Jason Newsted on Load/Reload era, performing live w. Mustaine, Trujillo’s playing & leaving Ozzy

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[@AndDeathForAll82]

What a class act. He’s never been anything but pure respect and class.

[@jamesestrada82]

Although Cliff was a musical prodigy, I feel like Jason was the best bassist for Metallica. From his infectious energy, and all or nothing approach, to his amazing backing vocals, and easy going nature…and when it came to live shows, Jason was quite literally the battery of Metallica!

[@maximpopov199]

Jason is perfect fill in at Cliffs place. 🤘. Hes metalhead, great bass player. Hi Jason ! All the Best brother 🤘

[@paulosantiago7457]

I don't agree with this. Clif had a monster energy playing live and did the backing vocals both live and in studio (something Jason never was allowed to). Love Jason, but the same infectious energy you see in Jason, you saw in Cliff as well, or even bigger. And Im not even talking about songwriting skills. Cliff in my eyes has no substitutes and I think James, Lars and Kirk still miss him as a member of Metallica

[@johnkatsoudas4767]

@@paulosantiago7457 I agree with you. Cliff will always be Metallica's perfect bass guitar player. Metallica are who they are because of Cliff Burton. The other members learned so much from Cliff in a very short amount of time. It was a huge major step up from Kill 'Em All to Ride The Lightning and it was because of Cliff Burton. Cliff Burton had no writing credits on Kill 'Em All besides Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth) because the rest of the album was complete before he joined the band. Jason Newstead did keep the spirit alive in his time in being in Metallica. Jason was never looked at as a replacement for Cliff. That is why the other members hazed him the whole time when he was in the band. They do regret how bad they hazed him later because he did not deserve it. That was just their way of dealing with Cliff's passing.

[@fam.hunger5244]

@@paulosantiago7457 i totally agree with you, only that it is wrong what you said about the backing vocals in the studio. James always did all the backing vocals, too. Metallica songs where other backing vocals were necessary are rare and Jason had the same limitations/freedoms here that Cliff had.

[@paulosantiago7457]

@@fam.hunger5244 Cliff did the backing vocals on Master of Puppets and a little bit of "sound effects" like the laugh on Fight Fire with Fire in Ride the Lightning

[@mattfleming4953]

His backup vocals were untouchable

[@Phuh_Queue]

The heart died with Cliff The soul left with Jason

[@wnrbassman]

I've said this before

[@3peckeredgoat735]

Humble guy, by far my favorite Metallica member.

[@rocktalks5706]

Mine too!

[@Senseijohn84]

Jason is the man! You know you have good taste when you're a fan of Sepultura and especially KYUSS!!!🤙🤘👊

[@logandowdy9887]

I want another NEWSTED album

[@rocktalks5706]

Me too!

[@josemojicaperez4436]

He's plays with Newsted yesterday in Florida...

[@gregmartinez5030]

My favorite metallican.

[@rocktalks5706]

Mine too!!!

[@ourbleakrefuge2012]

As a guy who grew up listening to post Cliff Metallica courtesy of older brothers, we always thought Jason was cool, even as guitarists, we always watched him.

[@ThomasOKeef]

Amen

[@donny_doyle]

Met him once,somewhere- don't remember. Post Metallica and he was super cool...

[@KristopherMichael7463]

I don't know if there is a cooler, More humble down to Earth person than Jason!!! You never hear him talking trash , putting anyone down, incredible respect for Jason!

[@rocktalks5706]

Totally! Jason is the best. Thanks for watching!

[@itsamadhouse2069]

I feel that Jason really stood out and Lars and James probably didn't like him getting the attention

[@ktw70]

Yup.

[@Ringod...]

Gracias por compartir esta entrevista, hermano! JASON NEWSTED RULES! Un ejemplo de humildad, profesionalismo y ser humano para muchos músicos de la industria. La entrega de Jason es única e irrepetible. Larga vida para él. |m|

[@rocktalks5706]

Muchas gracias! Por favor no olvides compartir la entrevista en tus redes sociales!

[@ScaryJerry7]

Great interview. I love Jason, he's the best. He tells it like it is.

[@rocktalks5706]

Thanks a lot Jerry! Please share and suscribe!

[@raymondsolisjr.1262]

"He left the effin band" lol

[@nonsubversivebear5650]

Thank you Jason I'm a 47 year old musician been playing guitar all my life so I love to play it and you just really just kick me in the ass from about 8:10 ... I dig your personality and your positivity I'm talking like you're reading this man I'm sorry but if you ever do or anybody just listens what he's saying is awesome do what you love because if you you know whatever you love your talented at what you love and he's talented and loves music and I'm talented I love music and I'm I'm still playing I'm 47 that I have moments where I feel too old but f****** man I still have stuff to say I'm still good and I'm still happy

[@joshuachadmorris5178]

Needed to hear this I'm 37 and been in bands and music is my passion I need to get back to playing and writing . Thank you I really needed to hear that

[@vlcheish]

lol....if Newsted thought Metallica was a monopoly then good thing he never was a member of Megadeth

[@rocktalks5706]

Hahaha good point!

