The years go by for everyone, even rock stars. If not long ago Billy Joe Armstrong (Green Day) described the way of playing Lars Ulrich as “unorthodox”we now know that the drummer of the men in black practices more than before, something that is related to ““how old he is”. One more consequence of getting older.
The producer Greg Fidelman recently reflected in an interview for The Metallica Report about the challenges that have led to Ulrich to further hone your skills and become better at what you do. In this aspect, the relationship with the musician himself is essential, as well as the ability to exert push when the occasion requires it.
This is how he explained it Fidelman: “I don’t think he’s looking forward to being pushed around. But yes, this tour is a challenge in his own way, especially for him with the four drums. We knew he was going to be a little tricky, but we had no idea how tricky. And neither did he. When we were a few gigs in, he said: “This is very, very difficult, I wish it were better, how can we do better?””.
It was at that moment when Fidelman and the engineer Sara Lyn Killion They intervened: “And then he just wants Sara and I to be out there too. Just the people that he… You know, the live guys are amazing at what they do, but when they get into this kind of crazy stuff that me and Sarah do every day when we’re working on a record… That’s what it’s all about. , to perfect everything. And the live one is much more of the “Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go!” style.”.
The presence of the producer and the engineer helped improve the show: “We went there to help figure out some of those things and figure out what we can do differently. And we worked with the kids live: “How do you do this? Is there another way to do it? Is there any reason we can’t change it?” That kind of things”.
Regarding the way of playing Ulrich on the current tour, Fidelman said the following: “He’s playing very well… He’s been practicing… and no one is asking him to do it. He’s doing it himself. He’s mentioned it to me, I’m not making this up, but the fact that he’s the age he is…obviously, this doesn’t make it any easier, does it? I think he has inspired him to work harder because it’s not so automatic.”.
Those from San Francisco, precisely, will return to our country with the presentation of the ’72 Seasons’ album in Madrid. This will occur in the summer of 2024 with the two appointments that will take place on the days July 12 and 14 in it Madrid Metropolitan Stadiumwith Architects and Mammoth WVH on the first day and Five Finger Death Punch and Ice Nine Kills in the second. Tickets are on sale at LiveNation.com and Ticketmaster.es.
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