Robert Trujillo
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Tye Trujillo dips into the signature stompbox world for the first time with the TruDrive
By Janelle Borg published
The Trujillo TruDrive Wah, designed in collaboration with Morley, promises to be a “cool new wah for the next generation of players”

“There’s an art to simplicity, and Jason Newsted brought that art”: The bassists of Metallica
By Nick Wells published
From Ron McGovney to Robert Trujillo, we trace the evolution of Metallica’s low-end sound

Metallica pull out all the stops for All Within My Hands charity gig – bringing out oddball Danelectros, Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament and rarities
By Phil Weller published
With the help of some special guests, Metallica played deep cuts, new covers, and a very interesting reimagining of one of their recent releases all in the name of charity

How a late-night drinking session with Lars Ulrich almost ruined Robert Trujillo’s Metallica try-out
By Nick Wells published
Robert Trujillo was announced as Metallica's new bassist on February 24, 2003, following a two-day try-out for the metal giants

Robert Trujillo on going from teenage Sabbath fan to Ozzy's bassist
By Janelle Borg published
Robert Trujillo recalls the pinch-me moment Ozzy Osbourne told him to play as loud as he wanted to play

Mastodon's Bill Kelliher on how meeting his guitar heroes pushed him to improve his craft
By Janelle Borg published
Mastodon's Bill Kelliher also credits Slayer's Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman for changing his previously nonchalant attitude to warming up before a show

“I’m trying to show the world that a bass player can do many things”: Watch the first trailer for Geddy Lee’s new docuseries, featuring Les Claypool and Robert Trujillo
By Nick Wells published
Geddy Lee Asks: Are Bass Players Human Too? also stars Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic and former Hole bassist Melissa Auf der Maur

“Ozzy Osbourne gets in my face and we're doing this dance. Sometimes Kirk and I do it during For Whom the Bell Tolls”: Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo explains the origin of his iconic crab walk
By Nick Wells published
Robert Trujillo thanks Ozzy Osbourne for helping turn on his stage performance with Metallica

Robert Trujillo: “We have more riffs than we know what to do with. With every handful of riffs we get out of Kirk, there’s another 500 we didn’t hear”
By Amit Sharma published
Now a 20-year veteran as Metallica bassist, Trujillo details the secret weapons that locked in with James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett's guitar tones on 72 Seasons, and the key to getting extra grit from fingerstyle bass
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