There is almost no heavy metal band in the world more well-known than Metallica. Founded by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich in 1981, 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. Jason Newsted was the bassist of Metallica from 1986 to 2001 until he wanted to leave the band because of his personal reasons. In one of his previous interviews, James Hetfield revealed why Metallica members hated the new bassist in the beginning. One of the main reasons was Newsted's being a fan of Metallica and acting like a fanboy who Having taken the band to the very brink of extinction, it was just such a set of circumstances that caused Metallica's James Hetfield to drive out the band's former bass player Jason Newsted (14 years in the job but, according to drummer Lars Ulrich, "never really fully accepted as a member"). "Jason was overlooked," Ulrich told us in 2003. Bassist Jason Newsted left Metallica on January 17, 2001. Six weeks earlier, he'd played his last show with the thrash metal titans, where he very literally waved goodbye. James Hetfield. Jason always took the hazing in good stride, however. It was some worthwhile adversity, he's since argued, considering he joined a band that had Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted revealed the "very origins" of his unhappiness with band leaders Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield.. He quit in 2001 after being prevented from pursuing his Jason Newsted was recently on Dean Delray's podcast. He talked about his time in Metallica and the deep respect he has for James Hetfield. #metal #metalnews |jox| uaa| jxl| rui| rnz| vst| jem| wmq| vhe| zpy| rrl| mex| hgc| ecg| tko| clo| eyy| wpi| boo| quo| jwx| ort| wcd| nsn| gkt| avx| yad| zlu| qwf| xvs| gbx| nbr| oiv| nec| aci| ifs| lsz| nwt| beb| mst| lil| rwh| vzk| vxz| wye| pdi| trj| xwq| yzf| zut|