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Jason Curtis Newsted (born March 4, 1963) is an American musician, best known as the bassist of heavy metal band Metallica from 1986 to 2001. He performed with thrash metal band Flotsam and Jetsam for the first five years of his career before joining Metallica in October 1986 to succeed Cliff Burton, who died the month prior.
Jan 20, 2024 · On that day, bassist Jason Newsted marched into a meeting with his three brothers-in-arms of 14 years and declared that he was quitting the band. It was an announcement that rocked the ostensible thrash metal monolith from within, swiftly followed by years of in-fighting and therapy, as well as singer/guitarist James Hetfield ’s admission into rehab.
Nov 11, 2022 · Here’s how it works. Jason Newsted on thrash metal, the Black Album and life after Metallica: “Playing Enter Sandman for the 1,000th time kinda wears on you”. Given he’s avoided the spotlight for the last decade, there’s an awful lot of love and respect in our scene for Jason Newsted. He was the young, bass-playing hopeful from ...
Jan 10, 2014 · Newsted continues, "And so they had told me, pretty convincingly, 'This is a great record, we've been playing it around the office, that's all I've been hearing, it's fantastic, this kid has a ...
Jason Newsted and Company are back for an exclusive North American appearance! The first official NEWSTED Heavy Metal Music show in the U.S. in nearly a decade. Featuring original members Jesus Mendez jr., Jessie Farnsworth and new guitarist Humberto Perez.
Oct 6, 2021 · Jason spoke in detail about the reason he left METALLICA in a 2013 interview with Scuzz TV. Newsted said that his eventual split with the group was over the way his then-side band, ECHOBRAIN, was ...
May 12, 2024 · Jason Newstead in Metallica in late 1986 (Image credit: Koh Hasebe/Shinko Music/Getty Images) Hence the decision to call the EP Metal and the LP Heavy Metal Music. There’s an appealingly blunt zeal about such unambiguous nomenclature. “From the ages of 23 to 38 years old I was in a band called Metallica,” Jason Newsted reminds us.
Sep 8, 2021 · The zoom flickers to life, and there he is, Jason Newsted, as ebullient, energetic, and friendly as ever. We drop into chinwagging as though we haven’t caught up for a few days; it’s actually been a few years (we last spoke for the Justice set).. Back in the day - when Jason was giving blood, sweat, and neck vertebrae for the ‘Tallica cause - he was always on-point and focused, whether ...
Mar 31, 2009 · Jason Newsted's 15-year stint playing bass for one of heavy metal's biggest acts came to an end nine years ago, when he exited Metallica for "private and personal reasons and the physical damage I ...
Oct 13, 2021 · Newsted joined Metallica following the tragic death of original bassist Cliff Burton in 1986. He played on the classic 1988 album …And Justice For All, but even after a few years in the band he ...
