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It’s just that he’s technically not good, that’s all. Like he drifts with time and isn’t very precise. I think the band would sound better if he were more compe

by enneff 3y ago

It’s just that he’s technically not good, that’s all. Like he drifts with time and isn’t very precise. I think the band would sound better if he were more competent. The same could be said of Kirk’s solos; even though he’s performed some classic and memorable guitar parts, on the whole they’re pretty bland. I think for quite some time James and Jason were the best musicians in the band. Now Trujillo is far and away the most serious and capable musician among them. That’s not to take away from the whole package. Cleary together they do (or did) something people love. But there is some objective notion of musical skill and capability that you can judge them by, and Lars is just not that great.

veave 3y ago
There's something I don't understand. He's been a drummer for 40 years now. How can he still be "not good"?
- enneff 3y ago
  Probably because he doesn’t dedicate himself to the craft. Musicians tend to get better with age, not worse.
  - midoridensha 3y ago
    To a point. Drumming requires a lot more stamina than other instruments, so after a certain point, drummers have a hard time playing as well as they did when younger. We're seeing this now with Iron Maiden's Nicko McBrain, who's over 70. It's not like this for guitars/bass, but again with Iron Maiden, people are saying that they aren't running around the stage they way they did in the past. Age isn't Lars's problem though.
- xinayder 3y ago
  the only time they didn't criticize him was back in the 90s when the whole band was high on drugs all the time, I guess.
raverbashing 3y ago
He's probably better than anyone in The Clash for example Technical prowess only goes so far, Metallica got where it got with him, and in the end it's a moot point Yeah maybe he's not the best drummer, but it was good enough to get them where they got
- enneff 3y ago
  I think I made all of that pretty clear in my comment. I was just explaining the “bad drummer” meme.

by enneff 3y ago

veave 3y ago

There's something I don't understand. He's been a drummer for 40 years now. How can he still be "not good"?

enneff 3y ago
Probably because he doesn’t dedicate himself to the craft. Musicians tend to get better with age, not worse.
- midoridensha 3y ago
  To a point. Drumming requires a lot more stamina than other instruments, so after a certain point, drummers have a hard time playing as well as they did when younger. We're seeing this now with Iron Maiden's Nicko McBrain, who's over 70. It's not like this for guitars/bass, but again with Iron Maiden, people are saying that they aren't running around the stage they way they did in the past. Age isn't Lars's problem though.
xinayder 3y ago
the only time they didn't criticize him was back in the 90s when the whole band was high on drugs all the time, I guess.

raverbashing 3y ago

He's probably better than anyone in The Clash for example Technical prowess only goes so far, Metallica got where it got with him, and in the end it's a moot point Yeah maybe he's not the best drummer, but it was good enough to get them where they got

enneff 3y ago
I think I made all of that pretty clear in my comment. I was just explaining the “bad drummer” meme.