A Look at Lars Ulrich's Gear (Part 2) with Chris Russio
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- Опубліковано 3 вер 2023
- In part 2, Chris and I take a deep dive into each and every kit that Lars used from the iconic Black Album Artstar II kit up to todays yellow StarClassics for the 72 Seasons tour, and everything in between. We discuss his major changes in gear including the shrinking of his kit and him getting rid of the mega power tom kits for the modern StarClassics. Part 2 covers from 1990 through to today and we touch on many aspects of his earlier kits that weren't mentioned in part 1. Lars Ulrich and Metallica are hard rock icons and this deep dive gear episodes will give you an even greater appreciation of one of the most famous drummers in history!
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I watched both of these episodes & I wanna give mad props to Chris Russio for doing a phenomenal job. You’re a regular dude who loves drums & Metallica. You’re not a podcaster (to my knowledge) or a dude that works in media & you knocked this out of the park man. Can’t be easy to film this much content & not say “umm” & “like” & run off topic etc. I know Id sound like a complete moron after awhile with all of that. But you were great man. You might wanna get into this type of thing brother. You got the knack & the knowledge. 🍻 cheers bro!
Very well said! I completely agree, Chris killed it and his passion is contagious. I'd love to see Chris make a UA-cam channel and show his kits and play some covers. Maybe if enough people comment then we push Chris to get on the Tube! :)
I’d like to add also, very professional, the audio sound was great on both ends, mic levels matched perfectly with no visual glitches, everything was pretty amazing to watch. 🤘🏼✌🏼
I’m so happy
I worked at the kick-off gig of the Wherever We May Roam European leg tour on October 22 1992 in Ghent (Belgium). Lars had two identical kits on stage. Two drum kits were typically setup on opposite sides of the stage, with the ability to lower the kits down below the stage or raise it to the stage itself, as well as move the kits around to different positions on the stage. After the show we just had to wheel the risers with the kits fully mounted into the truck. They stayed fully set-up and miked during transport.
Man thats really cool info and it is super cool that you worked on the '92 Belgium show! Thanks for watching and the comment 👍
Chris.... As Lars drum tech for the past 10 years, I truly appreciate your pod cast and helping me put together all of his iconic kits for a future project. I came in with the Orange sparkle kit right before we went to purple for Hardwired so I didn't know all the details of those earlier kits which I am studying now and doing my best to put all of them back together in there original form. Your information has been a blessing. Thank you very much
Jimmy. Thank you so much. I couldn't have done these episode without Barts help. I appreciate the opportunity to do these episodes and help you out. You can contact me directly for any info you need. I would love to know what the Boss thought of this series. Glad it helps you guys out.
Thanks so much for watching Jimmy! Chris is the man and knows his Lars gear from top to bottom. We both really appreciate you watching!
This was an awesome interview. The other thing worth mentioning is that in the 2001 alongside the diamond plated signature snare, they also came out with a Lars signature snare that was a scorched earth bell brass.
Awesome stuff guys! Love all the details.
I was really bummed when episode 2 was done, because it was so much fun to listen/watch to.
Would love to see a Lars Ulrich Studio-gear episode.
Hats off to you guys!
Made it through both episodes. I’ll probably watch again haha.
Have absolutely adored Lars gear since I was a kid. Thanks for all the details Chris and for you guys caring enough to make these episodes.
So many drummers around the world love these kits and can appreciate this hard work you’ve done.
Cheers
Nice, I only found your channel yesterday because of Part 1 and now Part 2 is out. Brilliant work guys.
Good timing! Be sure to check out the other 215 episodes :)
@@DrumHistoryPodcast The GK kit video was pretty cool too!
Awesome couple of videos guys!
As a Lars fanboy/nerd myself I'd like to point out a few things:
- Black Album tour Cymbals, the 19" tended to be an A Rock Crash
- when he downsized the Artstar II in 94, he also used a standard Tama Brass 14x6.5 snare
- the silver sparkle Granstar was infact a Starclassic prototype with Granstar lugs
- the kick drum heads for Load were still initially Pinstripes, he eventually changed to Powerstroke 3. The splash Cymbal was a 12" Z Custom splash.
