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Roberto Agustín Miguel Santiago Samuel Trujillo Veracruz (; born October 23, 1964) is an American musician who has been the
bassist A bassist (also known as a bass player or bass guitarist) is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass (upright bass, contrabass, wood bass), bass guitar (electric bass, acoustic bass), keyboard bass (synth bass) or a low br ...
for heavy metal band
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since 2003. He first rose to prominence as the bassist of
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band
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from 1989 to 1995, while also collaborating with Suicidal Tendencies frontman
Mike Muir Michael Allen Muir (born March 14, 1963) is an American singer who is the lead vocalist and the sole continuous member of Los Angeles-based bands Suicidal Tendencies, Los Cycos, and Infectious Grooves. He has also released several solo albums un ...
for
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supergroup
Infectious Grooves Infectious Grooves is an American funk metal supergroup led by vocalist Mike Muir and initially a side project from his group Suicidal Tendencies. The current lineup also includes guitarists Dean Pleasants and Dave Kushner, bassist Robert Tru ...
. After leaving Suicidal Tendencies, he performed with
Ozzy Osbourne John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, and media personality. He rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead singer of the heavy metal music, heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which per ...
,
Jerry Cantrell Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr. (born March 18, 1966) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the founder, lead guitarist, co-lead vocalist, and main songwriter of the rock band Alice in Chains. The band rose to internatio ...
, and heavy metal band
Black Label Society Black Label Society is an American heavy metal/southern metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1998 by guitarist/singer Zakk Wylde. To date, the band has released eleven studio albums, two live albums, two compilation albums, one EP, and three ...
. Trujillo joined Metallica in 2003 and is the band's longest-serving bassist. He was inducted to the
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as a member of Metallica in 2009.


Life and career


Early life

Roberto Agustín Miguel Santiago Samuel Trujillo Veracruz was born in
Santa Monica, California Santa Monica (; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Santa Mónica'') is a city in Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast (California), South Coast. Santa Monica's 2020 United Sta ...
, on October 23, 1964. He is of Mexican and
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descent. He grew up in
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, where his father was a teacher at
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. Trujillo gained an interest in music during his childhood; his mother was a huge fan of
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, particularly musicians like
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,
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, and
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. Trujillo stated that " Jaco astoriuswas my hero growing up", and that the jazz bassist changed his view of what the instrument could play: "Hearing him was like hearing
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doing "
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" for the first time: You thought, 'What instrument is that?' I loved jazz fusion and branched out from there. But Jaco had an edge that far exceeded his jazz persona. He was funk, he was rock, he was soul. And his whole attitude was punk." He began playing in "a lot of backyard party bands", playing music by
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,
Ozzy Osbourne John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born 3 December 1948) is an English singer, songwriter, and media personality. He rose to prominence during the 1970s as the lead singer of the heavy metal music, heavy metal band Black Sabbath, during which per ...
, Rush, and
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. He went to jazz school when he was 19 with the intention of becoming a studio musician, but he maintained his passion for rock and metal.


