FameCrawler : Lars Ulrich

Lars Ulrich's Kids Now Think He's Awesome

Josh loposer — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:01:00 GMT

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich is enjoying a newfound level of respect from his kids now that he's been immortalized as a character in one of the most iconic games of a generation: Guitar Hero.

Sure, Liev Schreiber may have a 7-Eleven Slurpee cup action figure -- and that might get you pretty far with a 2-year-old -- but doesn't even begin to compare with the coolness factor of being a star of one of your child's favorite video games. Lars' appearance in Guitar Hero: Metallica has apparently had a profound effect on the respect he gets from his little ones: Layne, 8, and Myles, 10 and a half.

“In the age of spending a lot of time forcing them to finish their vegetables and do their home work and get to school on time, [that] dad actually has his own video game certainly helps. And will continue to help into adolescence!”

Ulrich's youngest, 23-month-old Bryce Thadeus is a little too young to get in on the digitized guitar shredding that goes on in the Ulrich playroom. Luckily, he's also a little too young to start rolling his eyes when dad's being totally lame.

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Metallica's New Album Fueled By Children

Karl Erikson — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:33:00 GMT

Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, and Rob Trujillo of Metallica have a new album coming out on September 12 and the music is definitely going to be different. These days, the heavy metal rockers are all fathers and so Metallica's lyrics won't be about the fast rocking times any more. Instead, family is the new fuel for their music.

Lars' 10-yr-old son, Myles, loves Guitar Hero. "He's digging on Sabbath and Deep Purple and all the music I loved as a kid," says Lars, who is also a father to 7-yr-old Layne with ex-wife Skylar Satenstein, and 15-mos-old Bryce Thadeius with his girlfriend, Connie Nielsen.

James Hetfield has daughters Cali Tee, 10, and Marcella Francesca, 6...plus an 8-yr-old son, Castor, with his wife, Francesca. Kirk Hammett has two sons, Angel Ray (22 mos) and Vincenzo Kainalu (9 weeks) with his wife Lani. And Rob Trujillo has a 2-yr-old son, Tai Orion, and baby daughter, Lula, with his wife Chloe.

Wonder if they're covering "Row, Row, Row Your Boat?" The name of their new album is called "Death Magnetic."

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Metallica's Lars Ulrich and NBA's LeBron James: The Bryce Is Right.

sweatpantsmom — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:05:00 GMT

What do Lars Ulrich of metal band Metallica and Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James have in common? Besides the fact that they're both friggin' rich, both had sons recently and both named them Bryce. Ulrich and actress Connie Nielsen welcomed Bryce Thadeus on May 21 and James' girlfriend Savannah Brinson gave birth to Bryce Maximus on June 14.

Wait - I just noticed some other similarities. Both boys' middle names end in the letters 'US' and have three syllables, both fathers' first names start with the letter 'L' and both mothers have 'NN' in their first names.

Freakish coincidence or...separated at birth? I see playdates, dual birthday parties and joint family vacations for these two families in the future.

Baby on Blog: Metallica Spawns, Enter Sandbaby

Whit Honea — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:06:00 GMT

Metallica (did you know they've been together since 1981, makes you feel old doesn't it?) has announced the birth of one of their own. Drummer Lars Ulrich and actress Connie Nielsen had a rockin' baby boy, Bryce Thadeus Ulrich-Nielsen on Monday, May 21st, in San Francisco. Bryce now joins brothers Layne, Myles, and Sebastian in the sanitarium on the tour bus.

Man, I really wanted to be clever and throw a bunch of Metallica song names and/or lyrics into this post, but the truth is that all of their stuff just sounds so evil. I couldn't do it to the kid, even if he were some kind of monster, which I doubt. Sad, but true.