From: Santa Monica, California
Personal: single
Plays: bass
Vitals: brown eyes, dark hair, 5'9"/1.75 meters tall, weighs 180 lbs/82 kilos
Biography.....
Robert Trujillo is the firfth person to play bass for Metallica. After Jason leaves Metallica in January 2001, Robert joins Metallica in Februari 2003. Although he sometimes uses a pick, Robert is best known as a bad motherplucker, a finger-playing bass monster. Trujillo, grew up listening to his mother's Motown music and his father's roots rock. That explains why he became a natural at funk-rock bass. He heard everything from Led Zeppelin to Motown with a chunk of funk in between. Trujillo develloped a rythm and a vibe that saw him play with a variety of local bands through his early twentys until he met Mike Muir from Suicidal Tendencies via his high school buddy, Suicidal guitarist Rocky George. The two got on infamously wel, and thus began a rich and fruitfull relationship which saw Robert establish himself as one of the most exiting bass talents in the rock world. In the early 90s he and Muir formed the experimental funk-rockers Infectious Grooves, and then in the mid 90s Trujillo joined Ozzy Osbourne. Rob's name first floated by the Metallicamp during Suicidal's supporting role on the Summer Shed tour of '94, when all the band noted his enthusiastic style and performances. Thus when it was time to consider who could step up and take the bass full time in Metallica, Rob's name was an obvious choice. By all accounts, Rob's audition dared the band NOT to give him the job, and even producer Bob Rock was heard saying how complete and unequivocally whole the band sounded with Rob playing.
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