James in an interview: Jason played always what I played on guitar and it annoyed me. James everytime in the studio: no, I don't like what you play aditionally. Play it like I do. No wonder Jason fokin left the band :D
So true. Also, complaining that the bass follows the guitars is ridiculous. This is what the bass does for 95% of metal. What Cliff also did most of the time, what Rob does, and what Jason continued to do.
@@Maggai precisely! The bass has to amplify the guitar riff and make it heavier. Besides most of Metallica songs are easy in terms of how they are built. In Megadeth Dave Ellefson does a lot of moves around the riff but that is because he has the space in the frantic riff construction of the songs. Metallica doesnt have that so best when the bass follows the main riff and serves the song.
@@czolgistta Yes! And the sign of a great bass player is knowing when to follow the riff, and when to do something else. Knowing what's best for the song.
I disagree. If you listen to the remixed AJFA with Jason’s audible bass (available on UA-cam), you can hear he’s playing right along with James through the whole album. That all changed from the Black Album on. He played more with Lars and less with James and that’s where you hear the difference.
@@brianduke7258 well we cant really know if all he was doing just following guitars because there is only 4 original bass tracks from the album the rest are covers the originals are (one,shortest straw,ajfa and blackened) so when you listen to the and justice for jason stuff half of it is just covers we dont know what he was playing on the rest of the album
James: if you could be inaudible as possible I like that bit.. Maybe go stand in the corner not that corner the one further away... Yep stand there and look at the wall
Honestly, I think James was just wanting to put in more space in the riff, the temptation sometimes is to overplay and fill in all the spaces. More space can improve the groove and funk of a song. And of course James was writing most of the riffs, so they were his. But that doesn’t mean he’s not a jerk lol. I just think he happened to be right here.
Apparently, all the songs on this record were originally written in the key of E. Bob Rock spotted this and asked them to drop tune on two tracks to mix it up. Those songs were 'God That Failed' and Sad But True'. Good save from Bob.
Jason Curtis Newsted (Battle Creek, Míchigan; 04 de marzo de 1963) es un músico estadounidense, conocido por haber sido el bajista de la banda estadounidense de thrash metal Metallica, desde 1986 hasta su renuncia en 2001. 61 AÑOS.
James Alan Hetfield (Downey, 03 de agosto de 1963) es un músico estadounidense, conocido por ser el vocalista, guitarrista rítmico, principal compositor y cofundador de la banda Metallica. Es considerado como uno de los mejores músicos de heavy metal de todos los tiempos. 61 AÑOS.
@@infinidominion sure. I started listening to metallica when I was very young, but really, Cliff was there in the beginning, unfortunately, they made some great albums, but Jason carried that spirit through the most important period. His heart was 100% in Metallica. He never ate shit, like Lars and James did.
Peak Metallica. They were all business back then. Coolest form of Bob also. Shame he couldnt of been more like that on St Anger. Its weird to see someone change like that.
Saying the bass playing the guitar part muddies it up is a weak excuse. Nearly all the great metal albums have the bass following the guitar riff for the most part, Cliff Burton as an example followed the guitar riffs nearly all the time during typical Metallica songs. It only muddies the sound if its mixed horribly and thats probably down to the other band members, lets be honest Cliffs playing shouldve been a lot more audible. Bass following the same riff as the guitar should add a ton of power to it to the point where you wouldnt want to listen to it without bass. People still think AJFA guitar tone has too much bass, it doesnt need any bass, its the scooped mids that make it heavy. If you have a scooped mids guitar tone like a lot of death metal bands have you match it up with a bass guitar that has a lot of mids and it sounds awesome because both instruments are filling the areas of sound where the other isnt. The problem with AJFA sound was the guitar still used frequencies that gave honky mids and these bad frequencies became more audible when the bass was louder as the blend was amplifying it despite the bass on its own sounding great. Turn up AJFA on a record player and turn the bass up and youll hear a dreadful honky sound come through like wub wub wub thats not the bass guitar, thats the part of James guitar sound that the producer couldnt convince him to cut out despite it being basically inaudible when James was playing it, cutting that frequency wouldnt have changed his sound at all. Adding bass eq to his sound wouldve made it obvious that he still had a honky frequency and that part of it that clashed with the bass sounded dreadful. Bass frequencies on a guitar are still very much in the midrange, theres a band of frequencies in the midrange that produce a honky sound, usually most bands cut this out of their sound , James guitar sound was scooped mids but it wasnt scooped enough. THATS they key. If a really heavy band uses actual bass frequencies compared to an E standard tuned guitar then the simple method is to allow the bass to be midrange and punchy rather than boomy. Jasons tone is AWESOME. Too often tone is taken based on how it sounds on its own rather than how it sounds in the mix and this is where James made a bunch of production mistakes AJFA and MOP had by far the best guitar sound of any metallica album by MILES, James was right to go for that sound and not want to change it, he just needed someone to communicate to him how to cut a tiny amount of honk. Nowadays James plays a godawful midrange heavy sound that has the gain dialled in around 5, its weak and it doesnt even sound like metal anymore.
