"History was made'... Slipknot Drummer Fills In For Lars
 

Virtual Festivals reports: "Rock history was made today as METALLICA seized triumph from the jaws of disaster, after drummer Lars Ulrich was hospitalised with a mystery ailment, on the day of their headline performance at the second day of the Download Festival.

"Whereas lesser bands would fold in the face of such adversity, METALLICA were not going to let this little setback spoil the party.

"A frantic backstage call for arms (and sticks) rallied an impressive contingent of troops from other artists on today's line-up, all ready and willing to do their bit for the 'TALLICA, and a secret spur-of-the-moment rehearsal/audition was held in the band's dressing room to decide a set-list!

"The crowd were not informed of the crisis unfolding backstage, and patience was beginning to wear thin after the band had failed to appear, more than an hour after their due time, evoking the festive chant of 'You're shit!'

"At around 10pm, the 'Ecstacy of Gold' intro music kicked in, and the boos became frenzied cheers. These soon faded, as the three emerging band members walked solemnly to the front of the stage. Singer James Hetfield was quick to get to the point.

" 'We would like to apologise for being so late to start, but only three of us made it down here to Donington today. Unfortunately our drummer, Lars, is in hospital. We don't know what's wrong, but we wish him all the best. Some friends of ours are gonna help us out, so we're going to make rock history tonight!'

"First in the hot seat was SLAYER's Dave Lombardo, much to the crowd's obvious delight, as the band kicked off with an apprehensive 'Battery', and just about pulled it off, with a lot of nodding from Hetfield and bassist Rob Trujillo. Next up was SLIPKNOT's Joey Jordison, and then something magical happened. Surging into 'For Whom the Bell Tolls', the remaining band members were unable to contain their smiles as it quickly became apparent that the small, demure figure behind the kit was not so much their salvation, as their hero of the day.

"As his confidence grew, Jodison began to add his own flavour, improvising thundering fills over 'Creeping Death' and 'Seek and Destroy', much to the glee of beaming guitarist Kirk Hammett. After a brief and not-entirely-successful attempt by drum tech Flemming to cover on a ropey 'Fade to Black', plans to bring on LIFE OF AGONY's Sal Abruscato and bring back Lombardo and Flemming were swiftly aborted. METALLICA had found their drummer for the night!

"After what will long be remembered as a truly legendary performance, a clearly shell-shocked Jordison staggered off-stage to an emotional reunion with his unmasked SLIPKNOT bandmates, proclaiming 'You just made rock history, dude!' He just did."

I'd love to hear it!
Anyone but Lars who lost all my respect after turning bitch.

Quite true until Paul and Gene vs. The Kiss Army. Seems greed is running rampant lately.

metallica is nothing but a bunch of greedy little bastards that can play instruments really well.

Lars!
Lars is greedy, Kirk's just there and James is too busy trying to sober up.
I have my own idea why Jason left.

I don't care what financial status Metallica is in...I'll listen to fuckin' sell-outs, so as long as the music sounds good (To some degree, I.E. Sex Pistols)...

The slipknot drummer is really good, yeah. I'm surprised he's not better known for it, personally.

I heard he was a dick, though :)

Wait 'til taylormermer sees this thread :D

I know nothing about Slipknot...I absolutly did not like them before, but with their new album, they're starting to grow on me...

I'm starting to like Slipknot...But yeah Joey is a good drummer... :)

I think Jason left because he knew his opinion didn't matter much. It's Lars and James.

I still dig the hell out of their older music but by Load and Reload it kinda turned into pop rock and St. Anger...I can't believe I wasted my money on it. Maybe it will grow on me in about ten years.

It was said that in 2005 they will start work on a new album. Hopefully the sales of St. Anger sent them a clear message and they return to their former selves.

Greedy or not, if they rock I'll be there. Another St. Anger and I'll totally lose faith.

this is why p2p apps are good. i don't buy a CD anymore without checking out a few songs from it to see if it's any good. if it's good i'll buy it. if it sucks i won't buy it. in the case of metallica, i won't buy any of their CDs because of the greediness.

Jason left because he's a die-hard musician...When 2 members do all the music writing, them on top of that being married, along with 1 of those two going into rehab to sober up, there's really no time to do any Metallica projects...

During that time, however, Newstead was on various side projects, of which included the revival of Voivod, performing with Echobrain, and producing albums by Drainpipe and Speedealer, to pass by the time while Metallica cleansed their act up...There was a wall between James Hetfield and Jason Newstead with Jason's ability to channel his thoughts into side projects...Newstead asked the band to take a year off to work with these bands, the band said no, so he just straight up left...

Last I heard of Jason was in Summer of 2003 where he joined Ozzy Osbourne, but I think he left just months after that...Disputes with Zakk Wylde, I guess...

the audience would have chanted that anyways

Newsted rules, specially his Flotsam & Jetsam days.

I've always loved Slipknot, their newer album was the worst I say.

Lars is dead to me. Fuckin' greedy bastard.