The bassist says he was a “horrible addict” and needed to leave the band for his own sake ...

Bassist Jason Newsted quit Metallica on Jan. 17, 2001 after nearly 15 years in the line-up. He joined the group after original bassist Cliff Burton died in a tour bus accident in 1986. For years, the ...

For years, fans believed one story about his exit. Now, Newsted is setting the record straight with a much darker explanation.

Jason Newsted recently got the all-clear from throat cancer ...

Whether you're an active Metallica member or not, time marches on. And for former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted, one of aging's outcomes is that the musician can no longer play Metallica songs like ...

When Jason Newsted joined Metallica, he found it challenging to keep his "chin up" while being surrounded by his "collectively depressed" bandmates. The former Metallica bassist recently shed new ...

Jason Newsted served as the bassist for Metallica from around 1986 to 2001. Newsted initially told ScuzzTV in 2014 that he left due to a conflict of interest with his side project at the time, ...

Having toured the world as the bassist for Metallica for 15 years, musician Jason Newsted didn’t quite know what to do with himself after leaving the heavy metal band in 2001. A serious shoulder ...

Luckily, Newsted’s four-string talents steadily gained more of a presence after the arrival of producer Bob Rock, as the next entry in our list of Top 10 Jason Newsted Metallica Songs duly shows.

Following the recent departure of longtime Megadeth bassist David Ellefson, rumors began circulating of who could replace Ellefson for the band’s upcoming U.S. tour. Not to anyone’s surprise, at the ...

When it was announced that Jason Newsted had left Metallica in 2001, it was shocking because he'd been with the band for years and seemed so dedicated to it. Then, a narrative that explained the ...