Lars Ulrich: Moscow 1991 Is a “Mindf**k” Of A Concert To Watch | Conan O'Brien Needs A Freind
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- Lars Ulrich remembers Metallica’s iconic 1991 performance in Moscow. Plus, Lars talks about one of their most unique shows: a silent-disco style concert in Antarctica.
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![Metallica - Harvester Of Sorrow - Live in Moscow, Russia (1991) [Pro-Shot]](/img/n.gif)
Little known fact about that concert: Pantera's breakdown for "Domination" was so heavy that the Soviet Union collapsed under its weight.
Lmaooooo
YESSSSS 🤘🏼
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Dime’s solo summoned a tornadp of demons. That’s how the wall actually came down.
Pantera sucks
That Harvester Of Sorrow performance is legendary. Especially the part where Hetfield stops, hocks up a loogie, spits it out, and goes "ALLLLLLLL HAVE SAID THEIR PRAYERS!!!!"
Dont forget Enter Sandman and than Creeping Death.
Ha ha! A creeping death
Did u ever see the picture of Lars from that show with a bloody snare drum? Apparently he cut open his finger right at the exact moment when they pause during Harvester of Sorrow. James started singing sooner than expected and Lars crushed his finger between the stick and drum as he hit the snare. Sounds very painful but he obviously managed to finish the song
I can see this as as i read it 😅
THAT is the greatest clip of the show. It's just so otherworldly: it's like he's Mad Max freeing an enslaved population.
I know the song deals with different matters, but it's named after a book called 'The Harvest of Sorrow' by Robert Conquest on the topic of the Soviet famine in Ukraine, otherwise known as Holodomor.
There are differing opinions as to the degree it was a deliberate act of genocide of the Ukrainian people or just Soviet incompetence, but what is not in dispute is the scale of suffering. Millions died of starvation in Ukraine alone. (Perhaps that might be why Ukrainians don't want to be Russia).
So it being sung back to Moscow is poetic.
Lars is Metallica encyclopedia. If he writes biography book someday, I won't be surprised if it is a thousand pages long.
So is Jason. That man has a mind like a steel trap.
Those two could sit down and write a series of books about their time together.
@@HvyMetal4Ever
In that case they should add a chapter about 'And Justice For All' and about how wonderful bass sounds in there, how they managed to get that big and punchy tone. Precisely, lack thereof.
I would really love to see that, great idea!
he's good as something at least
@@ivanbardov lmao a 50page chapter of empty papers and just the title at the beginning. “Chapter 13: justice for all, but the bass”
That live recording of the 1991 Moscow show it is probably the best Metallica live show of their whole career.
Seattle 1989 would disagree.
@@DodgerBlueRobert Yes.
@@DodgerBlueRobert I mean, actually that whole show took a year to remaster, so the sound you hear was all worked, some parts even added, who was there knows that there were some mistakes that are not in the video, and the sound was not as perfect. They filmed it with several cameras and had all the audio tracks separated to treat. ONE YEAR on it. While Moscow it is what it is there. Live 100%.
@@DodgerBlueRobert Seattle 89 footage is terrible. So many crowd shots replayed throughout the whole set.
Seattle 89 can't be beat
What's insane is that Moscow took place roughly 10 years after Lars met James.
never knew they met each other in 1137
dawg 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀
@@maximwinner5326 🤣🤣🤣
"When Lars met James" sounds like a romantic comedy :D
What is the point of this comment? 😑
I can listen to Lars telling stories all day.
Better storyteller than a drummer
@@MetalizedButt That's why Metallica so popular )
Agree, surprisingly good storyteller. Would be nice to hear more in depth what that concert felt like though.
@@MetalizedButt Why always the hate on his drumming.
@@MetalizedButt ya he must be terrible to be around this long.
4:33 What Lars says here really is the true essence and beauty of a heavy metal concert. The fact that anyone from anywhere in the entire world can get together for a common cause and leave everything else outside the arena really does speak to the true testament of the power and captivation of heavy metal.
Not just heavy metal, music in general imo
@@sit-insforsithis1568 Completely agree I have been to other shows that are not metal and you're right there is a definite and identifiable friendship amongst all of the people attending :)
@@metalhead-mf2zf It’s amazingc, isn’t it? The togetherness it can bring, just knowing the same songs and singing the same lyrics. Or even just liking the same tunes, if you don’t even know anything. Music is so powerful.
It's like Tesla said, 'if you want to know the secrets of the Universe, think of energy and vibration' or something such. Music has both
Everyone who goes to a metal concert is forever bonded by blood
that concert is the most impressive live concert video I have ever seen
epic
Imagine if you had been there.
