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Roberto Trujillo (born on October 23, 1964) is a bassist
Bassist

A bass player is a musician who plays a double bass, bass guitar, or another low-pitched instrument, such as keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as tuba or sousaphone....
 who played with Suicidal Tendencies
Suicidal Tendencies

Suicidal Tendencies is an American hardcore punk and Heavy metal music band. They were formed in Venice, Los Angeles, California, in 1981 by the leader and only permanent member, singer Mike Muir....
, Infectious Grooves
Infectious Grooves

The Infectious Grooves are a funk metal band led by Suicidal Tendencies frontman Mike Muir. It also features former Excel guitarist Adam Siegel, ex-Suicidal Tendencies bassist Robert Trujillo , and ex-Jane's Addiction drummer Stephen Perkins....
, Black Label Society
Black Label Society

Black Label Society is a Heavy metal music band formed by Zakk Wylde, with seven studio albums released to date....
, Jerry Cantrell
Jerry Cantrell

Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr. is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known for his work with the Alternative metal band Alice in Chains, as guitarist and co-lyricist....
, and Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne

John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is a Grammy Award winning England singer-songwriter, whose career has now spanned four decades. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead vocalist of pioneering English heavy metal music band Black Sabbath, and eventually achieved a multi-RIAA certification solo career which revolutionized the heavy metal genre....
's band before joining Metallica
Metallica

Metallica is an American heavy metal music band that formed in 1981 in Los Angeles. Founded when drummer Lars Ulrich posted an advertisement in a local newspaper, Metallica's line-up has primarily consisted of Ulrich, rhythm guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield, and lead guitarist Kirk Hammett, while going through a number of bassists....
 in 2003.

illo was born on October 23, 1964 and grew up in Culver City, California
Culver City, California

Culver City is a city in western Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 38,816. The community is mostly surrounded by the city of Los Angeles, but also has a border with unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County....
. His mother is from Durango
Durango

Durango is one of the constituent states of Mexico. Its population is 1,509,118. It has Mexico's second-lowest population density, after Baja California Sur....
, México
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
. Trujillo attended Culver City High School
Culver City High School

Culver City High School is the main public high school of the Culver City Unified School District in Culver City, California Located on Elenda St....
.

layed in a few local bands before joining Suicidal Tendencies (in 1989) and fellow Culver City native, Rocky George
Rocky George

Rocky George is an United States Heavy metal music guitarist best known for being the lead guitarist of Suicidal Tendencies from 1984 to the band's first breakup in 1995....
, the guitarist for the band at the time.






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Roberto Trujillo (born on October 23, 1964) is a bassist
Bassist

A bass player is a musician who plays a double bass, bass guitar, or another low-pitched instrument, such as keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as tuba or sousaphone....
 who played with Suicidal Tendencies
Suicidal Tendencies

Suicidal Tendencies is an American hardcore punk and Heavy metal music band. They were formed in Venice, Los Angeles, California, in 1981 by the leader and only permanent member, singer Mike Muir....
, Infectious Grooves
Infectious Grooves

The Infectious Grooves are a funk metal band led by Suicidal Tendencies frontman Mike Muir. It also features former Excel guitarist Adam Siegel, ex-Suicidal Tendencies bassist Robert Trujillo , and ex-Jane's Addiction drummer Stephen Perkins....
, Black Label Society
Black Label Society

Black Label Society is a Heavy metal music band formed by Zakk Wylde, with seven studio albums released to date....
, Jerry Cantrell
Jerry Cantrell

Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr. is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known for his work with the Alternative metal band Alice in Chains, as guitarist and co-lyricist....
, and Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne

John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is a Grammy Award winning England singer-songwriter, whose career has now spanned four decades. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead vocalist of pioneering English heavy metal music band Black Sabbath, and eventually achieved a multi-RIAA certification solo career which revolutionized the heavy metal genre....
's band before joining Metallica
Metallica

Metallica is an American heavy metal music band that formed in 1981 in Los Angeles. Founded when drummer Lars Ulrich posted an advertisement in a local newspaper, Metallica's line-up has primarily consisted of Ulrich, rhythm guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield, and lead guitarist Kirk Hammett, while going through a number of bassists....
 in 2003.

