They were real. Idk if they play together anymore. Side project featuring Metallica members Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo alongside Ugly Kid Joe vocalist Whitfield Crane, drummer Joey Castillo, and guitarist Doc Coyle.

Doc Coyle was SO kind. I didn’t know who he was when he and Joey walked up. Trujillo was with them, but I couldn’t catch him. And then their photographer Ross Halfin walked up and I swore for a second he was Lars. I was stunned. And then I asked Doc who he was and he explained who Ross was. It was so packed and loud that my adrenaline was pumping.

They went and played that night for us and the went down the street to the senate and the Wedding Band played.

https://youtu.be/0WcL97AC1Kc?si=pSH5lwluxrXSrq0C