LARS ULRICH

drummer with heavy metal band Metallica

“ ‘Fireball’ by Deep Purple.

“And you know what’s really funny? Last Friday night, I had a couple of the guys from Alice in Chains over to my apartment in New York City, and we got into some strange, half-hour philosophical discussion of Ian Paice’s double-bass-drum playing, so we wanted to hear the opening track of that album. And for some reason that album was right there, right next to the stereo.

“What kind of coincidence is that?”