[@josef2861]

if he had been part of megadeth instead of metallica he would already be broke these days

[@agustinmanyari]

Between Load and Re load period, Jason was like a fan playing inside Metallica, and he feels like “ this is not good’ ‘something is wrong, wrong direction’ yeah at that time he was like one of us

[@xrt7874]

Jason was the fan in the band from the beginning and was never considered a full band member by the other 3 guys. It was always Metallica featuring Jason Newkid.

[@patrickdoran180]

There was no room for HIM. Kirk has credit on 13/27 songs from those two albums.

[@rocktalks5706]

Good point, Patrick!

[@williambrooks276]

I'll say this Robert Trujillo is a great bass player but Jason Newsted was the missing piece of the Metallica framework after Cliff's death. I mean Jason just fit so perfectly it was as though he had always been there almost like a alternate player on a basketball team that got enough play that you weren't surprised to see him take the spot when Cliff got killed because it was like he/Jason was always there. To me anyways. I've been a fan since 1986

[@RolandDeschain1]

I like that Jason shouted out 'Low Man's Lyric'. I always liked that song, although the hurdy gurdy probably freaks a lot of fans out.

[@Mark.13.]

I dont mind hurdy gurdy at all but the album Reload as a whole is pretty weak comparing to most of what Metallica did.

[@johnpotsch7349]

LmL is a great song.

[@emmarossignol4445]

@@Mark.13. Even compared to Load, it's way less consistent. Nostalgia goggles made me think they were more even but listening to them both I was surprised by how much of a quality drop I felt in Reload.

[@Kruegernator123]

I liked that song a lot.

[@619dar]

I've always been a BIG fan of Jason's from Flotsam through to Metallica and even now. Jason is one of the best bass players out there and I hope to hear from him again soon.

[@rocktalks5706]

Me too!!

[@mattj1871]

+1 to his stint in Voivod!

[@ozarkprepper1718]

I remember 87. We all drew metallica on our lockers. If i could hang out with just one metallica guy,it would be jason. Seems like he has the best personality

[@ZoSoUsAm]

Refreshing to have an interview without all the Ego, Jason is a decent dude, too bad he can't be slapping it with Megadeth!!!✌️🇺🇸

[@jaybray4901]

As long as you aren't referring him slapping it like Ellefson did....

[@ZoSoUsAm]

@@jaybray4901 lol,no onstage is what i meant,I went and watched the video of Jason singing,it was fire from what I could hear, the quality sucked but he brought the energy!!!🤘🇺🇸

[@jaybray4901]

@@ZoSoUsAm lol yes i know. I was just making a stupid joke.

[@rocktalks5706]

Thanks for watching, Bro. Please share and suscribe!

[@allhavesaidtheirprayers3434]

@@jaybray4901 Hey Now, haha.

[@davidkilby1043]

Jason was the actual soul of Metallica. While I can appreciate Robert's talent, he is basically invisible

[@graeme1744]

Spot on man I agree with you.

[@rocktalks5706]

The balls, the soul... you name it, bro!

[@neilpeartspurplenose8739]

That's how they prefer it. The Lars and James show

[@graeme1744]

@@neilpeartspurplenose8739 simmons Stanley

[@honigdachs.]

Hetfield is the soul of Metallica.

[@shanecarravello2922]

We all know how "they" treated him, although one seems more apologetic for those situations then the other. ( and we all know who that is!) Jason has always been a class act.

[@robbiepeterh]

They treated Jason so badly. He saw them for what they were, kept a low profile, made his millions playing music he loved, and then left them and never came back. Great job Jason 👏

[@rocktalks5706]

Yeah man totally. Thanks for watching! Please share and suscribe! :)

[@awefense7758]

Tunes from Doomsday For The Deceiver play nearly every day on my main playlist. Love that old thrash!

[@rocktalks5706]

Thanks for watching! Please share and suscribe :)

[@joeybecker781]

Loved the energy he brought. Seen him in 88/89 in Columbia SC And justice for all Tour

[@rocktalks5706]

Lucky you!

[@serdar213]

Jason was the %50 of stage presence of Metalica.

[@Wes1487]

Jason is cool....seems like a good dude.

[@rocktalks5706]

He really is!

[@alidemir9897]

Thanks for this great Interview... Good fan questions! And Jason what a cool guy... Saying that Robert is a better bass player shows how humble he is...

