Robert Trujillo

Robert Trujillo live in 2008

Robert Trujillo (pronunciation: [ tɾu'xiʎo ]; actually Roberto Agustín Miguel Santiago Samuel Trujillo Veracruz ; born October 23, 1964 in Santa Monica , California ) is the bass player for the American metal band Metallica . He grew up in Culver City , California, is married with two children.

In the late 1980s he played in the band Suicidal Tendencies , and in the mid-1990s he moved to Ozzy Osbourne . Trujillo also played for Infectious Grooves and Black Label Society , and also he's on Jerry Cantrell Album second Degradation Trip alongside Faith No More - drummer Mike Bordin heard.

After Jason Newsted left Metallica, producer Bob Rock recorded the bass parts on the St. Anger album. Shortly before the release of this album in spring 2003, Trujillo became the fourth bass player in the band's history.

Career

Trujillo played in several local bands before joining Suicidal Tendencies in 1989. He replaced the band's fourth bassist, Bob Heathcote . He was also responsible for funk influences, which were most pronounced on the albums Lights… Camera… Revolution! and The Art of Rebellion can be heard. Trujillo introduced Mike Muir to funk and the two then formed the band Infectious Grooves . From the late 1990s onwards, Trujillo was a member of Ozzy Osbourne's Band and became the subject of controversy because, at Osbourne's will, he re-recorded Bob Daisley's bass tracks for the re-releases of Osbourne's Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman albums as Daisley claimed not to get decent royalties. This has been criticized because there were no stickers on the albums telling people they weren't buying originals.

Trujillo on the Death Magnetic Tour 2009 in Rotterdam

Robert Trujillo became Metallica's new bass player on February 24, 2003 after completing an audition that proved to be a good match for fellow band members James Hetfield , Lars Ulrich and Kirk Hammett . Excerpts from his audition and the inclusion in the band can be seen in the documentary Some Kind of Monster .

technology

Trujillo mostly plays with his fingers, with a pick he played with Ozzy Osbourne and Black Label Society .

It is also worth mentioning Trujillo's deep bass position.

Equipment

Trujillo plays - in addition to instruments from other manufacturers (Fernandes, Fender, etc.) - instruments made by the German bass guitar maker Warwick .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Norbert Zucker: Warwick Robert Trujillo Streamer Signature Bass. In: Guitar & Bass , 3/2011, pp. 148–150.
2. ↑ Bernd Gürtler: Audio: Warwick BassCamp - Between Bratwurst and Bouncy Castle In: Deutschlandradio Kultur , “Tonart” magazine from September 10, 2014.
3. ↑ Martin Greive / Daniel Wetzel: On hold. In: The world . March 29, 2014.
4. ↑ klimaschutz-unternehmen.de ( Memento of the original from December 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Climate protection company, membership directory 
5. ↑ Thoralf Lange: Woofer of world renown In: Frankenpost from February 18, 2015.

Web links

• Metallica.com - The Official Metallica Website (English)
• Robert Trujillo in the Internet Movie Database (English)