James Hetfield has claimed that the person members of Metallica are “common” musicians.
In a brand new interview with Cigar Aficionado journal, the Metallica vocalist mentioned “I do know individually, we’re all actually common gamers.”
He went on to say that one thing particular occurs when the 4 of them workforce up although. “Once you put us collectively, one thing occurs,” he defined. “One thing actually occurs.”
Final December, Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich mentioned he wasn’t “certified” to play with Rush on the Taylor Hawkins tribute live performance.
On the first present – which came about at Wembley Stadium on Saturday September 3, paying tribute to the late Foo Fighters drummer – Ulrich joined AC/DC’s Brian Johnson and the Foos’ surviving members to carry out a pair of the previous band’s hits: ‘Again In Black’ and ‘Let There Be Rock’. Then, in LA, he joined Sebastian Bach, Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler and the Foos to carry out ‘Paranoid’ and ‘Supernaut’.
“I imply, I like Rush,” mentioned Ulrich. “But when that they had mentioned, ‘Come up and play ‘2112’ with Alex [Lifeson] and Geddy [Lee], I’d go, ‘I feel there’s anyone extra certified to try this than me.’”
“Straying outdoors of the Metallica world isn’t essentially the most snug factor,” he continued. “I feel an enormous a part of why we simply love staying contained in the Metallica universe is as a result of there’s that security in numbers, and we simply help one another and have that factor.”
Elsewhere within the interview with Cigar Aficionado, Hetfield mentioned: “Early reveals have been actually troublesome— I used to be so shy. I didn’t wish to speak. I’d have the opposite guys within the band introduce the songs. [Now] I really feel so snug up there, it’s so bizarre. Sitting down one-on-one with somebody is much more nervousness ridden than standing up in entrance of 10,000 folks, 20,000 folks.”
“As we become older, we’d like to proceed to play all of the locations we’ve been earlier than nevertheless it’s close to inconceivable to maintain up the tempo we’ve had within the ’90s. We’re very self-critical and laborious on ourselves and have very excessive requirements. So we do maintain all features of bringing the most effective present visually and sonically to the those who take pleasure in our music and proceed to come back to see us stay.“
Metallica are set to launch their new album ‘72 Seasons’ subsequent month and head out on the primary leg of their world tour.
The tour will embody two nights in every metropolis, promising a “no repeat weekend” of two completely different units and two completely different opening acts. Assist throughout the tour consists of Architects, Mammoth WVH, 5 Finger Loss of life Punch, Ice 9 Kills, Pantera, Volbeat and Greta Van Fleet. Tickets can be found right here.
