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| Robert Trujillo |
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Birth date: October 23rd, 1964
Birthplace: Santa Monica, CA
Job: Bass/Super Samurai Whiskey Warlord
Instrument: Bass, Background Vocals
Vitals: Brown eyes, dark hair, 5'9"/1.75 meters
tall
Equipment: Tobias / MTD, Music Man, Fernandez, Ampeg SVT
III, Hi Watt, Dean Markley Strings
Previous
Bands: Suicidal
Tendencies, Infectious Grooves, Jerry Cantrell, Ozzy Osbourne
Hobbies: Surfing, snowboarding, learning the Metallica
catalog
Influences: Parliament, Geezer Butler, anything funky
Additional
Bits of Info: Rob toured
with Metallica numerous times in the early 90s as the bass player of
Suicidal Tendencies. Little did he know that, less than 10 years later,
he'd be taking the bass playing duties of the band he used to play
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He's got
rhythm, and he's most certainly got music. Now Robert Trujillo's also
got the job of being Metallica's new bassist and family member...one
that will doubtless fit this most righteous and cheerful of Southern
Californians like a glove.
Although he sometimes does use a pick, Trujillo is best known as a
baaaad motherplucker, a finger-playin' bass monster who's dexterity,
tones and attitude have seen him grace the bass of Suicidal Tendencies,
Infectious Grooves and Ozzy Osbourne's band since his first professional
work with Suicidal in 1989. It all stems back to a childhood filled with
variety and spice.
Growing up in Venice Beach "Dog Town", Trujillo heard
everything, from Led Zeppelin to Motown with a chunk of funk in between.
Joined with a young love of surfing, Trujillo developed a rhythm and a
vibe that saw him play with a variety of local bands through his early
20s until he met Mike Muir of Suicidal Tendencies via his High School
buddy, Suicidal guitarist Rocky George. the two got on infamously well,
and thus began a rich and fruitful relationship which saw Rob establish
himself as one of the most exciting bass talents in the rock world.
In the early '90s, he and Muir formed the experimental funk-rockers
Infectious Grooves, and then in the mid-'90s Trujillo joined up with
Ozzy Osbourne. Together with drummer Mike Bordin, Trujillo formed one of
rock music's most soild and reliable rhythm units.
Rob's name first floated by the Metallicamp during Suicidal's supporting
role on the Summer Shed tour of '94, when all the band noted his
enthusiastic style and performances. Thus when it was time to consider
who could step up and take the bass full-time in Metallica, Rob's name
was an obvious choice.
By all accounts, Trujillo's audition dared the band NOT to give him the
job, and even producer Bob Rock was heard saying how complete and
unequivocally whole the band sounded with Rob playing.
And so it was that on Thursday, February 24th 2003, Robert Trujillo
walked in to the HQ and saw Ulrich, Hammett and Hetfield immediately
start applauding him. Again, Rob is the perfect fit, a calm, even-keeled
man with experience and full bass props...and genuinely one of the
nicest guys around. It all adds up to the 4th member, an equal part of
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Have a look at
the info on the other band members below
James
Hetfield | Lars Ulrich |
Kirk Hammett | Jason Newsted
Cliff Burton |
Dave
Mustaine |
Ron
McGovney
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