No wonder he left, they treated him like hired help and not an actual band member. Hilarious that the remaining 3 were shocked and devastated when Jason left. At least they seem to have learned their lesson regarding hazing and whatnot. Rob seems to be a fully integrated member of Metallica.
2:39 legend has it this guitar tech is omnipresent at every bedroom guitarist's home studio and to this day secretly intonates guitars for them when they're sleeping
James has always had a complex relationship with Jason, mainly because he wanted him to present the same creative outlets as Cliff. The weight on Jason was unfair, causing his departure. For example, it is clear how James drives Jason's creativity, even though, in recent interviews, James wanted him to play the way he wanted.
They were always looking for Cliff who had a knack for playing around the cords and for groove. Mimicking the guitar was the easy path on bass but when you do it like Cliff could it adds so much more depth.
This guy saved metallica and they had a strange tantrum about controlling the band and the people in it disappointed in the band they were never the same I like Robert but he's to funky for metallic I reckon he's not raw and brutal enough to grind the metal in but that's my opinion only the person who is the most hardworking and proud of his position was removed from the group and nobody else tried to make it sound real after that he should join Megadeath really
Amazing Jason stayed on for another couple albums. If it were me, I personally would have deleted both of them and then locked up in Rikers, after the trial. As a consolation, you all would have been spared Load and Reload.
The more you learn about how they treated Jason the more douche you realize the entire band was. "Let's work on a sound that will match this acoustic guitar" that IS NOT heard in the entire album. D-bag kings.
Random memory: Seeing Jason wearing glasses gave me the confidence to wear mine when I had to get glasses at 8 years old.
And you’re still a loser
This is a beautiful memory.
The heavy bass lines on the black album is a huge part of what makes it such a masterpiece.
Jason was the man, I was only 10 and he was the one I looked up to when I saw the videos.
James is bullying him even in this video
@@HasselDaHoff25 Thats one of many reasons I dislike James. He has always been a bully.
@@HasselDaHoff25I don't see any bullying in this
@@nickmitchell6443 James body language says it all. Doesn’t seem interested in what Jason is doing or trying to input
Jason's tone is god tier, and he hits like a train. One of my fav bassists
James in an interview: Jason played always what I played on guitar and it annoyed me.
James everytime in the studio: no, I don't like what you play aditionally. Play it like I do.
No wonder Jason fokin left the band :D
So true. Also, complaining that the bass follows the guitars is ridiculous. This is what the bass does for 95% of metal. What Cliff also did most of the time, what Rob does, and what Jason continued to do.
You'd figure the guys would have some grace considering they knew shit about music theory, and Cliff had to teach them.
@@Maggai precisely! The bass has to amplify the guitar riff and make it heavier. Besides most of Metallica songs are easy in terms of how they are built. In Megadeth Dave Ellefson does a lot of moves around the riff but that is because he has the space in the frantic riff construction of the songs. Metallica doesnt have that so best when the bass follows the main riff and serves the song.
@@czolgistta Yes! And the sign of a great bass player is knowing when to follow the riff, and when to do something else. Knowing what's best for the song.
I guess this is what you have to deal with when your most talented member decides to wear a bus for a hat and your drummer can’t play in time.
I love this guy. Jason was not only the band member but also the biggest Metallica fan ever.
That bass sound
Classic Spector bass with Hazlab preamp sound
@@chunhungmok3474 wasn't it a Warwick?
@@the_unforgiven_13_8 spector
@@the_unforgiven_13_8 No, it was a 1981 pre-Kramer era Spector NS-2. It was used in load and reload too as Jason himself has stated on a magazine.