- St Anger, he still used A Medium Crashes, Z Dyno Beats ALSO, very very briefly, a 10" A Splash mounted on his left side crash. 2nd China was a 20" Z Custom China.
- Tama also released a Lars Signature Bell Brass: 350 were made, he never used one live.
- Death Magnetic is when he switched to A Custom Projection Crashes, he still used his Z Custom Dyno Beats despite the range being discontinued and 2nd China changed to a 20" Oriental China Trash. Marigold Sparkle was Darker than the LU Magnetic Orange finish: 2 different finishes. A 20" A Ping Ride has made sporadic appearances on his setup since then to this day for certain songs eg Bleeding Me. Also changed kick heads to Remo Powersonic depending on the venue which he still does to this day.
- when Hardwired came out, the 1st Black edition of his steel snare was released which he also played; 300 were released. He changed from the Danmar Kick Pads (which were the plastic ones, used since Load) to the Gibraltar Kick Pads, still uses today.
Not meant to come across like I'm picking holes in anything, just offering info haha.
I'm also an owner of one of the 25 Signature Artstar II kits, the only one in the UK - head over to my page if you wanna hear what it sounds like 🤟
Immediately knew you'd comment on one of these lol love your shit man!
When did he use the splash during st anger era?
The black snare that came out with hardwired was limited to 100. He used that one a lot during the hardwired tour. The Black album snare that came out for the 30th anniversary was limited to 300. He uses that one now on the 72 seasons tour.
Whats your channel or site?
I was waiting for part 2, thanks guys!! Didn't disappoint.
Our pleasure, thank you for watching both episodes!
Appreciate the time and passion. Tremendous guys. 🤘🏻
Thank you, I appreciate that!
Great series, I watched every second of it and loved all the info.
Greetings from South Bend, WA. Thank you so much for the very entertaining and informative production covering the topic of Lars. I loved it from the beginning to present.
I’m not a real Metallica fan, but I am a drum set fan, and you did a marvelous job here.
Thoroughly enjoyed this. Chris's knowledge and attention to detail are incredible.
This was awesome! Thank you so much for putting it together!
Something that I thought would be interesting that was overlooked was the signature bell brass snare drum that was released along with the diamond plate. I feel as though it’s one of the most under appreciated and unknown bell brass snare drums out there. It’s also one of the coolest ones that the Tama pallet has ever offered.I believe Lars used it during S&M, but then obviously it went away.
The 89 kit from the shows in Brazil is not a pearl, its a Luthier, custom made here in São Paulo by Tibério Correa. Great episode!
That is great information. Thank you very much!
@@DrumHistoryPodcast I thank you! Love the podcast, keep up the great work
@DrumHistoryPodcast , Chris and Bart . This drum was made by Tibério Correia, owner of the Luthier Drums brand.
In addition to Mettalica, Exciter and Ramones (probably many others) used this drum kit. It was "stolen" after an exhibition called "international drum exhibition" in São Paulo - 1997.
In this video he explains how it happened.
ua-cam.com/video/YVDp15A9L9k/v-deo.html
And the story of this drum kit is told in this video
(Live in Aquiles Priester Channel) - ua-cam.com/video/q1xR65VLg9U/v-deo.html
In time, thanks for the video about Lars drum kits !!!
Incredible vid! Thanks to the both of you!!!
It was so cool to see the black album kit ('94 7 piece variation) make a comeback for the 72 seasons music video sessions!
Big thank you Chris for your time and knowledge! I cant imagine how long it must have taken to gather all this information! You've opened a gold mine for us fellow nerds ! Happy drumming !
Thank you for watching!!
Zildjian actually offered a cymbal microphone system!
I was hoping it wouldn't take long to get part 2 on. Thanx guys.
I appreciate you watching - I wanted to make sure this one came out back to back!
