Metallica choose new bass player..

[Immortality]

We are so psyched and proud to share the news that we are welcoming another brother to the family...(drumroll, Lars!)
ROB TRUJILLO JOINS METALLICA!!!



We've all known, and have been huge fans of Rob since the early '90s when he was a part of the legendary Hardcore / Metal band Suicidal Tendencies. We got to know Rob when we played together with Suicidal in Europe 1993, during the 'Nowhere Else To Roam' tour. We were impressed by Rob's roaring bass style and his very cool, unique vibe onstage, things we got to see again during the '94' "Summer Shit" tour when Suicidal joined forces with us.

My visions of Rob are when we did Summer Shit 94 Tour with Suicidal, and Danzig. I remember being blown away by the fierce-ness and seeing Rob, as this monster on bass. He brings an awesome new strength to the band, and makes us step up. describes James.

Rob was also one of the masterminds behind the 90' cult band Infectious Grooves. He started Infectious' together with Mike Muir, the lead singer of Suicidal. Infectious' delivered classic album titles like 'Plague That Makes Your Booty Move.' He then he joined the Godfather of Metal, Ozzy Osbourne in '96

I must say Ozzy, Sharon, Zakk, Mike Bordin, all the team and family members mean the world to me. Love and respect, my family 100 percent. I am very stoked, excited and look forward to my new journey with my Metallica brothers. STEP UP! reveals a pumped up Rob Trujillo.

We've taken a long time to find the right bass player for us. Obviously being a good bass player is important (!!) but it was also very important that whoever we found would fit in as a family member, a brother with a huge vibe. We wanted a fourth band member, not just a new bass player.



I am very excited for Rob to be in the band and it feels like we are a new band, yet again. said Kirk.

When Rob came to San Francisco the first time and jammed with us, we all felt this incredible magic between the four of us. It was just something that we could not describe, we all just knew it. Bob Rock told us right after the jam, that it sounded like a fucking 747 taking off!!



I am soo fucking excited to be a full unit again', says Lars. 'The last two years of just being the 3 of us have taught me soo much about myself, about James and Kirk and about Metallica. And to welcome Rob into Metallica in 2003 after all the growth and soul searching we've been through for the last two years, feels so fucking awesome. Being at full strength again is at this moment indescribable.

We're fuckin' bristling with new energy, new respect, new vibes and a huge fucking appetite for everything Metallica is. Having Rob here, and him choosing to become a part of our family, will enable us to get to yet another level. So welcome Rob!

 

[Ultimate_Symphony]

Heh, surprisingly I didn't know who the fuck this guy was until now. I don't even know what to think, but I wonder why if Metallica aren't a metal band anymore, they picked up a metal bassist (from what i've heard). It doesn't make any sense IMO.

 

[Deadly Embrace]

I'm just glad they did'nt steal the best Bass player in metal today. Steve DiGiorgio, they let him slip by without even an invitation to try out. Their loss, Testament's gain.................

 

[hiddenlegions]

Wow, that's a trip I never would have thought of Robert Trujillo in Metallica. I used to listen to Suicidal back in the day (when I used to skate) . He's a rippin' Bass Player so he'll hopefully do the band some justice. I think it was a good choice by them.

 

[Brooks]

Digorgio cant be in Metallica, he has actual metal credibility!


And plus, if he did join, would we still see him at all the Bay Area metal shows getting drunk at the bar, singing along to the bands? I think not!

 

[coronerox]

Well, we have to wait to see it's result.........
Not enough to say, anyway I think it was a good choice

And yes, DiGiorgio can't be in Metallica

 

[The Haunting]

Hopefully this will give Metallicqa a little credibility after their next tour decision.

 

[estigma2001]

well the only way to metallica to gain credibility again is, making a Metal album so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! forget it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, i see more songs like dissapear from the m.i2 soundtrack in the ne cd

 

[SoulVomitor]

Rob Trujillo is just a spy sent in to assassinate that fucking Bob Rock!!

 

[Valofvalhalla]

I figured as much. Deadly Embrace did a previous post See Carlos Santana & Metallica. I figured that Rob would be the choice back then! I'm glad the family is complete again!

 

[Deadly Embrace]

Originally Posted By ValOfValhalla:"Glad you brought that up:"

BASSIST RUMORS
The radio station 97.1 The eagle rocks reports that Metallica are rumored to have recruited Ozzy Osbourne's friend Rob Trujillo as their new bass player.
Sources tell British rock magazine Kerrang! that Trujillo - who has played with Suicidal Tendencies as well as the legendary bat-muncher, has had three auditions with the band.

While a final decision has yet to be made, it seems likely that drummer Lars Ulrich and singer James Hetfield would like Trujillo to become a full-time member of the "Enter Sandman" rockers.
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Val was on top of the real story, she posted this on 1-27-03, good job...................

 

[Valofvalhalla]

Originally Posted By ValOfValhalla:"Glad you brought that up:"

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Val was on top of the real story, she posted this on 1-27-03, good job...................

DE--You know how much I luv em! :Shedevil:

 

[Caeros]

well the only way to metallica to gain credibility again is, making a Metal album so!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! forget it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, i see more songs like dissapear from the m.i2 soundtrack in the ne cd

Right, it gives someone credibility to release an album they don't want to.

 

[Deadly Embrace]

On new METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo:

"You know what was so cool about him? He's the only bass player that we jammed with — and no disrespect to the other fine gentlemen — but he was the only one that brought METALLICA to, like, another level. He's somebody you want on your team, man. We know from the old SUICIDAL days… Just watching SUICIDAL every night before we would go on was so inspiring — Mike Muir and him and Mike Clarke, all those guys gave the audience a serious kick in the ass. Rob's always just been part of our radar screen, and now that it was time to get somebody else to join the team, it was like, 'OK, it can happen.' And he is on our side, and we'll send him in first in case there needs to some ass-kicking."