[@rocktalks5706]

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[@MrApostolosv2]

A guy you can't hate. Deserved to have all his dreams come true 🤘🤘 both as a musician and as a person(a).

[@tracemasters620]

Well he is though.

[@HeathenDance]

This is not an honest interview. Neither of them is being honest. Jason, and the guy asking the questions. Have you seen Metallica live during the Load Tour? Check out the Cunning Stunts live concert. James, Kirk and Lars are as heavy as they always were, including their stage presence and attitude. "Jason was the only one keeping the band heavy in live shows" LOOOL. WHAT THE FUCK?! Fanboy delusional attacks. Proof is on youtube for everyone to see and hear. James is particularly bad ass and aggressive in the Load Tour. "We have an announcement to make... We came here... TO KICK YOUR ASS!!" Plus, Load and Reload are great albums. And there's some heavy, dark and complex stuff there.

[@rocktalks5706]

Totally disagree with you, man. During the Load, Reload and even Garage Inc. tours Metallica played the old stuff in a slower tempo. Proof of that is, actually, the Cunning Stunts DVD. Watch that one again and after that watch the Live Shit Seattle 1989. If you cant see the difference on the speed, you have a hearing problem. For the record, I LOVE Metallica, 80s, 90s, 2000s and present. But facts are facts.

[@HeathenDance]

@@rocktalks5706 You are not a musician. That being said, Jason is a sell out himself. He keeps bashing Metallica's 90's period, but he kept silent during those times. And now, he keeps cashing all the royalties that comes from every Metallica album he has been into. Trust me, my friend... that's a a lot of money! Jason is a fucking hipocrite.

[@rocktalks5706]

@@HeathenDance you dont even know me at all. How can you be so sure Im not a musician? Do you judge People Just like that? That is so ignorant. Plus, Jason is not bashing Metallica, he is Just being honest, even he said he still likes some songs from that period.

[@HeathenDance]

@@rocktalks5706 Yes, and in 1986 and 87 they played even faster than in 1989. And the same thing could be said about many thrash metal bands. Bands evolve, and choose different options, because they get tired of the same approaches. And of course, James fueled with alcohol and drugs, during those performances, contributed to that frantic playing. But even so, if you pay attention to the Ride the Lightning album, for example, you will realize that more than half of that album is NOT fast paced, at all. Slow tempo, even. And it was 1984.

[@teslasuperdestinations]

thank you for this! now after I watch interview gonna watch Jason sing Phantom Lord w Megadeth!!

[@teslasuperdestinations]

tail end of interview re: Robert Trujillo . . . would love to see a duet bass solo of Jason & Rob, then see them battle live on stage!!

[@rocktalks5706]

Thank YOU for watching! Please suscribe. More interviews on the way! 🤓

[@LEE_MILLARD]

Big heart, he was the beat in Metallica

[@szithaanu9934]

Jason Newsted: Fan of Metallica and Megadeth as a kid. Grows up to play bass for Metallica and sing for Megadeth.

[@Awnos]

He's the same age as them....

[@szithaanu9934]

@@Awnos You know what I meant. They were all kids when the two bands were started after all.

[@suvarnachauhan951]

Jason is living the dreams.

[@tonymcnamara9368]

Jason's so cool, he's a fan's fan! So down to earth, you wouldn't think he was the bassist for one of metals most influential bands for well over a decade. This is one of the reasons he's missed by Metallica fans so much, he's just like one of us! Robert is a great bassist, but it goes a lot deeper than that! He's far from filling Jason's shoes in that respect, and fans will never really forgive Metallica for they way Jason was unjustly treated while a part of Metallica either.

[@mariesteve358]

It's a shame Jason how he was being treated by James & Lars, Don't understand why, Jason Rocks! Maybe jealousy, Idk but I think he didn't deserve the bullying that he went through,

[@rocktalks5706]

Totally agree!

[@erikmetalhead9191]

Man you deserve more follower

[@rocktalks5706]

Thanks for the kind Words, Erik. Please Help me to get more followers by sharing my interviews and tagging your Friends! Cheers!

[@erikmetalhead9191]

@@rocktalks5706 yes sir

[@MiguelPaulettePerez-bj8ml]

I unfortunately missed Jason in Metallica, but I was very fortunate to see him play with Voivod and Ozzy on the same day. I happened to see Metallica the very next week though...

[@rocktalks5706]

I hope Metallica play with Jason at least one more time. I would be there!

[@mikeymclucky]

Great Interview! Jason is a LEGEND

[@rocktalks5706]

Thanks a lot man. Please share and suscribe 😀

[@pointsbeingmade7996]

2:nd this.

