Latest about Jason Newsted
Jason Newsted is selling the 10-string Alembic bass used on Metallica’s Black Album tour
The musician has collected some rare, weird, and wonderful instruments over his 40-year career, now he’s teamed-up with Reverb to get them into the hands of new players
Michael Anthony says he and Jason Newsted were both approached for the failed Van Halen reunion
Newsted turned heads in 2022 when he claimed he was in line to join a Van Halen reunion tour – but now Anthony has revealed he was in the running for it, too
Robert Trujillo reflects on the legacy of Jason Newsted and Cliff Burton
If you know your Metallica history, you’ll know that Robert Trujillo is the fourth player to fill the Metallica bass role
Metallica producer offers a theory for Jason Newsted’s inaudible bass on …And Justice For All
Flemming Rasmussen explains why the band – who were mourning the loss of Cliff Burton at the time – decided to dial down Newsted on his maiden Metallica record
Van Halen bassist Michael Anthony sets the record straight on the much-rumored VH tribute project
According to Michael Anthony, internal disputes have ruined the Van Halen tribute project's potential
“Hetfield would say, ‘Dude, get that bass s**t happening!’ It was a breathin'-down-your-neck type of thing...” Jason Newsted on the making of Metallica’s Load album
The ex-Metallica bassist recalls the making of Load and why James Hetfield had a lot to do with the bass
"I'd sweat so much I had to test my basses by dunking them in water!" True story: Jason Newsted sweated so much with Metallica that his basses would short-circuit
“To test each one, I’d fill up a big tub with super hot water, dump in some salt, and submerge the bass”
Metallica’s Robert Trujillo: “Cliff’s approach was, ‘I’m gonna play what I feel, and if you don’t like it, screw you!’”
Trujillo remembers bass guitar’s ultimate metal maverick, Cliff Burton
Jason Newsted was “scared” of Metallica releasing Nothing Else Matters, thought Enter Sandman was “kinda corny”
But he says what was the band's “softest song ever” took down the “biggest walls”, allowing their heavier material to penetrate the mainstream
Jason Newsted reportedly approached to join new Van Halen tour with Alex Van Halen and Joe Satriani
Though it's unclear whether the lineup would have taken part in some kind of Van Halen tribute tour, or a tour under the Van Halen name, Newsted said that the idea eventually "fizzled"
