NEWSTED Enlist STAIND Guitarist Mike Mushok
March 19, 2013, 11 years ago
STAIND guitarist Mike Mushok has joined NEWSTED - the band fronted by former METALLICA/VOIVOD/FLOTSAM AND JETSAM bassist Jason Newsted. The line-up is completed by drummer Jesus Mendez Jr. and bassist/Jessie Farnsworth. Check out a video introduction of Newsted's new line-up below:
While they work on a full-length album and follow-up to their Metal EP that was released in January, the band are gearing up for some high-profile appearances in Europe as follows:
June
5 - Impact Festival (Second Day) - Warsaw, Poland7 - Sweden Rock Festival - Solvesborg, Sweden
16 - Download Festival (3rd Day/Pepsi Max Stage) - Castle Donington, UK
21 – Seerock Festival - Graz, Austria
26 - Hegyalja Fesztival - Tokaj, Hungary
29 – Rock The Beach - Helsinki, Finland
30 – Graspop Metal Meeting - Dessel, Belgium
Newsted spoke to BraveWords recently about the Metal EP: “These songs are old-school metal. I went back to what I know the best and what I spent the most hours of my life doing. That’s what we recorded on this. It’s an in your face, raw, present kind of music. I’ve been working on the lyrics for many years, they have a lot of meaning and each one tells a story. I’m really proud of that part and I’m looking forward to people seeing the lyrics again. I haven’t really been able to expose that kind of stuff out into the world since the FLOTSAM days. These are far different than the Flotsam lyrics, I’ve come a long way. Each song has its own thing as I see what’s around me. They very much are addressing issues of the world today.”
Read the entire interview here.
Newsted's video for the track 'Soldierhead - directed by Leon Melas - can be seen below:
