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Post by herodreamer79 on May 10, 2023 5:12:49 GMT
Jason sits down with Dean Delray for a nearly 2 hour interview.
Some tid bits
-Jason now resides in Florida.
-He's rehearsing with his "Newsted" bandmates Jesus and Jessie for 2 live shows. They will play old songs as well as a bunch of new stuff. He says crowd reception for the shows will determine if he brings "Newsted" back for another record/tour cycle.
-Of the other Metallica members, Jason still keeps in regular contact with Lars. (Jason developed a love of art after his injury when he was unable to play much music. It appears this love of art helped foster a post-Metallica friendship with Lars.)
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Post by Prometheus426 on May 10, 2023 6:50:27 GMT
He talks so much crap it's unbelievable, worse than Rob and Kirk combined.
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Post by ford71V8 on May 10, 2023 8:25:08 GMT
I'm more interested in peoples thoughts on Kirks So What interview.
Wrecked?
Developing some ailment / illness?
Sad?
Just Kirk and age?
I'm certainly not having a go, but was a little caught out by what I saw and I felt for him.
I was chuffed to hear how much he and James help(ed) each other...and wonder how similar James feels compared to Kirks take.
Sorry, should have started a separate thread.....I almost did last night after watching, but got busy.
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Post by FightFireWithStAnger on May 10, 2023 8:48:18 GMT
I'm more interested in peoples thoughts on Kirks So What interview. Wrecked? Developing some ailment / illness? Sad? Just Kirk and age? I'm certainly not having a go, but was a little caught out by what I saw and I felt for him. I was chuffed to hear how much he and James help(ed) each other...and wonder how similar James feels compared to Kirks take. Sorry, should have started a separate thread.....I almost did last night after watching, but got busy. Drugs + Alcoholica + Weed + Kirk being a introvert + Age = 2023 Kirk |
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Post by ford71V8 on May 10, 2023 11:03:37 GMT
I'm more interested in peoples thoughts on Kirks So What interview. Wrecked? Developing some ailment / illness? Sad? Just Kirk and age? I'm certainly not having a go, but was a little caught out by what I saw and I felt for him. I was chuffed to hear how much he and James help(ed) each other...and wonder how similar James feels compared to Kirks take. Sorry, should have started a separate thread.....I almost did last night after watching, but got busy. Drugs + Alcoholica + Weed + Kirk being a introvert + Age = 2023 Kirk Basically the summary I said yesterday to the missus who was watching with me. Is that it though?  I hope so, but its quite a change from only a couple of years ago. |
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Post by SicJes on May 10, 2023 11:31:20 GMT
Jason's looking extra sleazy these days. I'm expecting a "David Ellefson" situation in the not too distant future.
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Post by yepsure on May 10, 2023 11:35:09 GMT
In my opinion Kirk has either recently suffered a significant health event that has had negative cognitive consequences (eg a stroke), and/or he’s well and truely entered that “old rockstar fucked up from years of drug abuse” phase where he’s functioning but just permanently on another planet than the rest of us. Reminds of the first time I saw Ozzy in an episode of The Osbournes.
Jason is still Jason, the Metallica equivalent of a corporate LinkedIn post. Talks so much without saying anything, just fluffy meaningless BS.
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Post by BMus1 on May 10, 2023 15:17:00 GMT
In my opinion Kirk has either recently suffered a significant health event that has had negative cognitive consequences (eg a stroke), and/or he’s well and truely entered that “old rockstar fucked up from years of drug abuse” phase where he’s functioning but just permanently on another planet than the rest of us. Reminds of the first time I saw Ozzy in an episode of The Osbournes. Jason is still Jason, the Metallica equivalent of a corporate LinkedIn post. Talks so much without saying anything, just fluffy meaningless BS. This x2
Jason being "all for the fans" is a weird pedestal to still be on when he's vaguely throwing away the threat of "come to my one Florida show or else I'll just up and quit again".
That being said I'm excited for any new material he puts out. The full LP had a lot of filler on it but his original Metal EP was a stacked release. Not surprising he kept that up on Spotify but pulled the album.
