I’ve gotten the opportunity to meet Lars twice. Once when I was 20 and then again when I was 41. Both time he was incredibly approachable and generous with his time. He engaged with me and treated me a valued fan. The dude is a class act.

There's a saying, "Nobody hates Metallica more than Metallica fans" and there's a lot of truth in it. Lars explained it perfectly here.

Lars is the kind of friend everyone should have. He'll piss you off a lot but he's the first one to jump up if someone slights or tries to hurt you.

I could listen to Lars talk all day. He’s got so many cool stories.

Hearing Conan converse about more obscure metal bands from the past is cool af.

I’ll never get tired of hearing Lars talk about NWOBHM.

It’s amazing how it never gets old watching Lars talk with a toothpick in his mouth, it’s legendary.

Opening night in Amsterdam last night. I am a fan since the very start but yesterday they played at their best since the 80s. What a revival. James looks so healthy and his voice was thunderous. ❤

Lars is a legend. This man is an amazing composer, cleaver dude, knows how to move in music world. Metallica would never be as big as it is without him.

I LOVE these Conan podcasts! I can't get enough of them! I love Conan, his team, the camaraderie. Who knew Matt was so funny?! Need more content PLEASE!

People who slate Lars forget the band wouldn't even exist without him..

Mainstream moved towards them, best description of why they get so much hate.......yes lars!!! X

Is it me or had Metallica been opening up alot more in interviews? Like more detail about things

“One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it”

never been a huge lars fan but got to say its been quite enjoyable listening to him on this podcast my opinions of him have changed because of this.

I would love to see a movie made on metallica, for example, The Dirt, Metal Lords, Rocket man and the Elvis movie etc. It would be awesome I think.

Love listening to Lars.

He was so great, loved this interview!!!

I thought Conan was done... Super happy to see him in action again.

Conan slowly morfing into Larry King.

I'm glad I caught the 30 second version

Pretty cool see Conan isnt just a poser. He knows his metal, hes a serious fan.

I shoulda found a band 20 years ago and eventually became Lars friend. James too. I can relate to them and see a lot of common ground & mentality. I need a friend like them. And Conan’s. Conan was my favorite, I’m sad I didn’t watch it more religiously on tbs. Every show was good.

Nick Bollettieri (now it's IGM) Passed away last year. People like Andre Agassi, Maria Sharipova, and the Williams sisters (Venus and Serena) all went there.

Fantastic interview. Lars is very bright.

Lars really wore a lot of hats to get metallica up and running. A decent drummer but very business minded guy and great social networker and hetfield was a shy introverted guy but artistic and creative too so together made great music and added the right musicains to complete their band. Doesnt work like that for 90% of bands other then right time and place i guess.

I have something important to say. I was at my local record shop, looking thru old Metallica CDs, and came across a weird UK export interview CD feat Metallica. It's around Master of Puppets tour or Lightning tour. It's one track. 30 mins. All young Lars. ❤

Is the full episode coming to UKposts? 🤔

I remember Lars telling a story about drinking with Sebastian Bach and how Bach was bragging about being a great tennis player. Lars suggested they play against each other and he beat Bach😂

If I'm in a room with Conan, I'm bringing him into the conversation with his depth of knowledge.

shoulda tried out at glendale high in glendale california. everyone made the team including me lol

Great interview - It is interesting how things shift. I noticed everyone is doing the same thing. Music, movies, style, ideas. Luckily it shifted to Metallica at exactly the right time. If you heard the Ride The Lightning album, at the right time, your mind was blown. "WTF is this?!?!' Lifetime fan created. A great story of success (and well deserved).

I knew he wouldn’t pull of a 30 second version 😅

Hating Lars just because his drumming skills is like hating your older brother who showed you the music you like because you ended up playing better than him...

Conan is the 🐐

Still can't believe that Metallica is a mainstream band now, my favorite band in the 80s that not many people knew about, crazy.

Love this!!!!!!!!!!

The crazy thing is that James and Then bass player Ron McGovney thought Lars sucked .

Haha, nice to hear that Maiden was their inspiration, hope that Rock an Roll Hall of Fame guys are listening :)

Finally; not the typical lars or james knterview that eens happening the last 20 years

I wish I was young in the 80’s…

More behind the scenes info of Lars I never knew.

Imagine Conan interviewing Dave Mustaine. Talk about Redhead Fest!

The documentary movie about Metallica called some kind of monster is out of this world. It really inspired me and help me in my music

Lars 'The thirty second version of it is' Ulrich James 'Y'Know' Hetfield

I've already done the failing at tennis part, but nobody's listening to my music. At least it sounds like I'm on the right track.

My mind is full of 72 Seasons riffs 🎉

Thanks for having me on Conan!

Conan had just crawled out of bed when Lars got there.

My husband's motto is Missed opportunities are the building blocks of life.

Lars is great! I'd love to go out drinking with him and pick his brain!

I got into Metallica in late elementary school in 88 and metal heads like punks were treated like outcasts.

I half expect Lars to say, "Hello, Clarice."

I still for Bal - Sagoth to be a main stream.

lars is a good storyteller

improbable - Lars and James find each other in a newpaper ad. Then you add Dave Mustaine into the mix and it gets ever more ridiculous

"30 second answer"

legend. no doubt about it

I love Lars

Please please please ask Lars to get Metallica to do a Status Quo cover or two. I want Papa Het singing Rockin all Over the World!

