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"All I wanted is a Pepsi, just one Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me." Howcrossover metal heroes Suicidal Tendencies set a dizzying panic attack to music and called it Institutionalized

Fun fact: a can of Pepsi would have cost frontman Mike Muir around 30 cents in 1983

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“We end up drinking until 5 in the morning. I wake up with the worst hangover of my life, and now I’ve got to play with Metallica”: How a late-night drinking session with Lars Ulrich almost ruined Robert Trujillo’s Metallica audition

Robert Trujillo was announced as Metallica's new bassist on February 24, 2003, following a two-day try-out for the metal giants

Guitar World

“He’s like, ‘Where did you find that? Our storage unit’s been broken into. Everything’s been cleared out’” Korn bassist Ra Díaz recovers 15 bass guitars that were stolen from him – thanks to community effort

A musician in Henderson, Nevada, spotted some of Díaz's instruments at a local music store

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Watch R&B superstar Thundercat play bass for his former band, thrash metal hellraisers Suicidal Tendencies, at Coachella last weekend

The man born Stephen Bruner was a member of the California band for almost 10 years before leaving to focus on his solo career

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"The masks are sanitised now." Slipknot's former drummer is selling memorabilia collected during his time with Bruce Springsteen, Against Me! and Suicidal Tendencies

A portion of Jay Weinberg's sales will benefit the MusiCares charity

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“My main memory is thinking if I stood still for too long, I’d get hit with a beer can”: Thundercat on getting his start with hardcore punk legends Suicidal Tendencies – and how that developed his bass chops

Thundercat may best be known as a funk and R&B-oriented bassist – yet, he got his start in thrash metal and hardcore punk

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"My main memory is thinking if I stood still for too long, I’d get hit with a beer can." R&B superstar Thundercat looks back on his nine years in hardcore punk legends Suicidal Tendencies

Former Ariana Grande, Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg bass legend revisits his punk rock past

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Jay Weinberg departs Suicidal Tendencies

Jay Weinberg is leaving Suicidal Tendencies after a year and a half.

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‘I owe Ozzy Osbourne everything’: Metallica, Alice in Chains, Sammy Hagar and Yungblud on Black Sabbath’s farewell show

INTERVIEWS: As one of the world’s most influential bands prepare to bid farewell with a huge show at Villa Park in Birmingham, Roisin O’Connor speaks to just a few of the musicians whose lives were changed by the Prince of Darkness

The Independent UK

8 tracks we've been using to test in the What Hi-Fi? listening rooms this month

This month's edition features early 2000s nostalgia, a nu-metal masterpiece, Lorde's latest banger and an Arcane-inspired tale of vengeance.

What Hi-Fi?

“We did get very wild and crazy at points. I remember thinking, ‘Why aren’t we getting arrested?’”: The violent, bloody birth of the Bay Area thrash scene

How a handful of kids from Northern California changed the world

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Metallica’s Kirk Hammett announces new book with help from Jason Momoa: “I hope all of you enjoy this journey as much as I did!”

The Collection: Kirk Hammett, announced in a video narrated by Aquaman star Jason Momoa, offers a look at the Metallica player’s famously massive guitar stash

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Watch Jay Weinberg drum Slipknot songs for the first time since parting ways with the nu metal icons in 2023

The now-Suicidal Tendencies drummer played two Slipknot songs during a recent clinic in Paris

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Ex-Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg is making a solo album

The now-Suicidal Tendencies member says he’s been working on his own music since his early 20s

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“He kept sneaking into our studio and hanging out with us. And then, the minder would come in like, ‘Have you seen Ozzy?’” Metallica’s Robert Trujillo explains how he met Ozzy Osbourne

Apparently the Prince Of Darkness enjoyed wandering off when he was supposed to be recording music…

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"This will be the Metallica Family reunion we've been waiting for!" Metallica announce M72 tour dates in Australia and New Zealand

18 months after Metallica's M72 tour began, the band have finally announced shows down under

Louder

“I came down absolutely not knowing what to expect – and I came out a different person”: Robert Trujillo took profound inspiration from Steven Wilson, and believes Metallica would feel the same

The infectiously groovy Metallica bass player RobTrujillo was floored when he discovered Steven Wilson

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James Hetfield vows Metallica will never be "a legacy band"

New music is a vital part of the package that thrash metal icons Metallica want to keep giving their fans

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The four horsemen ride! Metallica announce 2025 North American tour, including Sick New World and Sonic Temple festivals

Metallica will continue their M72 world tour as they trek across North America next year

Guitar World

Robert Trujillo was announced as Metallica's new bassist on February 24, 2003, following a two-day try-out for the metal giants

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“A dream come true, I’ll never forget it”: Jay Weinberg guests with King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

Jay Weinberg guests with King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard

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"Side Quest Summer continues!": Watch former Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg join King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard on stage for thrash banger Perihelion

Ex-Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg accompanied psych wizards King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard on stage this weekend during their show in Nashville

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“A lot of us didn’t like each other back in the day. Slayer were hard-ass. They didn’t even get along with Metallica”: Why Hirax’s Katon W De Pena is one of thrash metal’s great unsung heroes

Hirax frontman Katon W De Pena was there at the birth of thrash – and he’s still passionately flying the flag today

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Hear Pest Control prove why they’re the UK’s most hyped young thrash band with scrappy new single Time Bomb

The Leeds thrash mob will release their new EP Year Of The Pest in autumn

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“I was falling in a black hole. It was totally surreal.” Sepultura singer was “in shock” when Eloy Casagrande left to join Slipknot

Casagrande quit Sepultura less than a month before the Brazilian band started their farewell tour

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