Career

Trujillo gained prominence when he replaced Bob Heathcote as the bassist for California
crossover thrash Crossover thrash (often abbreviated to crossover) is a fusion genre of thrash metal and hardcore punk. The genre emerged in the mid-1980s, when hardcore punk bands, such as Suicidal Tendencies, Cryptic Slaughter, Corrosion of Conformity and Dir ...
band
Suicidal Tendencies Suicidal Tendencies is an American crossover thrash band formed in 1980 in Venice, California, by vocalist Mike Muir. The band has undergone various lineup changes, with Muir as the only remaining original member. Their current lineup includes ...
. Initially billed as "Stymee" on the 1989 album '' Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu'', Trujillo remained in the band until the mid-1990s. Concurrent to his work with Suicidal Tendencies, Trujillo is a member of the band's side project,
Infectious Grooves Infectious Grooves is an American funk metal supergroup led by vocalist Mike Muir and initially a side project from his group Suicidal Tendencies. The current lineup also includes guitarists Dean Pleasants and Dave Kushner, bassist Robert Tru ...
, along with vocalist
Mike Muir Michael Allen Muir (born March 14, 1963) is an American singer who is the lead vocalist and the sole continuous member of Los Angeles-based bands Suicidal Tendencies, Los Cycos, and Infectious Grooves. He has also released several solo albums un ...
. Trujillo was a member of Ozzy Osbourne's band for a number of years starting in the late 1990s. In contrast to his earlier jazz and funk inspired playing, Osbourne's band was more straightforward hard rock and metal.Jeff Ho, ''Juice'' interview. Trujillo co-wrote several songs on the '' Down to Earth'' album. He was the subject of controversy for re-recording
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's bass tracks for reissued versions of Osbourne's first two solo albums ''
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'' (1980) and '' Diary of a Madman'' (1981) after Daisley claimed that he was not paid proper royalties. During this time, Trujillo formed an experimental supergroup, Mass Mental, with then
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singer
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, whose "ragga-punk-metal" outfit had just disbanded. The band released one studio album in Japan and one live album of their performance in Tokyo before disbanding. Zakk Wylde, a personal friend and bandmate from the Ozzy days, recruited him to play with Black Label Society for a few shows. Trujillo joined
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on February 24, 2003, two years after
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resigned. He had previously met and befriended his future bandmates when
Suicidal Tendencies Suicidal Tendencies is an American crossover thrash band formed in 1980 in Venice, California, by vocalist Mike Muir. The band has undergone various lineup changes, with Muir as the only remaining original member. Their current lineup includes ...
supported Metallica during the
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tour in 1993, and again during the Shit Hits the Sheds Tour one year later. Trujillo received one million dollars from the band as an advance for joining Metallica. His audition and hiring as well as his million dollar payment offer appeared in the documentary film '' Metallica: Some Kind of Monster''. As the current bassist for Metallica, he was inducted into the
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alongside all current members of the band, as well as previous bassists Jason Newsted and
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.


Personal life

Trujillo is married and has a son and a daughter. Trujillo's wife, Chloé, has created a
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design of the
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on one of his basses. His son, Tye, is the bassist of thrash metal band OTTTO and bassist for Trujillo's former band Suicidal Tendencies.


Other projects

In 2012, Trujillo produced a documentary about jazz bassist
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titled '' Jaco'', directed by
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and Paul Marchand. The film was named Official Film of Record Store Day 2014 and was released in November 2014.


Technique

Trujillo in 2009 Trujillo is primarily a finger-style player, but sometimes plays with a pick. Trujillo's predecessor in Metallica,
Jason Newsted Jason Curtis Newsted (born March 4, 1963) is an American musician, best known as the bassist of heavy metal band Metallica from 1986 to 2001. He performed with thrash metal band Flotsam and Jetsam for the first five years of his career before ...
, was predominantly a pick-style player;
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, Newsted's predecessor and bassist on Metallica's first three albums, played finger-style exclusively. Trujillo is known for playing "massive chords" and "chord-based harmonics" on the bass. Trujillo uses the
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technique, seen mostly in his work with Suicidal Tendencies and Infectious Grooves. At many of the shows during Metallica's 2004
Madly in Anger with the World Tour The Madly in Anger with the World Tour was a concert tour by American heavy metal band Metallica. It supported the band's eighth studio album, '' St. Anger''. The tour lasted over 12 months, beginning in the fall of 2003, performing over 100 show ...
, Trujillo would often play an extended bass solo (dubbed "Jungle Essence" on recordings), which made extensive use of slap bass and other techniques and effects. For recording purposes, Trujillo uses his own code for writing down bass arrangements. Inspired by an article by
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, he developed this during the recording sessions for Jerry Cantrell's ''
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'', which, according to Trujillo, had him working from "little hoodrat demos" with nearly inaudible bass.


