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Chophouse Jason Newsted teased some great hard rocking music earlier this year with the release of his self-titled band's 'Metal' EP, but that was just the beginning. Brace yourselves and strap in as Newsted are back with new album called 'Heavy Metal Music' and a propulsive new song called 'Heroic Dose,' as heard below...

Newsted Band Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted's latest project, his band Newsted, is gearing up for a summer album release, and is about to hit the road on an intimate club tour. The band recently announced that guitarist Mike Mushok of Staind fame had joined their ranks ...

Jason Newsted is in the fourth decade of his career as a full-time musician and he's not showing any signs of slowing down. "I'm spending 90 minutes a night on my Facebook page answering each and every message I get there from the fans. I'm a people person...

Newsted "The lyrics for 'Soldierhead' deal with what I would imagine would go through the head of a soldier in the middle of the desert in the Middle East, with bombs going off everywhere around them. It's horror," Jason Newsted tells Noisecreep about "Soldierhead," the lead off track off his brand new (and appropriately titled) Metal EP...

Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted is making his much-anticipated and much-needed return to the metal scene with his eponymous new project. The musician has been making the press rounds as of late and admitted an addiction to painkillers that stemmed from a shoulder injury that nearly 86ed his career...

Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted says he'd rejoin the group but with one condition, that it would be for a Dr. Evil-like amount: a "squillion dollars." In an interview with Swedish blog Metal Shrine, Newsted was asked if current Metallica bassist Rob Trujillo broke his leg on the cusp of a Metallica tour would he consider teaming up again with Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield... Read

Congrats are in order for former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted. The musician married his longtime girlfriend Nicole Leigh Smith in October, but the news is only starting to funnel into the press now. So they kept a lid on it for quite some time, it would appear...

After accomplished metal bassist Jason Newsted (ex-Metallica, Voivod) had surgery on his right shoulder in 2005, the restless musician was left for months unable to play, and he started getting depressed. So his girlfriend, Nicole Leigh Smith, an accomplished artist, suggested he try painting something...