Eagles Of Death Metal singer/guitarist Jesse ‘The Devil’ Hughes puts the boot into the Metallica drummer, calling him “a fat golfer dude”.

For the uninitiated, Eagles Of Death Metal comprises Hughes and Josh Homme of Queens Of The Stone Age notoriety. In 2006, the band were unceremoniously relieved of their opening slot on the Guns N’ Roses tour after only one show (and Axl Rose referred to them as ‘Pigeons Of Shit Metal’ on stage).

Since then, Hughes hasn’t been shy about shooting a few barbs of his own…

Here’s what he had to say about Lars Ulrich in a recent interview with Montreal Mirror:

“Lars Ulrich from Metallica is somebody who just really gets my gander up. You can tell the other guys in the band are cool and used to just be serious heshers who were probably whacked out on meth and would’ve kicked your ass in the 80s. On the other hand, you have Lars, who is just this swishy Mary who grew his hair long, put on a denim jacket and infiltrated this cool gang.

“The only time I met him, he was wearing a golf pantsuit and everybody was wondering who this fat golfer dude was acting like an asshole in our backstage area. He could’ve been the greatest, but I went up to him after I figured out who he was and told him how much I loved Metallica, and he just looked through me and walked away.

“Thirty minutes later, Josh introduced me as the dude from the band, and he didn’t even remember me from a half-hour before and went on about how he thought we were rad. The only thing I wanted to do at that point was kick his ass.

“The way I grew up, it’s critically important to not be an asshole just because you can sing well or whatever. This is the coolest job in the world and nobody, not even Lars, deserves this job. You don’t earn the ability to exclude people or get special treatment and a sense of entitlement just because you can carry a beat.

“A scary day for me is that I might not make my plane to go and rock people in Brussels, and I realise that’s a fucking gift. When people are successful at rock ’n’ roll, it can make the world seem like a dream, and that’s what will fuck these people up. I like people and want people to feel they can belong—that’s what real rock ’n’ roll is supposed to be about.”

We asked Lars for a comment, but he declined to respond because his 230-yard three-wood over the bunker had just landed 20 feet from the pin on the 13th hole.