[@chad6326]

Fun Fact: Load and Reload are terrible fucking albums, not as bad as St. Anger though...

[@PazBinv1]

They are total crap and I DO think they are both worse than St Anger. I don't listen to any of those albums anyway.

[@chad6326]

@@PazBinv1 yeah it's sad man, the first 4 albums are master pieces all in their own right but after that??? Nah I love the first 2 albums the most.

[@oqmdnt392]

I remember seeing Metallica in the Load tour, and the thing I took from that concert was that songs from the Load Album, that I didn't really cared a lot until that point, gained something very powerful live, and that made me see the songs in a diferent light. Thank you Jason!

[@rocktalks5706]

Exactly!!!

[@ps5392]

Most of those songs are better live, no doubt.

[@charlesrocks]

It’s so great to hear that Jason and Dave Mustaine are on good terms.

[@Danimal77]

This interview is 8 years old.

[@JPX64Channel]

what? isnt this a recent interview? i mean jason has been doing some interviews very recently mostly because of the black album box set.

[@jd0879]

@@JPX64Channel No. It’s from 2013, he literally says it in the video. He said he played with Mustaine a few days ago and in the video Dave Jr is playing and he’s been kicked out of Megadeth. Use your brain

[@beatmet2355]

I personally never liked the “image” they put across in the late nineties. It was anathema to what they were about in the beginning and made them look like posers. The music itself was hit and miss, but it did come across as another insincere pose, but a little ballsy in that it risked alienating their fan base. At the end of the day, I don’t really listen to those songs. I stick with the first four and everything from st anger to the present.

[@emmarossignol4445]

Like you said the music was hit and miss, if they took out half the songs from Load and Reload, and didn't feel like very song need to push five minutes then they would be consistently good. The image stuff was a nail in the coffin before anyone even heard the music. I think they could have gotten away with cutting their hair if they hadn't done all of the other "artsy" stuff led by Kirk and Lars.

[@SuperSnakePlissken]

As someone who lived through the 90s I can tell you once grunge died with Kurt Cobain, Rock music in general was not very good from 1995 until 2000. you have to credit Metallica for changing with the times because most 1980s bands that did not change burned out and died. With that said I look back at that period of time as not great musically period. This includes pop music dance music pretty much everything was awful in the mid to late 90s. With that said, I’ll listen to load and reload any day of the week I enjoy those albums.

[@jeromejakubowski7763]

Very good point and well said I’ve always thought the same thing

[@andrew6978]

95-00 was the rise of dance music, there were some good songs from bands in Britain during Britpop though.

[@longbeach7623]

Have to completely disagree. Metallica’s “sellout” was just another domino to fall, in addition to Cobain’s suicide and GNR’s breakup. Van Halen, Ozzy, AC/DC, Down, Soundgarden all released legit albums in ‘95-‘96. Metallica could have done the same but went the Generation Swine route. Edit: I do agree music went straight to shit from ‘97 onwards.

[@SuperSnakePlissken]

@@longbeach7623 Van Halen's Balance album was hella good there is no doubt, but you have to admit there is some influence of the times in that album. Soundgarden is a complete product of the early 90s so that one doesn't count. AC/DC has never changed no doubt. Ozzy I think got harder in the 90s. Metallica's so called sellout did occur....every time they performed they sold out.

[@longbeach7623]

@@SuperSnakePlissken yes Balance did not sound like 5150 but it was still more authentic than Load. Soundgarden formed in 1986 and released two albums pre-1990. As for Metallica, do you clap your hands together at the end of that statement just like Jason on VH1 in ‘98? 🤣

[@gizzy2403]

As great as Metallica is, they are not as good w/o Jason. He brought an aggression w/his backing vocals & was a fkn beast on stage & that's sorely missing today. I'm not bashing Robert either, he's a phenomenal bassist & his resume speaks for itself.

[@rocktalks5706]

Totally agree with you man! Thanks for watching please share and suscribe 😁

[@jamesennis8837]

Love rob, but he brought nothing to the band. An he looks so outa the place.

[@rocktalks5706]

@Frank Lopez the Black album? Hello?

[@rocktalks5706]

@Frank Lopez I hated the Load era when I was a teenager. After a few years I was ok with those albums. Sure they are not masterpieces but they have some really good tunes, great production and they sounded GREAT with Jason live. They went for the gold, sure. Money is good for everybody... Lol.

[@gizzy2403]

@Frank Lopez I really liked L & RL actually. I thought they walked all over th Black album, but they're Hard Rock not Metal, not Thrash. Th production of th Black album was superb but there's only 3-4songs I really liked on it. St Anger was an abomination though

[@ricardohernandez-vv1io]

Metallica died for me when Jason left

[@luismr225519]

That's true

[@flsun5367]

Agreed 100%

[@NeverLostRoamer]

Good interview, I like the questions you asked and I give Jason a lot of credit he didn't duck any of them.

