Billy Graziadei, singer for the band Biohazard, recently shared a story about an encounter he had with Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich during an interview with Wired In The Empire.

Recalling the incident, Graziadei revealed that Ulrich didn’t recognize him at first:

“Some friends of mine had some spot in Manhattan. And it was a pretty happening spot. But I’m outside talking to the security dudes and the owners, and we’re all young kids; they’re buddies of mine. So, Lars walks up. He’s got maybe an entourage of, like, 10 people. And one of the owners says, ‘Hey, yo, you know Lars. Can you introduce us?’ I’m, like, ‘Yeah, no problem.’ So Lars walks by, and I’m, like, ‘Yo, what’s up, bro?’ And he looks at me, kind of nods his head and says, ‘Yeah, hi,’ and walks right past me. So as New Yorkers, my buddies were busting my balls. They’re, like, ‘You don’t know him.’ I’m, like, ‘I do know. And he f*cking knows me.’”

He continued, adding that he had to reintroduce himself to Ulrich: “So I rushed. I walk in the club. I walk up the stairs, VIP. And I pushed through to him and his people. And I sit right down next to him. I’m, like, ‘Yo. What the f*ck? You know who I am.’ I said, ‘You made me like an idiot in front of my buddies.’ I said, ‘You know me. Billy from Biohazard.’ He goes, ‘Oh, I didn’t recognize your hair.’ I’m, like, ‘It’s always blonde, dude. That’s my thing.’ It’s like Dimebag with his red beard. So, to make a long story short, he kind of motions over to one of his friends. She comes and sits next to me. She’s, like, ‘What band do you play with?’ I said, ‘Biohazard.’ She said, ‘Oh you guys are f*cking heavy. Cool.’ Blah blah blah. That was it.”

Graziadei went on to explain that his run in with Ulrich led to Biohazard getting offered a tour with Metallica.

“The next morning I get a call from my manager, Scott Koenig, rest in peace. He said to me, ‘Hey, I heard you bumped into Lars last night.’ And I’m, like, ‘Oh, here he goes. He’s gonna bust my balls.’ And so I started telling the story. And I was cool with Lars. I just basically stood up to him and said, ‘Hey, you know me. Don’t act like you don’t know me, especially in front of my friends in New York, who, they’re gonna bust my balls,’” he said.

“So sure enough, I started telling the story. He interrupts me and he said, ‘Well, I don’t know what happened or what you said or how you handled it, but they wanna take you on tour.’ And I pretty much dropped the phone, and I was, like, ‘Yo, what?’ I picked the phone up. ‘They wanna take us on tour? F*cking Metallica?’”