# In 1973, a 13-year-old Lars Ulrich watched a rock band perform. His life changed forever

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/in-1973-a-13-year-old-lars-ulrich-watched-a-rock-band-perform-his-life-changed-forever/
- Published: 2026-10-25T06:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-25T06:07:50+00:00
- Original publisher: Far Out
- Original article: https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/in-1973-a-13-year-old-lars-ulrich-watched-a-rock-band-perform-his-life-changed-forever/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Ulrich saw Deep Purple aged 13 in 1973.
- He recalled Blackmore’s extravagant guitar antics.
- The show helped shape his sense of live spectacle.

## Summary

At 13, Lars Ulrich saw Deep Purple perform in Copenhagen in 1973, an experience he later described as completely overwhelming. The article presents the show as a formative influence on his passion for performance and on Metallica’s ambition to make their concerts a striking spectacle.

In a 2012 interview, Ulrich recalled Ritchie Blackmore throwing and playing his guitar against stage equipment, while the other members performed around him. He remembered the band’s sound and stage presence as unlike anything he had seen before; the article links that impression to Metallica’s later use of elaborate, high-energy live production.

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