Lars Ulrich Reflects On The Time Metallica Toured With AC/DC: “We Were In Heaven”

Metallica‘s Lars Ulrich has reflected on opening for AC/DC on their 1991 Monsters of Rock European tour during an interview with Brian Johnson for the singer’s AXS TV show, Brian Johnson’s A Life on the Road.
In the interview, Johnson compliments the drummer on his unique playing style – “It was the drums, it had a swing to it that regular thrash metal didn’t have.”
“You’ve got to remember, our musical roots were much more in you guys, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin,” responds Ulrich.

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“We were much more in blues-based, harder rock and roll stuff. We just started playing it a little faster as we went along.”
Ulrich also discusses the impact watching AC/DC had on Metallica’s growth as a band. At that point, ‘tallica had already been regularly on the road for about eight years, but the tour served as a jumping off point into the next stage of their careers – the last time they really served as a support act on tour.
“Playing with you guys on that run in 1991, which was the last time we really sort of supported anybody, we were in heaven getting a chance to be close to you guys and watching you every night for six weeks,” Ulrich says during the interview.
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