METALLICA Drummer Says Working With Bassist ROBERT TRUJILLO Has Been 'Completely Effortless'

August 6, 2008

METALLICA recently spoke to MTV News about bassist Robert Trujillo's contributions to the band's forthcoming LP "Death Magnetic", which lands in stores September 12 and features "The Day That Never Comes" as its first single.

"It's difficult to praise Rob without insinuating that there was something not great about his predecessor, and I've got nothing but respect and love for [former METALLICA bassist] Jason [Newsted]," stated drummer Lars Ulrich. "But Rob, he's been with us five years now, and it's completely effortless. ... It's never felt this complete."

Guitarist Kirk Hammett said it feels as though Trujillo has been in the band since its inception.
"Sometimes I look over at him, and he's playing his bass onstage, and it feels like he's always been there — his chemistry, his personality, it just all fits in really, really well," Hammett said. "He's a godsend."

According to Hetfield, much of the reason why, in his opinion, Newsted didn't contribute all that much to METALLICA's previous efforts was that he wasn't always permitted to. "A lot of it did have to do with our fear of losing some kind of control, no doubt about that," he said. "But Rob has slipped in somehow easier. He has this respect about him. ... We didn't have to haze the fan out of him, or toughen him up somehow."

Read the entire report from MTV News.

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