Source: Blabbermouth.net
Corey Taylor (STONE SOUR, SLIPKNOT), Jason Newsted (METALLICA, VOIVOD, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM), Philip Anselmo (DOWN, PANTERA), David Ellefson (MEGADETH) and the Todd La Torre-fronted version of QUEENSRŸCHE are among the musicians who spoke to Fuse on the “black carpet” at the fifth annual Revolver Golden Gods awards on May 2 at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles, California about which terrible songs they wish would be banned for all eternity. Check out the footage below.
Source: Bravewords.com
NEWSTED, the band fronted by former METALLICA/VOIVOD/FLOTSAM AND JETSAM bassist Jason Newsted, kicked off their US tour on April 19th in Walnut Creek, CA at Red House. Fan-filmed video, which includes footage of the band performing some METALLICA classics, can be viewed below:
US tour dates are as follows:
April
23 – San Jose, CA – San Jose Rock Shop
24 – Fresno, CA – The Starline
26 – Sparks, NV – The Alley
27 – Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades
May
1 – Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy
3 – Las Vegas, NV – Vinyl
4 – Mesa, AZ – KUPD Ufiesta / Quail Run Park
15 – Battle Creek, MI – Planet Rock
17 – Pontiac, MI – The Crofoot
18 – Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge
21 – New York, NY – Highline Ballroom
22 – Cambridge, MA – The Middle East Downstairs
23 – Asbury Park, NJ – The Stone Pony
Visit this location to get access to VIP ticketing packages for all US dates.
VIP packages include:
- one general admission concert ticket
- one meet and greet with NEWSTED
- one photo opportunity with NEWSTED
- get one personal item signed by NEWSTED
- one tour T-shirt
- one commemorative VIP Laminate
- first entry into the venue (where available)
- lines free merchandise shopping (where available)
NEWSTED have also confirmed more European tour dates, including a special appearance at The 100 Club in London, England on June 12th.
European dates include:
May
31 – Sonisphere Festival Madrid – Madrid, Spain
June
1 – Sonisphere Festival Barcelona – Barcelona, Spain
8 – Rock Im Park Clubstage – Nuremberg, Germany
9 – Rock Am Ring Clubstage – Nurburgring, Germany
10 – Trix – Antwerp, Belgium (with MASTODON)
12 – 100 Club – London, England
19 – Alcatraz – Milan, Italy (with SLAYER)
25 – Belgrade Arena – Belgrade, Serbia (with SLAYER)
27 – With Full Force Festival – Leipzig, Germany
Ticket links can be found at this location.
NEWSTED recently finished recordings for their debut full-length album. Check out the video update below:
As previously reported, STAIND guitarist Mike Mushok has joined NEWSTED. Following the release of NEWSTED’s explosive EP, Metal – which debuted #1 on the iTunes metal chart, Mushok, guitarist Jessie Farnsworth and drummer Jesus Mendez Jr. are currently pounding away at Jason’s Chophouse Studios in Northern California, putting the final touches on a full-length album to be released early this summer.
“It was obvious from the word go that Mike is one of us,” says Jason. “Professional, focused, happy and grateful to be able to make our beautiful noise together!”
“I loved the old school vibe of the Metal EP, and when we got together to jam it really felt great,” adds Mushok. “Staind is taking a break for a while, so when Jason asked if I was interested in joining them to record an album and play on the upcoming tour, it was perfect timing. All I could say was, Hell yeah! I’m totally down for this.”
Check out a video introduction of NEWSTED‘s new line-up below:
Source: Bravewords.com
ARTISTdirect’s editor-in-chief Rick Florino recently sat down with NEWSTED frontman Jason Newsted (ex-METALLICA, VOIVOD, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM) to talk about his new EP Metal and other topics. Excerpts from the chat below:
ARTISTdirect.com: Is it important for you to tell stories with the lyrics? You can see the songs as much as you hear them.
Newsted: “That’s a great statement. That’s what it’s about. It has to be something people can remember and sink their teeth into. I do not want fodder. I learned most of this from Snake from Voivod. In my opinion, he is the greatest word weaver in metal music and possibly in pop music. John Lennon did pretty good. (James) Hetfield does good. There are a couple of other people that do pretty good as well. Snake is the very best. English is his second language, and he still manages to make it so magical. Like you said, you see the words and the story and hear the music. I got that from him mostly to begin with. I’ve been writing lyrics for decades. Flotsam and Jetsam was all my lyrics. I tried to paint pictures of things like that. It has to be something that makes sense. There are no wasted words in the songs.”
