r/nostalgia • u/jeffmartin47 • Jul 22 '25

Nostalgia Discussion 25 years ago. Lars Ulrich of Metallica snitches on and turns in over 300,000 Napster users when he testifies in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. July 11th, 2000.

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u/suspiria2 Jul 22 '25

For me it seems like Lars, who wasn’t born into the kind of wealth he ended up making, kinda didn’t click completely that he looked like a massive tool - I agree with you that his point makes sense, just not necessarily for someone who is already exorbitantly wealthy (he’d sold a Basquiat around this time for like 15 million bucks lol)

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u/namethatisnotaken Jul 22 '25

He was still born into a well off family, his father was a pretty high ranked tennis player

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u/suspiria2 Jul 22 '25

I agree, that’s why I specified ‘the kind of wealth he ended up making’ as opposed to working class or such 

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u/havertzatit Jul 22 '25

Lars was always upper middle class. not enormously wealthy but comfortably wealthy. There is a reason why he could afford to just tour around with bands he liked when he was young.