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Lars is a common male name in Nordic and German-speaking countries. In Sweden, people named Lars are commonly nicknamed Lasse.

Origin[link]

Lars is derived from the Roman name "Laurentius", which means ”from Laurentum” or "crowned with laurel." Lawrence and Laurence are of the same origin.

Lars was also a common Etruscan name, and several Etruscan kings bore it. The etymology of the Etruscan name is unknown.

People[link]

• Lars (archbishop), Archbishop of Uppsala
• Lars Ahlfors, Finnish Fields Medal recipient
• Lars Bak, Danish computer programmer
• Lars Frederiksen, American musician
• Lars Haglund, Swedish discus thrower
• Lars Hjortsberg, Swedish actor
• Lars Johann Yngve Lannerbäck, Swedish musician, better known as Yngwie Malmsteen
• Lars Jonsson, Swedish ice hockey player
• Lars Jonsson, Swedish tennis player
• Lars Kleppich, Australian sailor
• Lars Knudsen, Danish researcher in cryptography
• Lars Lagerbäck, Swedish football manager
• Lars Larson, American conservative talk radio show host
• Lars Leiro, Norwegian politician
• Lars Lindberg Christensen, Danish astronomer
• Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Former Prime Minister of Denmark
• Lars Magnus Ericsson, Swedish inventor
• Lars Mikael Åkerfeldt, Swedish composer and vocalist of Opeth and Bloodbath
• Lars Pensjö, creator of the LPMud software, often referred to in the MUD community solely by his first name
• Lars Petrus, Rubik's Cube champion
• Lars Porsena, Etruscan king
• Lars Riedel, German discus thrower
• Lars von Trier, Danish film director
• Lars Ulrich, Danish drummer for the heavy metal band Metallica
• Lars Unnerstall, German footballer
• Lars Vilks, Swedish artist

Fictional characters[link]

• Lars, a fictional character in the Adult Swim television pilot Paid Programming.
• Lars Alexandersson, a character in the Tekken series
• Lars Fillmore, a character in the animated movie Futurama: Bender's Big Score
• Lars Lindstrom, the lead character of the 2007 film Lars and the Real Girl, as portrayed by Ryan Gosling
• Lars Umlaut, a character in the Guitar Hero series

See also[link]

• LARS (disambiguation)
• Lasse (disambiguation)

References[link]

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Lars Ulrich
Ulrich performing in London in 2008
Background information
Birth name	Lars Ulrich
Born	(1963-12-26) December 26, 1963 (age 48) Gentofte, Denmark[1]
Genres	Heavy metal, thrash metal, hard rock, speed metal
Occupations	Musician, songwriter, producer, actor
Instruments	Drums, percussion
Years active	1980–present
Associated acts	Metallica
Website	www.metallica.com

Lars Ulrich ( /ˈʌlrɪk/ UL-rik; Danish: [lɑːs ˈulˀʁæg̊]; born December 26, 1963) is a Danish drummer, and one of the founding members of the American heavy metal band Metallica. He was born in Gentofte, Denmark to an upper-middle class family.^[1] A tennis player in his youth, Ulrich moved to Los Angeles, California at age sixteen to pursue his training; though rather than playing tennis, he became a drummer. After publishing an advertisement in a local Los Angeles newspaper called The Recycler, Ulrich met James Hetfield and formed Metallica.

Early life[link]

Lars Ulrich was born on December 26, 1963 in Gentofte, Denmark to Torben Ulrich, a tennis player. Saxophonist Dexter Gordon was Ulrich's godfather. In February 1973, Torben obtained five passes for five of his friends to a Deep Purple concert that was being held in the same Copenhagen stadium as one of his tournaments. When it was discovered that one of the friends could not go, their ticket was handed over to the nine year-old Ulrich. The young Ulrich found himself mesmerized by the performance, buying the band's Fireball album the next day. The concert and the album had a considerable impact on Ulrich, inspiring his entrance into the world of rock and roll and later on, heavy metal. As a result of his newfound interest in music, he received his first drum kit from his grandmother at the age of twelve, a Ludwig. Ulrich originally intended to play tennis, and he moved to America in 1980.^[2]

In 1981, Ulrich discovered British heavy metal band Diamond Head. He was excited about the band's style of music after purchasing its debut album Lightning to the Nations (1980). He traveled from San Francisco to London to see the band perform live at the Woolwich Odeon. However, Ulrich had not planned the trip out properly and was left without anywhere to go after the performance. He managed to meet the band backstage and explain the lengths he had taken to see them. The band warmed to him and lead guitarist Brian Tatler let him stay with him in his home town of Stourbridge, where Ulrich spent the next few weeks sleeping on Tatler's floor in his house. Ulrich remains a fan of Diamond Head and mixed its album The Best of Diamond Head.^[3]Upon returning to America, Ulrich placed an ad in a local newspaper looking for musicians to start a band with him. James Hetfield replied to the ad and Metallica was formed.

