Torben ulrich lars ulrich biography

Lars Ulrich's father, Torben Ulrich, has passed away at the age of 95.

The METALLICA drummer announced his father's death in a social media post earlier today (Wednesday, December 20).

He wrote: "Torben Ulrich: 1928-2023. 95 years of adventures, unique experiences, curiosity, pushing boundaries, challenging the status quo, tennis, music, art, writing….and quite a bit of Danish contrarian attitude.

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Thank you endlessly! I love you dad".

Torben Ulrich, who was said to be METALLICA's biggest fan and its biggest critic, famously told his son "I would delete that" when asked for an opinion of a new song during the writing sessions for what became 2003's "St.

Anger" album — a scene immortalized in the "Some Kind Of Monster" documentary. Torben added, as Lars laughed uncomfortably. "For me, it doesn't cut it. It sounds like a guy shouting in some kind of echo chamber."

Asked in a 2005 interview if he was disappointed that Lars d