Hulk Hogan Says He Almost Joined Metallica
Posted by Joseph Lee on 01.26.2012
Obey your master, brother...
Hulk Hogan says he almost joined an early version of Metallica and that he used to be good friends with drummer Lars Ulrich during his days as a session musician.
He said: "I used to be a session musician before I was a wrestler. I played bass guitar. I was big pals with Lars Ulrich and he asked me if I wanted to play bass with Metallica in their early days but it didn't work out."
He added that he was a big fan of The Stone Roses and he used to play them during his workout sessions. He added: "I love the Stone Roses. They're getting back together, right? That's cool man. I used to work out to some of their songs."
Finally, he mentioned the band Kasabian and said: "I heard about these guys. They have made a show about UK wrestling in the '80s, called 'Walk Like A Panther'. I know Rollerball Rocco, he's in it. He's my guy. I'll be his tag partner and sort them out for trashing hotel rooms under my name."
Posted By: Guest#2283 (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 02:40 PM
Christ, what an asshole.
Posted By: Distracto (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 02:44 PM
LoL! Did he invented the cure for cancer too????
Posted By: WTF? (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 02:55 PM
So Hulk was gonna be in Metallica? And let me guess Warrior was gonna be in Slayer too right?! Thankfully Metallica chose someone wit talent in the form of Cliff Burton!
Posted By: guest001 (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 03:08 PM
My bullshit sense is tingling.
Posted By: Guest#7092 (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 04:06 PM
I wonder if he believes his own lies?
Posted By: tapout42 (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 04:07 PM
This man has lost all grip on reality.
Posted By: Used (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 04:23 PM
Hulk was also almost the fourth Jonas Brother.
Posted By: Justin Weinblatt (Registered) on January 26, 2012 at 04:34 PM
Damn Hogan actually has good taste in music
Posted By: Jose (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 04:38 PM
Hogan and Cliff would have been an awesome bass combo. But then when they brought in Newsted, Hogan wouldn't have wanted to put over the new guy so Metallica would have failed.
Posted By: JT (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 04:40 PM
Just like he fought in PRIDE back in '97?
Posted By: Mr. Mack (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 04:40 PM
Hogan also thought about joining the Beatles but didn't look good with the hairstyle.
Posted By: Sir Paul (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 04:41 PM
And Andre the giant was 9 feet tall and 2000 pounds and the Cowboys Stadium was filled to capacity at 1,242,562 paid attendance.
Posted By: Guest#5385 (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 04:42 PM
Most random news story I've seen in awhile. That's cool that Hulk digs the Stone Roses though, killer group, their self titled album is one of the best British rock albums of the last 30 years. Doesn't seem like the kind of music you'd imagine Hogan listening to though.
Imagine Hulk on bass in Metallica though? That would be kind of amazing.
Posted By: Colin Rinehart (Registered) on January 26, 2012 at 04:43 PM
The only instrument Hogan is good at playing is the Trouser Trumpet & the skin Flute.
Posted By: Dick Clark (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 04:43 PM
Is there anything that this man hasn't 'almost' done?
Posted By: Guest#3439 (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 04:45 PM
So did I.
Posted By: John (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 04:47 PM
So Hulk was almost Cliff Burton? Certainly would have been a different ending for The Hulkster.
Posted By: Guest#2812 (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 04:49 PM
In other news, Hulk Hogan and Kurt Angle were the original actors slated for Dumb and Dumber, but it just didn't work out.
Posted By: William (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 04:51 PM
man.. almost metallica.. also took on the mma pride ppl back in the day (b4 there was a pride).. hulkster done it all
Posted By: wylun (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 04:53 PM
hogan is such a liar.
Posted By: Guest#0294 (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 04:54 PM
this is the same hulk hogan who slammed a 900lbs andre the giant in from of 175,000 at wembley stadium.
didnt hulk hogan tell some green rookie with a crew cut to start rapping on his way to the ring?
i heard hogan also gave james cameron the idea for avatar.
Posted By: rey (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 04:55 PM
Sure, Hulk. Sure.
Posted By: neverAcquiesce (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 04:56 PM
We really need like a sticky thread on the front page of 411mania that is simply titled, "Shit that Hulk Hogan says."
First PRIDE MMA in the 70s, now he was almost in Metallica, brother. This stuff is HILARIOUS.
Posted By: Davetista (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 04:57 PM
I love Hogan and he helped build the biz I am in now to where it is, bu man this guy is beyond crazy now!! He was wrestling in 70s already and Metallica started in 81 when he was already working the territories. He needs to get his crazy stories sorted out. Like how Andre the Giant was 700+lbs when he slammed him at WM 3!
Posted By: Indyworker6 (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 05:01 PM
Hogan's world is not a place I'd live but I'd sure love to visit.
Posted By: TROOF (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 05:15 PM
It's too bad really; it could have been Hogan that was killed by the falling tour bus in '86 and not Cliff. That really would have made the world a much better place.