Career[link]

Later in 1981, Ulrich met James Hetfield in Downey, California they formed the thrash metal band Metallica. He got the name "Metallica" from a friend, Ron Quintana, who was brainstorming names for a heavy metal fanzine he was creating, and Metallica was one of the options, the other being "Metal Mania". Lars encouraged him to choose Metal Mania, and used the name Metallica for himself. He became known as a pioneer of fast thrash drum beats, featured on many of Metallica's early songs, such as "Metal Militia" from Kill 'Em All, "Fight Fire with Fire" from Ride the Lightning, "Battery" and "Damage Inc." from Master of Puppets and "Dyers Eve" from ...And Justice for All. He has since been considerably influential due to both the popularity of his band, as well as his drum techniques, such as the double bass drum in the song "One" (...And Justice for All) and the opening of "Enter Sandman" (Metallica). Since the release of Metallica, Ulrich adopted a more focused and precise style of drumming, and reduced his kit from a 9-piece to a 7-piece.

Ulrich's voice can be heard in a few Metallica songs, including "Hero of the Day", "Battery", "The Memory Remains", "Enter Sandman", "The Unforgiven II", "Frantic", and "Purify".^{[citation needed]} Ulrich's voice can also be heard in the opening seconds of "Leper Messiah" and he also counts to four in his native Danish on the St. Anger music video.

He made his acting debut in the HBO original film Hemingway & Gellhorn, which began filming in March 2011 and was released on May 28,2012.^[4] Ulrich made a brief cameo appearance as himself in the film Get Him to the Greek, as the partner of the character Jackie Q.

Ulrich was also ranked #5 on the top 5 metal drummers from That Metal Show.

Napster controversy[link]

In April 2000, Ulrich became a vocal opponent of Napster and file sharing as Metallica filed a lawsuit against the company for copyright infringement and racketeering. In July 2000, he testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee after Metallica's entire catalogue, including the then-unfinished track "I Disappear" was found to be freely available for download on the service. The case was settled out-of-court, resulting in more than 300,000 Napster users being banned from the service.^[5] Since the Napster ordeal, Ulrich was quoted by LAUNCHcast as having some regrets:^[6]

Style[link]

Collage of Lars Ulrich at drums in March 2009

Ulrich's drumming style has changed throughout his career. During the 1980s he was known for his fast, aggressive and, more or less, basic thrash beats. He would often utilize the double bass technique in latin breakbeats (which is influenced greatly from the song Overkill by Motorhead), which has become highly popular among heavy metal drummers. The best examples of this are "Metal Militia" (Kill 'Em All), "Fight Fire with Fire" (Ride the Lightning), "Battery" (Master of Puppets), "Damage, Inc." (Master of Puppets), "Blackened" (...And Justice for All), "One" (...And Justice for All), "That Was Just Your Life" (Death Magnetic), "All Nightmare Long" (Death Magnetic) and, arguably his most extreme, "Dyers Eve" (...And Justice for All), among others. Ulrich uses groove in his drum style, including clean and fast double bass beats in many songs and heavy drum fills. He has been known to drum in sync with the rhythm guitar played by James Hetfield. However, during the 1990s and early 2000s he simplified his drum rhythms in order to fit the simplification in Metallica's overall musical style. This started with Metallica, and very roughly ended with St. Anger. With Metallica's ninth album, Death Magnetic, Ulrich returned to his style from the 1980s, in which he played more complex and fast rhythms. Ulrich has also named other heavy metal drummers such as Ian Paice and Bill Ward as influences on his playing [1].

Personal life[link]

Ulrich has been married twice. His first marriage was in 1988 to Debbie Jones, a British woman he met on tour, but divorced in 1990 due to Ulrich's constant absence during the recording of The Black Album. His second marriage was to Skylar Satenstein, an emergency medicine physician, from 1997 to 2004. They have two sons, Myles (b. August 5, 1998), and Layne (b. May 6, 2001). Myles is following his father's footsteps by playing drums for the band My Missing Half.

