Jason Newsted is the third bassist for Metallica. He joined Metallica after Cliff Burton was killed in the bus crash. He was recommended to Metallica as one they should look into. After Metallica listened to Jason jam they wanted to see if he could "hang" with them and have a few beers and whatever. After a while James asked him if he wanted a job, well, Jason screamed at the top of his lungs in the middle of the restaurant and agreed to the job. Thus, we have Metallica's third bassist Jason Newsted, and considering the shoes he had to fill I don't think anyone has room to bitch about whether or not he is worthy...noone can duplicate Cliff's unique playing style, I don't care who you are Cliff is in his own genre...and so is Jason.
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