Biography


Early life

Trujillo was born on October 23, 1964 and grew up in Culver City, California
Culver City, California

Culver City is a city in western Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 38,816. The community is mostly surrounded by the city of Los Angeles, but also has a border with unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County....
. His mother is from Durango
Durango

Durango is one of the constituent states of Mexico. Its population is 1,509,118. It has Mexico's second-lowest population density, after Baja California Sur....
, México
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
. Trujillo attended Culver City High School
Culver City High School

Culver City High School is the main public high school of the Culver City Unified School District in Culver City, California Located on Elenda St....
.

Career

He played in a few local bands before joining Suicidal Tendencies (in 1989) and fellow Culver City native, Rocky George
Rocky George

Rocky George is an United States Heavy metal music guitarist best known for being the lead guitarist of Suicidal Tendencies from 1984 to the band's first breakup in 1995....
, the guitarist for the band at the time. Trujillo replaced the band's second bassist Bob Heathcote. He is responsible for adding in funk
Funk

Funk is an United States Music genre that originated in the mid- to late-1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, soul jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music....
 influences to the band seen prominently on albums Lights...Camera...Revolution!
Lights...Camera...Revolution!

Lights...Camera...Revolution! is the fourth full length music album by Suicidal Tendencies. It was released in 1990.This album shows the band straying further away from their roots as a hardcore punk band and beginning to solidify themselves more and more as a thrash metal band....
 and especially on The Art of Rebellion. He eventually turned bandmate Mike Muir
Mike Muir

Mike Muir is the singer for Suicidal Tendencies and Infectious Grooves.He has also released albums solo under his nickname Cyco Miko and has sung for No Mercy , replacing original singer Kevin Guercio, who sang for the band on the Welcome to Venice compilation....
 on to funk music, and the two formed Infectious Grooves
Infectious Grooves

The Infectious Grooves are a funk metal band led by Suicidal Tendencies frontman Mike Muir. It also features former Excel guitarist Adam Siegel, ex-Suicidal Tendencies bassist Robert Trujillo , and ex-Jane's Addiction drummer Stephen Perkins....
 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 re-recording Bob Daisley
Bob Daisley

Robert "Bob" Daisley is a hard rock bass guitar player and lyricist who has performed in genres from Heavy metal music to rock and roll and the blues....
's bass tracks for reissued versions of Osbourne's albums Blizzard of Ozz
Blizzard of Ozz

Blizzard of Ozz is a heavy metal music album by Ozzy Osbourne, recorded in Surrey, UK and released on September 20, 1980 in the United Kingdom and on January 15, 1981 in the United States....
 and Diary of a Madman
Diary of a Madman (album)

Diary of a Madman is an album by Ozzy Osbourne. It was recorded from the 9th of Feb to the 23 of March 1981 inclusively - the end of winter in the UK and recording ending just into spring equinox....
 due to Daisley's claim of not receiving proper royalties. (Similarly, Osbourne's drummer Mike Bordin re-recorded drum parts originally done by Lee Kerslake, who was also involved in the royalty dispute.) This achieved additional notoriety for giving no notice to the buying public on the outside of the CD 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
James Hetfield

James Alan Hetfield is the main songwriter, co-founder, vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the American heavy metal music Musical ensemble Metallica....
, Lars Ulrich
Lars Ulrich

Lars Ulrich is a Denmark drummer best known as the co-founder of the United States Heavy metal music band Metallica. He was born in Gentofte, Denmark to an upper-middle class family....
, and Kirk Hammett
Kirk Hammett

Kirk Lee Hammett is the lead guitarist and a songwriter in the band Metallica and has been a member of the band since 1983. Before joining Metallica he formed and named the band Exodus ....
. Trujillo received one 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
Some Kind of Monster (film)