@@HigherPlanes crazy - I was too young to go to concerts in those days, I was really jealous of my cousins who saw bands like these live
I just checked out the concert, absolutely epic. I'd forgotten how amazing James Hetfield's voice is, he just has the perfect metal voice. You gotta put it in the context of the time, when the first McDonald's opened in Moscow, 38,000 people went through it the first day, waiting for hours in line.
@Rhys Gallery “The road to hell is arched in gold…” ~ Mr. McDonald
And to think it's all gone downhill from there...
@@someguy2972 who metallica?
That’s called cultural victory in Civ terms.
Pantera's Domination in Moscow is the definitive moment of metal live history
I think its creeping death with the die chant personally
But only because you view Russia just like the Nazigermans did...because the US and its colonies are not that different from Nazigermany.
Guess again kid. I didn't even know they were there.
@@redrick8900 now you know.
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My thoughts exactly. Most iconic moment in metal history by far.
As a Russian-German, this made me tear up. Especially the part where he talked about the concerts in Saudi Arabia. We need to unite more flags all over this world through music!
Yes sir totally agree!
First of all, westies should stop fckn with these countries. USSR end is more symbolic for them then us. they don't understand things just continued, same people.
In South Park, they unite the world with the power of Van Halen.
I wonder how many women they allow on those concerts in Saudi Arabia..
@@janiheikkinen4044 even the groupies they bang backstage are men in burkas. 😘
I met a Russian guy that talked about buying underground records that were made on X-Rays, and one of the records he bought was just a single of enter sandman.
2:32 Sikorski makes helicopters for NATO not Russia. The helicopter Lars is referring to is a Soviet Hind Gunship helicopter and they're no joke.
Metallica played a gig in Lubbock TX in the early 90s. The band kept trying to end the show, Lars would not stop playing. The band caught on, and played and played and played. It was well over four hours. Never seen a show like it.
The creeping death performance of that concert is the most badass thing I’ve seen
I remember being 15 years old and renting that concert on VHS almost every week for months just to watch it over and over again. Truly legendary show.
I did the sand at the same age! VHS!
I was at that concert and it was absolutely epic. Saw Metallica again 26 years later in Seattle. I am still going through video and trying to find myself as I was right by stage.
I never find myself in concert videos, and their already much smaller lol
I think that's the longest I've ever heard Lars go without saying the F word.
Right? His grammar & large vocabulary is normally unparalleled. 😂
Even at at the age of 47 I want to jump through the screen right into the crowd, what a badass show
There's something about music, and metal music specifically, and that is how inclusive it is. Everytime I've went to a concert to go see Dream Theater, or Periphery, or whoever, I've always had an amazing conversation with someone or a group of people. People from different upbringings are brought together to enjoy music, and There's something so beautiful about those moments.
That all changes the minute someone mentions Ghost. Haha.
Im a metalhead as well but i wouldnt exactly say it's inclusive. There's a subgenre called NSBM for the express purpose of NOT being inclusive. And the amount of flak bands got from fans for supporting BLM during the protests too.
@@SALT-- Of course you get your elitist idiots, and NSBM is indeed disgusting, but I have to say I’ve been to a lot of concerts, and metalheads are consistently the most chill
@@SALT-- NSBM is a tiny minority within the Metal scene. Having gone to Metal gigs in various countries they're the most inclusive experiences I've ever had as travelling foreigner.
This is true, and as a musician myself who plays pretty much every genre, it’s true of music in itself, regardless of genre. It brings people together and creates emotions, memories, and it’s actually medicine for me. It’s my higher power. I play in a metal band, black gospel band, bluegrass band, classic rock band. I’ve written and recorded cinematic music. I was in the backing band for a hip hop artist a few weeks ago. It all brings people together. Shame on American society for greatly downplaying its importance in schools and its importance to creative minds.
Amazing stuff. The world needs Metallica. Lars is a champ.
Chump*
@@taylorhession1905 shut up.🙄
Say what you want about Lars and his drumming....he's the drummer of the most successful and most popular metal band of all time....and he can tell a great story too.
I sort of get the hate Lars gets, but I don't agree with it. He comes of as arrogant some times, but you can easily tell that he enjoys music and has a very good eye for how music and society influence each other. He's an interesting guy and yes, he's the drummer of one of the most popular bands of all time. :)
Lars is a great drummer. People who say otherwise don’t know craft or taste.
Conan's having such a better time now, you can tell. He's so much more relaxed and more himself than I think he's ever been. He evovles as a person, as opposed to an entertainer, and it shows. It's actually much more entertaining to see this than the alternative, in my personal humble opinion! :)
I was there back then, and it was incredible! Thanks Lars and the guys for being the perfect soundtrack to my youth!
