Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted stated Alex Van Halen lately approached him about taking part in a attainable Van Halen tour, with Joe Satriani taking the place of late guitar hero Eddie Van Halen.
In a brand new interview with The Palm Beach Post, Newsted stated he obtained an invite from the Van Halen drummer six months in the past. He agreed to fly out to California to jam with Van Halen and Satriani however thought it did not really feel proper and that he may by no means do justice to the band’s legacy.
“How may you?” Newsted stated. “There’s no person that may prime it, so how do you present it honor? I did not need it to be considered as a cash seize. After which it type of simply all fizzled.”
Van Halen performed their final live performance on the Hollywood Bowl on Oct. 4, 2015. The band fell right into a interval of inactivity as Eddie Van Halen sought most cancers remedy over the following a number of years and successfully ended when the guitarist died on Oct. 6, 2020.
Newsted didn’t say whether or not any singers had been thought of for this purported Van Halen tour. David Lee Roth, who most lately fronted the band, introduced his retirement in October 2021 and canceled his Las Vegas farewell exhibits in January.
Newsted is not any stranger to filling huge sneakers, having joined Metallica in 1986 following the dying of bassist Cliff Burton. He performed with the band till 2001, taking part in chart-topping albums equivalent to 1991’s Metallica (colloquially referred to as the Black Album), 1996’s Load and 1997’s Reload.
After leaving Metallica, Newsted launched into a yearlong tour with Ozzy Osbourne, pulling double responsibility with Osbourne and his former band, Voivod, on Ozzfest. He stated he’s additionally obtained presents from Aerosmith and Alice Cooper that each fell by.
Newsted now performs with the Chophouse Band, which he described as “Johnny Cash with lengthy, sharp tooth.” The band donates one hundred pc of its proceeds to arts and music charities for youths.
“I’ve already seen an entire bunch of actually, actually loopy stuff in a extremely hyper-exclusive membership, and I am unsure what’s going to prime it,” Newsted stated of his time in Metallica. “However so far as the notches within the belt and the shiny a part of the crown, I feel that is as shiny as they’re going to get.”
Van Halen Lineup Adjustments
Three completely different singers and two completely different bassists joined the Van Halen brothers through the years.
