Metallica’s drummer Lars Ulrich has contributed an introduction to Deep Purple’s Glenn Hughes autobiography. Legendary singer and bassist of Deep Purple autobiography will be released in 2010 and was co-written with Joel McIver.
In the introduction, Lars Ulrich tells of the massive influence which Deep Purple had on his life and his decision to become a musician. As you probably know, Lars first saw Glenn play in Copenhagen, Denmark in December 1973. Lars was 9 years old, and the gig had a massive influence on him.
Here are a few quotes from what Lars writes:
Deep Purple has played a huge role in my life. I saw Purple twice with Glenn Hughes. When I saw Glenn up on stage in that white satin suit, with that Fender Precision bass, and the fuckin’ mane of hair, he looked like a rock god! He had that aura. I was just ‘Oh my God… this guy is so cool!’
At that point, pretty much anything Purple did was godlike. …Glenn had become a major, major player in what was going on.
I first met Glenn in 1996 when Metallica were playing at the NEC in Birmingham. … It was really cool to have him and Tony there at the same time. It was exciting. I got my picture taken with them!
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