page_title: Jason Newsted
section_title: Newsted
hierarchical_section_title: Jason Newsted / Career / Newsted
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Jason Newsted, Newsted, Hellfest 2013, Fr-44-Clisson.
context_page_description: Jason Curtis Newsted is an American heavy metal musician, known for being the bassist of American heavy metal band Metallica from October 1986 until January 2001.
  Before Metallica, he was a member of Flotsam and Jetsam. After Metallica, he has been involved with Echobrain, Ozzy Osbourne, Voivod, and led the band Newsted from 2012 to 2014. With Voivod, he used the pseudonym Jasonic, which is also the name of his music publishing company. He is also the founder of the Chophouse Records studio and label based in California.
context_section_description: In December 2012, Newsted announced that he had formed his own band called Newsted with drummer Jesus Mendez Jr. and guitarist Jessie Farnsworth, with Staind guitarist Mike Mushok joining later in March 2013. The band released a four-song EP, titled Metal, on January 8, 2013. Newsted released its debut album entitled Heavy Metal Music on August 6, 2013. In September 2014, the band appeared inactive as its website contained only a brief message that as of September 15, 2014, Jason Newsted was no longer on any social networking sites. As of 2018, the Newsted official website has been deactivated.
  He ceased touring with Newsted due to other musical interests as well as the band being unprofitable. He says "It cost me an awful lot of money – hundreds of thousands of dollars to take the Newsted band around to the 22 countries we played."
caption: Jason Newsted playing live with his band Newsted in 2013
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