Equipment


Bass guitars

With Metallica, Trujillo has primarily been playing
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Streamer bass guitars, both 5- and 4-strings. His signature model Streamer bass was released in March 2010. He often plays
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Gravity 5-string basses, particularly a model with a silver finish, blue flame decals, and EMG pickups. In addition to his signature Warwick basses,
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produce a signature bass model, the Sonus RT. Prior to Metallica, he was most often seen playing
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, ESP and MusicMan basses (all 5-strings), as well as a
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with Black Label Society and Ozzy Osbourne. Trujillo has been seen in concert playing a
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TRB5-P2 5-string bass, a customized green
Rickenbacker Rickenbacker International Corporation is a string instrument manufacturer based in Santa Ana, California. Rickenbacker is the first known maker of electric guitars, with a steel guitar in 1932, and produces a range of electric guitars and bass ...
4001/4003 4-string bass modified with EMG pickups, various Nash P-Bass Copy guitars, and both a classic Fender Precision Bass and
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. Trujillo is the custodian of
Jaco Pastorius John Francis Anthony Pastorius III, also known as Jaco Pastorius (; December 1, 1951 – September 21, 1987), was an American jazz bassist, composer, and producer. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential bassists of all time, ...
' legendary "Bass Of Doom" (the sunburst fretless 1962
Jazz Bass Jazz bass is the use of the double bass or electric bass guitar to improvise accompaniment ("comping") basslines and solos in a jazz or jazz fusion style. Players began using the double bass in jazz in the 1890s to supply the low-pitched wal ...
used by Pastorius on most of his recordings and live appearances). He has performed onstage with Metallica with the instrument. For amplification, he uses
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amplifiers and cabinets. In 2010, Trujillo collaborated with
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to create his new Icon signature bass strings – these strings are taper-core stainless steel, with a non-tapered B string in gauges 45–130 (5-string).


Effects

Trujillo's pedal board consists of an
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Q-Tron, a Tech 21 SansAmp Bass Driver DI, a Tech 21 XXL, an MXR m-135 SmartGate, a Morley
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wah pedal, and a
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OC-2 Octave Pedal; all powered by a Voodoo Lab Pedal Power.