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Post by FightFireWithStAnger on May 10, 2023 15:41:45 GMT
In my opinion Kirk has either recently suffered a significant health event that has had negative cognitive consequences (eg a stroke), and/or he’s well and truely entered that “old rockstar fucked up from years of drug abuse” phase where he’s functioning but just permanently on another planet than the rest of us. Reminds of the first time I saw Ozzy in an episode of The Osbournes. Jason is still Jason, the Metallica equivalent of a corporate LinkedIn post. Talks so much without saying anything, just fluffy meaningless BS. This x2
Jason being "all for the fans" is a weird pedestal to still be on when he's vaguely throwing away the threat of "come to my one Florida show or else I'll just up and quit again".
That being said I'm excited for any new material he puts out. The full LP had a lot of filler on it but his original Metal EP was a stacked release. Not surprising he kept that up on Spotify but pulled the album.
I think Kirk is fine in general, I just think like yepsure said, the years of partying and drugs caught up to him and we're just seeing the effects. When you see him fucking up (even more) on stage and forgetting riffs and notes is when you really need to start worrying. I don't see that yet.
That reminds me of the part in SKOM where Bob Rock (I think?) says to the guys that when he quit he fully expected for the band to implode and when it didn't it pissed him off. I still think some remnant of that attitude is still in him and the "come to my show or else I'll just quit again" seems to just reinforce that. I always look at that Black Album unboxing video and just looking at his body language, a part of him looks like he is genuinely excited to do it and the other part of him looks like he hates it.
That's my arm chair psychology opinion.
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Post by SicJes on May 10, 2023 19:58:53 GMT
Dude thinks he can just buy his fame a status now a days. Realizing that the band moved on without him, with much success, must sting deeply. He will forever be known as Jason Newstead-former Metallica bass player, and that will stay with him forever. No matter the project or interview etc. And he'll tell everyone and himself that it was the right thing to do, but realizing that no matter how much money or connections he's throws at a project, it will never come close to TBA era success which has moved on without him must be like a kick to the dick every day.
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Post by Prometheus426 on May 11, 2023 4:30:54 GMT
Dude thinks he can just buy his fame a status now a days. Realizing that the band moved on without him, with much success, must sting deeply. He will forever be known as Jason Newstead-former Metallica bass player, and that will stay with him forever. No matter the project or interview etc. And he'll tell everyone and himself that it was the right thing to do, but realizing that no matter how much money or connections he's throws at a project, it will never come close to TBA era success which has moved on without him must be like a kick to the dick every day. Newsted left for projects that amounted to nothing really, he's a bit of a tool. |
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Post by jayc on May 11, 2023 7:05:12 GMT
Dude thinks he can just buy his fame a status now a days. Realizing that the band moved on without him, with much success, must sting deeply. He will forever be known as Jason Newstead-former Metallica bass player, and that will stay with him forever. No matter the project or interview etc. And he'll tell everyone and himself that it was the right thing to do, but realizing that no matter how much money or connections he's throws at a project, it will never come close to TBA era success which has moved on without him must be like a kick to the dick every day. Newsted left for projects that amounted to nothing really, he's a bit of a tool. And it was with this sentence that he demonstrated he knew nothing about the reasons behind Newsted leaving. |
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Post by jorn on May 11, 2023 11:35:01 GMT
Jason's looking extra sleazy these days. I'm expecting a "David Ellefson" situation in the not too distant future. what is that situation? I hope you are not talking about the online situation here. |
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Post by jorn on May 11, 2023 11:41:49 GMT
Dude thinks he can just buy his fame a status now a days. Realizing that the band moved on without him, with much success, must sting deeply. He will forever be known as Jason Newstead-former Metallica bass player, and that will stay with him forever. No matter the project or interview etc. And he'll tell everyone and himself that it was the right thing to do, but realizing that no matter how much money or connections he's throws at a project, it will never come close to TBA era success which has moved on without him must be like a kick to the dick every day. I am always surprised to see that the expectation for achieving huge success after such departure is like going on the road for wrong reasons. Certainly Echobrain couldn't be that financially super successful band to begin with. Artistic reasons - if not financial disputes within the group as in Megadeth and Slayer - should be enough to take that kind of a decision. To say no to what Metallica (or Iron Maiden for that matter) can bring financially is a big statement on your own artistic decisions. Isn't it? |
