LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES- OCT 23, 2019…HAPPY 65th BIRTHDAY TO METALLICA’S ROBERT TRUJILLO. HE HAS BEEN THE BASSIST FOR METALLICA SINCE 2003. BEFORE JOINING METALLICA HE PLAYED WITH SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, AND HAS WORKED WITH JERRY CANTRELL AND OZZY OSBOURNE. TRUJILLO WENT TO JAZZ SCHOOL WHEN HE WAS 19 WITH THE INTENTION OF BECOMING A STUDIO MUSICIAN, BUT NEVER LOST HIS PASSION FOR ROCK AND METAL. WHEN ROBERT JOINED METALLICA ON FEB. 24, 2003 HE WAS PAID ONE MILLION DOLLARS AS AN ADVANCE FOR JOINING THE BAND. HIS AUDITION,HIRING AND MILLION DOLLAR OFFER WERE ALL PART OF THE DOCUMENTARY “METALLICA: SOME KIND OF MONSTER.” HE IS CURRENTLY IN “THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME” AS A MEMBER OF METALLICA, ALONG WITH FORMER BASSISTS JASON NEWSTED AND THE LATE CLIFF BURTON. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO A GREAT GUY, METALLICA’S ROBERT TRUJILLO. CATCH TRUJILLO ROCKING IT WITH METALLICA BY CLICKING HERE
photo thanks-Alberto Cabello
