METALLICA’s drummer Lars Ulrich spoke to The Ringer in an in depth Q&A that again, finds the biggest question he is hit with is finding out exactly how this insane Lady Gaga involvement with the band came all about. Here is an excerpt:
Lars: I was sitting next to her at a dinner here in L.A. like six weeks ago, eight weeks ago. We had just gotten the offer for the Grammys, and we had talked a little bit about getting a female collaborator to sing a song with James. We felt some of the stuff on the new album would lend itself to a dual he-she type of interpretation. And I found myself sitting next to her at a dinner a couple months ago.
We were sitting there, and she was talking to me about her metal roots. And about Metallica’s role in her youth and her Jersey upbringing, and I just thought, “Fuck it.” So I asked her. I said, “Listen, come sing with us at the Grammys in a couple of months. It would be so cool since it seems like metal is kind of in your DNA and in your blood.” And she said OK. It was really that simple. There weren’t like 50 managers or 50 minders or advisers or that kind of shit involved. It was very organic. And she just has this kind of purity about her. She’s just super easy and super cool. It’s not this divaesque thing with 500 walls and shit you’ve got to get through. She’s the real deal. It’s really cool.”
The word has begun to spread like wildfire throughout the rock world since news hit the press that Metallica has indeed offered Lady Gaga to join the band. More on that developing story HERE.
Read full interview HERE.
“Websites accidentally run metal site’s April Fool which suggested Lady Gaga would sing on new Metallica record – The White Album.” – Louder
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