ARTISTdirect.com: What influences you outside of music?
Newsted: “A lot of them have to do with documentary films and reading. The (Pat) Tillman thing came from reading. Certain influences come from that. Then you tap into experiences you’ve had, you start channeling, and it comes to you. At least it does for me. Once you start practicing that for years and know how to tap into the stream, then you can start pulling things out. It’s like it is with my paintings. I channel it, and it happens. I don’t really plan on what the painting is going to be. It just becomes what it becomes. Whatever comes out of my head is what happens. It’s the same with music. The immediacy of the music is because I was able to capture it the moment it came to me. I’ve got my guitar in hand and Garage Band ready. The moment I channeled it I recorded it, and it became the song as opposed to knocking it around, overthinking it, and all of that crap. Modern technology has been a big help in me getting it the way it is now.”
ARTISTdirect.com: Does painting come from a different mindset than music?
Newsted: “There’s definitely a rhythm to it. I always have to music going when I’m painting. A lot of times the lyrics of those songs find themselves in the text in the painting. It’s a direct link to the music. By happenstance because of severe shoulder surgeries, I was “one-armed” for almost four years with three different surgeries—right arm, left arm, right arm. I had to learn to use both hands equally. All of my paintings are done with both hands and both sides of my brain. It’s like two people are coming at the canvas. It is a direct link. The paintings are the same as the music intensity-wise and color-wise the same as my bass playing. It’s the same thing just a different medium. It has to do with channeling and finding that place. None of it comes from nowhere. I try to keep a real wide variety of listening practice, and I have for years. I listen to all kinds of music in different languages with different instruments to make myself a better player. The more you pour in with books, documentaries, and good music, the more you regurgitate it out of your filters, it becomes your own. Things will always be regurgitated. The only thing original in heavy metal is Black Sabbath. Everything derives from that. In my style of painting, everything derives from Picasso. There are certain people who are such innovators that there’s no choice to just derive from that or take their lead. I try to take the lead of many great heroes, regurgitate it through my filter, and spit that shit out. I keep high standards. If it’s up to those standards or pretty close, other people dig it too.”
ARTISTdirect.com: Does the EP lay the groundwork for the full-length?
Newsted: “Yeah! The initial intent of EPs back in the day was to be the primer of what’s going to come on the LP. We’re going to re-record a couple of songs for the LP, but the rest are all fresh songs. We’re delivering 13 tracks. Mike Mushok has been in the band for seven weeks, and we already completed the LP.”
Newsted will be part of some European festivals in June.
Check out the dates below:
June
5 – Impact Festival (Second Day) – Warsaw, Poland
7 – Sweden Rock Festival – Solvesborg, Sweden
16 – Download Festival (3rd Day/Pepsi Max Stage) – Castle Donington, UK
21 – Seerock Festival – Graz, Austria
26 – Hegyalja Fesztival – Tokaj, Hungary
29 – Rock The Beach – Helsinki, Finland
30 – Graspop Metal Meeting – Dessel, Belgium
To read the full interview visit ArtistDirect.com.
Source: Blabbermouth.net
NEWSTED, the new band led by former METALLICA, VOIVOD and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM bassist Jason Newsted, has completed recording its first full-length album, to be released later this year. NEWSTED is scheduled to begin mixing the effort later this week, with more details to be announced soon.
NEWSTED will kick off its first-ever U.S. tour on April 19 in Walnut Creek, California. The 14-date trek will conclude on May 23 in Asbury Park, New Jersey and will lead into a number of European festival appearances for the band, which is completed by STAIND guitarist Mike Mushok, drummer Jesus Mendez Jr. and guitarist Jessie Farnsworth.
“It was obvious from the word go that Mike is one of us,” Jason said about Mushok‘s addition to the group. “Professional, focused, happy and grateful to be able to make our beautiful noise together!”
“I loved the old-school vibe of [NEWSTED's] ‘Metal’ EP, and when we got together to jam, it really felt great,” added Mushok.
“STAIND is taking a break for a while, so when Jason asked if I was interested in joining them to record an album and play on the upcoming tour, it was perfect timing. All I could say was, ‘Hell yeah! I’m totally down for this.’”
