Lars Ulrich

Lars Ulrich R Order of the Dannebrog is a Danish musician songwriter record producer and podcaster He is best known as the drummer and cofounder of American heavy metal band Metallica The son of tennis player Torben Ulrich and grandson of tennis player Einer Ulrich he also played tennis in his youth and moved to Los Angeles at age 16 to train professionally However rather than playing tennis Ulrich began playing drums After publishing an advertisement in The Recycler Ulrich met vocalistguitarist James Hetfield and formed Metallica Along with Hetfield Ulrich has songwriting credits on almost all of the bands songs He was the face of the band during the Napster controversy Later in his career Ulrich began hosting the Its Electric podcast in which he speaks with other prominent musicians This page is based on a Wikipedia article written by contributors Text is available under the CC BYSA 40 license additional terms may apply