It’s bad ass! Thunderous
That Spector growl is legendary
I'm thinking of getting one spector, but money is too short right now 😢
@@nosenseguy148 Get a decent amp with a good speaker. Will do more for your tone than a new bass.
I fucking love the sound he uses on this album ! Powerfull and clean at the same time
The whole record is a sound engineering masterpiece ❤ let’s remember the drum sound, that snare and powerful bass drum.
Simple, it's Spector + Ampeg
That bass tone is brutal af.
And the fact he uses a pick makes it all the more agressive!
Bob trying to explain dynamics to a metalband will always be the funniest thing
There’s loud, louder and that song needs to go to 11.
Like x1,000,000
I always refer to Newsted as Neo, because he is The Chosen One. Great clip, thanks for sharing!
3:20
"Takes ten inches of foam to keep me back 😤😤"
😂😂
My favorite Metallica Bass guitarist hands down!
One my absolute favourite "clean" metal bass sound ever. The tone is great and Jason's crushing pick attack does the rest.
Jason Newsted and the legendary Spector NS2 Bass on enter sandman 😎🤘🎸🎼🎵🎶
I will always try to replicate the bass sound he has while playing "Don't tread on me" in this clip! 🤘🤘🤘
Yeah the wal bass is something special
Wal basses are no joke…and way out of my price range 😢
@@ginge5018I didn’t realize a Wal was used on this song until seeing it. Thought most of the album was the NS2.
@@lkracker7 listen to the isolated bass on the unforgiven, that song is a thunderbird
0:25 Anybody else think that the band made him say that was the reason his bass was turned down in ajfa?
Yeah I think they made him say that as well
I disagree. If you listen to the remixed AJFA with Jason’s audible bass (available on UA-cam), you can hear he’s playing right along with James through the whole album. That all changed from the Black Album on. He played more with Lars and less with James and that’s where you hear the difference.
@@brianduke7258 well we cant really know if all he was doing just following guitars because there is only 4 original bass tracks from the album the rest are covers the originals are (one,shortest straw,ajfa and blackened) so when you listen to the and justice for jason stuff half of it is just covers we dont know what he was playing on the rest of the album
@@zoro21345 He has said it in multiple interviews. Including the more recent ones.
It was partly hazing, partly the guitar sound, partly the bass sound, partly the bass parts
James: if you could be inaudible as possible I like that bit.. Maybe go stand in the corner not that corner the one further away... Yep stand there and look at the wall
Honestly, I think James was just wanting to put in more space in the riff, the temptation sometimes is to overplay and fill in all the spaces. More space can improve the groove and funk of a song. And of course James was writing most of the riffs, so they were his. But that doesn’t mean he’s not a jerk lol. I just think he happened to be right here.
I love Metallica. But Jason deserved to be treated better. Dude was playing his heart out and trying his best.
That would suck to be in a band with 2 megalomaniacs like James & Lars
i wouldnt mind
Jesus, Spector Basses have such a powerful sound.
This tone is from heaven
such a gem thks for posting this
Always felt Jason was under threat of violence if he didn't do exactly as they said.
You mean by James?
Apparently, all the songs on this record were originally written in the key of E.
Bob Rock spotted this and asked them to drop tune on two tracks to mix it up.
Those songs were 'God That Failed' and Sad But True'. Good save from Bob.
Down tune,not drop tune...
The fact that they had to tune down to play in a different key is quite sad, but true.
I think early 90s was the peak of sound technology..every albums from that era sounds technical masterpiece even shitty albums!
This was always my favorite part
Sorry. But he is the one. So much creativity. It is really missing these days.
No way he is better then Cliff
What creativity? Did you know James and Kirk looked to Cliff for harmonic theory?
0:30 "It didn't work well" INCORRECT.
Of the three, he was the best bass player of Metallica
2nd best
Thought that was Bubbles from Trailer Park Boys in the thumbnail
They should've let him play what felt right
James and Lars' ego couldn't fit in a castle at that time.
I love the tone he got, on the rare occasions he used the Wal. Beefy, growly, but unique compared to his Spector/Sadowsky/et cetera tones.
