Well it started as a grade school rumor: James Hetfield got a paper cut in first period and by eighth period his arm was amputated after contracted a flesh eating disease from sticking his hand up the bass players ass. HOWEVER, this rumor seems to have legs. Short ones, but if feed them, they will grow. When asked about weather or not this New Wave of American Metal tour can happen, Metallica's drummer Lars Ulrich said HE'D LIVE TO DO IT. Below is a transcript of a recent interview where he touches base on a number of issues, including the rumor about a METALLICA, MEGADETH, SLAYER, and ANTHRAX tour. The fabric in certain areas of jeans has just been stretched. Lars also told fans not to expect a new Metallica album anytime soon. Don't worry Lars, I'm in no rush for the Unforgiven FOUR
On the rumors of a tour featuring the "Big Four" of thrash (METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX):
"I think that that's a story that definitely has gotten its own legs recently. I can trace it back to a night in London in, I think it was in March [2009], where a bunch of us were sitting around way later than we should have been sitting around [having] a bunch of very heavily red wine-induced conversations... It was right before the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and we were all very nostalgic. And the idea of doing that at some point came up in that conversation.
"I think it would be a super-fun thing to do. It's something that I would definitely support. It's something that I would love to encourage. It's something I love to be very proactive in putting together. But right now it's not something that really left that party; it's not something that's like hush-hush being worked on behind the scenes or anything like that.
"I read some of those Internet sites myself once in a while, and it's not something that's going down, but it's something that I would be totally for at some point if it could happen. And we would love to be a part of that at any level possible."
On when fans can expect to get a brand new METALLICA album:
"Are you familiar with the phrase 'Don't hold your breath?'
"When I think ahead of my life, I see more or less touring up through probably the end of next year — the end of '10. Then there's the obligatory six months of 'let's just catch our breath.' Then we'll probably get to making another record, start thinking about new songs, probably in '11. So based on... if you do simple math based on how long it's taken us in the past....
"Basically, the thing that's really different now is 10 years ago, 15 years ago, you'd make a record, then you'd go out on tour on it, and then you'd go home. And then you'd make another record, then you'd go out on tour on it, then you'd go home. And you would just do these cycles all the time. Now, as you get older, at least for us, being out and touring is a lot of fun, and it's also because we have a lot better of a handle on it than we used to. It doesn't turn quite as nutty as it used to in terms of driving us crazy and making us lose our minds and getting into all kinds of trouble. So it's like, going on the road now, we do it much more often but in much shorter spurts. So I don't really think that... this whole thing about, like, you make a record, then you go on the road, and then you're done.
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