Posted By: Guest#9892 (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 05:17 PM
Well considering Hulk joined the WWF 2 years before Metallica formed(hell, before Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield even met), I think Hogan might be full of shit
Posted By: 420 (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 05:26 PM
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Pauses to breathe....
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
What a load of bullshit. Even that fake wrestler and professional Hogan dick sucker can't defend this shit.
Posted By: chucky (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 05:28 PM
I think Hogan and Angle must sit backstage at the Impact Zone and swap ridiculous stories back and forth all day that only exist in their own mind:
Hulk - I almost joined Metallica, dude!
Angle - Yeah, I heard. I was going to join A Tribe Called Quest but me and Q-Tip didn't get along, so I started training for the freakin' Olympics instead.
Hulk - Aw that sucks, you've got mad skills brother. I should know, I taught Tupac everything he knows.
Angle - What are you saying?
Hulk - It's all hush hush, brother. I got an appointment in London to sing back up on Adele's new album, so I gotta split.
Angle - Yeah, me too. I just found out I'm playing in the Pro Bowl this Sunday in Hawaii. For both teams. I'm also performing in the halftime show.
Posted By: Carlos Estevez (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 05:29 PM
At this point who is less believable Hulk or Angle?
Posted By: Guest 6894 (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 05:42 PM
What a fucking asshat!!!!
Posted By: Guest#3474 (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 05:43 PM
Cliff Burton wouldn't put him over so he didn't join.
Posted By: Soy (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 05:46 PM
Well, he is what he is (see tattoo).
Posted By: Guest#7156 (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 05:54 PM
I'm not going to say anything until Lars himself issues a statement.
Posted By: Phil (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 05:55 PM
Hogan has officially lost his damn mind
Posted By: Bill (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 06:03 PM
What can't this man do!!!!! Greatest entertainer of the 20th and 21st century by far
Posted By: Guest#1545 (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 06:04 PM
"LoL! Did he invented the cure for cancer too????
Posted By: WTF? (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 02:55 PM"
Hogan has become as bad as Howard Stern when it comes to taking credit for things he had nothing to do with.
Posted By: Brad B (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 06:04 PM
hogan wrote the emancipation proclamation freeing the slaves.
hogan sunk the titanic.
hogan can say brother in 18 languages, and pig latin is not one of them.
hogan was the first man to step on the moon.
hogan travelled back in time to become the first ever tna champion.
hogan punched brutus the barber in the big brown eye.
hogan invented the letter Q.
hogan knows pi to 28,000 places.
hogan knows of 3 secret colors not listed on the roy g. biv spectrum, but he's keeping them a secret.
chuck norris wishes he was hogan's brother, BROTHER!
Posted By: brooooooooother (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 06:10 PM
The most over-rated wrestler with the most over-rated band. What could've gone wrong?
Posted By: Trolly McTroll Troll (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 06:15 PM
"Well, I thought about joining Metallica Brother..but when I realized steroid abuse wasn't enough for The Hulkster to get by in music Jack, I decided to try Wrestling with my life long homosexual slave, Ed Leslie dude!"
Posted By: The Hulkster (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 06:16 PM
This sounds like it should be a Kurt Angle story.
Posted By: Guest#2376 (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 06:24 PM
My dad once told me he heard Hogan play with a band in a bar in Tampa he bounced at 30 something years ago..said it was probably the worst band in the history of crappy bar bands.
Posted By: Robert (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 06:35 PM
whats great is I can't even place Hogan and Lars in the same state during the early 80s. Lars was in california. Hogan on the east coast
Posted By: Adrian (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 06:37 PM
Hey, maybe he's telling the truth, who knows? I have NO idea how good (or bad) of a musician Hogan is, really....
Posted By: Blackbird 13 (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 06:40 PM
LoL! Did he invented the cure for cancer too????
Posted By: WTF? (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 02:55 PM
Why yes he did, AIDS also but that damn bitch Linda got the cures in the divorce and threw them away thus he cannot get them out to the health care industry and save the world.
Posted By: Guest#5601 (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 06:41 PM
That's a great headline.
Posted By: Tobias (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 06:53 PM
isn't the members of kasabian in their mid to late 20's?
Posted By: liz (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 06:59 PM
Hulk needs a new show called "I was almost famous as a..." the show would eclipse Gunsmoke in total episodes and run forever.
Posted By: Guest 5150 (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 07:02 PM
Hulk almost put over a new talent once in the ring......but...
Posted By: WPK (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 07:04 PM
"It didnt work out" translates into, I sucked major balls but they didnt want me to go all roid rage on them.
Posted By: CottonMouthWolf (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 07:07 PM
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
Pauses to breathe....
BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
What a load of bullshit. Even that fake wrestler and professional Hogan dick sucker can't defend this shit.
Posted By: chucky (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 07:08 PM
I think Hogan forgot to say and then i woke up.
Posted By: Ted (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 07:09 PM
Fuck off and die Hulk.
Posted By: Guest#6353 (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 07:10 PM
this is old news. I remember reading this at least three years ago.