Nice!
how did you buy tickets? how well known were the bands?
@@mike04574 It was a free gig as far as I remember. Of course, all the bands were absolute idols for all of us. Maybe Pantera was relatively unknown, as they were just beginning to gain commercial success. Otherwise we had been listening to all these bands for years and years.
@@borivoj_navratil Plus "AC/DC", "Kiss" and "Metallica" were pretty much the only graffiti you could see in cities in the 80s, next to expletives on the walls. In 1990, while we were on a high school exchange trip to Maryland, some "cool kids" from the stage crew team asked us if we had "ever heard of Motley Crew". We shocked them by naming like 30 top rock/metal bands in a row.. Also to note, the 1991 Monsters of Rock show discussed here was preceded by the 1989 Moscow Music Peace Festival with Ozzy, Skid Row, Cinderella, Scorpions etc.. That show - first of its kind - was broadcast live to like half of the world.
@@dens6960 You have covered all the important points, thanks. Metal was massively popular back then.
The concert is just completely epic, James at his peak he looks and sounds like a lion
Conan and Lars are having a very intellectual conversation and it’s lovely
Lars is a great storyteller🤘
Metallica in Moscow is one of the greatest moments in American History
The POWER OF METAL!
I'll be 35 this September, and probably watched the Moscow show for the first time when I was about 15 or so. It gave me chills unlike any other musical event I've ever experienced. I've since seen it hundreds of times and it still gives me chills when I watch it today.
I was about to write the same comment then i saw yours mirroring mine so good
Literally just rewatched that concert. Ffs….. never seen such an enormous crowd going crazy. How sad to think where they are now. Hopes were so high
I love watching and listening to these old boys converse, their level of insight and wisdom is bordering on as forgotten attributes in the modern era.
I was at the monster of rock in Denmark Gentofte august 10 1991 that was the first Metallica show I went to but not the last until today I’ve been to 10 concerts but the Moscow concert I would have loved to be at but with Lars behind the drums next to our danish flag 🇩🇰 gives me goosebumps all over.
MetallicA the GOAT
Lars is such a treasure! Love from Denmark ❤
Lars is absolutely right because music is the UNIVERSAL language! Absolutely adore Metallica, have for years! I’m 62 yr old gma now and there’s still not a day goes by that there’s not music in my house. Obviously love heavy metal, husband does too! Road trips r ALWAYS a blast🤟🏼🤟🏼🤟🏼🤟🏼🤟🏼
I guess rock genre is the one capable to contain almost every period of age in average
For some reason that blank sheet of paper in front of Sona is hilarious to me. She's probably like 'those are for the nerds' 😂
Metallica and AC/DC headlined the show, but Pantera was one of the opening acts.
I still remember watching the video of Cowboys from Hell. It still is one of the most insane videos I've ever watched.
AC DC stinks, any 9th grader with 5 weeks of guitar can play all those songs.
Pantera blew them both out of the water.
@@bcg6760 So? Have you ever heard of fun? I can play you Beethovens 5th "riff" with 0 seconds of piano training, does that mean Beethoven sucks?
Just because something can be played by a kid, doesnt mean it sucks...hell, kids these days rip through Jimi Hendrix songs without any problems...
Although there have been many outstanding musicians over the years, Metallica's influence on the globe is unparalleled.
i guess youve never heard of iron maiden...
Metallica is casual riffraff
someone hasn't heard of The Beatles.
@@Uygsoerk You seem like you’re secretly a fan
@@vincent2053 Of course I am a fan ... of Meshuggah.
Lars should have a podcast. Maybe he does already. He's very articulate and pleasant demeanor.
I wish Wayne Isham would release the rest of the Metallica footage he has of that show, if he has any. He only gave us four songs.
@@MisunderstoodSpaceMarine Not the Wayne Isham footage. You can find only four songs from his footage on YT. The footage that has the full concert was shot by Russian television and in terrible quality.
@@Yousseph Yea the quality is crap, that’s for sure. Guess that makes sense he was the one shooting some of the usable footage from that show. Didn’t he shoot the San Diego gig as well?
@@MisunderstoodSpaceMarine Yes sir. He did Cunning Stunts as well.
@@Yousseph Maybe they should just use him for every concert film. Dude filmed some legendary shows.
Goes from talking about playjng infront of over a million people at a truly dodgy time in Russia, to connecting all the Middle East countries for a metal gig, to playing Antarctica and having a drink with the lucky 200 people. Not many bands EVER, let alone metal bands can even touch the reach Metallica have had, and Lars has been the mastermind. Utter legends.
