HULK HOGAN WANTED TO BE IN METALLICA. HEY, WHO DIDN’T?
Monday, November 2nd, 2009 at 1:30pm by Axl Rosenberg
Hulk Hogan was never my favorite pro-wrestler when I was a young ‘un, but he was pretty close. Anyone remember that Wrestlemania where he and The Ultimate Warrior (pretended to) beat the ever-lovin’ shit outta one another? EPIC. Vince and I used to debate if the Warrior had really robbed the Hulkster of his belt ’cause the ref was knocked out when Hogan pinned him, or if he would have won anyway. Then we discovered metal, grew pubes, and stopped caring about big sweaty half-naked dudes in silly costumes.
Oh, wait. Shit.
ANYWAY, a reader known only as “deanerhead” sent us this article earlier today. It’s mostly just Hulk Hogan hocking his new book, My Life Outside the Ring, but it does reveal this interesting tidbit:
Apparently the Hulkster wasn’t exactly a ladies’ man in high school but could hold his own with a bass guitar. Hogan, who made good money playing high schools and fraternities with different bands, said he tried to get back into music even after making it big in wrestling.
“I was in England presenting an award with Jerry Hall, Mick Jagger’s ex, and she told me the [Rolling] Stones were looking for a bass player,” Hogan said. “I sent her a ton of merchandise that she asked for and said ‘Tell Mick I’m a great bass player.’ I never heard a word back.
“When Metallica was looking for a bass player, I called and never heard a word back from them either. I would have quit wrestling in a heartbeat to be a bass player for Metallica.”
I’m not clear if Hogan wanted to audition to replace Cliff Burton or Jason Newstead, but either way, the idea of Hogan joining Metallica is hilarious. For all I know, Hogan is the best bass player in the history of the world, but I don’t think the extra attention he would have brought the band would have been positive. If people can’t take Metallica seriously with a talented dude like Rob Trujillo in the band, how would people react to a guy who runs around the stage ripping his shirt apart and sticking his hand to his ear to encourage louder screams from the crowd?
Y’know what? I take everything I just wrote back. People who think “I Disappear” is a great song would probably love having Hulk Hogan in the band. And, hey, here’s a bonus we missed out on when no one let the Hulkster so much as audition: seeing him in that montage of other possible bassists (Jeordie White, Pepper Kennan, Scott Reeder, etc.) in Some Kind of Monster.
-AR
wow thats hilarious.hogan is probably a better bassist than newstead anyway. hey did anyone go to the misfits concert on halloween night
have you heard flotsam & jetsam? the dude can rip.
and it’s Newsted , not Newstead
i went to the show on the 27th. Wasn’t the show in NYC on halloween night? Wish I could have been at that one…
Fuck Hogan. Its all about Macho Madness. Oh Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hulk hogan in metallica would be fucking epic. hahaha. i want that to happen so fucking bad.
WHATCHA GONNA DO, BROTHER, WHEN METALLICA RUNS WILD ON YOU?
Hahahahahaha, Hogan in Metallica would be AMAZING. I can just picture it now. Brilliant.
say your prayers little one and dont forget my son to TAKE YOUR VITAMINS BROTHER!!!!!!!!
Hogan dropping the big leg on Lars…. genius.
Someone please do a photshop of this now.
He shoulda shaved his mustache and joined under a different moniker or whatever. This is probably made up like Andre Agassi’s BS meth addiction.
Did you just say he was the greatest bass player in the world?
“For all I know, Hogan is the best bass player in the history of the world (…)”
Non, Michel. Il a dit, entre guillemets, qu’il n’avait aucune façon de juger l’habileté de Hulk. C’est une façon de parler qui est particulière à l’anglais.
J’imagine que Hulk n’est pas affreux, mais qu’il n’est pas Steve DiGiorgio. En tous cas, ça n’a pas d’importance.
Ah, je comprend, et vous? C’est m’amusant, n’est-ce pas?
Dey tuk is jeob!