Ulrich has dated Danish actress Connie Nielsen since mid 2004 after his divorce from Skylar and the couple had their first child, Bryce Thadeus Ulrich-Nielsen, (b. May 21, 2007) in San Francisco.^[7] Nielsen also has another son named Sebastian (b. June 2, 1991).

He and Connie currently reside in Marin County, California, north of San Francisco.

Ulrich is a noted collector of art. His father, Torben, was also a fan of art and paintings. Ulrich grew up surrounded by art and music, and both have always been a part of his life. After forming Metallica, he began visiting museums and art galleries during the band's long periods on tour. In an interview from 2002 Ulrich said: "I felt I could lose myself in art and get away from the music world. It became this great hiding place."

In 2008, in an interview with Stereo Warning, he said: "We had art all over the house when I was growing up. It's been a passion of mine for 20–25 years. It's one area where I can go and be myself. It's not about being in Metallica or being the drummer in a rock band. I'm accepted for who I am in the art circles. I love going into artist spaces and galleries and auction houses. It's great because it has absolutely nothing to do with Metallica. It's my place of sanctuary."

When he and the rest of Metallica were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2009, Ulrich was the first Dane to receive the honor.

He was in the audience during Andre Ward vs Mikkel Kessler in Oakland for the first bout of the Super Six World Boxing Classic on the 21st of November 2009 to support fellow Dane Mikkel Kessler.

Equipment[link]

Ulrich endorses Tama Drums (where he is one of the few endorsees to have had a full signature drum kit as well as a signature lacquer finish), Zildjian Cymbals and Remo Drumheads. He is rarely, if ever, seen without these brands onstage. He was an endorser of Calato Regal Tip drumsticks, before switching to Easton Ahead in 1994 because he said in an interview that wood sticks break during his playing. He would use one wood stick in his hand and the Ahead stick in another because he liked the sound of wood hitting cymbals during studio sessions. After that, Tama Drums has produced two Lars Ulrich Signature Snare drums, one with a steel shell (with diamond plate-like finish) and another made out of bell brass which was once Tama's most expensive snare drum on the regular catalogue. Both snare drums measure 14x6.5".

Current tour kit (2008–2012)[link]

• Drums – Tama Starclassic Maple, LU Magnetic Orange^[8]
  • 10"×8" Tom
  • 12"×10" Tom
  • 16"×14" Floor Tom
  • 16"×16" Floor Tom
  • 22"×16" Bass Drum (×2)
  • 14"×6.5" Lars Ulrich Signature Snare Drum
    • Note: Ulrich uses the standard Lars Ulrich Signature LU1465 snare live on tour (diamond plate), while he uses both the LU1465 and LU1465BB (bell brass) in the studio, depending on what type of sound he wants.
• Cymbals – Zildjian^[9]
  • 14" Z Custom Dyno Beat Hi-Hats
  • 19" A Custom Projection Crash
  • 18" A Custom Projection Crash (×2)
  • 17" A Custom Projection Crash
  • 18" Oriental China Trash
  • 20" Oriental China Trash
    • Note: Ulrich will occasionally use a 22" A Custom Ping Ride when playing live. He has also used splash cymbals in past tours.
    • All Crash Cymbals are in Brilliant Finish
    • In the past (mainly the St. Anger era) he had used a number of K Zildjians or K Customs in the studio.
• Drumheads – Remo
  • Toms – Coated Emperor | Clear Ambassador
  • Bass – Clear Powerstroke 3/Powersonic (depending on venue)| Ebony Powerstroke 3
  • Snare – Coated Controlled Sound (black dot on reverse) | Clear Hazy Ambassador
• Hardware – Tama and Drum Workshop
  • Tama IronCobra Power-Glide Single Pedal (×2)
  • Tama IronCobra Lever-Glide Hi-Hat Stand
  • Tama Roadpro Cymbal Stand w/Counterweight (×2)
  • Tama Roadpro Cymbal Stand (×3)
  • Tama Roadpro Double Tom Stand
  • Tama Roadpro Snare Stand
  • Tama Cymbal Holder (×2)
  • Tama Multi-Clamp (×2)
  • Tama Hi-Hat Attachment
  • Tama Ergo-Rider Drum Throne
  • DW Drop-Lock Hi-Hat Clutch
• Other
  • Ahead Lars Ulrich Signature Sticks (1994–present)
  • Calato Regal Tip Lars Ulrich Signature sticks (1981-1993)