Watched both episodes. Awesome! Seen em twice back in the day ‘92 and ‘96. Followed Chris on the gram and this channel!
Just found your channel. Big Lars fan, super entertaining, heavy hitter. Great listening to you guys geek out!
Glad you found us, thanks for subscribing!
great job! definitely appreciate all the effort Chris put into this.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching
@@DrumHistoryPodcast have you covered Scott Rockenfield yet? he has an interesting history (IMO) he alsoo went from having a double kick to single kick drum without warning playing all the same songs with his band Queensryche and just omitting the double kick patterns. I think he went back to the double kick set-up but he's no longer with Queensryche, so I'm not sure what was going on with him at that time. ... Anyways great podcast new fan.
Great job. That' was a great trip down memory lane. I remember my days looking at the artstar in the window of the guitar center. Still wish i had the money. Fast forward my star classic maple was a custom order based off Lars Kit he played on s&m. I still love i t. I can't believe it was the 80s dreaming about that artstar and now 2 decades playing my blue star classic maples. Thanks for the detail you brought.. oh yah.i have played 2 titan stands since 86 they are incredible quality and durability
Thank you guys for making these! I watched them both and enjoyed them a lot! Lars has always been an inspiration to me. He is an iconic drummer. When I was 12 I got a Premier APK drumset, white. When I was about 15 I changed the setup to the same position as Lars had with the white kit when he dropped the 10" and 16". Got black resonance heads and used the green tennis grip tape for my sticks. That was what I could afford at the time.
These days I only have a e-kit, but I recently got myself a pair of Lars' signature Ahead sticks and still love to play along to Metallica songs!
The snare drum used in the studio was Tama’s bell brass, not Gretsch. The the rest was Gretsch. The snare drums on the white Artstar kits were bell brass as well. I had the privilege to see his drum tec set up his kit back in 1993.
Correct. I misspoke on that. Thank you for pointing it out.
don't be sure about the snare being a bell brass (all the time) on the white Artsar kits. at some point he used a thick Birch shell. and it was a white one. i remember seeing it in a live when he blew the batter head off and when he lifted it to give it to his drum tech, we could see the thick shell very well. no way in a million year he used a white painted Bell brass. it's been said in the video by Chris and i totally agree with him.
Excellent! Thank you guys for these episodes! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻
Really enjoyed both parts guys thank you for taking the time to put this out. I'd be interested to know about the yellow 72 seasons kit. Sunny yellow lacquer is only available on the Star series drums in the UK. ❤
Excellent video.....thank you guys..
Awesome job guys! Earned a sub and a fan. Keep up the great work
Very cool gear rundown!!! I did some sleuthing a while ago because I had a set of SC Bubingas in Scorched Copper Burst that I wanted to get more drums for, even though that finish was discontinued over 10 years now. Tama still makes Starclassic Maple in Japan but only for the Japan drum market, they moved SC to China about 12 years ago for current production for the rest of the world. Until a year or two ago, you could order Starclassic Maple made in Japan in those discontinued finishes, but it is priced as Star Maple drums, but you don't get the newer hardware perks that are offered on Star currently. Lars' current kit is Starclassic Maple made in Japan in Sunny Yellow Lacquer.
Also worth mentioning: at the time they release the first iteration of his signature snare, two snares were actually released: the diamond plate steel snare, and the BELL BRASS 14x6.5 snare! They discontinued the bell brass snare not because of the price, but also because many who did play and review the snare said it didn't sound any different than the steel snare for 2/3rd the price. Cheers!
Love the Lars episode its the best! Hoping to get a Lars Ulrich replica Artstar 2 kit!
Awesome content! The ’96 live kit’s ride was probably there for Load’s first single Until It Sleeps. Cheers!
great talk guys! it might be a good idea to get a tour of those drum kit replicas
These are amazing. I’m a huge drum nerd but I suck at drums. Huge fan of Lars and I’ve never heard anything this in-depth about him. This was much appreciated and impressive as hell.