“Metal”, the debut EP from NEWSTED, sold around 6,200 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 62 on The Billboard 200 chart.
“Metal” was released on January 8 exclusively via iTunes. The EP was made available as a physical CD on January 15.
“Metal” contains the following tracks:
* Soldierhead
* Godsnake
* King Of The Underdogs
* Skyscraper
“Soldierhead”, the first video from NEWSTED, can be seen below. Directed by Leon Melas, the clip was filmed on December 15, 2012 in an abandoned factory in California.
NEWSTED is:
Jason Newsted – Bass, Lead Vocals
Jesus Mendez Jr. (THE NAPOLEON BLOWNAPARTS) – Drums
Jessie Farnsworth – Guitar, Backing Voice
Mike Mushok (STAIND) – Guitar
A photo of the current NEWSTED lineup can be seen below.
“Soldierhead” video:
Source: Blabbermouth.net
NEWSTED, the new band led by former METALLICA, VOIVOD and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM bassist Jason Newsted, has scheduled the following U.S. tour dates:
Apr. 19 – Red House – Walnut Creek, CA
Apr. 23 – San Jose Rock Shop – San Jose, CA
Apr. 24 – The Starline – Fresno, CA
Apr. 26 – The Alley – Sparks, NV
Apr. 27 – Ace of Spades – Sacramento, CA
May 01 – The Roxy – Los Angeles, CA
May 03 – Vinyl – Las Vegas, NV
May 04 – KUPD Ufiesta – Mesa, AZ
May 15 – Planet Rock – Battle Creek, MI
May 17 – The Crofoot – Pontiac, MI
May 18 – Bottom Lounge – Chicago, IL
May 21 – Highline Ballroom – New York, NY
May 22 – The Middle East Downstairs – Cambridge, MA
May 23 – The Stone Pony – Asbury Park, NJ
NEWSTED last week announced the addition of STAIND guitarist Mike Mushok to the group’s ranks.
NEWSTED will release its full-length debut this summer, around the time of the group’s appearance at this year’s Download festival in June.
“It was obvious from the word go that Mike is one of us,” said Jason. “Professional, focused, happy and grateful to be able to make our beautiful noise together!”
“I loved the old-school vibe of [NEWSTED's] ‘Metal’ EP, and when we got together to jam, it really felt great,” adds Mushok.
“STAIND is taking a break for a while, so when Jason asked if I was interested in joining them to record an album and play on the upcoming tour, it was perfect timing. All I could say was, ‘Hell yeah! I’m totally down for this.’”
NEWSTED is:
Jason Newsted – Bass, Lead Vocals
Jesus Mendez Jr. (THE NAPOLEON BLOWNAPARTS) – Drums
Jessie Farnsworth – Guitar, Backing Voice
Mike Mushok (STAIND) – Guitar
A photo of the current NEWSTED lineup can be seen below.
“Metal”, the debut EP from NEWSTED, sold around 6,200 copies in the United States in its first week of release to land at position No. 62 on The Billboard 200 chart.
“Metal” was released on January 8 exclusively via iTunes. The EP was made available as a physical CD on January 15.
“Metal” contains the following tracks:
* Soldierhead
* Godsnake
* King Of The Underdogs
* Skyscraper
“Soldierhead”, the first video from NEWSTED, can be seen below. Directed by Leon Melas, the clip was filmed on December 15, 2012 in an abandoned factory in California.
“Soldierhead” video:
Source: Bravewords.com
Niclas from Metal Shrine recently interviewed former METALLICA / VOIVOD bassist Jason Newsted, who is releasing a four-song EP under the moniker NEWSTED, entitled Metal, on January 8th, exclusively via iTunes. An excerpt form their chat follows:
Let’s just say that (current Metallica bassist) Rob Trujillo breaks his leg and they’re about to go on tour and they call you. Would you do it?
Jason Newsted: Aahhh, it kinda depends on the circumstances. God, I haven´t been asked that before. (sighs deeply) If they were cool and they were bros. Actually, here’s the word, if they were brofessional about it and if they came as my brothers and they were professional with the meeting and they called the meeting and they’re sitting there and looking me in the eye and the managers aren’t around and we’re doing this as we used to do every fucking thing, with just us and then the managers did what we told them to do… if it was like that again and the money was crazy, then I would consider it. I would consider it, but it would be only for that thing and it would to be absolutely delegated and it would have to be these 30 shows in these 45 days for this squillion dollars, then I would say most likely I would come and crush every fucker in my sight. But it has to be that.
