METALLICA's LARS ULRICH Explains His Passion For Art

August 10, 2004

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich recently spoke to Launch Radio Networks about one of the most talked-about scenes in the new documentary, "Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster" — a sequence in which Lars auctions off his massive art collection for millions of dollars. Until now, not many fans have known about Ulrich's expensive hobby of buying original paintings by famous artists. He recently explained that his fascination for fine art goes back to his childhood. "You know, I grew up in a household full of music and art and somewhere up through, I don't know, late Eighties, early Nineties, I just started rediscovering a lot of those roots. And what happened was it kind of became a sanctuary for me away from METALLICA. It really was my thing away from the rest of the METALLICA guys and it just became just a great passion."

METALLICA frontman James Hetfield was said to be "embarrassed" by the scene of a steadily drinking Ulrich attending the auction of his collection in New York City.

Find more on

Prev More News Next

Comments Disclaimer And Information

BLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).