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Metallica Reaches Out to YouTube Fans

by Tim Stevens on September 8, 2008 at 11:49 AM


Metallica hasn't exactly made many friends online with its numerous seemingly anti-Internet moves over the years. Back in the halcyon days of Napster, the band made many enemies by personally investigating downloaders of its music, and then recently recently got pissy when bloggers dared to post their impressions of the band's latest work online after being invited in for a pre-release listening party. Now, drummer Lars Ulrich is reaching out with an olive branch, sending some curiously warm wishes to the band's many fans and followers who have posted videos of themselves on YouTube.

Lars' video mentions a number of users and fans who've recorded guitar solos in their bedrooms or done something more interesting as inspired by the band's music, ranging from an eight-year-old kid doing his best to get through the solo in "One" to someone a little older playing "Nothing Else Matters" on a grand piano. The band members picked ten such videos to highlight, all included at the read link below, or you can read on here to see our favorite -- an alternative rendition of "Nothing Else Matters."[Source: Wired]


Tags: lars ulrich, LarsUlrich, metallica, music, napster, youtube

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