Lars dutifully pounded the drums, helped with musical arrangements and acted as manager. The two recorded their first track on a cheap recorder with James performing singing duties, rhythm guitar duties and bass guitar duties. The truth is, Lars didn't have a band at that time, but he did that day when James joined him. Who'd have thought it when, on October 28th, 1981, drummer Lars Ulrich made guitar player/singer James Hetfield an offer he couldn't refuse: "I've got a track saved for my band on Brian Slagel's new Metal Blade label." The 7th biggest selling act in American history. And the sort of story that would approximately 500 pages to do it true justice. The sort of story that only happens every 30-odd years. The sort of story that illustrates perfect synchronicity between hunger, passion and time. It's the sort of story that scriptwriters would get laughed out of conference rooms for entering.
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