Throughout a latest look on “Transient however Spectacular,” Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo mirrored on rising up as a hopeful musician, with large desires and aspirations.
“All of us younger musicians in junior excessive and highschool aspired to be wealthy and well-known. We seemed as much as our tremendous heroes, which have been Ozzy Osbourne, and I keep in mind Rush was an enormous affect of mine, and Van Halen, and Led Zeppelin – everyone wished to be Led Zeppelin,” he stated.
Trujillo went on to confess that whereas did finally turn into a profitable musician, not each side of his desires got here true.
“So I wrote it in my yearbook [that I planned to become rich and famous like Led Zeppelin]. It was form of a joke, however right here I’m, not wealthy. And I don’t understand how well-known I’m, however I’m having a very good time, and I believe that’s what’s vital.”
Trujillo was beforehand a member of Suicidal Tendencies from 1989 to 1995 and Ozzy Osbourne’s band from 1996 to 2003. Upon becoming a member of Metallica in 2003, the bassist acquired a $1 million signing bonus.
In a 2024 interview with The Surfer’s Journal’s “Soundings” podcast, Trujillo addressed the huge payday, saying:
“It’s there, nevertheless it’s not there. Everyone says, ‘Wow, man.’ After taxes, it’s a little bit totally different than one million {dollars}… And I simply noticed it as, like, ‘I’ve received a variety of work forward of me. I’m not gonna fear about… I’m not gonna take into consideration the cash. I’m not gonna have fun what’s happening as a result of I’ve received work to do.’”