JASON NEWSTED Says He's "Lining Up Some Live Shows, And Planning For Full Album This Summer"
January 22, 2013, 11 years ago
In a new update by former bassist Jason Newsted (ex-METALLICA, VOIVOD, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM), he says he's "lining up some live shows, and planning for full album this summer!! I am AMPED UP as we begin preparation for taking the music to the people."
The debut EP from NEWSTED entered the Billboard 200 chart at #62. Metal was released on January 8th exclusively via iTunes. The physical CD is available at the official Newsted store here.
Newsted have released their first video for the track 'Soldierhead'. The song is featured on the band's new Metal EP, and the video - directed by Leon Melas, can be seen below:
Newsted spoke to BraveWords recently about their new four-song EP, Metal, which was released on CD yesterday (January 15th). The four tracks on Metal make up the first of three batches of EPs to be released intermittently over the next year or so and were written and composed all by Newsted himself.
“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," Newsted explains to BraveWords. "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 AND JETSAM 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.
