Basshole Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 He proclaims that he is the biggest underrated drummer of all time. I personally think he is one of the worst drummers of all time, his drums sound like (sorry for the lack of better term) crap. His drum fills suck. He repeats his "sucky" drum fills constantly. I guess he can play really fast beats but that's about it. what do you guys think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 How can you underrate a drummer? His wife's a hottie and thats pretty rare for a drummer so kudos on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackHawk233 Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Hes underrated, because the first thing someone thinks of when they hear his name is his Music Privacy following, or his rudeness during the St. Anger times But hes a killer drummer. Sidenote: he has Sucked alot, but listen to his classic stuff. Its good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundergod Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 Voted "I don't care" But if I cared, I would vote for overrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight959 Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Based on his early stuff I think he's underated.... St Anger was Rubbish.... Death Magnetic on the otherhand turned him back around. Death Magnetic is an AWSOME album live!!! The documentary "Some kind of Monster" set him in a really bad light... Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector Arcadius Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 He really thinks that...? Neither underrated or overrated. He has been recognised as a very good drummer and that's about it. If he thinks he's underrated then what should we say about Mark Zonder...? I guess it's ''I don't give ****'' for me as well. Although I will probably google his wife...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twiz Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Eh, Lars is okay. I mean, I can think of a lot of better drummers (Stewart Copeland, John Bonham, Keith Moon, Jean-Paul Gaster, Or Tim 'Herb' Alexander -to name some), but I think he fits with Metallica. I liked his drum sound on ...And Justice For All. Dave Lombardo destroys him as far as thrash drummers go. I know one thing though, Lars probably has more money than just about any of us, so he must have done something right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverbursted Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 I like his older stuff, very unique style. There are much better and much worse drummers (of his caliber) out there, so I voted average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillybilly Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 lars ulrich's opinion of himself is overrated. i am a huge Metallica nut, but i dont listen to anything that man says. i think that for a self-taught player, he is pretty good. is he the best? no. is dave lombardo "better"? yes. do i prefer Ulrich? yes. kinda one of those things like "is Satriani better than Angus Young?". from a technical standpoint, yes. but i will listen to anything Angus has put out before even considering listening to a Satriani song. it's all about personal preferences. you have to separate the man from his music, especially with lars ulrich 'cause he can be a giant ******....after all he grew up as a spoiled rich kid and he still is. but i still like to hear him play. Wagner was a raging anti-semite, but The Ring is still a masterpiece regardless of how stupid its composer was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 I voted average, Metallica is one of my favorite bands and I think Lars is part of their sound and not exactly what I focus on when I listen to them. He does have his own style, I will give him that, where else do you get that spastic sound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeVinci13 Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 He should have stuck with tennis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 He's a greedy little cry baby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hillybilly Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 He's a greedy little cry baby. not disagreeing, but irrelevant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 not disagreeing' date=' but irrelevant [/quote'] Perhaps I should of stated that I voted "I Don't Care" because... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brundaddy Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 He should have stuck with tennis. Zing! +1 Agreed, whoever said he's a whiner. Ulrich is very overrated. Charlie Benante he ain't! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOL! Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 I have mixed views. It think he hit his peak with AJFA. His stuff on Master of Puppets is killer. I 100% understand why they changed their sound with the Black album & the two Load and I was fine with it, but Lars needed to learn to be a different drummer. If you are going to do slower, more groove oriented rock you have to lay back and give the bass more say in the mix. I thought he did OK on tracks like Sad But True, but other songs like Until It Sleeps or Nothing Else Matters are almost unlistenable. There is no feel. But, hey, what do I know. I am dumb desk jockey and he's a multi-millionaire drummer for one of the biggest bands in rock history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepblue Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 He should have stuck to Tennis....I lost all respect for those hacks after they went after 13 year olds because of Napster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bill Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 He should have stuck to Tennis....I lost all respect for those hacks after they went after 13 year olds because of Napster. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 He's rated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S t e v e Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 hello, im not into slipknot all them masks and all that screaming does nothing for me, but my brother pointed me towards this video of there drummer (joey jordison) doing a solo...what do you think of this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHO Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 He's not as overrated as a drummer as Kirk Hammet is as a guitarist. Lars was ok back in the day. He at least had this thing where he hits the crash one beat after where you'd normally expect it to be, which is a kinda cool effect in many of their songs. Technically he is way behind the norm of metal drummers though, even back in the early days of Metallica. Then again, all of Metallica were behind the rest in that regard, and still are, and that turned out to work pretty well for them, didn't it? Last time I saw Metallica was this summer. Lars was horrible. I don't know if he just doesn't give a **** any more, or if he was drunk, high, or whatever. His drumming left a lot to be desired considering how pro this band is these days. During the double kick parts in the heavy part of One, I was giggling to myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 As Metal bands go, I think you could say Metallica is generally overrated. Even "Back In The Day" Megadeth, Anthrax, Suicidal Tendencies, and Sepultura were tighter, more imaginative, and more aggressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S t e v e Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 As Metal bands go' date=' I think you could say Metallica is generally overrated. Even "Back In The Day" Megadeth, Anthrax, Suicidal Tendencies, and Sepultura were tighter, more imaginative, and more aggressive. [/quote'] overrated to who? again its all down to musical taste, they sell out gigs sell millions of records and are multi millionares...ive seen loads of posts on here about who's the best this and whos the best that...there is no best at anything! it all boils down to personal taste! one mans trash is another mans tresure, i think metallica are the best metal band going but you think not? and you will say a band that you think is the best and i'll say that i'd rather sh*t on my own head than listen to them but thats what makes us all uniqe as human beings...there is no best or worse only as we percieve things...rant over! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 overrated to who? again its all down to musical taste' date=' they sell out gigs sell millions of records and are multi millionares...ive seen loads of posts on here about who's the best this and whos the best that...there is no best at anything! it all boils down to personal taste! one mans trash is another mans tresure, i think metallica are the best metal band going but you think not? and you will say a band that you think is the best and i'll say that i'd rather sh*t on my own head than listen to them but thats what makes us all uniqe as human beings...there is no best or worse only as we percieve things...rant over! [biggrin'] Yeah, that opinion would be mine. I don't expect anyone to share it. But growing up in the 80's and not really caring for any Metal, I looked at it from an outsiders point of view. I'd ask myself, "Is there a groove? Are the lyrics clever? Is the Band Tight? Do the players understand and execute their rolls and band members (is the bass locking with the drums, is the drummer playing the beat and accenting, is the lead guitarist playing lead lines or just shredding scales with a Wah Wah)? I've never weighed a bands success when deciding what I like about them. The fact that they sold so much lends itself to the overrated factor. I'd say IMO right there but that would be redundant. Anything anyone posts is likely an opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slashadler Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 Lars is good BUT..... Neil Peart is the best drummer who ever lived!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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