Eagles Of Death Metal Diss Lars Ulrich

Eagles Of Death Metal's Jesse Hughes has singled Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich out, saying he has a bad attitude and is an "asshole."

Hughes was interviewed by the Montreal Mirror last month and laced into Ulrich for making Metallica uncool.

"Lars Ulrich from Metallica is somebody who just really gets my gander up," he said.

"You can tell the other guys in the band are cool and used to just be serious heshers who were probably whacked out on meth and would've kicked your ass in the '80s. On the other hand, you have Lars, who is just this swishy Mary who grew his hair long, put on a denim jacket and infiltrated this cool gang.

"The only time I met him, he was wearing a golf pantsuit and everybody was wondering who this fat golfer dude was acting like an asshole in our backstage area. He could've been the greatest, but I went up to him after I figured out who he was and told him how much I loved Metallica, and he just looked through me and walked away.

"Thirty minutes later, Josh [Homme, Eagles Of Death Metal drummer] introduced me as the dude from the band, and he didn't even remember me from a half-hour before and went on about how he thought we were rad. The only thing I wanted to do at that point was kick his ass."

Hughes went on to attack Ulrich's sense of "sense of entitlement" said Ulrich's attitude is evidence that success can sometimes go to a person's head.

"The way I grew up, it's critically important to not be an asshole just because you can sing well or whatever," he said.

Interestingly enough, last week a rumour was spreading that Ulrich was nearly booted from Metallica.

Former Metallica guitarist and current Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine recently said Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian once told him late Metallica bassist Cliff Burton wanted Ulrich out of the band.

"[Ian] said that when Metallica got home, that James [Hetfield, vocals/guitar], Cliff and Kirk [Hammett, guitar] were going to fire Lars," Mustaine told Rolling Stone magazine.

Ian denied ever saying anything of the kind on Anthrax's Twitter.

"Story's not true. Little does anyone know but Lars actually owns the [Metallica] name," he wrote on Friday. "Good luck ever kicking him out."

Mustaine was fired from Metallica in 1983 because of his alcoholism, drug use and clashes with Ulrich and Hetfield.

Burton was killed in 1986 when Metallica's tour bus skidded over some black ice and flipped into a ditch. He flew out of a window and the bus landed on him, crushing him to death.

You can see Eagles Of Death Metal, who are touring in support of last year's Heart On, here:

Aug. 4 Boston, MA @ House Of Blues
Aug. 5 Providence, RI @ Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
Aug. 6 New York, NY @ Webster Hall
Aug. 7 Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre Of The Living Arts
Aug. 8 Baltimore, MD @ Ram's Head Live!
Aug. 20 Sankt Polten, Austria @ Frequency Festival
Aug. 21 Kiewit, Belgium @ Pukkelpop Festival
Aug. 22 Ludinghausen, Germany @ Flugplatz Borkenberge (Area 4 Festival)
Aug. 23 Biddinghuizen, Netherlands @ Evenemententerrein Walibi World (Lowlands Festival)
Aug. 25 Limerick, Ireland @ Dolan Pub And Restaurant
Aug. 26 Dublin, Ireland @ The Academy Dublin
Aug. 28 Leeds, England @ Bramham Park (Leeds Festival)
Aug. 29 Reading, England @ Richfield Avenue (Reading Festival)
Aug. 30 Paris, France @ Domaine National De Saint-Cloud (Rock En Seine)
Oct. 31 New Orleans, LA @ City Park (Voodoo Experience)

Metallica will play these shows in support of last year's Death Magnetic:

Sept. 11 San Rafael, CA @ Marin Veterans' Memorial Auditorium
Sept. 14 Nashville, TN @ Sommet Center
Sept. 15 Cincinnati, OH @ U.S. Bank Arena
Sept. 17 Indianapolis, IN @ Conseco Fieldhouse
Sept. 19-20 Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
Sept. 28 San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center
Sept. 29 Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
Oct. 1 Fort Lauderdale, FL @ BankAtlantic Center
Oct. 3 Tampa, FL @ St. Pete Times Forum
Oct. 4 Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena
Oct. 12 Winnipeg, MB @ MTS Centre
Oct. 13 Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
Oct. 15 Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena
Oct. 17 Charlottesville, VA @ JPJ Arena
Oct. 18 Charlotte, NC @ Time Warner Cable Arena
Oct. 26-27 Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
Oct. 30 New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
Oct. 31-Nov. 1 Quebec City, QC @ Colisee Pepsi
Nov. 3 Ottawa, ON @ Scotiabank Place
Nov. 9 Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena
Nov. 10 Buffalo, NY @ HSBC Arena
Nov. 12 Albany, NY @ Times Union Center
Nov. 14-15 New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
Dec. 5 Las Vegas, NV @ Mandalay Bay Events Center
Dec. 7 Boise, ID @ Idaho Center
Dec. 8 Sacramento, CA @ ARCO Arena
Dec. 10 Anaheim, CA @ Honda Center
Dec. 12 San Jose, CA @ HP Pavilion At San Jose