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JASON NEWSTED’S BIRTHDAY

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LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-MARCH 4, 2019…HAPPY 56th BDAY TO FORMER METALLICA BASSIST AND BAY AREA ROCKER JASON NEWSTED. THE WALNUT CREEK RESIDENT IS BEST KNOWN FOR BEING THE THIRD BASS GUITARIST IN THE BAND METALLICA. HE WAS WITH THE BAND FROM 1986 UNTIL HIS DEPARTURE IN JANUARY 2001.

AFTER THE DEATH OF CLIFF BURTON, THE GROUP STARTED A SEARCH FOR A NEW BASSIST, AND AUDITIONED OVER 50 MUSICIANS. NEWSTED WAS THE LAST OF THE PEOPLE TRYING OUT, AND ENDED UP WITH THE GIG.

METALLICA INVOLVED BURTON’S PARENTS IN THE DECISION TO FILL THE BASSIST’S POSITION, AND BOTH OF CLIFF’S PARENTS WERE PRESENT SO THEY WOULD KNOW WHO WOULD BE CARRYING ON WITH THEIR SON’S LEGACY AND WOULD “PASS CLIFF’S TORCH ON.”

NEWSTED’S STUDIO DEBUT WITH THE BAND WAS THE E.P: ‘GARAGE DAYS RE-REVISITED’,AND FOLLOWED BY THE EPIC ALBUM ‘…AND JUSTICE FOR ALL’

HERE’S NEWSTEDT REUNITING WITH METALLICA IN 2011