Metallica are all over the place this week, doing press for their upcoming album Hardwired. They are going to be playing the Global Citizens Festival tomorrow. They will be performing on the Howard Stern show this coming Monday morning and on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon on Tuesday night.
Metallica are also doing a ton of interviews lately. That's where we learned Kirk got hit with a ham sammy moments after declaring himself vegetarian and where Lars wondered out loud who the hell is still buying the Black Album. But I think my favorite interview excerpt so far comes from an interview Lars did this morning with the New York Post:
Drumming in Metallica can’t be easy at the age of 52. What are you doing to keep up the pace?
Well, I go running pretty much every day for 30 to 45 minutes. That’s an expected one. But a significant part of my diet are these oat pancakes that I eat. They’re made of egg whites, oats, fat-free yogurt and a little Stevia. That’s my carbs. It’s a recipe that comes from the French nutritionist Pierre Dukan. I eat about 20 of them a day — I’m never more than 6 feet away from a pancake at any time! It’s the fuel to the drumming in Metallica.
That's the secret to Lars' drumming success. Not practice, pancakes!
Metallica's Hardwired is out November 18th. Pre-order on Amazon for $12.52.
[Thanks for the tip, Jennifer A.]