Jason's graphic settings on his amp - Bass: 6, Mid: 5, Treble: 4, Master Volume: 0
04:49 WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?!
lmao that bass looks way too big
@@Sebracamost normal primus bass
It is called in musical terminology ->
COMPENSATING :D :D :D
That might have been the 12 string they used on Wherever I May Roam.
It's Jason
Jason Curtis Newsted (Battle Creek, Míchigan; 04 de marzo de 1963) es un músico estadounidense, conocido por haber sido el bajista de la banda estadounidense de thrash metal Metallica, desde 1986 hasta su renuncia en 2001.
61 AÑOS.
4:28 lol
James Alan Hetfield (Downey, 03 de agosto de 1963) es un músico estadounidense, conocido por ser el vocalista, guitarrista rítmico, principal compositor y cofundador de la banda Metallica. Es considerado como uno de los mejores músicos de heavy metal de todos los tiempos.
61 AÑOS.
The best Metallica's bass player.
You've heard of Cliff Burton and his priceless contributions to these cavemen, right
2nd best. Cliff will always be the best.
@@infinidominion sure. I started listening to metallica when I was very young, but really, Cliff was there in the beginning, unfortunately, they made some great albums, but Jason carried that spirit through the most important period. His heart was 100% in Metallica. He never ate shit, like Lars and James did.
@@journeystarr I know about Cliff, that's great, but I just think Jason is more important. That's it. And Robert is the worst. No influence at all.
0:18 Manchurian Candidate moment
I needed this to push me to pick mine up
I think Bob Rock's mental health was triggered by this album.
Bob Rock always protect Jason when he producing the recording and Jason in bass sessions until finish the record
Newsted 🤙
To me Jason is Metallica's bassist.
jason was the master MASTER of puppets
We love you J. Despite any rift.
This shit is history !
Peak Metallica. They were all business back then. Coolest form of Bob also. Shame he couldnt of been more like that on St Anger. Its weird to see someone change like that.
Saying the bass playing the guitar part muddies it up is a weak excuse. Nearly all the great metal albums have the bass following the guitar riff for the most part, Cliff Burton as an example followed the guitar riffs nearly all the time during typical Metallica songs. It only muddies the sound if its mixed horribly and thats probably down to the other band members, lets be honest Cliffs playing shouldve been a lot more audible.
Bass following the same riff as the guitar should add a ton of power to it to the point where you wouldnt want to listen to it without bass.
People still think AJFA guitar tone has too much bass, it doesnt need any bass, its the scooped mids that make it heavy. If you have a scooped mids guitar tone like a lot of death metal bands have you match it up with a bass guitar that has a lot of mids and it sounds awesome because both instruments are filling the areas of sound where the other isnt.
The problem with AJFA sound was the guitar still used frequencies that gave honky mids and these bad frequencies became more audible when the bass was louder as the blend was amplifying it despite the bass on its own sounding great. Turn up AJFA on a record player and turn the bass up and youll hear a dreadful honky sound come through like wub wub wub thats not the bass guitar, thats the part of James guitar sound that the producer couldnt convince him to cut out despite it being basically inaudible when James was playing it, cutting that frequency wouldnt have changed his sound at all. Adding bass eq to his sound wouldve made it obvious that he still had a honky frequency and that part of it that clashed with the bass sounded dreadful.
Bass frequencies on a guitar are still very much in the midrange, theres a band of frequencies in the midrange that produce a honky sound, usually most bands cut this out of their sound , James guitar sound was scooped mids but it wasnt scooped enough. THATS they key.
If a really heavy band uses actual bass frequencies compared to an E standard tuned guitar then the simple method is to allow the bass to be midrange and punchy rather than boomy. Jasons tone is AWESOME. Too often tone is taken based on how it sounds on its own rather than how it sounds in the mix and this is where James made a bunch of production mistakes
AJFA and MOP had by far the best guitar sound of any metallica album by MILES, James was right to go for that sound and not want to change it, he just needed someone to communicate to him how to cut a tiny amount of honk.
Nowadays James plays a godawful midrange heavy sound that has the gain dialled in around 5, its weak and it doesnt even sound like metal anymore.
Jason’s left hand is perfection.
Bob Rock really pushed them on these recordings and the bass tone is so damn good!
The thumbnail looks like James E Cornette playing bass.
No wonder he left, they treated him like hired help and not an actual band member. Hilarious that the remaining 3 were shocked and devastated when Jason left.