[@m.r.4455]

Shame to everyone ever bulled this guy. Every day of his dream constantly ruined by not being loved as the good human he is.

[@Fister_of_Muppets]

Yeah. Making $40 million off the Black Album tour alone must have crushed him.

[@m.r.4455]

@@Fister_of_Muppets Richness and quality of relationships are two different things.

[@xsp238]

I like Jason's perspective here. He said there's 3 great bands out of the situation. I love that idea where one band splits into spinoffs and puts out content.

[@forthedoggiesguitars2277]

Jason always was good to the fans, showing up to all the meet and greets.

[@rocktalks5706]

Yeah man. Thanks for watching. Please share and suscribe! :)

[@raymondlugo9960]

I love Kyuss!

[@jpw2184]

About this era, I'm pretty sure James stated in some interview that he and Lars weren't so controlling during Load/Reload, and that was basically Jason and Kirk taking more control over the process. Now it looks like no one was really in control and the vision wasn't so clear to anyone in the band.

[@jvon3885]

Guess who I blame? Bob F-ing Rock....and Lars, he's just as greedy as the industry. The dude came in and flashed a bunch if money in their faces and in my personal opinion....And Justice For All was their last album. I literally heard that Newstead say "Sellouts? Yeah we are sellouts, we sell out every seat in the stadium" So that tells me all I need to know about them as a band during and after the black album. They fell victim to the industry and Bob Rock was the piece of shite who ruined them.

[@serkmutlu]

I think you need to refresh your memory. James stated that Lars and Kirk was in control over the process of Load/Re-Load era. Jason was never on the driving seat. If only though...

[@HeathenDance]

@@jvon3885 Someone who fails to see the great and complex music that Metallica made in the 90's, shouldn't be spreading opinions about the subject. You are obviously NOT a musician. But for fuck sake, if you can't understand the beauty of songs and solos like "The Unforgiven", or "Bleeding Me", or "Fixxxer"... you just like to listen to hammer-head drum beats, fast riffs, but obviously have no idea what you are listening to ahah.

[@jvon3885]

@@HeathenDance nothing but opinions. And yes I am a musician. I've been in many bands and was a tour manager for a band for awhile. Just because you enjoyed this stuff does not mean that the whole world has to. Nothing from load or reload was worth my time. The black album had 3 good songs on it. Hardly a complete album! Therefore my opinion stands.

[@HeathenDance]

@@jvon3885 You are confused in your head. The fact that you don't like something, doesn't mean it isn't good. There are bands or musicians whose work I personally dislike, but I can't deny their quality. That is just pure stupidity, to mistake the different concepts.

[@johnp82]

Wow I never knew Jason wasn't thrilled with the Load era. That's comforting to know.

[@badbirdkc]

I remember reading a Rolling Stone interview with the band when Load came out, and they came off as straight up dysfunctional. It sounded like the band was on the precipice of breaking up. If I remember, Lars and Kirk were the ones who really championed the cover art, while James and Jason thought it was super weird and didn't get it. Clearly the beginnings of what we eventually saw in the Some Kind of Monster documentary.

[@johnp82]

@@badbirdkc I kinda knew that, but I didn't know Jason didn't like the musical direction.

[@andrew6978]

@@johnp82 They went from a metal band to a blues rock band, load and re-load really are not my cup of tea.

[@johnp82]

@@andrew6978 not mine either

[@rocktalks5706]

Yeah man. Thanks for watching. Please share and suscribe! :)

[@RedMansDevil]

Much respect to Jason! An amazing career he has!

[@Dwendele]

I remember being kinda sad when Jason left Flotsom, but then being super pumped seeing and hearing him in Metallica. I've seen both Cliff and Jason era Metallica live.... And honestly I can't decide which I liked better live, but the writing in the Cliff years was... Hmm.... More interesting?

[@rocktalks5706]

Lucky you!

[@meabobo]

this interview were done before he initially STOP Newsted right?

[@RolandDeschain1]

It's a shame Jason's side project with Devin Townsend couldn't have continued. That thing was crushing. Besides James putting the kibosh on his side projects, according to Devin, Jason and Gene Hoglan bumped heads as well. They just never clicked.

[@Kruegernator123]

I never knew that. It's so sad that Jason had a lot of cool opportunities to be in a lot of different groups, even though some never took off, like Devin Townsend or even Ozzy for that matter. I remember seeing articles that Ozzy wanted to record an album with him before his ATV accident happened.

[@jimmyjambhere]

Load has always been my least favorite Metallica album. It does have a couple great songs as well.