Music can bring all world together❤
Say hello, I was there 😂 Thank you, Lars, it was precious ❤❤❤
One Hell of a Concert it was...Still remember and keep on Rocking!
Thanks a lot !!!
Respect for Metallica from Iran 🤘❤️. Hope to see Metallica in Tehran soon.
hopefully not, i hope iran never bend to the west.
“And one guy asked for a Pepsi” is the most Conan joke ever.
"Sikorsky helicopters flying around...", c'mon Lars 🤣🤣🤣🤣
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That wasn't just a Metallica concert. It was one of the Monsters of Rock series of concerts and the 1991 one was headlined by ACDC, with Metallica, Black Crowes, and Pantera.
That is a stacked performance
3 "B-List" bands and "A-List" Metallica. Guarantee Metallica has sold more tickets and albums/streams/etc than all three combined.
@Rolemodel 5150 Now yeah but during that time acdc was bigger at the time and headlined
@@alo4912 Uhhm, no, ACDC wasn't bigger at the time. This was Metallica's Black Album tour, and they were in their prime. ACDC was past their prime. Metallica was selling out Stadiums and Arenas in 10-20 minutes all around the world. I tried getting tickets for this tour, but had to get them through a 3rd party.
@Rolemodel 5150 They were past their prime most definitely, but still the bigger band because of their past success. Which is why they headlined. The black album had just come out and it was the biggest record in the world and allowed metallica to become a worldwide known band, but acdc was already globally successful because of their popularity years before
Dude, goosebumps when he spoke about how all the fans from the middle eastern cities and countries that should technically want to kill eachother gather in a stadium to bond over Metallica is powerful.
I was at that show. And it's funny how people in the US think we want to kill each other😅
@@skully366 are you tring to say there's no hostility between sunita and xiita muslims?
@@Qliphirot There is between shia and sunni for sure. But the west definitely has a disproportionate view as opposed to how things really are, in my opinion. Having grown up in the UAE for 21 years
Yea that's exactly the moment when I paused the video, typical western over-simplifying view of a very complex part of the world. But whatever gets you to sleep at night Lars xD
DOMINATION!
Love Conan, glad he went the podcast route. Great interview, would love to see conan and rogan together eventually haha.
It looked like a real life Dethklok concert.
It's the best performance of "Harvester of Sorrow" imo. I didn't even like the song that much on the record, but that live version is really awesome.
I was in Tushino at this concert in 1991. I was about 18 at the time. It's funny to listen to Lars and James' exaggerated memories of this show. Helicopters flew, but did not sit on anyone's head. As far as I know, there were about 500 thousand people there. Privet from Moscow.
I first heard Sandman in a nightclub I used to attend with friends, but as I got older I would play it on TH-cam. One morning I came across the Moscow video and the hairs on the back of my neck stood on end and my adrenaline level went through the roof. That's now my go to video whenever I have to get myself hyped up to do certain jobs. It's like the energy from the audience is coming through the screen right at me and I feel like I can take on the world.
I still no words for that crowd!
Lars knows more about a foreign country than 20 US citizens combined.
which still isnt much
well he's not american
@@okkcomputer, I never said he is though...
Sad but true
And your 2 last presidents… 😂
I read not too long ago, that the helicopters were used to help circulate the air.
Definitely a good move, especially considering the numbers & cram-packed Russian fans.
Here in Russia, we've got a couple of stories about this helicopter. There were two persons inside excluding the crew. Moscow's major Luzhkov and the main organization manager Boris Zosimov. They just wanted to see what they have done )))
I was on that Antartic ship concert !!! They finally mentioned that concert. It's true. We had to wear earphones and we all had to squeeze into this tiny room to watch them play. It was very surreal because I've seen Metalica play live in Radio City Music Hall in New York in the MTV Awards of 1996. But, the frozen silent concert was crazy !!
I'm going to check that out right now! ❤
I remember seeing the these guys in 1991 here in Springfield Illinois. There wasn't 1.5 million people at the show. But it felt like it. Just a zoo of a mosh pit and all the Weed being smoked😁. It was and has been to this day the best concert I've ever been too.And sense then I've seen too many concerts lol. That show just sticks out from all of them.
Easily a million people at the show. The top ten largest concerts ever all happened in Russia.
I'm surprised how Conan's able to speak while sleeping during the whole video.