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Post by forgotten in space on May 11, 2023 11:51:52 GMT
Dude thinks he can just buy his fame a status now a days. Realizing that the band moved on without him, with much success, must sting deeply. He will forever be known as Jason Newstead-former Metallica bass player, and that will stay with him forever. No matter the project or interview etc. And he'll tell everyone and himself that it was the right thing to do, but realizing that no matter how much money or connections he's throws at a project, it will never come close to TBA era success which has moved on without him must be like a kick to the dick every day. Newsted left for projects that amounted to nothing really, he's a bit of a tool. Yeah, how dare Piggy die and Voivod become inactive live?! |
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Post by Prometheus426 on May 11, 2023 21:51:29 GMT
Newsted left for projects that amounted to nothing really, he's a bit of a tool. And it was with this sentence that he demonstrated he knew nothing about the reasons behind Newsted leaving. Yeah, they treated him badly, so i suppose he had enough, it's understandable. |
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Post by jayc on May 12, 2023 6:11:18 GMT
And it was with this sentence that he demonstrated he knew nothing about the reasons behind Newsted leaving. Yeah, they treated him badly, so i suppose he had enough, it's understandable. Indeed. Being told he could not do music outside Metallica was the driving reason. It's all in SKOM.... |
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Post by metman18 on May 12, 2023 22:42:00 GMT
In my opinion Kirk has either recently suffered a significant health event that has had negative cognitive consequences (eg a stroke), and/or he’s well and truely entered that “old rockstar fucked up from years of drug abuse” phase where he’s functioning but just permanently on another planet than the rest of us. Reminds of the first time I saw Ozzy in an episode of The Osbournes. Jason is still Jason, the Metallica equivalent of a corporate LinkedIn post. Talks so much without saying anything, just fluffy meaningless BS. I’ll have to go back and look at the So What interview, but in the recent interview with Zane Lowe (which I highly recommend) I don’t think he seemed so bad there. Something was even more off for the So What interview. |
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Post by yepsure on May 12, 2023 23:32:09 GMT
In my opinion Kirk has either recently suffered a significant health event that has had negative cognitive consequences (eg a stroke), and/or he’s well and truely entered that “old rockstar fucked up from years of drug abuse” phase where he’s functioning but just permanently on another planet than the rest of us. Reminds of the first time I saw Ozzy in an episode of The Osbournes. Jason is still Jason, the Metallica equivalent of a corporate LinkedIn post. Talks so much without saying anything, just fluffy meaningless BS. I’ll have to go back and look at the So What interview, but in the recent interview with Zane Lowe (which I highly recommend) I don’t think he seemed so bad there. Something was even more off for the So What interview. He was still pretty out there. Randomly talking about how they’d be writing heavy poetry if they were alive 100 years ago. And at one point they were talking about something different and Kirk jumps in out of no where and says “but I’m still just so dedicated to music” or something. And every time he speaks now he sounds on the verge of tears… plus the bright white new fake teeth just make the whole delivery seem even more bizarre. I’m not trying to hate the guy or anything, it’s just really sad to see his transformation and deterioration . |
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Post by ford71V8 on May 13, 2023 10:25:33 GMT
On the verge of tears.
That's what I saw.
He came across as sad, and I realky felt for him.
The teeth dont help and Im hoping they are the reason for the awkward jaw movement and not drugs
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Post by Prometheus426 on May 13, 2023 17:02:09 GMT
On the verge of tears. That's what I saw. He came across as sad, and I realky felt for him. The teeth dont help and Im hoping they are the reason for the awkward jaw movement and not drugs He's got a Michael Jackson vibe going on, not sure what's going on with KH. |
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Post by ford71V8 on May 14, 2023 0:35:46 GMT
On the verge of tears. That's what I saw. He came across as sad, and I realky felt for him. The teeth dont help and Im hoping they are the reason for the awkward jaw movement and not drugs He's got a Michael Jackson vibe going on, not sure what's going on with KH. Shit man I hope not |
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Post by Prometheus426 on May 14, 2023 16:55:51 GMT
That Newsted Listen to Metal nonsense was corny as hell, he should just join a band as a bassist, his writing skills are pretty mediocre.
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Post by BMus1 on May 21, 2023 8:23:49 GMT
Lmao why did Jason start using the Shure 55 as his mic too
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Post by jayc on May 25, 2023 15:05:03 GMT
Lmao why did Jason start using the Shure 55 as his mic too God damn I miss his BGVs...... |
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I hope so, but its quite a change from only a couple of years ago.
