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Lars Ulrich on the New Metallica Doc, Embracing Streaming Music Fans and the ‘Star Wars’ Meme He Just Sent to the Band
Drummer Lars Ulrich talks about the new documentary 'Metallica Saved My Life,' streaming music and the best Metallica memes.
Beyond being metal royalty, Metallica unwittingly deconstructed the idea of the rock doc in 2004 with “Some Kind of Monster,” which showed the splintered and discontent band going through group therapy while recording their 2003 album “St. Anger.” The band has received the documentary treatment once more, as Jonas Åkerlund’s “ Metallica Saved My Life ” debuts on June 11 at the Tribeca Film Festival. And Åkerlund, who has collaborated with the group since their ‘90s videos like “Turn the Page” and “Whiskey in the Jar,” is the perfect director to film the band as fans see them.
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