tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777773541228933689.post3198509738776887846..comments2023-08-01T03:36:51.616-07:00Comments on Mission to Lars: Metallica, Vegas, 5/12/09Mission to Larshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04419454019332092989noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777773541228933689.post-38005562904558746032009-12-07T10:26:30.323-08:002009-12-07T10:26:30.323-08:00...Dave Grohl the former drummer of Nirvana stands......Dave Grohl the former drummer of Nirvana stands out too as he went on to form and front, as a guitar player and lead singer, The Foo Fighters and more recently formed Them Crooked Vultures, there stepping back into his natural born role as a drummer. He's made his quiet drummer voice heard now and he's gotten huge respect for what he's done. Maybe that is true of all drummers, that there is a secret Robert Plant, Mick Jagger, Kurt Cobain, Josh Homme, James Hetfield, lurking within all of them. Drummer psychology dude.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777773541228933689.post-42545650790001348792009-12-07T10:01:08.087-08:002009-12-07T10:01:08.087-08:00...so what is very unusual about a world famous ro......so what is very unusual about a world famous rock band is how the drummer becomes the spokesperson and frontman. Drummers are generally very quiet and in the background, there's many a joke about the drummer in a band, that they are dumb or something, unfairly so. Keith Moon of The Who stood out for his drug-taking and alcoholic, nay psychogenic behaviour, Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones you never hear about or from, just this calm sedate distinguished elderly gentleman content in the knowledge that he just hits things for a living, and Larry Mullen Jr of U2 founded the band but doesn't shout about that ever and is rarely willing to do interviews like the man with the big ego frontman Bono is. So Lars is a whole different kettle of fish and class of drummer from the norm. I wish you luck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777773541228933689.post-87046819512473875122009-12-07T08:08:32.848-08:002009-12-07T08:08:32.848-08:00Still me, anonymous person. I'm not that into ...Still me, anonymous person. I'm not that into Metallica either, but know people who are, so as I showed an interest in their interests, I learnt the above trivia that way. Thought it might come in handy someday. The only song I really know of theirs is Enter Sandman, as I would suppose is the case for any non Metallica fan. Everyone who is aware of Metallica but not a follower knows that song. It's universal, like The Final Countdown by Europe is, or Living On A Prayer by Bon Jovi is. There are great elements of comedy in any heavy metal band, love them or loathe them, and Spinal Tap pointed that out very well. As did Wayne's World. Rockers are generally cool people as they don't take themselves too seriously. Lars stands out to me too as he is really the unofficial face and spokesperson of Metallica, in that he is always the character to express himself to the mass media. I've rarely ever seen an interview with the frontman James Hetfield from my satelllite view, it is always Lars. I think the only time I caught a glimpse of private James Hetfield was an interview he once did promoting the song Nothing Else Matters. Regular blokes, hard on the outside but with soft-centres. That is their universal appeal I think.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777773541228933689.post-33432462370325889982009-12-07T04:40:20.930-08:002009-12-07T04:40:20.930-08:00PS he was also back in the day(wouldn't know i...PS he was also back in the day(wouldn't know if he still is) a chum and admirer of sensitive singer-songwriter Evan Dando of the Lemonheads. Evan Dando covered a Metallica song acoustically once. You can find it on You Tube, can't remember which song it was.<br />xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5777773541228933689.post-66719970052103351242009-12-07T04:31:20.675-08:002009-12-07T04:31:20.675-08:00Sorry if this sounds like a stupid idea, but if yo...Sorry if this sounds like a stupid idea, but if you are getting this unwarranted access and they think it's ok to park your RV near theirs backstage, maybe you could even be so bold as to ask Lars to come and visit Tom? He's just a bloke, and like you've observed maybe doesn't have the huge ego people think, so he'd understand if you explained your predicament, and it would be good PR if anything for him to be seen to be doing something 'extraordinary' for one of his special fans. It would pay in kind for him. Just look at what they were willing to allow the public to see in Some Kind of Monster. I think I read somewhere once that the one song Lars said he wished he'd written was 'Creep' by Radiohead. If ever a sensitive soul then. Anyhoo, just my initial thoughts. Get some sleep!<br />- A scottish fanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com