Jason Newsted has discussed the unique energy he brought to Metallica when it came to their famously electric live shows during his stint as the band's bassist in the late 80s and through the 90s. Speaking to official Metallica podcast The Metallica Report, Newsted - who joined the band in 1986 following the devastating death of Cliff Burton - explains that when it came to putting on a show, he refused to do things half-heartedly.
"My forte, my strength in Metallica in my time, was the live show," he says. "That is all that mattered to me, everything else came second. So whatever I could do to go all the way and leave every fucking ounce on the stage, that was part of the programme for that particular stage set. Any time that I had to do anything extra, that's what I could give, that's where I felt the most confident, that's where I got the most pats on the back from the guys, is when I was doing my live thing, sweating my nuts off, background vocals, spinning fucking windmills. All that shit.
