Robert Trujillo
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| Birth name | Roberto Agustín Miguel Santiago Samuel Trujillo Veracruz |
| Also known as | Stymee |
| Born | October 23, 1964 Santa Monica, California, USA |
| Genre(s) | Heavy metal, funkcore, hardcore punk, thrash metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, Songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Bass guitar |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Associated acts | Metallica, Suicidal Tendencies, Infectious Grooves, Black Label Society, Ozzy Osbourne |
| Website | Official Metallica website |
Roberto Trujillo [Pronounced "Troo-Hee-Yoh"] (born on October 23, 1964[1]) is a bassist who played in Suicidal Tendencies, Infectious Grooves, Black Label Society, Jerry Cantrell, and Ozzy Osbourne's band before joining Metallica in 2003.
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[edit] Early Life
He was born on October 23, 1964 as Roberto Agustín Miguel Santiago Samuel Trujillo Veracruz; grew up in Culver City, California where his father was a teacher at the local high school (Culver City High School).
[edit] Career
He played in a few local bands before joining Suicidal Tendencies (in 1989) and fellow Culver City native, Rocky George, the guitarist for the band at the time. Robert replaced the band's second bassist Bob Heathcote. He is responsible for adding in funk influences to the band seen prominently on albums Lights...Camera...Revolution! and especially on The Art of Rebellion. He eventually turned bandmate Mike Muir on to funk music, and the two formed Infectious Grooves to play more funk oriented music.
He was a member of Ozzy Osbourne's band for a number of years starting in the late 90s. Trujillo was the subject of controversy for rerecording Bob Daisley's bass tracks on Osbourne's albums Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman due to Daisley's claim of not receiving proper royalties. This achieved additional notoriety for giving no notice on the outside of the CD to the buying public that they were not purchasing an original recording.
Robert Trujillo became Metallica's bassist on February 24, 2003 after auditioning for the band and fitting in with fellow band members James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, and Kirk Hammett. Trujillo received 1 million dollars from the band as an advance on the percentage he would earn by being in Metallica. His audition and hiring appear in the documentary film Some Kind of Monster.
Also in 2003, Robert was seen playing an upright bass in the Nickel Creek music video, Smoothie Song. However, he did not play bass for the band during the song's recording.
[edit] Technique
Trujillo is primarily, but not exclusively, a fingerstyle player. He has been known to play with a pick for some of his work, primarily recordings and live playing with Ozzy Osbourne and Black Label Society. In order to achieve the attack and speed of pickstyle playing with his fingers, he has perfected an unusual fingerstyle technique, which involves using both plucking fingers in a down-and-up motion, or sometimes using three fingers to attack the strings instead of the more usual two. It should be noted that Trujillo's predecessor in Metallica, Jason Newsted, was almost exclusively a pickstyle player, while the late Cliff Burton, Newsted's predecessor and bassist on Metallica's first three albums, played fingerstyle exclusively.
Trujillo is also a very skilled slap bass player, as ably demonstrated in his work for Suicidal Tendencies and Infectious Grooves, where he used the technique extensively. He usually takes an extended solo in Metallica's live shows where he utilizes many of his different playing techniques, as well as using various effects.
[edit] Equipment
With Metallica, he is most often seen to play Fernandes Guitars Gravity 5-string basses, particularly a model with a silver finish, blue flame decals, and EMG pickups. He also has a signature bass model, the Sonus RT, manufactured by Zon Guitars. Prior to Metallica, he was most often seen to play Tobias, ESP and Musicman basses (all 5-strings), as well as a Fender Precision Bass with Black Label Society and Ozzy Osbourne. As of May 2008, Robert has also been seen sporting a Yamaha TRB5-P2 5-string bass for live work, although there is no official word on whether he is now a Yamaha endorser. For amplification, he uses Ampeg amplifiers and cabinets. Also, Robert recently collaborated with Jim Dunlop to create his new Icon signature bass strings - these strings are taper-core stainless steel, in gauges 45-130 (5-string).
[edit] Discography
[edit] With Black Label Society
- 1919 Eternal - 2002
- Boozed, Broozed, and Broken-Boned (Live DVD) - 2002
[edit] With Jerry Cantrell
- Degradation Trip - 2002
- Degradation Trip Volumes 1 & 2 - 2002
[edit] With Infectious Grooves
- The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move...It's the Infectious Grooves - 1991
- Sarsippius' Ark - 1993
- Groove Family Cyco - 1994
- Mas Borracho - 2000
[edit] With Suicidal Tendencies
- Controlled By Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu - 1989 (credited as "Stymee")
- Lights...Camera...Revolution! - 1990
- The Art of Rebellion - 1992
- Still Cyco After All These Years -1993
- Suicidal for Life - 1994
- Prime Cuts - 1997
[edit] With Glenn Tipton
- Baptizm of Fire - 1997
[edit] With Mass Mental
- How to Write Love Songs - 1999
- Live in Tokyo - 2001
[edit] With Ozzy Osbourne
- Down to Earth - 2001
- Blizzard of Ozz Reissue - 2002
- Diary of a Madman Reissue - 2002
- Live at Budokan - 2002
[edit] With Metallica
- St. Anger (DVD Studio Performance Only) - 2003
- Metallica's ninth studio album - 2008
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| Preceded by Bob Rock |
Metallica Bassist 2003-present |
Succeeded by Current |
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