[@rocktalks5706]

Yeah, it took me like 10 years to dig the album. Not a great one but sure it has some really good songs.

[@Albee213]

Jason stated in an interview back in the day that Load was heavier than Slayer's Undisputed Attitude.

[@HeathenDance]

Those of us who read Jason's words in magazines, and heard them in tv interviews, before the internet turned him into a fanboy favourite, we all know that Jason is not exactly someone very coherent, when speaking words, and saying opinions... They seem to change a LOT, has decades go by. Maybe he has multiple personality disorder...

[@Albee213]

@@HeathenDance LOL, everyone does it. You have to promote your stuff even when it stinks. This happens in movies, music and anything that needs promotion. Just look at Dave Mustaine's recent comments on his move to Gibson guitars where he says he "secretly always coveted Gibson guitars". Sometimes things do not age so well.

[@JPX64Channel]

they were promoting their new album, he wasnt being honest for the press and not get ass kicked by his bandmates, but now years later he can just tell his opinion at the time and in retrospective

[@jarnolehtinen2269]

@@Albee213 my thoughts exactly. In my job I’ve been in situations where I had to support products I had no say on and that I didn’t have a good feeling about. Sometimes you just have to do it and maybe 20 years later you can be honest about it..

[@theophany1770]

@@Albee213 Dave went to Gibson?!

[@teslasuperdestinations]

To date, Jason has always been my all time MetallicA fave, even Echobrain years and all those projects!

[@davekearney3566]

I prefer him to rob. I know rob is great but Jason was way more energetic and his backing vocals are unmatched.

[@RugbyLeagueHistory]

I liked Load and Reload.

[@angibaker2751]

Nice interview

[@rocktalks5706]

Thanks a lot Angi! Please share and suscribe 😀. More interviews on the way!

[@simonl1785]

Apparently Jason was told by the management that "you do know that this is the James and Lars show" when he joined them

[@russkate88]

And he was actually fine with that. He didn't even have an issue with getting only one writing credit on the justice album. As a matter of fact, that was probably one more writing credit than what he expected. His issue understandably was getting mixed out of the album.

[@conradsz]

Thank you for this interview! and Jason is a nothing but class

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[@aussieraideraaron2946]

Thanks for the excellent interview, man I absolutely love the dude so humble but no BS just an awesome, awesome dude, thanks for so many years of wicked memories Jason 🤟😆👍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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[@aussieraideraaron2946]

@@rocktalks5706 just subscribed to your channel, looking forward to seeing more awesome content soon man 🤟😆👍

[@trevormarcray]

I love Load and Reload. Brilliant albums. Brilliant songs. Jason was stuck in a mode of thrash and that hurt him. He left but he should've stuck it out. That's what I think. Because he left we got St Anger... Lol. I wish the was still in the band.

[@rocktalks5706]

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[@Nichole-440HP]

loved his solo debut NEWSTED , don't know why they broke up after one album . he doesn't seem to stick with one thing for very long after leaving Metallica .

[@CS-ru4xd]

Right? Do you remember one of his other projects Echobrain? Niether do I ...lmao!!

[@rocktalks5706]

Years ago in another interview Jason said that he invested tons of money on the Newsted project but didnt work out because the industry is so different than what it used to be in the 80s and 90s. So, it was a money problem basically. The record was cool thou.

[@flsun5367]

C.S. 🖕

[@ktw70]

@@CS-ru4xd His work in Flotsam and Sexoturica was great.

[@bruce5168]

It's just my opinion, but I do believe Jason did much better for Metallica then Rob.

[@expl44]

not only your opinion..

[@bruce5168]

@@expl44 Right on🤘🤘

[@earthstrong-43.72]

Jason deserves a lot more respect than he's gets. He a class act, through and through. Edit: this is coming from a multi instrumentalist. It was a shame how they did him on AJFA. One of their best efforts, could've used less of Lars and more Jason. AJFJ is a superior product.

[@1redmagahat.552]

Would love to hear that album the way it should be...

[@bdr113080]

I completely understand why he left the Ozzy Osbourne band but man I really wish Ozzy’s would have stayed well enough for a couple more years because really ever since that time he hasn’t been able to complete any of the tours he started. He’s kept making music but I think Turing is just too physically demanding for him but I really wanted to hear one or two Ozzy Osbourne albums with Jason on base. To me that was like a super group Ozzy Osbourne, Jason, Mike and Zack? Come on that’s heavy metal royalty right there. I couldn’t make it to Ozzfest in 2003 but I really wanted to just see that monster line up on stage. I’m very proud of Jason and he has nothing to be ashamed of. At the end of the day he gets to say he was a part of Metallica for 15 years during their most successful run, he was on their two best selling albums of all times and he gets to say that he was a member of the Ozzy Osbourne band as well. He’s such a cool And genuine dude.

