Drum History

The Studio Drums of Lars Ulrich (Part 2) with Chris Russio

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Show Notes

The St. Anger Snare is finally figured out! Chris Russio joins me back on the podcast to do a super deep dive into all of the studio drum sets, cymbals, heads, sticks, accessories, percussion and everything else used by Lars Ulrich from 2001 to Today! We talk about all of the infamous St. Anger Snare drum and everything that went wrong with that album. Then we get into the recording of Death Magnetic, Hardwired to Self Destruct, and 72 Seasons. This closes out our Lars Deep dive and gives you the FULL story of all of Lars Ulrich's drums over the years.

Check out the other Lars episodes I have done with Chris here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlQBSJirUiJZFzm3fL0dUBDPFlQm0iyxV

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