Discography[link]

Metallica[link]

• Kill 'Em All (1983)
• Ride the Lightning (1984)
• Master of Puppets (1986)
• ...And Justice for All (1988)
• Metallica (1991)
• Live Shit: Binge & Purge (1993)
• Load (1996)
• ReLoad (1997)
• Garage Inc. (1998)
• S&M (1999)
• St. Anger (2003)
• Death Magnetic (2008)
• Lulu (2011)(with Lou Reed)

Mercyful Fate[link]

• In the Shadows (Guest on "Return of the Vampire 1993") (1993)

References[link]

Further reading[link]

1. Steffan Chirazi and Metallica (2004). So What!: The Good, The Mad, and The Ugly. Broadway. ISBN 0-7679-1881-9. 

External links[link]

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• And Justice for All Kit for Roland Vdrums TD12
• "Lars Ulrich's Biography on Metallica.com". Metallica.com. http://www.metallica.com/band/band-bio-lars.asp. Retrieved January 19, 2012. 
• "Lars Ulrich's St Anger Tour Setup". Tamadrum.co.jp. Archived from the original on January 4, 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060104153727/http://www.tamadrum.co.jp/world/artists/setup/larsulrich.html. Retrieved February 19, 2006. 
• "Lars Ulrich's Load/ReLoad/Garage Inc./S&M Tour Setup". Tama.com. Archived from the original on February 16, 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060216150705/http://www.tama.com/artists/artist.asp?ID=83. Retrieved February 19, 2006. 
• "Napster bans more than 300,000 for downloading Metallica". thefalcononline.com. http://www.thefalcononline.com/story/748. Retrieved June 19, 2007. 
• Lars' kit setup
• Lars Ulrich Drummerworld.com profile
• New York Times article about Lars' art collection
• Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame: Metallica FuseTV
• Rip It Up Video Interview In New Zealand
• Appearances on C-SPAN
• Lars Ulrich on Charlie Rose
• Lars Ulrich at the Internet Movie Database
• Works by or about Lars Ulrich in libraries (WorldCat catalog)

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Lars Frederiksen
Background information
Born	(1971-08-30) August 30, 1971 (age 40)
Origin	Campbell, California, United States
Genres	Punk rock, ska punk
Instruments	Guitar, vocals
Years active	1986–present
Associated acts	Rancid Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards UK Subs The Silencers The Old Firm Casuals

Lars Erik Frederiksen (born August 30, 1971) is a Danish-American guitarist and vocalist, most notably for the punk rock band Rancid, and as the frontman of Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards and The Old Firm Casuals. He was also briefly a member of the UK Subs in 1991.^[1] He joined Rancid in 1993 after the band was searching for a second guitar player and was present on their second album Let's Go. He has produced albums for bands such as Agnostic Front, The Business, Dropkick Murphys, Swingin Utters, Anti-Heros, Patriot, The Forgotten, and Pressure Point. He recently mixed Charged GBH's new album entitled Perfume and Piss, as well as Cock Sparrer's album "Here We Stand" both alongside Michael Rosen.

History[link]

Early life[link]

Frederiksen is half-Danish, his father was Italian, and his mother, Minna, was a Danish immigrant, and was reared in Campbell, California, a town near San Jose, California.

Personal life[link]

He married his girlfriend Megan in 1998. They divorced, and he is now married to Stephanie Snyder, who gave birth to their son, Wolfgang Erik Anders Frederiksen, on September 11, 2007. Frederiksen and his wife celebrated the birth of their second child, Soren Erik Adler Frederiksen on October 27, 2011. He is a fan of Millwall Football Club, and often has the Millwall lion on his guitar.^[2]

Frederiksen appears in several episodes of Tim Armstrong's Tim Timebomb's Rock n Roll Theater as Dante. Lars can also be seen in the documentary film, The Other F Word.