This was cool. I'm not even a drummer, but this was super interesting. The work this guy has put into the research and recreation of those kits. Huge respect.
AAAAHHH! Now it's white kit! My two favorites: the grey one from the damaged justice tour and the white one from the black album tours. Congratulations!! AMAZING WORK!
Another fantastic episode. I loved it!
This is GOLD!!! Thank you both.
This was awesome, thanks guys! I’m off to watch the Neil video next!!
Awesome! Thank you!
Hey Guys, thanks for the shoutout when yall got to talking about guys that own the deeper purple replica kit!!! I been a Lars nerd for 34 years now.
Rock on brother
awesome mini series
Thank you guys for doing this....
Thank you for watching!!
Really digging these deep dives into various drummers' equipment timelines (and the channel, in general). Would absolutely love to see episodes on the gear used by Simon Phillips (Bob Graham would definitely be the guy to interview for that). How about the equally-legendary Steve Smith, as well? Whereas many kids coveted Lars's white Artstar II kit, Steve's red Sonor Signatures were my dream kit at 8, 9 years old.
Hey Chris - thanks! You’re such a great down to earth guy. Respect from the UK!
Great video!!! Nice talk, I´ve always dreamed to play the white Tama drum set, I saw Lars twice, first time in 2014 and he brought the Orange Starclassic kit and the second time in 2016 he played the purple Starclassic kit, and as for the drumsticks it was Matt Sorum from Guns N' Roses who introduced Lars to the Easton Ahead drumsticks, nowadays Ahead belongs to Big Bang Distribution company which is the owner of LP Percussion, Rogers Drums, DW, Aquarian Drumheads and a bunch of drums and percussion brands, greetings from Quito-Ecuador.
Part 2! Fantastic
Thanks brother
I watched both parts all the way through. You guys did a fantastic job! My favorite kits were the Superstars and the Granstar.
Thanks so much for watching!
The knowledge you posses is incredible.
Very nice, very well done, really enjoyed 🥁
Stumbled on this channel when the stolen kit episode popped up. Then i saw this series. Totally loved it. As a huge Lars fan this waa great to watch. I own a diamomd plate snare and love it. After seing the replicas i want to visit chris and take a tour of that drum room. Thanks again for making this video it was fucking great! 🤘
Great job! I wish you would have covered the AWMH 1 Kit. Really enjoyed this series.
Just watched both episodes of the Lars Ulrich kits. Very very cool. Ty. Dave in northwest Indiana. 😅
Love all these gear vids. For YEARS I thought Lars' Chrome finish was like a shiny black. Didn't realize it was chrome until watching the previous vid. That shell supporter is interesting but actually pretty unnecessary. Just needed to keep the front reso rim on and if you wanted an open front just cut out the head and have the ring.
Thanks for watching John! That was definitely not my intention but it did slip into more of the classic buddy horror stories
Love both of these videos.
I believe the whole bell brass thing came from the tama profile ‘92 mini catalog that had all of the endorsers set ups in it. It says bell brass and shows the white snare. I also think this was because he used the “terminator” tama bell brass when recording the black album on some tracks (also the black beauty you mentioned)
Amazing! Thanks! 🙏🏼
This was incredible, absolutely great. I love the history and level of detail. Great job and awesome kit replicas. I'm not even a drummer and got so sucked into this just by being a huge Metallica fan and my two favorite eras are the Justice and Black Album.
Hell yeah, thanks for watching man
Hey, this history of Lars’ kits was very informative! As a gear nerd, the attention to detail was extraordinary! One thing that caught my attention though. It was the white Artstar Customs with the black hardware. I can understand it being famous, but there was one that did it first in a metal/ thrash setting, if you will. Randy Castillo, Ozzys drummer. The No Rest For The Wicked tour 88-89. I believe they were Granstars, not sure. But all the hardware including the rack- not sure if that was one of Greg Volekers custom creations, were black on white shells. Not sure if it was paint or powder coat. It would be awesome if you did a history of Randy’s kits, from the Wumblies on up to his tragic passing in 2001. Great job as always!