[@harrycollins3248]

Once Max was out of Sepultura I was done with them. I still listen to their old stuff but I can't stand whatever the new stuff is suppose to be. It doesn't even sound like metal to me.

[@jasonjuneau2948]

Same man. After max left I stopped listening. Like I bought the first album they did after max but it was like..this just ain't the sepultura I wanna listen to.

[@Williameagleblanket]

I seen the Max era Sepultura and the Derrick era Sepultura. I prefer Max era.

[@honigdachs.]

I on the other hand think they're a much better band now. Don't know why people moon about Max. He's a very limited musician in terms of voice, songwriting and guitar skills. The present day Sepultura is a much more diverse, complex and intellectual musical unit, which I guess is probably not a good thing if you preferred the old Max era stle which was way more simple, tribalistic and visceral.

[@HeathenDance]

@@honigdachs. Don't listen to these posers... And if you ask them about Schizophrenia and Beneath the Remains, thrash metal, great albums during Max era, they don't know 75 % of the songs from those albums ahah. When they cry for Max, it's basically Roots, and most of Chaos AD.

[@deathtodigital4097]

@@honigdachs. agree. Max would love to make albums with this level of musicality of he could but he can't. I like what Max does but Quadra was epic

[@1642poltergeist]

So down to earth always. Amazing guy

[@rocktalks5706]

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[@1642poltergeist]

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[@glitchunicorn]

Ever notice that Lars played on time when Jason was in the band? Even on the 30 years of Metallica show when Jason came on for 2-3 songs, Lars was on it... Either it's his energy or the picking is more rhythmic or something...I can't pinpoint it! but go back you'll notice it right away

[@rocktalks5706]

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[@jacksonrich6398]

Great interview. 👍

[@4md17]

6:15 so weird seeing him without bass.. or a guitar

[@rocktalks5706]

I agree.

[@Danimal77]

Load/Reload was Metallica (really James) trying to copy James's favorite band and album at the time: Corrosion of Conformity's "Deliverance" which came out in 1994, which coincidentally is right before Metallica started writing/recording Load/Reload.

[@rocktalks5706]

Good point, Dan.

[@MetalBuddhaHead]

I agree and have always said the same thing...

[@Kruegernator123]

It was the direction of rock and metal at the time. In the '90s, you either went the death metal/black metal route, the groove metal route like Pantera, stoner metal, or you went mainstream with grunge and alternative rock/metal. If you stayed as a thrash or glam metal band, you wouldn't have survived. The remaining thrash bands had to change their sound quite a bit. But yes, Load/Reload era Metallica did have more of a grunge and/or stoner metal sound to it. Similar to Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Kyuss or CoC like you said.

[@aleisterbroley900]

It became a monopoly? I thought James and Lars pretty much monopolized the songwriting before that anyway?

[@carldavies4776]

My impression also...maybe they just doubled down

[@fromalongtimeago]

It's their band, why not? Because you get, a big hit, but the crappy Enter (sound)man

[@carldavies4776]

@@fromalongtimeago I think Newstead probably had the best thrash sensibilities at that time...he was listening to a lot of Sepultura

[@pjdexter168]

I remember listening to Load upon its release in 96 in high school, and thinking WTF, the new logo, weak rock songs, album cover and now they're wearing makeup. They never recovered and I've barely listened to anything they've recorded in over 30 years. Its like their first 5 albums were by a completely different band, that band I love.

[@rocktalks5706]

I used to really hate Load and Reload. Eventually (meaning years later) I gave them a second chance and realized both have really good songs. Not even close to the first 4 albums but pretty good considering the times they were released. Thanks for watching!

[@1thug1luv8]

Sepultura was absolutely, positivitly the best at what they did and definitely during the year's that Max's fronted the band!! What power and intensity that original line up had... Hands down Sepultura totally ruled the 80s and 90s!!!

[@rocktalks5706]

Still does till this day :D

[@aujay]

@@rocktalks5706 Sorry, but No they don't !

[@rocktalks5706]

@@aujay the current success of Sepultura (selling out venues everywhere, staying with a big label, keeping millions of followers in social media and getting great reviews for their albums and live shows) say otherwise, dude. You can think whatever you want but that is the REALITY.