Insane drumming Lars

Thanks to a friend who worked on the props crew at SNL who invited me early in the day for setup and soundcheck of Metallica and later the broadcast. That's a really small Studio hanging around with those guys watching them soundcheck a dress rehearsal end broadcast literally felt like we witnessed five concerts. Great memory Lars was nice they all were. The Memory Remains LOL

Lars and Kirk still live here in the Bay. James moved from Marin to Colorado. Robert I'm not sure...LA? Lars is my boy..

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I dont care what anyone says, metallica is a legendary band. Upd and downs and all. The only other BAND i feel like that with is ac dc and the stones. They all do what they do and dont care what critics say. I love that mentality. All put on a hell of a show.

Sirius is trying to take views away from team coco? Lol. Seriously? (See that there word play)

Ha...Zep and purple lost touch? Huh.

“I wasn’t ranked #1 on my own block.” Lars, in his own words, describing his tennis playing. Tennis “career” is a stretch.

"you're it now" Oh No!

Bit sad he didn’t mention Judas Priest when he talk’t about The new wawe of british heavy metal….

It is true what Lars says here. The mainstream came to them. Same thing happened with black metal. It was total underground until it blew up and then everyone was or thought they were 😀black metal. It turned into a circus.

Somebody ask him about AI within the Napster framing of controlling their own music.

"Here's the 30 second version." Talks for 4.5 minutes about it.

So i guess you gotta do your own thing and hopefully it will be succesful

I love disagreeing with Lars, it's just so easy. The hair bands were not born out of punk, lol. They were all theory musicians, which some would actually call the opposite of punk. It would be more correct to say the music school kids started polishing up the popular punk sound in demand at the time. Every band mentioned was corporate rock, except for Led Zeppelin. They may have birthed the industry, but Led Zeppelin was very well produced punk itself, in the beginning, and the only English post punk heavy metal band that was not steeped in theory and production was Iron Maiden. The one band Lars didn't mention despite the fact they were pre-Def Leopard and the biggest band in the world until Metallica dethroned them. And btw, only Metallica's first three albums were raw and organic. After that they brought in the studio production so Lars shouldn't feel like an outsider anymore. He's been an insider for a lot longer then he ever was an outsider. And the QT comparison!?!?!? QT gets in trouble with every film he makes. He hasn't lost a step, even if he's meted out his product focusing on quality over quantity. He is not mainstream. He's about as big as you can get without being mainstream, but mainstream movies always make more than his. A $300mil box office is a grand slam for QT, but a mainstream movie calls that underperforming. Metallica, by contrast, always releases their music to #1 status. But the timing is such that can get done with less sales or downloads then you would guess. So lots of number 1's that nobody cares about down the road. A year later we're back to the first 3 albums. The black album marks the day they sold out, and it has some good tracks, but it's the first 3 that made Metallica's rep. They've been living off it ever since. To be clear I am trolling Lars, not Conan ;P

I still don’t get the toothpick

There's no 30 second version of anything with Lars

Lars drumming on ...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL is top-notch, idc what anybody says. \m/

Lars reminds me of Bill Burr for some reason.

Kinda cool I was 9 or 10 when I discovered Metallica

I wonder - is Lars making more money from being part of Metallica or from the Perrier endorsement?

As Lars ages he looks more and more like Torben. Without the hair.

ukposts.info/have/v-deo/mad7hquDmJ1_pas.html this sounds like the music lars would make fun of its like winger meets Nelson lol

Simple explanation for why "edgy, outside the mainstream" musicians, comedians, directors, etc become popular - people simply get bored with the same old thing and need something excitingly unfamiliar. It's the same reason addicts move on to edgier drugs.

Billie Eilish didn't just happen to dress like that lol. An agency created that image.

Lars is the reason Metallica ever got to be one of the biggest bands in the world.

is Roman Atwood Lars's clone?

People complain about lars and hate on the band since load. Yet, hes still making more money than you, your family, doesnt have a puppet job, doesn't hate his life. Why do them same people who hate on Metallica, love Metallica pre load? You cant love hate a band. You either love them, or dont listen to them. When you contradict yourself, you give us a look inside how broken your own family is. Please dont take your father's anger out on lars. Its not his fault you'd rather listen to kpop or rap.

He looks tired. I grew up with Lars, James, Kirk, Cliff, and Jason. Rob joined when I was 23. I HATE seeing my heroes grow old.

I'm wondering if he drinks the can of Perrier or if he does like president Skroob and sniff his Perriair🤣Fans of 1987 Spaceballs will know what I'm talking about.😂 ukposts.info/have/v-deo/o3OJan5wZ4insYk.html

Your hats on backwards. Trd

They live in a different world still. We live in cancel culture where you can't breath.

coco looks so tired

Lars was right.

Conan rolled out of bed

Lars' toothpick must need some washing... It's been there for a while now.

I bet he was better at tennis than playing the drums.

End the federal reserve

That’s the smallest drum stick I’ve ever seen!

Metallica were one of the first who brought that hybrid punk/metal fusion into mainstream.