YES THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY REQUEST!!!
Thanks so much for the great idea. I went looking for your comment to give you a shoutout and couldn't find it in time but I really appreciate it!
@@DrumHistoryPodcast ❤️
Love this! I have a Lars purple kit. Thought I was the only one that was so into and obsessed with Lars’ drum set up and gear..good to know I’m in good company 😂
In 1997, Bob Kasha purchased Ahead Drumsticks from Easton Sports...been a long time. I had no idea until I searched. AHEAD is an acronym for Advanced High Efficiency Alloy Drumstick. Who knew?!
Wow. Same here never knew that 😅 That's good to know . Good info there
There are three versions of the signature snare...the original with long lugs, reissue with short lugs, and the Black Album Anniverary with short lugs.
Great episode! You rule Chris🤘🏻
Hell yeah! Good stuff and neat info!
Appreciate it!
Watched both frmnbeginingnto end. Thank you ao much for this, man if only you did this in the past when I was 15 and my whole life was Metallica and Lars.
Another awesome vid
Both videos were great. Lars was a huge influence on my drumming as well as Neil.
What an awesome channel. There was an era during the What I'm assuming was the death magnetic tour where they put Lars closer to the crowd, maybe in the put. For this they used pearl virtual drums so that the bleed from the crowd wasn't picked up by the mics. I'm sure somebody brought this up already.
Down to the shoes , 👏🏼 entertaining video my guys 👍🏻👍🏻
hey Guys.....i had a really good time watching and listening to this...Ive been playing drums since 1994 and it was Lars who was my first initial hero and first drumming influence and inspiration....Lars drumming style and also the exact gear he played ( as far as sound and looks) was and still is a huge influence on me as a drummer....Id be awesome if you guys could do similar in depth long gear talk / discussions on other well known metal drummers ( Dave Lombardo, Paul Bostaph, Nick Menza, Vinnie Paul, Gene Hoglan, Scott Travis, Nicko Mcbrain)
56:35 OMG this is very interesting, this guy have the best rare shots from Lars! Awesome!
For whatever it's worth I saw a handful of shows from 1988-1992 including the first Seattle 1989. The drum sound at the May 1992 Seattle Coliseum shows with what I guess was the white Artstar II - one of the biggest, cleanest live drum sounds I ever witnessed.
A couple of others that come to mind AVH from that same year on what I remember was chrome finished Ludwig and Simon Philiips with the Who in 1989 - he had some red Tamas.
I'm a Yamaha guy but hats off a high respect for Tama particularly from that era. My bandmate/friend had a Tama Granstar and that thing was (and probably still is) great. Real punchy, tons of attack.
Splash cymbal was used in the song "Hero of the Day"
Bart, your channel is fantastic! Keep it up
Thank you very much!
loved this episode boys
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Guys….: I absolutely LOVED this ! I’ve been a massive fan of Lars & his kits since about 1988. My dream is to build the chrome Damage kit… maybe one day I will ! My only complaint… the video ended. I could watch this every day when it comes to Lars kits ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️
Another killer video! Thanks for the rundown. I’m such a big gear geek and this answered so many questions.
Did Lars ever use his signature bell brass live or otherwise?
Thank you Mike!
Love theeze gear episodes
Great video!!
I had a pair of Easton sticks at one point right after they came out. When it came to change the sleeves, i just unscrewed the tip, and the sleeves came right off. No problem. Only thing was that i would need to tighten the tip sometimes, as it would come loose after some playing. Should perhaps have had some thread lock on them.
The silver sparkle kit with the Grandstar lugs is the first Starclassic prototype kits. Starclassic maple shells with Grandstar lugs.