Discography

upTrujillo in 2013 ;Jerry Cantrell *''
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'' (2002) *''
Degradation Trip Volumes 1 & 2 ''Degradation Trip Volumes 1 & 2'' is a double album by Jerry Cantrell, released on November 26, 2002, through Roadrunner Records. It is an expanded limited edition of Cantrell's ''Degradation Trip'' album, which was released five months earlier ...
'' (2002) ;Black Label Society *''
1919 Eternal ''1919 Eternal'' (also stylized as ''1919''★''Eternal'') is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Black Label Society. It was released on March 5, 2002, and was written for Zakk Wylde's father. Writing Five songs from the album ...
'' (2002) ;Infectious Grooves *'' The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move... It's the Infectious Grooves'' (1991) *''Encino Man Soundtrack'' (1992) *''
Sarsippius' Ark ''Sarsippius' Ark'', also referred to as ''Sarsippius' Ark (Limited Edition)'', due to its cover, is the second album from Infectious Grooves and was released February 2, 1993. The album features various skits from Mike Muir as the character Sars ...
'' (1993) *'' Groove Family Cyco'' (1994) *'' Mas Borracho'' (1999) *'' Year of the Cycos'' (2008) *''Funk It Up – Live in France 1995'' (2010) *''Mad Mad Muir Musical Tour'' (2011) ;Suicidal Tendencies *'' Lights...Camera...Revolution!'' (1990) *''
The Art of Rebellion ''The Art of Rebellion'' is the sixth studio album by American crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies, released in 1992 on Epic Records. It was the only Suicidal Tendencies album to be recorded without an official drummer; the drum tracks were ...
'' (1992) *''
Still Cyco After All These Years ''Still Cyco After All These Years'' is the seventh studio album by American crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies, released in 1993. The album is composed of re-recorded songs from the band's 1983 debut album, ''Suicidal Tendencies''; re- ...
'' (1993) *'' Suicidal for Life'' (1994) ;Glenn Tipton *'' Baptizm of Fire'' (1997) ;Mass Mental? *''
How to Write Love Songs ''How to Write Love Songs'' is the only studio album of the short lived rock supergroup Mass Mental? It was released solely in Japan, and has only gained attention worldwide due to internet uploads and imported CDs. A limited run was released i ...
'' (1999) *''Live in Tokyo'' (2001) ;Ozzy Osbourne *'' Down to Earth'' (2001) *''
Blizzard of Ozz ''Blizzard of Ozz'' is the debut studio album by English heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne, released on 12 September 1980 in the UK and on 27 March 1981 in the US. The album was Osbourne's first release following his firing from Black Sabbath in ...
'' (reissue) (2002) *'' Diary of a Madman'' (reissue) (2002) *'' Live at Budokan'' (2002) *''
Patient Number 9 ''Patient Number 9'' is the thirteenth and final studio album by the English heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne. It was released on 9 September 2022 through Epic Records and was produced by Andrew Watt. ''Patient Number 9'' received favourable r ...
'' (2022) ;Metallica *'' St. Anger'' (2003) (Credited as band member but does not play. Plays on bonus live DVD) *''
Death Magnetic ''Death Magnetic'' is the ninth studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on September 12, 2008, through Warner Bros. Records in the United States and Vertigo Records elsewhere. The album was produced by Rick Rubin, marking ...
'' (2008) *''
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'' (with
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) (2011) *''
Beyond Magnetic ''Beyond Magnetic'' is the third extended play by American heavy metal band Metallica. It was initially released on December 13, 2011 on iTunes before being released through other formats later. It consists of four tracks that were scrapped fr ...
'' (EP) (2011) *'' Hardwired... to Self-Destruct'' (2016) *''
S&M2 ''S&M2'' (stylized as ''S&M2''; an abbreviation of ''Symphony and Metallica 2'') is a live album by American thrash metal band Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony. It is a follow-up to '' S&M'', a live collaborative album released in 1999. ...
'' (2020) *''
72 Seasons ''72 Seasons'' is the eleventh studio album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on April 14, 2023, by their own record label Blackened Recordings. ''72 Seasons'' was produced by Greg Fidelman, who produced the band's previous st ...
'' (2023) ;Various artists *"The Blackest Box – The Ultimate Metallica Tribute" (2002) *"
A Song for Chi "A Song for Chi" is an instrumental alternative metal song recorded by several high-profile rock and metal musicians to raise money for poet and Deftones bassist Chi Cheng, who was severely injured in a car crash in Santa Clara, California on ...
" (2009) *
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– "Poder Latino" (guest in song track 6) *Farmikos – "Farmikos" (2015)


Videography

*'' Lights...Camera...Suicidal'' 1990
Suicidal Tendencies Suicidal Tendencies is an American crossover thrash band formed in 1980 in Venice, California, by vocalist Mike Muir. The band has undergone various lineup changes, with Muir as the only remaining original member. Their current lineup includes ...
VHS home video *'' Live at Budokan'' live album with accompanying live DVD *'' Boozed, Broozed & Broken-Boned'' live DVD from Detroit, Michigan *'' St. Anger'' live bonus DVD – 2003 *'' Metallica: Some Kind of Monster'' Metallica documentary *''
The Videos 1989–2004 ''The Videos 1989–2004'' is a video album by American heavy metal band Metallica, released on DVD in December 2006. It features all of the band's videos from 1989 to 2004. In its first week of release, the DVD sold 28,000 copies. The menus of t ...
'' video compilation DVD *''
Français Pour Une Nuit ''Français pour une nuit'' (English: ''French for One Night'') is a live DVD by the American heavy metal band Metallica, recorded in Nîmes, France, in the Arena of Nîmes on July 7, 2009, during the World Magnetic Tour. It was released in thre ...
'' live DVD from the concert in Nîmes, France *'' Orgullo, Pasión, y Gloria: Tres Noches en la Ciudad de México'' live DVD from the concerts in Mexico City *'' The Big Four'' live DVD from Sofia, Bulgaria *'' Metallica: Through the Never'' 2013 movie *'' Jaco'' (2014) producer


Video game appearances

*Trujillo appears in '' Guitar Hero: Metallica''. *He is a playable character in ''
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'' when the ''Pro Skater 3 HD Revert Pack''
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is installed. *Trujillo appears with the rest of Metallica as playable characters in ''
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''.


References


External links

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