Green Day bassist Mike Dirnt recalls being blown away the first time he saw late Metallica bassist Cliff Burton play live.

Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo did not hold back in giving thanks to Ozzy Osbourne for helping him achieve his musical dreams on the eve of attending the funeral for the beloved heavy metal legend.

Metallica’s previous foray into film — 2004’s “Some Kind of Monster” – served as possibly one of the most un-metal movies about a metal band. That documentary, directed by Joe Berlinger and Bruce ...

After bassist Jason Newsted quit Metallica in 2001, he quickly joined a year-long tour with Ozzy Osbourne. Oh, the stories he told of Ozzy. Newsted ended up in Jupiter, Florida in his later years and ...

When former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted talks about his old band, there’s no bitterness — just respect. Nearly a quarter-century after he left the group, Newsted still sees Metallica as a ...

Fronting his own band for the first time, the veteran rocker looks back on some trying times and how a love of painting put him on a new path. Basquiat, Jean Dubuffet and Picasso "are my Black Sabbath ...

For once, we’ve got a story about a Dave from Megadeth that doesn’t involve him reminding everyone that he was once in Metallica. Hey, did you know Dave Mustaine was a member of Metallica? No, this ...

January 17 -- Jason Newsted, who plucked the rumbling basslines to "Enter Sandman" and "God That Failed," is leaving hard rock outfit Metallica after 14 years with the group. "Due to private and ...

After more than two years and some 70 shows, Metallica’s M72 World Tour has finally landed in the band’s hometown Bay Area. And here we were beginning to think it might never happen. Yet, Bay Area ...