Ulrich: 'Oasis helped us quit cocaine'

Metallica's Lars Ulrich has claimed that he was inspired to give up cocaine by Noel Gallagher.

The drummer said it was the Oasis guitarist's decision to quit taking the illegal substance at the end of '90s that prompted him to reassess his drug intake.

Ulrich told Quietus: "A couple of years ago I was like, 'You know? Enough of this. I don't need it'.

"It was literally something that happened one morning, like 'Y'know? F**k that'.

"I was very impressed with Noel Gallagher. As you know, I'm an Oasis fanatic, and Noel was like 'You know what? No more cocaine!'

"I thought, 'If he can do it, everybody else can do it'."

He added: "I had my fun with it, it was always more of a social thing. We were never like rolling around and spending days in bathroom stalls, and peeking out the keyholes of doors for days."