Posted By: Guest#3271 (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 07:20 PM
I find it hilarious that everyone bashes Hogan but all of you took the time to read it and comment.
Hello Kettle, this is the Pot
Posted By: Guest#4006 (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 07:24 PM
Old news people. smh...
Posted By: real Metallica fan (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 07:32 PM
Hmm, let's see. Lars lived in Europe until 1980, when he moved to the US to pursue a tennis career. At that point heel Hogan was wrestling Andre in Shea Stadium. So an unknown, unsigned metal band tried to recruit a world-famous wrestler as their bass player? And he considered it? Yep, I'm calling bullshit.
Posted By: Dr Insanity (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 07:40 PM
And Van Hammer was going to join Coldplay...
Posted By: APinOz (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 07:45 PM
I was asked to join Metallica, but I stayed loyal to TNA.
Posted By: Kurt Angle (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 08:00 PM
Hulk Hogan killed Chuck Norris and bought him back from the dead....
Posted By: Guest#3926 (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 08:32 PM
Ah, the Hulksters in his own world. But it's ok, they know him there.
Posted By: JDMPJM (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 08:41 PM
Hulk Hogan created the internet!!! Hulk Hogan invented penicillin!! Hulk Hogan created Hulkamania...oh wait.
Posted By: Guest#9814 (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 08:43 PM
If Hogan were to tell me the sky is blue, I might actually wonder if it's really blue
Posted By: typical 411 troll (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 09:11 PM
First headline: "Hulk Hogan Says He Almost Joined Metallica."
Related headline: "Metallica Says He Didn't."
Posted By: Bruce L (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 09:13 PM
Humor me for a minute and let's just pretend Hogan's telling the truth about Metallica.
He would've ended going from biggest name in wrestling to background music for Triple H's most epic Wrestlemania entrance.
Man, the differences a career choice can make, eh?
Posted By: Kristian (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 09:15 PM
Was all this before or after he supposedly invented electricity, and the telephone, and television?
Posted By: LitasRevenge (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 09:59 PM
hogan wrote the emancipation proclamation freeing the slaves.
hogan sunk the titanic.
hogan can say brother in 18 languages, and pig latin is not one of them.
hogan was the first man to step on the moon.
hogan travelled back in time to become the first ever tna champion.
hogan punched brutus the barber in the big brown eye.
hogan invented the letter Q.
hogan knows pi to 28,000 places.
hogan knows of 3 secret colors not listed on the roy g. biv spectrum, but he's keeping them a secret.
chuck norris wishes he was hogan's brother, BROTHER!
That post…leads me to believe Hogan has as many Fatt Facts as Fatt Hardy used to post when he was in the V1 era. No one gives a crap. I wonder if Hogan and M.Hardy are popping the same LSD with Flair, and the 3 of them should just go away. Next thing you know, Hogan will probably say he rescued the survivors from Titanic, and he really took out Osama, not Special Ops team.Seriously...is there a padded room for this dude? I mean, he married a chick that looks like his daughter...everyone should've known he was nuts. I bet now he'll say Elvis really isn't dead, he's hiding with Tupac and Biggie.
Posted By: LitasRevenge (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 10:04 PM
Oh my god....what a complete fucking liar.
Either that or he took something insignificant that Lars may have said and completely built it up in his own head as Metallica wanted him to play bass for them.
Either way....what a tool....
Posted By: 5150 (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 10:05 PM
let me tell ya something brother, I remember when I slammed the 900 pound 8 foot tall andre the giant infront of 400,000 people, brother.
Posted By: Guest#4112 (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 10:14 PM
The memory remains, brother!
Posted By: Dr. X (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 10:27 PM
This man does it all!
Posted By: Egomania (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 10:34 PM
So was Metallica before or after The Beatles kicked him out of the group? I'm guessing that John Cena got kicked out of NKOTB for being too 'street' for them? Maybe HHH was too 'metal' for Motorhead? C'mon Hogan...I bet next thing you know, you'll say NASCAR isn't ready for the way your son drives...
Posted By: LitasRevenge (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 10:39 PM
I find it hilarious that everyone bashes Hogan but all of you took the time to read it and comment.
Hello Kettle, this is the Pot
Posted By: Guest#4006 (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 07:24 PM
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Wow, easy there tiger. Most of the people here are having fun joking about this absurd story that Hogan is spewing forth. No need to get all anal about it.
Posted By: Anonymous (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 11:06 PM
i call BS! he's really full of himself, he eats the shit that he spews.
Posted By: miloytheman (Guest) on January 26, 2012 at 11:27 PM
It's not THAT hard to believe. Metallica's original bassist was Ron McGovney, not Cliff Burton. I imagine Hogan could play bass as well as Ron. It's actually good he didn't join cause they would have replaced him with Cliff, haha.
Posted By: Rich (Guest) on January 27, 2012 at 02:45 AM
You can better believe that if Hogan had joined Metallica, he would have taken down that statue of justice they had on the "And Justice for All" tour by his own bare hands, brother!!!
Posted By: Michael L (Guest) on February 01, 2012 at 11:57 AM
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