I love those guys and I always will and I will defend them to the end of time. I don’t dig it when people talk shit about them and I don’t dig it when they put them down about certain music they didn’t like that they did or whatever. Fuck those people! As soon as the people can put out a better album than Metallica, you let me know and I’ll listen to it, but until that time, just back off! I don’t come and tell you how shitty you’re doing your accountant job or whatever, you know what I mean. I don’t like that part, but I’ll always have respect for those guys because they gave me my chance, ok. They gave me my chance and I’ll never ever forget that. Now, we’ve had our differences over time but that shit is under the bridge a long time ago. The shit that has transpired in the last 10 years of the rumors stuff and ‘Oh, Jason got treated so bad. Poor fucking Jason.’ and everything, it’s such shit! It’s so wrong and it’s not the truth and it really bothers me. I understand that it gets sensationalized and blah, blah, blah. What I try to say man is trainloads, trainloads of joy, accomplishments and wonderful experiences and one little, tiny fucking symbol full of shit. It was joyous and victorious and accomplishing things and setting the fucking standard, you know what I mean?”
To read the interview in its entirety, click here.
Source: Blabbermouth.net
On December 18, Brandon Marshall of Sonic Excess conducted an interview with former METALLICA, VOIVOD and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM bassist and current NEWSTED frontman Jason Newsted. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.
Sonic Excess: Welcome back! The metal word has missed Jason Newsted. Every couple of years, you come up with a new project or collaboration, and then we don’t hear from you. Are you back for good, and is the band NEWSTED a full-time project?
Jason Newsted: [laughs] I’m always back for good and better! NEWSTED is the project that’s happening now, I would like to see it grow, get somewhere, of course, and be able to share it with everyone who wants to share it with me. It has been a lot of years coming. It’s ready for me, and I’m finally ready for it. I never thought I was going to put my name on a project; I’ve always come up with cool enough band names. We did it with this, and I’m very proud of it. Things are lining up very well, and I’m hoping to take it out to the people live next year.
Sonic Excess: What was the spark that got NEWSTED ignited?
Jason Newsted: We always play a lot of improv music. We have though the years, and we just keep it going in the Chophouse Studio [Newsted's home studio in Walnut Creek, California] and play with a lot of different cats through time. What really happened was about a year and a week ago, with the METALLICA 30th-anniversary shows, where we played The Fillmore in San Francisco. Lars [Ulrich, METALLICA drummer] had called me in October of last year and said, “Do you want to jam?” I said “What time do you want me there?” I haven’t seen them in a long time, and I hadn’t seen them since the [Rock And Roll] Hall Of Fame thing anyway. He said, “What songs do you want to play?” and I said, “You pick the fastest one dude.” We took the 14 fastest ones. I rocked a few each night, and we had a good time. What came from it was the realization of the energy of the fans. There were probably 30-35 countries represented on the floor that week. The energy I got back, and the appreciation, the real, true fan-dom, and being able to look into people’s eyes made me think it could happen again. Maybe, I could bring it out on my own and sing, play bass, play guitar, and do my own stuff. Make it fast and make it ugly, like old METALLICA, like “Kill ‘Em All” and “Ride The Lightning” records, and the old FLOTSAM AND JETSAM records, make real, old-school metal. One year later, I have 11 songs total, and we are doing it in batches. The first batch is in four, and you can pre-order it today.
Sonic Excess: Everything seems to be happening very fast. A month ago, your web site went live, and now you have an album coming out January 8th. How long has NEWSTED been in the works? Can tell us about the other members in the band?
Jason Newsted: Yes, I would be glad to. Jesus Mendez, Jr. is the drummer. I have been playing with him for about 10 years, and we have known each other for longer than that. He was a California roadie guy for METALLICA and worked at headquarters for some years. Then, he was the drum tech on the ECHOBRAIN tour, so we have been friends for a while. We have played a lot of hours, for a lot of years. He comes from like Vinny Appice, DIO, MOTÖRHEAD, AC/DC, but way down with double bass. He is a very serious, hard-working player. Our secret weapon is Jessie Farnsworth; he is a little bit younger than us. He is 32 and he is from the East, from Connecticut. He has been out here for a while, and I have been playing with him for about four years. We swap back and forth with bass and guitar. I choose people who have not quite risen in their own bands. I didn’t want people who were jaded or had ugly baggage come into this band, and I didn’t want to make it a supergroup. I wanted real friends that I get along with, and I wanted to play real true music.
