Metallica followers (and anybody who simply likes bass typically) know Robert Trujillo completely shreds, however his journey to changing into a member of the band was wilder than you may suppose. In a latest interview with 107.7 The Bone’s Nikki Blakk, Trujillo revealed the chaotic and pressure-filled expertise of his first gigs with Metallica again in 2003.
Think about this: you are the brand new man in Metallica, tasked with changing a beloved bassist. Not solely do you must show your self to the band, however you additionally need to cope with ever-changing setlists and the stress of studying advanced songs on the fly. That was Trujillo‘s actuality in these early days.
“What I bear in mind most about that in 2003 was not understanding what the setlist was gonna be every night time. It was like actually kind of unfastened. And I do not know if that was on goal or we had been so overwhelmed or Lars was so overwhelmed, he could not inform me precisely what we had been gonna play.
“So I used to be studying songs like ‘Phantom Lord’ on the spot. And so they hadn’t performed ‘Phantom Lord’ in a really very long time. So there was simply all this vitality round me and my head was kind of swimming with the stress of the present, the stress of being the brand new bass participant, but in addition the stress of getting to place collectively a tune earlier within the afternoon the day that we’d be enjoying it.
“Metallica songs are difficult, however then, I imagine round that very same time we had been enjoying on the legendary San Quentin jail. So there’s simply a number of stuff occurring suddenly. And it was form of, like, ‘Welcome to your new existence.’ You’ve got simply gotta form of study, adapt, and do your greatest, and that is the way it was at that present on the Fillmore.
“I did hit the bottom operating, and after I acquired caught up a few years later, I mentioned, ‘I’m gonna exit of my technique to study songs that we’re not even enjoying that are not even on the radar. I am gonna study ‘Orion’. I am gonna study ‘Dyers Eve’.’ I simply was, like, I do not like being on the fringe of my seat, having to study songs day or something like that. So I discovered a technique to get caught up.”
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