LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MAY 1, 2020…GREAT DAY IN METALLICA HISTORY. ON THIS DATE IN 2003 METALLICA PLAYED THEIR FIRST GIG WITH ROB TRUJILLO ON BASS. THE SHOW WAS AT SAN QUENTIN STATE PRISON. TRUJILLO IS AN INTERESTING DUDE. HIS FULL LEGAL NAME IS ROBERT AGUSTIN MIGUEL SANTIAGO SAMUEL PÉREZ DE LA SANTA CONCEPCIÓN TRUJILLO VERACRUZ BAUTISTA. TRUJILLO WENT TO JAZZ SCHOOL WHEN HE WAS 19 WITH THE INTENT OF BECOMING A STUDIO MUSICIAN. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF OZZY OSBOURNE’S BAND IN THE MID TO LATE 90’S. HE RECEIVED 1 MILLION DOLLARS FROM METALLICA FOR JOINING THE GROUP. HIS AUDITION AND HIRING, AS WELL AS HIS MILLION DOLLAR PAYMENT OFFER CAN BE SEEN IN THE METALLICA DOCUMENTARY ‘SOME KIND OF MONSTER’.
TRUJILLO IS BAD-ASS ON BASS. CHECK OUT THIS SOLO.