Sonic Excess: Do you plan on touring?
Jason Newsted: I plan on taking it anywhere I can. As you can imagine, people are coming out of the woodwork wanting to help out, like promoters and agents, and people wanting to do what they do. We have scheduled meetings after Christmas about how we are going to get it out there to the people. My desire and quest has always been to take it anywhere I can for anyone who will accept our westernized rock ‘n’ roll music. I want to continue being the ambassador of metal, like I have been pretty much my whole career. My idea, actually, is to go to a lot of places not a lot of people actually do go to. I’ll still go to the “A” markets and play places expected, but I really want to get into the nooks and crannies of the countryside. I really want to get in front of people in places where I come from. I want to go to a lot of places that don’t get a lot of shows. I’m down with that, and I really want to do that.
Sonic Excess: What’s your opinion on bands charging for meet-and-greets now?
Jason Newsted: I think it’s bullshit! My guys had been talking to me about doing those things, and they talk about KISS making money for this meet-and-greet. People will pay it, but that’s not the point. I don’t want to take money like that. If they want to buy a t-shirt and have something to show for it, that’s what we do. You can’t download a t-shirt. There are certain things that make sense to me. I have never charged for my autograph up until the web site. That is my first time in my 30-year career that I have charged for my autograph, and I have signed for hundreds of thousands of people. I don’t feel comfortable with charging people to meet me; I don’t feel comfortable with charging people to get me to sign something when they are standing with me. If they buy it off the Internet and want an 8×10 or an autograph CD, they have that momentum. That’s fine, but I’m not going to charge people to meet me. I just don’t feel that’s right. I’ll pay to meet one of my old sports heroes, or something like one of the cats from the 1970s Orioles. I’ll pay a couple of bucks for something, but I’m not going to pay for Gene Simmons. It’s ridiculous, that’s not what it’s about.
Read the entire interview from Sonic Excess.
Source: Blabbermouth.net
“Metal” will contain the following tracks:
* Soldierhead
* Godsnake
* King Of The Underdogs
* Skyscraper
By purchasing all four songs, you will receive a copy of Jason‘s handwritten lyrics.
NEWSTED will filmits first-ever video on Saturday, December 15.
In a recent interview with Eddie Trunk‘s “Friday Night Rocks” radio show on New York’s Q104.3 FM, Newsted stated about his plans to release original music via his newly launched official web site, “Whatever it ends up being — if it’s five songs, 20 songs, 50 songs… I don’t even know what the heck I’m gonna do. I have so much music from over the years. I have a bunch of new stuff, I have so many mixes of projects with people — new players, young players, old-school players like myself — so I’m just trying to figure out exactly what I wanna unleash on everybody first. That’s kind of what it’s coming down to — the timing of things and how I wanna hit people with it, and which stuff [to release first].”
Asked how he plans to release his music, Jason said, “I see a couple of the old avenues still being there that will always be there in the purest form — making the vinyl and everybody having the special-edition vinyl to be able to read the lyrics, stuff like you and I loved the most, that’s the closest to us that’s the most endearing and the most personal. So that’s always gonna be there and I never wanna dismiss that, so that will be percentage of it for the fans that really dig the real American kick-ass guitar music … And then the newest avenues that I’m just really now learning about as I expose myself to all this stuff… I saw a piece of one of ['That Metal Show' espisodes on VH1 Classic] and somebody talked about DOWN and some other bands doing four tracks at a time in EP form every few months, letting people have some fresh metal. I think that’s a pretty good concept, a pretty good formula — I’m hip to that, [and] I’d like to warm up to that. Since it is new territory for me, I’m really open to that idea; I think it’s a good way to spread stuff.”
