why did jason newsted leave metallica
In the film Some Kind of Monster, Newsted claimed that he left Metallica because of James Hetfield's controlling desire to keep everyone in Metallica and out of side projects (specifically Echobrain, which Newsted desired to release an album and tour with).o you mean why did jason newstead leave metallica? He said it was a hard decision it was most likley because of the control lars had over the band. I know he didn't like the way lars handled things. He was playing his own stuff then Sharon asked him to play at Ozzfest with Ozzy Ozzbourne.