[@richy1980uk]

Brilliant Better than most

[@benbond3433]

Comments Add a public comment... Ben Bond1 second ago Nice to hear that the Load/Reload era didn't make much sense to him. Making a statement with a ballad like Nothing Else Matters was one thing, but the major derailment of the powerful attitude, and then the makeup? I didn't care about the hair, but the rest of the image was so ridiculously obvious that they were desperate to stay relevant to the alternative mainstream. They seemed like they ignored a lot of what got them to where they were...the underground. So I can't blame Jason for feeling something was really off back then. Hearing new the Metallica single in '95, as Until It Sleeps, was such a disappointment, like they were going to be the new hosts of Alternative Nation (which royally pissed me off...that show replacing Headbangers Ball). In my opinion, they never regained the attitude...live in some good ways (old and obscure tunes), but not the studio. The move back to making heavier, faster music, just seems like they've tried to re-prove themselves to their original fans. Meh.

[@rocktalks5706]

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[@frankferriolo9212]

Jason says at the end of the video that Rob can "play bass better in some places"? Wtf is that supposed to mean? They both can play excellently. In Seattle '89, Jason's bass solo is fantastic.

[@rocktalks5706]

Well, Trujillo is way more technical than Jason. Listen to Suicidal and specially Infectious Grooves. BUT Metallica never needed a super technical bass player. Jason was just the perfect fit for them. ANd yes, Jason was FANTASTIC in thos Live shit shows.

[@Gregbaltzer]

What year was this interview? He says he played at hellfest with voivod a month ago, with him and Blacky on the same stage. Blacky has been out of the band since 2014. He also talks about Newsted like it's a thing, but Newsted ended as a band in 2014. So this interview has to be at least 7 years ago.

[@rocktalks5706]

Thank you for watching the whole interview! Yes, this is an oldie but goldie. I mentioned it at the beginning of the video.

[@Gregbaltzer]

@@rocktalks5706 sorry I missed that. At first I was "hey Jason has come out of hiding!" lol

[@cholestroll8937]

5:20 check the date of that show and there you have it

[@richardmoores]

Metallica should be ashamed of themselves for treating Jason like shit.

[@RobArnoldWorld]

So cool Pierre!🤘

[@rocktalks5706]

Thanks a lot Rob! Cheers!

[@flinty2292]

last song was fixxer not lyric but hey....

[@rocktalks5706]

Maybe it was the last song they recorded for that period.

[@neilpeartspurplenose8739]

I don't think that Jason either really cares nor cares for those albums. He was being politely diplomatic.

[@flinty2292]

@@rocktalks5706 could but fixxxer has that long bass intro, plus god knows whether he remembers 24yrs ago accurately, all I know I was 13 atthetime and reload was the 1st album i bought and went from there, still better than publishing the same album since god hates us all

[@HeathenDance]

@@neilpeartspurplenose8739 He doesn't care but he gets royalties out of them... Now who is selling out?!

[@neilpeartspurplenose8739]

@@HeathenDance He didn't sell out, he checked out.

[@babichman]

I've always wondered, being James and Lars were always the captains of the this ship, how Jason felt about the music direction they took in Load and Reload. On the live shows he always looked like he enjoys playing this music but I had this feeling he was not completely on board with it. Now I know! Thanks!

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[@seandaugherty2033]

Fucking a rights sepultura with max and igor cavalera

[@pkj77]

Too me Load and Reload are two albums with too many fillers Load Until It sleeps, due too my mom liked RIP Mama Said so two songs of Load Reload has Unforgiven II, Better than you, Devil Dance, Fuel last Memory Remains so complete 7 songs i like

[@rocktalks5706]

I agree. Too many fillers.

[@btinch1032]

Love that guy. Jason is such a class act!

[@dannybune1194]

Sounds like Dave is STILL Jalous of Metallica.. And have Created a 'Metallica Jr.' With Also former Member.. 🤔😉😁

[@rocktalks5706]

That gig what like 10 years ago man... XD

[@TheGodseye76]

Sorry you had to be a part of that silly direction, Jason. I'm sure there was lots of work put into it but it was a complete different band. I couldn't follow

[@rocktalks5706]

Jason kept the Thrash metal spirit alive in Metallica during the mid 90s.

[@joebradford7308]

Well done interview! It was nice to hear about what Jason has been up too. Such a humble guy!

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[@josef2861]

if he had been part of megadeth instead of metallica he would already be broke these days

[@DarkoFitCoach]

Love jason and this interview is awesome and good questions!

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[@davidcurtis4478]

Great to hear Jason here. Rock on! 🤘🥁🤘DC

[@timzzz9963]

I was at that show in 2013 where newsted sang phantom lord. Incredible.

[@rocktalks5706]

Lucky you!

[@Mysterio-Solar]

Look folks , from 1992 - 2003 was a dark swamp for Metallica to fall into and wade through musically . They just lost their way . 😳🤔🙄😬😖😵😫

[@mathurmihir1]

Great interview mate! Is there a part 2?

[@rocktalks5706]

Nope sorry