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Hulk Hogan almost joined Metallica

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Jan 27, 2012 Updated Jan 30, 2012

Perhaps as an explanation for Hogan's Wrestling Boot Travelling Band in '95, the wrestler has revealed another facet to his musical history.

"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 said in an interview with The Sun.

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Metallica /məˈtælɪkə/ is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California whose releases include fast tempos, instrumentals, and aggressive musicianship that placed them as one of the founding "big four" of thrash metal alongside Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax. They formed in 1981 when James Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich had posted in a local...

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