Billy Graziadei, singer for the band Biohazard, lately shared a narrative about an encounter he had with Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich throughout an interview with Wired In The Empire.
Recalling the incident, Graziadei revealed that Ulrich didn’t acknowledge him at first:
“Some pals of mine had some spot in Manhattan. And it was a reasonably taking place spot. However I’m exterior speaking to the safety dudes and the house owners, and we’re all younger children; they’re buddies of mine. So, Lars walks up. He’s bought possibly an entourage of, like, 10 individuals. And one of many house owners says, ‘Hey, yo, you recognize Lars. Are you able to introduce us?’ I’m, like, ‘Yeah, no drawback.’ So Lars walks by, and I’m, like, ‘Yo, what’s up, bro?’ And he seems at me, sort of nods his head and says, ‘Yeah, hello,’ and walks proper previous me. In order New Yorkers, my buddies had been busting my balls. They’re, like, ‘You don’t know him.’ I’m, like, ‘I do know. And he f*cking is aware of me.’”
He continued, including that he needed to reintroduce himself to Ulrich: “So I rushed. I stroll within the membership. I stroll up the steps, VIP. And I pushed by way of to him and his individuals. And I sit proper down subsequent to him. I’m, like, ‘Yo. What the f*ck? You understand who I’m.’ I mentioned, ‘You made me like an fool in entrance of my buddies.’ I mentioned, ‘You understand me. Billy from Biohazard.’ He goes, ‘Oh, I didn’t acknowledge your hair.’ I’m, like, ‘It’s all the time blonde, dude. That’s my factor.’ It’s like Dimebag together with his purple beard. So, to make a protracted story quick, he sort of motions over to certainly one of his pals. She comes and sits subsequent to me. She’s, like, ‘What band do you play with?’ I mentioned, ‘Biohazard.’ She mentioned, ‘Oh you guys are f*cking heavy. Cool.’ Blah blah blah. That was it.”
Graziadei went on to elucidate that his run in with Ulrich led to Biohazard getting supplied a tour with Metallica.
“The subsequent morning I get a name from my supervisor, Scott Koenig, relaxation in peace. He mentioned to me, ‘Hey, I heard you ran into Lars final night time.’ And I’m, like, ‘Oh, right here he goes. He’s gonna bust my balls.’ And so I began telling the story. And I used to be cool with Lars. I simply mainly stood as much as him and mentioned, ‘Hey, you recognize me. Don’t act such as you don’t know me, particularly in entrance of my pals in New York, who, they’re gonna bust my balls,’” he mentioned.
“So positive sufficient, I began telling the story. He interrupts me and he mentioned, ‘Effectively, I don’t know what occurred or what you mentioned or the way you dealt with it, however they wanna take you on tour.’ And I just about dropped the telephone, and I used to be, like, ‘Yo, what?’ I picked the telephone up. ‘They wanna take us on tour? F*cking Metallica?’”