Source: Blabbermouth.net
Former METALLICA, VOIVOD and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM bassist Jason Newsted has posted the following message on his Facebook page:
“I want y’all to know that I am ultra-proud of my time in [METALLICA]… I am thankful for the wonderful experiences of our 15 years together and I will always be open to jammin’ with the boys… I am very happy in my life now! I have a new band that bears my own name, we’re just finishing our first record, I’m feeling strong again playing bass and singing lead vocals and you all wiil be hearing it in one month’s time!!!! New year, new band, new life!! Bless you all and I can’t wait to share my music with everyone!! I’m entrusting all of my friends to help me get the word out!!! Jason‘s back!”
In a recent interview with Eddie Trunk‘s “Friday Night Rocks” radio show on New York’s Q104.3 FM, Newsted stated about his plans to release original music via his newly launched official web site, NewstedHeavyMetal.com, “It’ll be called Newsted Heavy Metal Music. Whatever it ends up being — if it’s five songs, 20 songs, 50 songs… I don’t even know what the heck I’m gonna do. I have so much music from over the years. I have a bunch of new stuff, I have so many mixes of projects with people — new players, young players, old-school players like myself — so I’m just trying to figure out exactly what I wanna unleash on everybody first. That’s kind of what it’s coming down to — the timing of things and how I wanna hit people with it, and which stuff [to release first].”
Asked how he plans to release his music, Jason said, “I see a couple of the old avenues still being there that will always be there in the purest form — making the vinyl and everybody having the special-edition vinyl to be able to read the lyrics, stuff like you and I loved the most, that’s the closest to us that’s the most endearing and the most personal. So that’s always gonna be there and I never wanna dismiss that, so that will be percentage of it for the fans that really dig the real American kick-ass guitar music … And then the newest avenues that I’m just really now learning about as I expose myself to all this stuff… I saw a piece of one of ['That Metal Show' espisodes on VH1 Classic] and somebody talked about DOWN and some other bands doing four tracks at a time in EP form every few months, letting people have some fresh metal. I think that’s a pretty good concept, a pretty good formula — I’m hip to that, [and] I’d like to warm up to that. Since it is new territory for me, I’m really open to that idea; I think it’s a good way to spread stuff.”
Newsted married his longtime girlfriend Nicole Leigh Smith in October.
In his acceptance speech at METALLICA‘s Rock And Roll
Hall Of Fame induction in April 2009, Jason thanked Nicole — whom he referred to as “the love of my life” — for “standing by me through the last seven years of challenges and adventures.”
Source: Blabbermouth.net
Former METALLICA, VOIVOD and FLOTSAM AND JETSAM bassist Jason Newsted has uploaded new video footage of a rehearsal session at his Chophouse studio in Walnut Creek, California. Check it out at this location.
In a recent interview with Eddie Trunk‘s “Friday Night Rocks” radio show on New York’s Q104.3 FM, Newsted stated about his plans to release original music via his newly launched official web site, NewstedHeavyMetal.com, “It’ll be called Newsted Heavy Metal Music. Whatever it ends up being — if it’s five songs, 20 songs, 50 songs… I don’t even know what the heck I’m gonna do. I have so much music from over the years. I have a bunch of new stuff, I have so many mixes of projects with people — new players, young players, old-school players like myself — so I’m just trying to figure out exactly what I wanna unleash on everybody first. That’s kind of what it’s coming down to — the timing of things and how I wanna hit people with it, and which stuff [to release first].”
Asked how he plans to release his music, Jason said, “I see a couple of the old avenues still being there that will always be there in the purest form — making the vinyl and everybody having the special-edition vinyl to be able to read the lyrics, stuff like you and I loved the most, that’s the closest to us that’s the most endearing and the most personal. So that’s always gonna be there and I never wanna dismiss that, so that will be percentage of it for the fans that really dig the real American kick-ass guitar music … And then the newest avenues that I’m just really now learning about as I expose myself to all this stuff… I saw a piece of one of ['That Metal Show' espisodes on VH1 Classic] and somebody talked about DOWN and some other bands doing four tracks at a time in EP form every few months, letting people have some fresh metal. I think that’s a pretty good concept, a pretty good formula — I’m hip to that, [and] I’d like to warm up to that. Since it is new territory for me, I’m really open to that idea; I think it’s a good way to spread stuff.”
Newsted married his longtime girlfriend Nicole Leigh Smith in October.
In his acceptance speech at METALLICA‘s Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame induction in April 2009, Jason thanked Nicole — whom he referred to as “the love of my life” — for “standing by me through the last seven years of challenges and adventures.”
