“I went out in the crowd of 40,000 people to try and beat somebody up”: Robert Trujillo compares supporting Metallica and Guns ’N’ Roses in the ’90s

Robert Trujillo in 2023, next to pictures of James Hetfield and Axl Rose in 1992.

Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo has said it was “way funner” supporting the band in the 1990s than it was playing with Guns ’N’ Roses.

Truillo, who joined Metallica in 2003, toured with the two heavyweight hard rock bands in prior outfit Suicidal Tendencies in 1993.