'Some Kind of Monster' is a 2004 in film United States documentary film featuring the Heavy metal music band Metallica. It shares its name with a Some Kind of Monster from Metallica's 2003 album St....
. His debut studio album with Metallica
Metallica

Metallica is an American heavy metal music band that formed in 1981 in Los Angeles. Founded when drummer Lars Ulrich posted an advertisement in a local newspaper, Metallica's line-up has primarily consisted of Ulrich, rhythm guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield, and lead guitarist Kirk Hammett, while going through a number of bassists....
, Death Magnetic
Death Magnetic

Death Magnetic is the ninth studio album by American Heavy metal music band Metallica, released on September 12, 2008 by Warner Bros. Records....
, was released on September 12, 2008.

Also in 2003, Trujillo was seen playing an upright bass
Double bass

The double bass or contrabass is the largest and lowest-pitched Bow string instrument used in the modern orchestra. It is a standard member of the string section of the orchestra and smaller string musical ensembles in European classical music....
 in the Nickel Creek
Nickel Creek

Nickel Creek was an American acoustic music trio. Although the group's music has roots from bluegrass music, the trio describes itself as "progressive acoustic"....
 music video, "Smoothie" Song. However, he did not play bass for the band during the song's recording.

Personal Life

In a recent interview with LiveDaily Robert revealed that he is married and has two children.

Technique

Trujillo is primarily, but not exclusively, a fingerstyle player. He has been known to play with a pick
Plectrum

A plectrum is a small flat tool used to pluck or strum a string instrument. For guitars and similar instruments, the plectrum is a separate tool held in the player's hand....
 for some of his work, primarily recordings and live playing with Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne

John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is a Grammy Award winning England singer-songwriter, whose career has now spanned four decades. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead vocalist of pioneering English heavy metal music band Black Sabbath, and eventually achieved a multi-RIAA certification solo career which revolutionized the heavy metal genre....
 and Black Label Society
Black Label Society

Black Label Society is a Heavy metal music band formed by Zakk Wylde, with seven studio albums released to date....
. In order to achieve the attack and speed of pickstyle playing with his fingers, he has developed a 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
Jason Newsted

Jason Curtis Newsted is an American bass guitar best known as the former bassist of Metallica. He was also a member of Voivod after leaving Metallica....
, was almost exclusively a pickstyle player (he used his fingers for a part of "One"
One (Metallica song)

"One" is a Grammy Award winning song by Heavy metal music band Metallica. One of Metallica's most famous songs, "One" appeared as the fourth track of ?And Justice for All and was released as the third single from the same album....
), while Cliff Burton
Cliff Burton

Clifford Lee Burton was a bassist best known for his work with the American Heavy metal music band Metallica from 1982 until his death in 1986....
, 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.

In a Mission: Metallica video, it is shown that Trujillo has experience in Flamenco
Flamenco

Flamenco is a Spain term that refers both to a musical genre, known for its intricate rapid passages, and a dance genre characterized by its audible footwork....
 guitar playing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ktjlVvMYlA

Equipment

With Metallica, he is most often seen playing Fernandes Guitars
Fernandes Guitars

Fernandes is a guitar and guitar accessory manufacturer. Their brand of guitars carry the same name. Fernandes originated in Japan in 1969 building flamenco 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
Zon Guitars

Zon Guitars is a manufacturer of professional-level bass guitars founded in 1981 by Joseph Zon....
. Prior to Metallica, he was most often seen playing Tobias, ESP and Musicman basses (all 5-strings), as well as a Fender Precision Bass with Black Label Society and Ozzy Osbourne. Trujillo has also recently been seen in concert playing a Yamaha
Yamaha

Yamaha may refer to:* Yamaha Corporation, a Japanese company with a wide range of products and services** Yamaha Motor Company, a Japanese motorized vehicle-producing company...
 TRB5-P2 5-string bass, a customized green Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker

