Matt Sorum has revealed how Metallica’s Lars Ulrich helped him land the role of Guns N’ Roses’ drummer.
Taking to Instagram to celebrate Ulrich‘s recent birthday, Sorum explained how his “pal of 31 years” got his foot in the door with Guns N’ Roses.
He began: “Happy Birthday to my pal of 31 years Lars Ulrich… We met when The Cult [band in which Sorum played the drums in 1989 and 1990, and 1999–2002] opened [Metallica’s] ‘Justice for All’ tour and spent many nights on the road together living the life of Rock N’ Roll.”
“The Cult did close to 6 months on that tour and the adventures were insane and are still with me to this day. After that we remained close as Lars was the one that gave Slash my phone number to get in [Guns N’ Roses],” he continued.
“Of course the epic [Guns N’ Roses] / Metallica stadium tour was legendary. Besides all of the musical accolades most importantly he has always been there as a friend,” he concluded.
Sorum previously opened up about touring with Metallica back in April in an interview on The 500 With Josh Adam Meyers podcast (via Ultimate Guitar).
“I remember opening for Metallica with The Cult – when I was in The Cult. And we went out one night, there were 10 rows, the first 10 rows had their backs turned to us, flipping us off,” he began.
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He continued: “That was during [1988’s] ‘… And Justice for All.’ They couldn’t give a fuck about The Cult. ‘Where’s fucking James Hetfield?! ‘Seek and Destroy’!’
“In 1989, 99% of guys in the audience, definitely a portion of them were probably into Satan, you know what I’m saying…”
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