I haven't got the time to update this news section. Sorry... For more news, check out the links above and MetOnTour. Keep on rocking!
Lars and Skylar Ulrich welcomed their new son, Myles, into the world at 4:15am on August 5, 1998 in New York City. Myles weighed in at 7 pounds and 8 ounces and was measured at 20 inches. Mother and son are doing fine. We'd all like to congratulate the Ulrich's on the news!!!
Jason will be part of a benefit concert on August 15th in Brazil.
"Noise Against Hunger" is organized by Sepultura and features
their home debut with new singer Derel Greene. Also guest
starring at this show will be Lemmy from Motorhead, Jello of the
Dead Kennedy's, and Mike Patton formerly of Faith No More.
Proceeds from the show go to help relief efforts due to severe
crop damage in areas of the country.
SAY UNKLE
Psyence Fiction by UNKLE will be released August 24th in
England. featuring Jason Newsted from Metallica, Thom Yorke
of Radiohead, Richard Aschcroft of the Verve, The Beastie
Boys' Mike D and DJ Shadow amongst others. The album will
be released on the Mo' Wax label.
Jason and Mike D collaborated on a song called "The Knock
(Drums Of Death Pt 2)."
MEGADAVE SPEAKS
Dave Mustaine recently posted this in the message boards at the
new Megadeth website www.megadeth.com: "And to those of
you that post here that hate us, don't let the door hit ya' on the
ass. To very VERY large degree, Megadeth AND Metallica
both are responsible for almost all of the great new metal bands
out today. Give us a break! Show us both some respect. And if
ya' don't like either one, or both for that matter than you are
excused."
Jaymz and Francesca Hetfield welcomed their new daughter,
Cali Tee, into the world at 11:13 PDT on June 11th. Cali
weighed in at 8 pounds and 4 ounces and was measured at 20
inches. We'd all like to congratulate the Hetfield's on the news!!!
ReFUEL
ReFuel will be a four-CD singles box containing all three of the
Australian-only CD singles for 'Fuel,' a 100 page book and a
40-minute long interview with the band.
TENNIS ELBOW ULRICH
Lars Ulrich got as far as the semifinals of the Alta Bates
Celebrity Tennis Classic in Oakland, CA. He hasn't lost his
knowledge of the game! ;) His father, Torben, was formerly
ranked as one of the world's top 10 players.
Sepultura's new album, tentatively titled Against features a song recorded with Jason Newsted. "Hatred Inside" was recorded at Newsted's San Francisco home studio and the Sep/Newsted penned tune will feature Jason on bass and vocals. No word on the release date of the album yet.
If you live Down Under, the new 3 Part Fuel singles will be released on June 15th with a pile of live songs from the Brisbane show.
Haven't heard a date or tracklistings on the European 3 Part Fuel singles, but more than likely, they'll come out about the same time with the same tracklistings.
Jaymz called into MTV Live today talking with MTV's Carson Daly and debuted the brand new Fuel video. The video features many of the same rapid fire shots that we're familiar with from the Sandman video. Many pictures of the bands faces and tons of footage featuring hotrods and girls. The video also features some captions across the bottom of the screen. It must be noted that MTV aired the uncensored version...Jaymz can clearly be heard singing "Fuk 'em man, white knuckle tight."
Wayne Isham reared his directorial head at the May 7th show at the legendary Japanese hall, Budokan. The live footage that will be used in the upcoming Fuel video was shot at Budokan and will supposedly be mixed with hotrod footage that will be filmed in California. Pictures from the video shoot have popped up on Metallica's Official Tour Site, MetOnTour and the video should hopefully hit MTV by June. It is unknown when the Fuel singles will be released, what format they will be in, and what tracks will grace the tracklistings.
NU 107.5, a local rock station here in the Philippines, recently conducted a phone interview with Kirk Hammett. Click here to read the rest of the interview.
Lars Ulrich, drummer for Metallica, called in with a concert announcement today. Metallica will be
coming to New York on July 17 so he was on to promote that. He was calling in from Tokyo Japan.
Howard spent a few minutes talking to Lars about his gorgeous girlfriend Skylar. It turns out that Lars
stole her away from Matt Damon. Damon is the guy who wrote and starred in Good Will Hunting.
Damon mentioned losing the love of his life to a rock star in an interview a while back. Robin figured out
that it was Lars at the time. Lars said that he met Matt after that interview and he actually turned out to
be a good guy. He said that Skylar and Matt still talk once in a while though. Lars is pretty confident that
he doesn't have to worry about losing her to Matt.
Lars Ulrich and former Metallica tour accountant, Tim Duffy, has launched their very own record label called "The Record Company". TRC will be under Elektra. They have also signed their first act, a Canadian hard rock band called DDT.
Continuing on his conquest for beer and chicks, Metallica's own
Swedish Pimp, Niclas Swanlund, has fired up a brand new site
for the current leg of the Poor Touring Me Tour. Located at
www.metontour.com, you will find news, pictures, and streaming
video from the road all courtesy of Niclas. Stay up to date with
LIVE METALLICA!!!
CLUB TICKETS
The Metallica Club has finally began offering tickets for the US
Leg of the Poor Touring Me '98 Tour. You will find all the
information you need by clicking here Metallica Club
METAL JEDI
So now what? How does Metallica take the home concert video
even further? more personal? They turn to George Lucas and
friends for the latest technology and now they're turning last
years Ft Worth, TX shows into a personal, interactive
experience. Using the hot DVD format you will be able to see
through ALL the camera's.. follow any band member you want...
you become the director. It will also be available in regular video
tape format, but will no be interactive.