At least they seem to have learned their lesson regarding hazing and whatnot. Rob seems to be a fully integrated member of Metallica.
Jason lookin like a grandma with those glasses 😂🤘🏼
Nothing sounds quite as good like a Spector NS-2 through an Ampeg SVT!
2:39 legend has it this guitar tech is omnipresent at every bedroom guitarist's home studio and to this day secretly intonates guitars for them when they're sleeping
Stuart Spector Design Basses. I use one and for Hard Rock and Metal they sound Amazing!!!! Love Jason always! 🤘🤘🤘🤘⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️
3:36 is this song on the album? I can't figure out where the riff is from
Sad but True
The chorus of sad but true
I agree I didn’t know either , sounds like a song that was not in the album 😂
Well, i heard that Lars complain that bass guitar is too much overhelmed the rest if the instruments and must be turned down. 🙄🥺😵😵
Bob was right. Sounded better keeping the bass parts simple on Enter Sandman
1:14 that spector pick tone is gnarly damn
Jason Newsted recording bass tracks not knowing if they will bei audible on the final album.
James has always had a complex relationship with Jason, mainly because he wanted him to present the same creative outlets as Cliff. The weight on Jason was unfair, causing his departure. For example, it is clear how James drives Jason's creativity, even though, in recent interviews, James wanted him to play the way he wanted.
his bass had some awesome grit
They were always looking for Cliff who had a knack for playing around the cords and for groove. Mimicking the guitar was the easy path on bass but when you do it like Cliff could it adds so much more depth.
Imagine how good Metallica would be today if they all protected their hearing and Lars practiced with a metronome.
This was the album where Metallica lost me. Don’t care for this or anything after.
Let me think do we care about your opinion and your personal taste, erm no we don't.
This guy saved metallica and they had a strange tantrum about controlling the band and the people in it disappointed in the band they were never the same I like Robert but he's to funky for metallic I reckon he's not raw and brutal enough to grind the metal in but that's my opinion only the person who is the most hardworking and proud of his position was removed from the group and nobody else tried to make it sound real after that he should join Megadeath really
He lied about the bass not being loud enough on And Justice.
that's prob the coolest Bass i have seen jason use
since he skipped using a proper Black Rickenbacker ...
You spent a lot of time to get a base sound that will never be heard.Well done
Najbolji lik u celom bendu🤟😎
Pa realno, skroman a razbija.
@@cd0u50c9
Tako je, svestan je svojih kvaliteta i svog talenta, a skroz nenametljiv, a opet razbija i sviranjem i pojavom.
James used to sing so damned good
cool Jason 👍
4:36 Wal?
I like Jason, but Robert is a great player too!
Good
Is that bubbles?
for once there is no lars babbling some horse shit on and on , cool
Love Spector basses. Hate Lars and James.
Amazing Jason stayed on for another couple albums. If it were me, I personally would have deleted both of them and then locked up in Rikers, after the trial. As a consolation, you all would have been spared Load and Reload.
genuinely looks like a woman at the console just after 4 mins
Rockin' the Jeffrey Dahmer glasses!
Stopped listening to Metallica after his exit... sorry, for me it doesn't feel the same without Jason
wow Axle Rose was helping with bass?!
The more you learn about how they treated Jason the more douche you realize the entire band was. "Let's work on a sound that will match this acoustic guitar" that IS NOT heard in the entire album. D-bag kings.
Anyone else think this was Bubbles from trailer park boys?
And so the greatest album in metal was recorded. And one of the GOATS of RocknRoll history also.
I thought that was that dude from trailer park boys.
Even he answers the age old question of why there wasn’t bass on justice
Jaymz freakin voice at the end man..he has the best rrrrrrggggggg metal voice ..so wraspy !!..🤟🎤
I really wish I could have heard Jason’s bass
Get a hearing test.
I didn’t notice the nakey ladies lol
I love Metallica, but they treated Jason like shit.
those glasses are just wrong Jason 🤓
It was the early 90s...that's what we had.
@@EyeShotFirst I remember the early 90’s. I was there. those glasses are straight outta 1981
Never understood why he played with a pick.
Lars does not know what dynamics are.
Beavis…
Oh my fcking god, after this video if I had to kill someone with the sound of a bass I'd choose the Spector NS2 without hasitating! :D