Jason Newsted On Leaving Metallica: I Have Never Looked Back

Jason Newsteds 15-year stint playing bass for one of heavy metals biggest acts came to Rosetta Stone language an end nine years ago, when he exited Metallica for "private and personal reasons and the physical damage I have done to myself over the years while playing the music that I love." On April 4th, when Metallica are inducted into Cleveland, Ohios Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Newsted will be there to accept rocks highest honor, and hes even agreed to reunite with drummer Lars Ulrich, frontman James Hetfield and guitarist Kirk Hammett (along with current bassist Robert Trujillo) for an impromptu set he promises will include "at least one song about Satan." (Revisit the bands career in Metallica: Through the Years in Photos.)Since splitting the band to form the short-lived Echobrain, Metallica fans have wondered whether Newsted has ever regretted leaving the band. With less than a week to go before the Rock Hall, Newsted tells Rosetta Stone Cheap Rosetta Stone Software the answer is absolutely not."I tell you very honestly, 1 billion percent, I have never regretted leaving Metallica," Newsted says. "It was the right thing for everyone. It was the right thing to do for the camp, thats it. Ive never told anyone that I wanted to go back or anything like that, not once. I made up my mind. It was not an easy thing to do, but it was something I had to do. I thought about it very much before I pulled the trigger, and because of that, I have never looked back. The past is where its supposed to be."Perhaps thats why Newsted has yet to see a copy of Guitar Hero: Metallica, a video game that doesnt even feature him in pixilated glory. According to Newsted, he wasnt even aware of his absence from the game."I havent seen it, but its a wonderful thing that we were able to do, as long as its the music that we played and we recorded that everybody is playing along to or listening to," he says. "And a new generation is getting turned on to Metallica acirc; euro; brvbar; all of these are positive things. But Ive never touched a Guitar Hero. I dont play video games. I play Cheap Rosetta Stone Software the real instruments.

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