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.
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 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
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 did a tremendous job on this album!* Absolutely killer! This is what the bassist in the band should be! As Victor Wooten says: not only augmenting, but making guitars sound better!
The production of The Black Album is arguably the greatest in history. Everything about it, with the possible exception of the occasional cowbell, is god tier.
"Now, I need you to listen! This is very important! You have to get this right, because Lars isn't mixing this, so people ARE going to be able to hear you!"
@@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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
Hearing Jason rationalize his bass being barely audible in AJFA (some bullshit about "muddying the guitar") is like hearing a battered housewife rationalize why her husband hits her.
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.
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.
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.
That’s awesome I love that. ❤❤❤
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 Metallica. But Jason deserved to be treated better. Dude was playing his heart out and trying his best.
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
3:20
"Takes ten inches of foam to keep me back 😤😤"
😂😂
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
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
If only that sound ended up in the final mix, it's so fucking heavy and full in this video.
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.
Jason Newsted and the legendary Spector NS2 Bass on enter sandman 😎🤘🎸🎼🎵🎶
I love this guy. Jason was not only the band member but also the biggest Metallica fan ever.
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 😢
@@ginge4189I 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
My favourite Metallica bass player. The songs they made while he was in the band is their best period for me too.
That bass tone is brutal af.
And the fact he uses a pick makes it all the more agressive!
That would suck to be in a band with 2 megalomaniacs like James & Lars
i wouldnt mind
Which is why he quit. Didn’t get fired. Just fucking up and walked out at their height. That’s grown man shit. Love Jason. 💪💪💪💪💪💪
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
James answer it with a fart😂
I think early 90s was the peak of sound technology..every albums from that era sounds technical masterpiece even shitty albums!
One my absolute favourite "clean" metal bass sound ever. The tone is great and Jason's crushing pick attack does the rest.
My favorite Metallica Bass guitarist hands down!
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.
@@br1rocksOk, James. Whatever you say. Blackened would like to have a word with you, btw.
Always felt Jason was under threat of violence if he didn't do exactly as they said.
You mean by James?
@@russkate88no, lars
@JonathonStrack well weather it was by James or Lars I would agree.
This was always my favorite part
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
Jason's graphic settings on his amp - Bass: 6, Mid: 5, Treble: 4, Master Volume: 0
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.
*Jason did a tremendous job on this album!* Absolutely killer! This is what the bassist in the band should be! As Victor Wooten says: not only augmenting, but making guitars sound better!
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?
The production of The Black Album is arguably the greatest in history. Everything about it, with the possible exception of the occasional cowbell, is god tier.
Jesus, Spector Basses have such a powerful sound.
This tone is from heaven
4:28 lol
I always refer to Newsted as Neo, because he is The Chosen One. Great clip, thanks for sharing!
"Now, I need you to listen! This is very important! You have to get this right, because Lars isn't mixing this, so people ARE going to be able to hear you!"
such a gem thks for posting this
They should've let him play what felt right
James and Lars' ego couldn't fit in a castle at that time.
Bob Rock always protect Jason when he producing the recording and Jason in bass sessions until finish the record
I wish they would remaster Justice or rerecord it with Jason coming in to do some new bass lines. I'd surely buy it again.
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.
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.
This shit is history !
Of the three, he was the best bass player of Metallica
2nd best
I needed this to push me to pick mine up
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.
I think Bob Rock's mental health was triggered by this album.
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.
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.
Bob Rock really pushed them on these recordings and the bass tone is so damn good!
jason was the master MASTER of puppets
That Sad But True prechorus bass part is still the heaviest bass part in the history of prechorus bass parts
Nothing sounds quite as good like a Spector NS-2 through an Ampeg SVT!
I feel so bad for Jason he’s such an amazing bassist and how he explains what happened to the ajfa bass mixing is so sad
It was sad when Jason left.
I would say "poor Jason", but at least he got rich AF...
Being Jason in Metallica is like being in a Saw puzzle
Thought that was Bubbles from Trailer Park Boys in the thumbnail
Bob was right. Sounded better keeping the bass parts simple on Enter Sandman
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
I like the naked girl photos on the wall.
Stuart Spector Design Basses. I use one and for Hard Rock and Metal they sound Amazing!!!! Love Jason always! 🤘🤘🤘🤘⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️
Jason’s left hand is perfection.
Very Good 😊
Jason lookin like a grandma with those glasses 😂🤘🏼
0:18 Manchurian Candidate moment
Well, i heard that Lars complain that bass guitar is too much overhelmed the rest if the instruments and must be turned down. 🙄🥺😵😵
his bass had some awesome grit
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
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.
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.
Newsted 🤙
The thumbnail looks like James E Cornette playing bass.
Hearing Jason rationalize his bass being barely audible in AJFA (some bullshit about "muddying the guitar") is like hearing a battered housewife rationalize why her husband hits her.
Jason Newsted recording bass tracks not knowing if they will bei audible on the final album.
0:30 "It didn't work well" INCORRECT.
Bob Rock lookin like everyone 46 year old aunt who smokes in the house
1:14 that spector pick tone is gnarly damn
Imagine how good Metallica would be today if they all protected their hearing and Lars practiced with a metronome.
Jason was too good for these guys.
that's prob the coolest Bass i have seen jason use
since he skipped using a proper Black Rickenbacker ...
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.
Black Album = Jason Newsted
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.
Looking for the footage of where they pressed "MUTE" on the final mix that made it onto the Black Album.
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.
cool Jason 👍
genuinely looks like a woman at the console just after 4 mins
I like Jason, but Robert is a great player too!
Rockin' the Jeffrey Dahmer glasses!
James used to sing so damned good
Chicks photos on the wall 😂😅
I come away feeling bad for Jason. So fucked that they treat him less then capable... Funny now to see...
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 😂
He lied about the bass not being loud enough on And Justice.
for once there is no lars babbling some horse shit on and on , cool
You spent a lot of time to get a base sound that will never be heard.Well done
And so the greatest album in metal was recorded. And one of the GOATS of RocknRoll history also.
4:36 Wal?
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.
Love Spector basses. Hate Lars and James.
Is that bubbles?
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.
@@jagd8085 You must like it when Metal bands write shitty ballads then.