Robert Trujillo is a popular musician, bass player of Metallica and a good family man

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Robert Trujillo was born on October 23, 1964 in Santa Monica, California. He spent his childhood in his hometown, the boy played football with his peers, found new friends, and was preparing to go to school. When Robert was ten years old, his parents gave him a guitar. From that day on, young Trujillo stopped going out, sat for hours and plucked the strings. Robert attended school regularly, but after school he ran home and, after a quick bite, picked up his favorite six-string. Gradually, he learned to play, and the guitar became his faithful companion of life for all subsequent years.

Career start

In 1989, Robert Trujillo joined the group Suicidal Tendencies, which means "prone to suicide." The musicians played classic punk rock. Robert Trujillo participated in the creative process until 1997, then moved to the group Infectious Grooves, whose name translates as "grave infection". In 2002, the guitarist worked for Black Label for a while. Sosiety (hard rock), and then was invited by Ozzy Osbourne to perform together. Since 2003, he has been the permanent bass player of Metallica.

Image

The documentary film Some Kind of Monster was filmed about how the musician was hired. After Robert Trujillo (his photo is posted on the page) established himself in the Metallica group, he tried to develop his own image and demeanor on stage. In order to somehow stand out, the bass player chose an outrageous style for himself, incessantly grimacing, making scary faces, moving around the stage in a special way - sideways and convulsively. In general, he managed to create his own methods for shocking the public, although Ozzy Osbourne, biting off the heads of bats on stage, was still far away.

Album release

Sales of CDs with recordings of guitarist Trujillo were quite successful, the first album with his participation, which was recorded by Suicidal Tendencies, sold a million copies and received gold status. Until 1994, the musicians released five albums, which were recognized as successful. In 1992, "potential suicides" changed their style, heavy metal began to dominate in their work. Not everything worked out, and Robert Trujillo left the group along with vocalist Mike Muir.

The first full-length album featuring bassist Trujillo was Death Magnetic, released in 2008 as part of Metallica. Robert was actively involved in writing new songs, thanks to his efforts the group returned theirold classic sound, lost earlier. The album Death Magnetic immediately took the first lines of the charts in the USA and England, settled there for a long time, and was later recognized as platinum. The sound of the bass guitar, as well as the work of the bassist himself, were especially noted. Robert's style was in keeping with the old Metallica, evoking nostalgic feelings among the band's fans.

Virtuosity

Robert Trujillo's playing technique created its colorful sound and appealed to a wide audience. Gradually, the bass player began to sing along with the soloists, and then joined the backing vocals of Metallica. The deep timbre of Trujillo's voice harmonized well with his fast and rhythmic sound production technique. Now the musicians have the opportunity to cover all the old songs in a new way.

Cooperation

Robert Trujillo, the bass player of Metallica, soon gained wide popularity, he was invited to session recordings. He has worked with Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains, Glenn Tipton of Judas Priest, Zakk Wylde of Black Label Sosiety. Twice took part in the recording of Ozzy Osbourne's albums, performed several times in his concerts.

Participating in numerous tours, recording discs, rehearsing for several hours a day, Robert Trujillo gained invaluable experience. A member of Metallica since 2003, he toured continuously and worked on new albums in his spare time.

Robert Trujillo:family

The musician married late, at the moment when he met his chosen one, he was thirty-nine years old. However, the guitarist himself believes that his family is Metallica, he is all about music, constantly goes on tour, and creates new songs together with other musicians. Nevertheless, Robert Trujillo and his wife Chloe live together. She is an artist and art scholar. Their acquaintance began with the fact that Chloe painted Robert's guitar, burned the Aztec calendar onto the body of the instrument. A young woman supports her husband in everything, goes on tour with him and actively participates in creating stage images.

Musician Robert Trujillo, whose personal life is quite successful, has two charming children - son Ty and daughter Lou, who love to watch their father's performances on TV. Each of them dreams of someday touching the bass guitar, which is always in the case, and it is not easy to get close to it.

Discography

Albums released by Suicidal Tendencies:

• 1997 Prim Cuts.
• 1994, Suicidal For Life.
• 1993 Still Cyco After All These Years
• 1992, The Art Of Rebellion.
• 1990, Lights… Camera… Revolution… ("Lights… Camera… Revolution…").
• 1989, Controlled By Hatred.

CDs recorded with Infectious Grooves:

• 2000, Mas Borracho ("Big Borracho").
• 1994 Groove Family Cyco.
• 1993, Sarsippius' Ark ("The Ark").
• 1991 The Plaque That Makes Your Booty Move.

Albums co-produced with Ozzy Osbourne:

• 2002 Live At Budokan.
• 2002 Diary Of A Madman.
• 2002, Blizzard Of Ozz ("Ozz's Snowstorm").
• 2001, Down To Earth.

Albums recorded with Metallica:

• 2013, Through The Never.
• 2010 Live At Grimey's.
• 2008 Death Magnetic.

Discs recorded by the Black Label Society:

• 2002, 1919 Eternal ("1919 eternity").
• 2002, Boozed, Broozed And Broken-Boned.

Session recordings with musician Jerry Cantrell:

• 2002, Degradation Trip.
• 2002, Degradation Trip-2 ("Degradation Trip-2").