Let's Ride the Lightning

Metallica... ever heard of them? There a moderate metal band from the 80's and still performing today. There are one of my favorite bands, and has been a favorite band for quite a while. Lars Ulrich is their drummer and that is who I'm posting about today.

Lars was born in December 26Th 1963 and has green eyes brown hair. Lars can be a slow drummer, like in metallica's hit album "Ride the Lightning" (1984), but at the same time can be pretty fast. Like in "Master of Puppets" (1986) another great album he can be faster and add some nice fills to the songs on the album. Lars is also recognized for his outstanding drum solos. I love how everyone in the crowd are so in to it, it just makes me want to be there.
Lars 's set is a pretty big one. It includes as follows:

Tama Star Classic maple drums
Finish is LU Magnetic Orange
2- 16” X 22” bass drums
6.5” x 14” Lars Ulrich Signature snare drum
8” x 10” tom tom
10” x 12” tom tom
14” x 16” floor tom
16” x 16” floor tom

2- Tama Iron Cobra Power Glide pedals
Tama Iron Cobra Lever Glide Hi-Hat stand
Tama Roadpro boom cymbal stands & hardware

Ahead Lars Ulrich Signature aluminum drum sticks

Zildjian cymbals & hi-hats
14” Dyno Beat Z hi-hats
17” Projection brilliant crash
18” Projection brilliant crash
19” Projection brilliant crash
18” China Trash (used as a ride)
18” China Trash
20” China Trash

Remo drum heads-
white coated Emperor tom head
Power stroke 3 bass drum
coated controlled sound reverse dot snare head

I think Lars set is overall outstanding. His toms are coated emperor which adds a nice powerful hit to it to make the crowd going. His set is pretty big so, there is many different additions he can do to his set. 8 cymbals, that's a lot. That is many different sounds going on at once. I think that Lars's hi-hats are amazing it has the perfect "ching" sound to them. His hih-hats are perfect for the kind of music that he plays. My hi-hats can't even compare to what his sound like... Another great addition is his snare, it has this tremendous sound that i cannot describe. Like in St. Anger (2003) the snare had a tinny noise that many people did not like. Most people do not like the Saint Anger album just because of the drums, people say that it sound like the drums are garbage cans. I do not agree with these people, I think St. Anger was a great album because it was different and not the usually Metallica. I don't really like changes in bands but this album really hit the spot for me.

There is a song called "For Whom the Bell Tolls" from Ride the Lightning. This was the very first song that i learned how to play on drums. It is very simple but at the same time kind of challenging. He puts some nice drum fills in there which makes the song great. One day I will upload a video of my cover of the song. But, for now he is one of Lars Outstanding drum solos, this is an incredibly wicked solo by him and is definitely worth watching.

Please enjoy...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrraavQL5KI