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According to Dave Mustaine, Lars Ulrich was to be fired from Metallica


photo credit: Ross Halfin Greg Prato of RollingStone.com recently interviewed MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine.

RollingStone.com: As far as you know, is it true that on the last METALLICA tour Cliff Burton was on before he died, the band was planning on firing Lars Ulrich at the tour's end?

Mustaine: That's what Scott [Ian, ANTHRAX guitarist] told me. He said that when METALLICA got home, that James [Hetfield], Cliff [Burton] and Kirk [Hammett] were going to fire Lars.

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    July 29, 2009

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