I grew up in St Catharines Ontario and Walter Ostaneks a local music store had the white kit for sale in the store. They were a Tama dealer. I was 13-14 years old and would take the city bus there to look at drums. The Lars kit and a giant brown colored Yamaha kit I always remember being in aw over🥁🔥
Jason Last concert was VH1 MYMUSIC AWARDS 30 November, 2000
In the Gibson "Icons" interview with Bob Rock he says the St. Anger snare was (in his words) a Ludwig "plexi snare". It sounded like he's referring to a Vistalite but couldn't remember the right name. You can't see one in the SKOM documentary but Bob was pretty adamant about it being an acrylic snare in that interview.
specs on that Load era kit splash is a 12” Z Custom Splash - always struck me as wild that of all sizes of splashes the dude could have, he chose 12” LOL
I always wondered if the sparkle kit with the Granstar lugs was a prototype for Starclassic. Also the St. Anger snare sound is first kinda heard on “I Disappear” and nobody complained…
I have a sparkle star classic. Bought it because it looked like Cunning stunts lol
Hey guys! Great content! Love the indepth work you guys have done🤘 Would love to have more info//stories on the use of the famous Tama Bell Brass Snare. These snares have just grown in popularity and price😅 Cool the hear you guys mention it and that he started using it in 96" on the cunning stuns. However on the pic from Donnington in 95" you guys show, it seems like he is using a BB snare? Also would be cool the hear the reason why he choose to not use the Bell Brass Hoops, I dont know if anyone has an idea about that? Also cool that you guys mention his signature snares, but you left out his Scorched Earth Bell Brass signature snare? Also I had no idea he was using a Gretsch Bell Brass in the studio on the recording of The Black Album, I always though it was Tama. Cool information, keep up the great work! Cheers, from Norway🤘
Brilliant!
The microphones on the toms (and symbols) were ATM350D’s but changed to DPA4099 after S&M2 because the frequency response was better for the recordings of the show. A lot of Audio Technica mics we’re used since the St. Anger period up until S&M2. Kick was AE2500 mounted on a Kelly Shu shock mount, ATM230 I believe on snare top, bottom was a condensor (not sure which type, I have to look it up), also a ATM450 side condenser on hi-hat.
Later during the hardwired tour some Roland RT-30 triggers were also mounted on the toms and kicks.
Great info - thank you!
Wonderful part 2!!! Lars rules!
Awesome!
So many different kinds of wood, my Tama star series kit sounds amazing. They’ve came along way since then.
Easton and Ahead.
I had is a bicycle equipment. That also make headlamps. And as you explained Easton make baseball and softball and other sports equipment. To my knowledge both companies were adjoined to create the drumsticks. Then Easton sold most of their share to a different company leaving Ahead as as the majority share owner. Hence Easton dropping their name from the product
LOVED this! Lars’ drums are just the best 🤘❤️🔥🤘
Awesome!!
This is great! Thanks so much! Anyone know whats the deal with Lars drop clutch? I am curious if there is a trick to getting that nice sizzle he gets when the top cymbal is dropped. I can see that the top cymbal is pretty slack, letting it breath, but I have only been able to get close to the sound by using a small spring that helps the cymbals get a bit more slosh. THANKS!!
These 2 videos are great!!!! Definitely going to listen to your other stuff I’m a guitarist and a massive fan of kirk probably equivalent to the way he is with Lars. I wish someone would make a video like this but for kirk and james. Anyone know of any?
I paused Some Kind of Monster during the recording of St Anger part, and Lars was clearly playing a blue Ludwig Vistalite snare on his kit.
The Motherload contest only had one winner. I live about 50 miles from Aberdeen so my friend and me drove out there and got to meet them. They must've signed autographs for a thousand people. That is where i first learned that Lars smoked. He was smoking like a chimney. I couldn't believe it. I've never seen him smoking on TV or in interviews. It was great to see. Smoking rocks!
Not a huge fan, but not a hater of/on Lars. Found this gear review amazing. I found an smoke blue empiral star in Tulsa and bought the 9 piece and hardware for $400. They were amazing and can be seen in the Bloodrock reunion videos. My brother still has this kit. Thanks for the knowledge share.