References[link]

Notes[link]

• Davies, Mike. "The Lock Up", BBC. Audio interview with Lars Frederiksen, requires RealPlayer. (February 16, 2005)
• Cummins, Johnson. "Lars Frederiksen takes stock of his hard knocks", The Montreal Mirror. (December 2, 2004)
• Ashare, Matt "Pretty in punk: Rancid's Lars Frederiksen steps forward", The Boston Phoenix. (March 15–22, 2001)

External links[link]

• Rancid Official Website
• Lars Frederiksen at the Internet Movie Database

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Lars Winnerbäck
Winnerbäck in 2007
Background information
Birth name	Lars Mattias Nilsson
Also known as	Lasse
Born	(1975-10-19) 19 October 1975 (age 36)
Origin	Stockholm, Sweden
Genres	Pop, rock, Folk, Acoustic
Occupations	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Guitar
Years active	1994–present
Labels	Sonet/Universal
Associated acts	Hovet Elin Sigvardsson
Website	www.winnerback.net

Lars Mattias Winnerbäck (born 19 October 1975 in Stockholm), is a Swedish singer and songwriter. He was born in Stockholm, but spent his childhood in Linköping, where he attended Katedralskolan. He moved back to Stockholm in 1996, the same year he released his first album, Dans med svåra steg. He is now one of Sweden's most popular artists.

The influence of songwriters like Carl Michael Bellman, Evert Taube, Bob Dylan, Ulf Lundell and Cornelis Vreeswijk shines through in Winnerbäck's exclusively Swedish lyrics, which deal with shallowness, prejudice in society, as well as romance, relationships and anxiety. Several songs depict the difference between living in small town Linköping and the capital Stockholm.

His vynil records were rereleased in October 2011 many of them charting again on the Sverigetopplistan, the official Swedish Albums Chart.

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

• Dans med svåra steg (1996)
• Rusningstrafik (1997)
• Med solen i ögonen (1998)
• Kom (1999)
• Singel (2001)
• Söndermarken (2003)
• Vatten under broarna (2004)
• Daugava (2007)
• Tänk om jag ångrar mig, och sen ångrar mig igen (2009)

Compilations and live albums[link]

• Bland skurkar, helgon och vanligt folk (1999)
• ...Live för dig! (2001)
• Stackars hela Sverige: Bränt krut vol. 1 (2005)
• Bränt krut vol. 2 (2005)
• Efter nattens bränder (2006)
• Vi var där blixten hittade ner - Bränt krut vol. 3 (2008)
• Over Grensen - De Beste 1996-2009 (2009)

DVD[link]

• Live i Linköping (Live)
• Solen i Ögonen (Documentary)

Awards[link]

• 1999
  • Grammis - Best Songwriter
• 2001
  • Grammis - Best Male Pop/Rock
• 2004
  • Rockbjörn - Best Male Performer
  • Grammis - Best Rock album (solo)
  • Grammis - Best Songwriter
• 2005
  • P3 Guldmicken - Best Live act
• 2006
  • P3 Guldmicken - Best Live act
  • STIMs platinagitarr
  • Rockbjörn - Best Male Performer
• 2007
  • Grammis - Song of the Year, "Om du lämnade mig nu"
  • P3 Guld - Best Male Performer
  • Rockbjörn - Best Male Performer
  • Rockbjörn - Song of the Year, "Om du lämnade mig nu"
• 2009
  • Evert Taube-stipendiet
• 2010
  • Grammis - Best Performer
  • Grammis - Best Male Performer
  • P3 Guld - Best Performer
  • P3 Guldmicken - Best Live Act

External links[link]

• Lars Winnerbäck - Official site in Swedish
• Dunkla Rum - Fan site with a forum

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Miss Li
Miss Li live in 2009.
Background information
Birth name	Linda Carlsson
Born	(1982-07-06) July 6, 1982 (age 29) Borlänge, Sweden
Genres	Pop
Occupations	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Vocals, piano
Years active	since 2006
Website	www.missli.se

Linda Carlsson (born July 6, 1982), better known by her stage name Miss Li, is a Swedish singer. She was born in Borlänge, but now lives in Stockholm. Her single "Don't Try To Fool Me" has been featured on the Showtime original series Weeds, as well as Grey's Anatomy. Her song "Bourgeois Shangri-La" from the album Dancing the Whole Way Home was used by Apple in the iPod Nano 5G television commercial, and her song "Oh Boy" was used in a 2010 Volvo C70 commercial. Her track "True Love Stalker" was used in the television promo of an episode of Desperate Housewives.

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

Singles[link]

¹ "Oh Boy" did not chart until July 2008.^[3]

External links[link]

• Official website

References[link]

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