“I love vinyl. Because of the time that I came from, the generation that I am from, I love vinyl.”
“That’s what I knew, and of course it’s a tangible product. Fingerprints all over the posters and the records and the sleeve and everything, it’s what is supposed to happen. So, that’s what’s right for me, and I’m proud that still to this day, we can be a part of releasing some vinyl with all the other kinds of choices and modes, all that different crap.
I think it’s a very cool thing…I’m just happy that it still exists.”
That’s from our chat this morning with Jason Newsted, whose slammin new band Newsted releases their debut LP Heavy Metal Music today, 8/6. It is a riff heavy monster of a release—on store shelves this very moment—and we have a copy of the vinyl LP to award to one of you metal heads.
The new album is called Heavy Metal Music. Is there anything specific that prompted you to use such a simple, direct title?
Global outlook. From the beginning, I joined Metallica when I was 23 years old, and from that moment I was taught about looking at a worldwide view. You know, Metallica was worldwide before there was an internet or any of that kind of crap.
Early on, Metallica was bigger across the world than they ever were in the States, and that’s the way I was taught. It was instilled in me to look at it that way. I’ve played in 50 or 52 countries now so far, and in my career, no matter what language you speak, heavy metal music is heavy metal music, and Newsted is Newsted, and I want to make sure that’s very clear to everyone, what they’re gonna get when they lay down their money for this music.
That’s an interesting way to look at it.
I’ve played a number of styles in my career, you know, in Echobrain, Govt. Mule, Sepultura, DJ Shadow, and all different kinds of things. I just want to make sure everybody’s real clear on what’s happening this time.
Newsted’s Heavy Metal Music is an undeniable return to full-throttle form. Enter to win our copy of the LP by telling us in the comments below what band or LP says “heavy metal music” to you. The most metal response from an entrant with a North American mailing address will find the slab of vinyl in his or her mailbox.
We’ll choose one winner with a North American mailing address a week from today, 8/13!
