Why jason newsted left

Halfway through the hour-long conversation with ScuzzTV , Newsted spilled the beans. That had long been taken to mean that the poor treatment that he endured during his tenure with the band, which included an endless variety of pranks and having his bass too low in the mix on … And Justice for All , had taken its toll on him. Within five weeks he was on tour with the group in Japan.

This was clearly far too fast for the three members — then only in their mids — to process their loss or articulate their grief, so instead of healing and moving on with their new bass player, instead Newsted became the focus of much resentment, none of which was his fault.

There is almost no heavy metal band in the world more well-known than Metallica. Founded by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich in , Metallica has — for nearly four decades — remained one of the most popular and influential heavy metal bands that the music industry has ever seen.

For many Metallica fans, too, bassist Jason Newsted is inextricably linked to the band's history. Newsted joined the band in , following the tragic death of Metallica's previous bassist, Cliff Burton. There was more to be revealed. I mean, really. It happened because it happened. We would fight, or I would fight for him. You can only leave if we want you to leave. And so, of course, now you can see 20 years later, it makes complete sense.

You have no creative outlet in this band; you have no creative voice. But, you know, the thing to come out of that was Lars coming to James 's support. That really cemented things between them. Robert Trujillo took over in after Newsted 's exit. Let's do something with this. He was, I think, pretty much out to put the kibosh on the whole thing because it would somehow affect METALLICA in his eyes, because now the managers were interested in something I was doing that had nothing to do with him.

Newsted added, "The people that I had counted on for 15 years to help me with my career, help METALLICA , take care of my money, do all of those things, told me, 'Your new project is fantastic, we'd like to help you with it. NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment.

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