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Jason Newsted 'most likely' to perform with Metallica again
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22-03-2009 3:19pm#1
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/BLABBERMOUTH.NET/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=116567HAMMETT Says JASON NEWSTED Will 'Most Likely' Perform With METALLICA At ROCK HALL Induction - Mar. 21, 2009 Flea of the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
will induct METALLICA at the sold-out Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony Saturday, April 4, at Public Auditorium in Cleveland, Ohio.
"It's cool that he's not in a heavy metal band but is a well-respected musician you might not expect," METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett told Billboard.com. Former bassist Jason Newsted will join the band that night and will "most likely" perform with the group," Hammett told About.com. "He put in 14 years with METALLICA, so I think there's no reason for him not to be there," he said. Drummer Lars Ulrich told Billboard.com that the evening "will be like a family reunion — a whole big pile of people, lots of friends."
The event will be televised live on Fuse and available online at www.fuse.tv.
Joining the band as inductees are guitar legend JEFF BECK, RUN-DMC, BOBBY WOMACK, and LITTLE ANTHONY & THE IMPERIALS.
METALLICA are first-time nominees, with the nomination coming 25 years after the release of the band's 1983 debut album, "Kill 'Em All". An act must be recording for a quarter century in order to be eligible.
Frontman James Hetfield tells EW.com, "We're very honored to be recognized. There's a whole genre around us that hopefully we can invite through the door. Hopefully there will be recognition for some of the bands that have changed music and changed people’s lives. That's what I think the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame should be about. There are certainly a lot of bands that aren't in there that I can't believe aren't: MOTÖRHEAD, RUSH, JUDAS PRIEST, DEEP PURPLE. But for us to be in there, hopefully we can bring some awareness to heavy stuff."
Pretty cool if it actually happens0
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ShawnRaven wrote: »Oh god, It's Van Halen in 1996 all over again.
By the end of the year is out, the band will have no bassist, watch...
Ha that is what I was thinking.0 -
ShawnRaven wrote: »Oh god, It's Van Halen in 1996 all over again.
By the end of the year is out, the band will have no bassist, watch...
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Mental Mickey wrote: »Huh?
It's a similar story to the Van Halen saga that took place in 1996. I'll try and keep this short, but it's gonna be difficult.
After VH's Balance tour of the US and Canada in 1995/96, the band were approached to do a greatest hits album, which Hagar was reluctant to record for, citing "giving fans one new song to fork out full album price for" as the reason (despite having about 2 best of's on his solo stint). None were recorded for it as they used Humans Being that had been recorded for the Twister soundtrack months earlier. According to Sammy, Eddie pretty much fired him, according to Eddie, Sammy walked.
Enter David Lee Roth into the picture. Depending on who's side of the story you got, according to Eddie, he was informed from the get go that it was a two song and a few public appearance deal, according to Dave, it was two, songs a public appearance and take it from there. So the two songs were recorded, and the biggest public appearance of the year as Billy Corgan introduced them on stage at the 1996 MTV Music video awards. About a week later after a lot of speculation on what happened, DLR too, was out of the band, leaving the band without a lead singer for the rest of the year.
So in this case, we have new guy, Rob Trujillo taking a back seat for the Hall Of Fame, and Metallica are now delighted to announce that Newstead will be performing with the Hall Of Fame, and Lars having a history of being a complete dick while James has been known to be his puppet. To me, the similarities of the situations are there.
Hence why i reckon the band are gonna be without a bass player by the end of the year. 0 -
It is also very similar to the situation with Antrax, when John Bush was the vocalist and Joey Belladonna came back, for what was touted as a tour with both singers singing the songs from their eras.
Bush got pissed and left, rightly so imho, Belladonna stayed for the tour and is meant to have given the band the impression he would record a new album with them.
Tour ended, Belladonna leaves and says he never intended on recording new stuff and would only be interested in touring the old stuff. Bush is still pised and will not come back. Anthrax then have to look for a new singer.
On the plus side, there will be a new Anthrax album later this year.
I see Newsted playing again with the band as the start of Rob's leaving. I have a feeling that Lars/James are trying to have their cake and eat it. If Jason plays well and gets a big pop from the crowd, then they will think dollar signs and get him back in for a tour/album. If he does not do well, they will assume they have Rob to fall back on.
I cannot see this ending as simply being Jason playing a one off show, and Rob happily coming back once it is over.0 -
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It is also very similar to the situation with Antrax, when John Bush was the vocalist and Joey Belladonna came back, for what was touted as a tour with both singers singing the songs from their eras.
Bush got pissed and left, rightly so imho, Belladonna stayed for the tour and is meant to have given the band the impression he would record a new album with them.
Tour ended, Belladonna leaves and says he never intended on recording new stuff and would only be interested in touring the old stuff. Bush is still pised and will not come back. Anthrax then have to look for a new singer.
On the plus side, there will be a new Anthrax album later this year.
I see Newsted playing again with the band as the start of Rob's leaving. I have a feeling that Lars/James are trying to have their cake and eat it. If Jason plays well and gets a big pop from the crowd, then they will think dollar signs and get him back in for a tour/album. If he does not do well, they will assume they have Rob to fall back on.
I cannot see this ending as simply being Jason playing a one off show, and Rob happily coming back once it is over.
I don't think Newsted is going to come back in as a full-time member?? That's ridiculous. IIRC, himself and Hetfield had a pretty acrimonious falling out just before the recording of St Anger commenced? He'll be at the HOF thingy purely because he was in the band for 14 years and was part of the band during their most successful period, and it's only right that the rest of the band acknowledge that, but that hardly means that he's going to rejoin on a full-time basis....? Also, I would be very surprised if Cliff Burton's family weren't invited along too....?
Don't get carried away, ladies n gentleman. It may be a reunion, but it'll only be for one night........0 -
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ShawnRaven wrote: »So in this case, we have new guy, Rob Trujillo taking a back seat for the Hall Of Fame, and Metallica are now delighted to announce that Newstead will be performing with the Hall Of Fame, and Lars having a history of being a complete dick while James has been known to be his puppet. To me, the similarities of the situations are there.
Hence why i reckon the band are gonna be without a bass player by the end of the year.
I thought that the Hall of Fame only would recognize the original line up from the 25 year point and that's the reason they had to change. I remember there being a big kafuffle with Blondie when they were effectively forced to accept the award with a completely different band to the one Debbie had been touring with for years0 -
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Bring back Ron McGovney and put an end to this nonsense, the rest are all blow-ins :pac:
Given the bad feeling that accompanied Newsted's departure, it just strikes me as a tremendously bad idea for him to play with them again, especially for some trivial biz doo. Part of me hopes Trujillo does get shafted after his part in the shafting of Bob Daisley though. What goes around comes around, Rob
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Bring back Ron McGovney and put an end to this nonsense, the rest are all blow-ins :pac:
Bwahaha. *waits for the first one who didn't get the joke*Given the bad feeling that accompanied Newsted's departure, it just strikes me as a tremendously bad idea for him to play with them again, especially for some trivial biz doo. Part of me hopes Trujillo does get shafted after his part in the shafting of Bob Daisley though. What goes around comes around, Rob
Wow, I completely forgot about that whole Hazzy Hazbeen deal. Although to be fair, that idea of re-recording the bass tracks was down to Ozzy, Rob was just the poor unfortunate who was touring with him at the time who got the job to re-record them. The shafting was more down to Ozzy than Rob. 0 -
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