Rickenbacker International Corporation, also known as Rickenbacker ), is an electric guitar manufacturer, notable for putting the world's first electric guitars into general production in 1932....
 4001/4003 4-string bass fitted with EMG pickups, and a classic Fender Precision Bass
Fender Precision Bass

The Fender Precision Bass is an bass guitar, and was the first widely-available model of the instrument. It was designed by Leo Fender and brought to market in 1951....
 as well as a Black Warwick Streamer Bass, most probably customized. For amplification, he uses Ampeg amplifiers and cabinets. Also, Trujillo 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). Trujillo uses a Morley Mark Tremonti
Mark Tremonti

Mark Thomas Tremonti is the lead guitarist for the American rock band Alter Bridge....
 Wah pedal on songs such as "For Whom the Bell Tolls".

According to an article published recently Trujillo's pedal board consists of an Electro Harmonix Q-Tron, SansAmp Bass Driver DI, Sansamp XXL, Boss OC-2 Octave Pedal, all powered by the Voodoo Lab Pedal Power.

Discography


With Black Label Society
Black Label Society

Black Label Society is a Heavy metal music band formed by Zakk Wylde, with seven studio albums released to date....

  • 1919 Eternal
    1919 Eternal

    1919 Eternal is the third Studio album by the heavy metal music band Black Label Society. It was released on February 19, 2002 and was written for Zakk's father....
     - 2002
  • Boozed, Broozed, and Broken-Boned
    Boozed, Broozed, and Broken-Boned

    Boozed, Broozed, and Broken-Boned is a DVD released by Heavy metal music band Black Label Society on August 12, 2003. It was recorded at the Harpos Concert Theatre on September 14, 2002 in Detroit, Michigan....
     (Live DVD) - 2002

With Jerry Cantrell
Jerry Cantrell

Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr. is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known for his work with the Alternative metal band Alice in Chains, as guitarist and co-lyricist....

  • Degradation Trip
    Degradation Trip

    Degradation Trip is the second solo album by Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell, released on June 18, 2002. It is sometimes considered to be a tribute album to the group's fallen singer, Layne Staley, who died two months before the release of the album, which was dedicated to him....
     - 2002
  • Degradation Trip Volumes 1 & 2
    Degradation Trip Volumes 1 & 2

    Degradation Trip Volumes 1 & 2 is a double album by Jerry Cantrell, released on 26 November, 2002 on Roadrunner Records. It is an expanded version of Cantrell's Degradation Trip album, which was released approximately five months earlier....
     - 2002

With Infectious Grooves
Infectious Grooves

The Infectious Grooves are a funk metal band led by Suicidal Tendencies frontman Mike Muir. It also features former Excel guitarist Adam Siegel, ex-Suicidal Tendencies bassist Robert Trujillo , and ex-Jane's Addiction drummer Stephen Perkins....

  • The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move...It's the Infectious Grooves
    The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move...It's the Infectious Grooves

    The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move...It's the Infectious Grooves is the debut album by Infectious Grooves, released in 1991. The second song "Therapy" featured Ozzy Osbourne....
    - 1991
  • Sarsippius' Ark
    Sarsippius' Ark

    Sarsippius' Ark is the second album from Infectious Grooves. It was released in 1993. "Immigrant Song" is a cover from Led Zeppelin and "Fame" is a David Bowie cover....
    - 1993
  • Groove Family Cyco
    Groove Family Cyco

    Groove Family Cyco is the 3rd album by Infectious Grooves, a 1994 concept record about a family of crazy people ....
    - 1994
  • Mas Borracho
    Mas Borracho

    Mas Borracho is the 4th album released in 2000 by Infectious Grooves. The title, as written on the album, is "but drunk" in Spanish. However, it most likely is a misspell of "m?s borracho", meaning "more drunk" or "drunker"....
    - 2000

With Suicidal Tendencies
Suicidal Tendencies

Suicidal Tendencies is an American hardcore punk and Heavy metal music band. They were formed in Venice, Los Angeles, California, in 1981 by the leader and only permanent member, singer Mike Muir....

