonsense, and of course METALLICA is a heavy metal band in a musical (sense). But we always worked hard to fight preconceptions about what heavy metal is.
"What you're supposed to look like, how you're supposed to behave, I always found that stuff way too limiting. I always found it a great contradiction, because if rock 'n' roll is about freedom and escapism and individuality, then isn't there a paradox in the conservative mind-set within the heavy metal world?"

I read this, and all I can think is that they played right into it... They looked exactly how they're supposed to look - they wore jean jackets with patches on them when it was trendy to do that, they wore all black when it was trendy to do that... when heavy bands started showing up with guys with short hair in them, the first thing they did was go get haircuts and put on Scott Weiland eyeliner... I mean, who's he kidding? And they've always behaved just like the rest of the metalheads out there... Goofy ass backstage antics, members in and out of rehab, ignorant statements to the press... err, yeah... They haven't worked hard at fighting any preconceptions... they've been living them for the past twenty years, now.
It just seems like they (Metallica) will say anything if it gets 'em a little more press for their tired asses.
Oh, well... Fuck Lars. The best thing he's done in the past fifteen years was getting Systematic signed.


Listening to: APC