METALLICA<\/b> drummer Lars Ulrich<\/b> has launched his exclusive show on SiriusXM<\/b>‘s Maximum Metallica<\/b> channel. In the premiere of the series, dubbed “Lars’s Deep Dive”<\/b>, Lars<\/b> digs into the depths of the AC\/DC<\/b> catalog to uncover a few of his favorite deep cuts.<\/p>\n
Check out the full episode on demand on the SiriusXM<\/b> app, or listen to it on Maximum Metallica<\/b> (Ch. 42) during the times below.<\/p>\n
Tuesday, January 6<\/p>\n
3 p.m. ET<\/p>\n
Wednesday, January 7<\/p>\n
1 p.m. ET<\/p>\n
Thursday, January 8<\/p>\n
12 p.m. and 9 p.m. ET<\/p>\n
Friday, January 9<\/p>\n
4 p.m. ET<\/p>\n
Saturday, January 10<\/p>\n
3 p.m. ET<\/p>\n
The exclusive Maximum Metallica<\/b> channel on SiriusXM<\/b> delivers continued access to METALLICA<\/b>‘s expansive catalog \u2014 from mega hits and deep cuts to live shows and behind-the-scenes stories straight from the band \u2014 plus rare recordings, exclusive interviews, and surprises curated by the band members themselves.<\/p>\n
Back in October 2023, Lars<\/b> spoke spoke about what it was like to see AC\/DC<\/b> play at that year’s Power Trip<\/b> festival in Indio, California. It was the first time lead vocalist Brian Johnson<\/b> performed live with the group since early 2016 after he was forced to bow out with hearing loss issues and was temporarily replaced by GUNS N’ ROSES<\/b> frontman Axl Rose<\/b>. Ulrich<\/b> stated during an appearance on SiriusXM<\/b>‘s “Trunk Nation Power Trip Special”<\/b>. “It was just a triumph.<\/p>\n
“I saw ’em here [at Coachella<\/b> in Indio]. I think they played here in ’15, so eight years ago,” he continued. “And I saw ’em in San Francisco later that year. And obviously, as a lifelong fan \u2014 I mean, I saw AC\/DC<\/b> back in Denmark opening for BLACK SABBATH<\/b> in ’76 or ’77. And then they came back on ‘Let There Be Rock’<\/b> tour and played a 1,500-seat venue with no support act and basically played all of ‘Let There Be Rock’<\/b>. And it was literally fucking mind-blowing. And then I saw them along the way, when I came to America, obviously, on and off, and we played with them for a whole tour on the Black Album in ’91.”<\/p>\n
Circling back to AC\/DC<\/b>‘s appearance at Power Trip<\/b>, Lars<\/b> said: “As a lifelong fan, I actually got a little misty-eyed a couple of times when Angus<\/b> [Young<\/b>, AC\/DC<\/b> guitarist] was kind of going out and you could hear the\u2026 When he walked out and played his solos on the ramp and stuff, it felt like people were sort of holding him up and really just loving him, appreciating him. And there was a unity. I’m actually getting misty eyed as we’re talking about it. There was a unity and it’s that unity that you and I have talked about and that thing about when this community comes together around what we all share, that it was just such a beautiful moment. It was just such a triumph. And Brian<\/b> who looked like \u2014 I didn’t feel like there was anybody anywhere in Southern California that was having a better time than Brian<\/b>\u2026 That shit-eating grin he had on his face. It was so great. What a wonderful moment.”<\/p>\n
Earlier in October 2023, Lars<\/b> lavished praise on METALLICA<\/b>‘s fellow Power Trip<\/b> headliners and credited three of them as being a pivotal influence on his legendary metal band.<\/p>\n
“We love all five of the other bands,” Lars<\/b> enthused. “I saw AC\/DC<\/b> back in Copenhagen in 1977 for the first time; we did a whole tour with them in Europe in 1991. I fell in love with GUNS N’ ROSES<\/b> five seconds after I heard ‘Mr. Brownstone’<\/b> for the first time on KNAC<\/b> before the 1987 debut album came out. We played shows with IRON MAIDEN<\/b> in the ’80s. We played shows with JUDAS PRIEST<\/b>. We played shows with TOOL<\/b> all over the place.’<\/p>\n
He added: “Obviously, AC\/DC<\/b>, IRON MAIDEN<\/b> and JUDAS PRIEST<\/b> were huge influences. Those three bands are a significant part of the reason that we wanted to be in a band. So to get everybody together in the same space is a bit awe-inspiring.”<\/p>\n