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Thank you!
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After 14 years of head-banging,
Metallica bassist Jason Newsted
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has quit the band citing, quote,
"Private and personal reasons,
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and the physical damage that
l've done to myself over the years
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while playing the music I love."
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Metallica's management had no comment
when asked by MTV News
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if there's a replacement
waiting in the wings,
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but the band is still scheduled to
begin recording a new album this spring.
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That's the news for now,
Stay tuned...
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l mean, I think everybody understands
the concept of trusting instincts.
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That's getting to a place where
you don't let egos and let stuff
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get in the way of artistic expression.
You know?
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So, I mean this is... Do you wanna
say anything more about that?
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'Cause I think everybody understands...
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l met Metallica
through Q Prime Management,
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after having seen me work
with another band of theirs.
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When they called
and said that Metallica,
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with Jason announcing that
he was exiting the group,
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needed to take a look at itself and say,
"Well, what's going on here?"
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"We've lost touch
with our personal relationships,"
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and face some of the issues that
l think Q Prime feIt that they...
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were headed for.
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You know, we haven't really worked
together for almost nine months.
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When we were talking
a couple of days ago about whether...