  • Controlled By Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu
    Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu

    Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...D?j? Vu is a compilation album by the United States Thrash metal/Crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies....
    - 1989 (credited as "Stymee")
  • Lights...Camera...Revolution!
    Lights...Camera...Revolution!

    Lights...Camera...Revolution! is the fourth full length music album by Suicidal Tendencies. It was released in 1990.This album shows the band straying further away from their roots as a hardcore punk band and beginning to solidify themselves more and more as a thrash metal band....
    - 1990
  • The Art of Rebellion - 1992
  • Still Cyco After All These Years
    Still Cyco After All These Years

    Still Cyco After All These Years is a 1993 re-recording of Suicidal Tendencies' debut album, Suicidal Tendencies but contains 3 additional tracks ....
    -1993
  • Suicidal for Life
    Suicidal for Life

    Suicidal for Life is an album by Suicidal Tendencies, which was released in 1994. It is their sixth proper studio release as Still Cyco After All These Years is a re-recording of the band's early material....
    - 1994
  • Prime Cuts - 1997

With Glenn Tipton
Glenn Tipton

Glenn Raymond Tipton is one of the guitarists for the British heavy metal music band Judas Priest. Prior to joining Judas Priest, he was in The Flying Hat Band....

  • Baptizm of Fire
    Baptizm Of Fire

    Baptizm of Fire is a solo album created by Judas Priest guitarist Glenn Tipton in 1997. It was recorded and mixed at Devonshire and Ocean Studios, U.S.A....
    - 1997


With Mass Mental

  • How to Write Love Songs - 1999
  • Live in Tokyo - 2001

With Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne

John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is a Grammy Award winning England singer-songwriter, whose career has now spanned four decades. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead vocalist of pioneering English heavy metal music band Black Sabbath, and eventually achieved a multi-RIAA certification solo career which revolutionized the heavy metal genre....

  • Down to Earth
    Down to Earth (Ozzy Osbourne album)

    Down to Earth the eighth album by Ozzy Osbourne, released on October 16, 2001 . Released as an Enhanced CD, it was the long awaited follow-up to his 1995 studio release Ozzmosis....
    - 2001
  • Blizzard of Ozz
    Blizzard of Ozz

    Blizzard of Ozz is a heavy metal music album by Ozzy Osbourne, recorded in Surrey, UK and released on September 20, 1980 in the United Kingdom and on January 15, 1981 in the United States....
    Reissue - 2002
  • Diary of a Madman
    Diary of a Madman (album)

    Diary of a Madman is an album by Ozzy Osbourne. It was recorded from the 9th of Feb to the 23 of March 1981 inclusively - the end of winter in the UK and recording ending just into spring equinox....
    Reissue - 2002
  • Live at Budokan
    Live at Budokan (Ozzy Osbourne album)

    Live at Budokan is a CD/DVD combination released by Heavy metal music singer Ozzy Osbourne on June 25, 2002. It was recorded at the Nippon Budokan Hall on February 15, 2002 in Tokyo, Japan....
     - 2002

With Metallica
Metallica

Metallica is an American heavy metal music band that formed in 1981 in Los Angeles. Founded when drummer Lars Ulrich posted an advertisement in a local newspaper, Metallica's line-up has primarily consisted of Ulrich, rhythm guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield, and lead guitarist Kirk Hammett, while going through a number of bassists....

  • St. Anger
    St. Anger

    'St. Anger' is the eighth studio album by American heavy metal music band Metallica. Released on June 5, 2003, this album marks the longest time span between studio albums from Metallica, with the nearly six years between the release of ReLoad and St....
     - 2003 (Bob Rock
    Bob Rock

    Robert Jens Rock, aka Bob Rock,, is a Canada musician, sound engineer, and record producer....
     played on the recordings, Trujillo played on DVD)
  • Death Magnetic
    Death Magnetic

    Death Magnetic is the ninth studio album by American Heavy metal music band Metallica, released on September 12, 2008 by Warner Bros. Records....
     - 2008


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