There performance of" for whom the bells tolls". Will go down in history for great musical performance. Cliff em all
@Lamar Loyde it was on the cliff em all vhs. Your right. The have played it 1200 times. But that performence on the vhs tape was still epic. And when you see the mosco version,with jason. It made bands,like mine. Want to play more.all i was saying.
hell yeah! Just come to Malaysia again! I was there in stadium Merdeka in 2013 and the concert was freaking awesome! We miss you guys so much!
Спасибо за музыку Ларс!У меня все альбомы Metallica на полке стоят!Щас пойду включу!Долгих лет вам!
I watch that concert all the time for god sakes, nothing can be same as Moscow live
Great interview!
if you watch any of their studio vids, you'll see all the flags from the countries they visited, all from fans. super awesome
Amazing concert. Jason was the X factor live!
What an incredible show. Pantera came to crush it and that's exactly what they did.
Best concert ive ever watched lived absolutly insane!! epic stuff
I'm just going to say: I would give anything to be at that concert when Pantera played Domination.
Was an amazing moment in world history. Proof that metal music (and other music I guess) can unite the world in peace. Bill and Ted were not too far from a true reality we can someday achieve...maybe...hopefully.
Conan GOAT O'brien🥰
I wish they would release a cd of that concert! It’s one of their best concerts
I visited Russia in '96. Metallica was playing everywhere. They left a mark that lasted for years.
One thing that Lars says that's kinda funny is that he call's the helicopters "Sikorsky Helicopters" but Sikorsky is actually an American company. The founder, Igor Sikorsky, fled from Russia when the soviets took power.
There have been so many great artists over the years but the impact Metallica has on the world is unprecedented
i guess youve never heard of iron maiden...
@@bcg6760 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@bcg6760 🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼
@@bcg6760 Maiden is great and all I've seen them live theyre one of the best. But Metallica's impact and influence is greater
Not really. It was precedented by Elvis, Chuck Berry, the Beatles, the Stones, and many others before them.
Ultimate shine moment dime fuggin killin it ..domination 🤘🤘🤘
It weren't 1.6million. It were roughly 500.000. Those exaggerations started years after.
Still a mindblowing amount of spectators, though.
One guy asked for a Pepsi and was thrown overboard🤣🤣🤣
Lars and Conan. Thanks TH-cam gods.
just happened to watch that and man your story is crazy. surreal for me to see. ...
I like that Conan is a metalhead. So is Letterman. Both always had metal bands on their shows. Respect to both of those men for helping spread the gospel of heavy metal.
If Iran ever becomes free soon, Metallica should tour their too. They have an insane metal following in Iran.
I imagine the underground Iranian Metal scene being just awesome and full of rage.
hopefully it never become another western puppet like it was during the shah period.
i live in turkey, i think they should come to turkey because in previous turkey shows, too many tourists came from the middle east, africa and balkans, Turkey stands in the middle geographically in this regard
@@sercan068 absolutely! They'd love Türkiye and Türkiye would love them.
@@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns In the elections in 2 weeks, the Erdoğan is gone and new president Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu will get closer to europe, I guarantee you, in 2025 or 2026, Metallica will come to Türkiye and we will have fun with all our friends from the middle east, africa and the balkans.
Someone asked for a Pepsi? I bet it was Mike Muir!
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So cool. Love this new album so much. Growing on me more and more daily and Crown of Barbed-wire, Too Far Gone and especially Inamorata is amazing the last may be my top 5 of all time. Absolutely perfect.
I swear I really do hope that this real rock n'roll pendulum will swing back front & center. Cuz it's never really been politics or even religion or territory that brings people together to unite...it's genuine soulful music, art, & great writers.
That concert is pretty spectacular
Beautiful interview, and the Conan ends with a banger of a joke. Top tier stuff boys.
What a great interview-thanks! I agree with Lars: music is the greatest unifier.
I love Megadeth and Metallica... i think about 20 years already since i started listening to heavy metal. It's timeless
Fun fact: Lars is still chewing the same toothpick he had in 1991.
Seattle '89 & Moscow '91, I rest my case.
And I would add San Diego to this company
Their concert in canada just after cliffs death also. Thats the fastest ive seen them play.
What a gem!
I didn't know Metallica at the time.
A friend at school lent me the Nothing Else Matters single, and the second track (it was a cd-single) was Enter Sandman live in Moscow. I was instantly hooked !
All I wanted was a Pepsi!
I am from Moscow and I wanna say thak you guys for this perfomance. I wasn't this concert in 1991 because i was too young. But visited Metallica's concert in 2007 it was great show when thousands people were singing the song "Nothing else matters"! it was really incredable. Hello from Russia!
Man I need a time machine to go back to that show. Seeing Pantera, Metallica, and AC/DC all at their best would be mind blowing.
Love the story of the Antarctic concert, wow