Metallica’s Lars Ulrich had a chat with Revolver where he opened up about retirement topic, saying his bandmates still haven’t given retirement a thought and argued that his and his bandmates’ ability to perform some of Metallica’s more physically demanding material might diminish at one point.
Here’s what Ulrich said:
“It’s not something we’ve talked a lot about, no. I think most of the energy and resources go into trying to stay healthy, stay cohesive, stay functioning. As I get older, I spend more and more of my time on my daily workouts, on my cardio, on my strength training.
”I’m chained to my Peloton hours a day. It’s all about trying to stay healthy: eating healthy, living healthy, whatever it is each of us needs to bring to the table.
“Obviously, there is a point where it’s maybe not going to function anymore at some level, where we can’t play ”Battery” or ”Master Of Puppets” or songs like that. I know there’s some people in the comments section that think that point has already come, and I appreciate that. But the only thing I can say is that it hasn’t happened yet, knock on wood.
“Hopefully it won’t happen for a while. I mean, McCartney’s out there past his 80th birthday. The Stones are still out there. Springsteen just started his tour.”
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This year will mark #s 16 & 17 I’ve seen Metallica in concert. I already have my tickets for Chicago in 2024. I’ve aged right along side these guys and understand there’s going to come a time when they physically can’t play the harder stuff. And that’s ok with me. My love of this band goes a lot deeper than just a few heavy tracks. I can promise you, if they’re playing live, I’m going to be there. I don’t care where on this earth their final show will be, just know I will be there!
Of course time will catch up with us as but, og it’s in there 50’s, 70’s, or 90’s for that matter… None the less, I don’t think this list of songs would ever ble played as god as Metallica! You have Rock N’ Roll, Heavy Metal, Trash Metal, Black Metal, and you have Metallica standing as there own category!
A. Granath
Good to read some healthy contemplation from Lars. Of course there will be a day for any band when the cost to continue is to destroy the legacy so just hoping all bands, not just Metallica, will choose the right time.
I’ve listened to MetallicAs music since DAY#1….THEIR MUSIC AND THE POWER IT CREATES WITHIN IA AN UNBELIVABLY GREAT FEELING…ON 4/25/87 I turned 14…ALMOST 2 WEEKS LATER ON 5/7/87
I WAS HIT BY A CAR IN BROOKLYN PARK MD ….
I FLATLINED/DIED 7 OR 8 TIMES AND WAS IN A COMA FOR 45 DAYS…ITS BEEN A VERY LONG & HARD ROAD IVE WALKED… METALLICAS MUSIC HIS BEEN WITH ME EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
WHEN I WAS IN A COMA…THE DRS TOLD MY PARENTS TO SAY THINGS THAT THEY KNEW I WOULD ENJOY OR WANT TO HEAR SO..THEY PUT HEAPHONES ON ME AND THE NURSES WERE INSTRUCTED TO FLIP THE TAPE FOR ME…..OF COURSE THE COUNTLESS SURGERIES SAVED MY BODY, BUT THE MUSIC SAVED MY SOUL AND THE ANIMAL WITHIN ME SURVIVED …SO TO LARS JAMES .KIRK ANS AT THAT TIME CLIFF….THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HELPING TO SAVE MY LIFE
GOD BLESS YOU ALL
Cliff passed in 1986, so it would have been Jason Newsted.
Of course, to clarify older music would have been Cliff of course.
Same here bro
They helped me all through life and I really appreciate that from them