He got the band name from a friend, Ron Quintana, who was brainstorming names for a heavy metal fanzine he was creating, and Metallica was one of the options, the other being "Metal Mania." Ulrich encouraged him to choose Metal Mania, and used the name Metallica for himself. Later in 1981, Ulrich met James Hetfield in Downey, California, and they formed the heavy metal band Metallica upon Ulrich securing a spot in a compilation album of local metal bands named Metal Massacre. James Hetfield replied to the ad, and Metallica was formed.
Upon returning to America, Ulrich placed an advert in a local classifieds newspaper looking for musicians to start a band with him. Ulrich remains a fan of Diamond Head and would later mix their album The Best of Diamond Head. He was excited about the band's style of music after purchasing their debut album Lightning to the Nations, and traveled from San Francisco to London to see the band perform live at the Woolwich Odeon. In 1981, he discovered British heavy metal band Diamond Head. In the documentary Anvil! The Story of Anvil, Ulrich states that witnessing a Y&T show was his defining moment in deciding to become a musician. Despite being ranked in the top ten tennis players of his age group in Denmark, Ulrich failed to make it into the seven man Corona del Mar High School tennis team, contributing to his decision to focus on music. Ulrich originally intended to follow in his father's footsteps and play tennis, and he moved to Newport Beach, California, in the summer of 1980. The concert and album had a considerable impact on Ulrich, inspiring the start of his music career.Īs a result of his newfound interest in music, he received his first drum kit, a Ludwig, from his grandmother around the age of 12 or 13. When one of the friends could not go, they gave their ticket to the nine-year-old Lars, who was mesmerized by the performance and bought the band's album Fireball the next day. In February 1973, Ulrich's father obtained passes for five of his friends to a Deep Purple concert held in the same Copenhagen stadium as one of his tennis tournaments. Saxophonist Dexter Gordon was Ulrich's godfather, and he is a childhood friend of musician Neneh Cherry. His paternal grandmother, Ulla Meyer, was from a Jewish family as a result, Ulrich's grandfather was persecuted by the Nazis during World War II. His paternal grandfather was tennis player Einer Ulrich. Ulrich was born into an upper-middle-class family in Gentofte, Denmark the son of Lone ( née Sylvester-Hvid) and tennis player Torben Ulrich. Along with Hetfield, Ulrich has songwriting credits on almost all of the band's songs, and the two of them are the only remaining original members of the band. After publishing an advertisement in The Recycler, Ulrich met James Hetfield and formed Metallica. However, rather than playing tennis, Ulrich began playing drums. The son and grandson respectively of tennis players Torben and Einer Ulrich, he played tennis in his youth and moved to Los Angeles at age 16 to train professionally. Lars Ulrich R ( / ˈ ʊ l r ɪ k/ Danish: born 26 December 1963) is a Danish musician best known as the drummer and co-founder of American heavy metal band Metallica.
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