Jason Curtis Newsted (born March 4, 1963) is an American metal musician, known for being the third bass guitarist with the band Metallica from October 1986 until his sudden departure in January 2001.\n', '

Before Metallica, he was a member of Flotsam and Jetsam. After Metallica, 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. Newsted lives in Walnut Creek, California.\n', '

Jason Curtis Newsted was born in Battle Creek, Michigan. He has two older brothers and a younger sister.\n', 'He grew up on a farm and at the age of six was given the responsibility of looking after animals. He was tasked with looking after hundreds of chickens and rabbits. He told author Paul Stenning, "It\'s where I learned about life - seeing a baby cow born right in front of your eyes when you\'re eight years old is pretty intense…I was from a very strong family and I was raised to be a strong, pure Americana farm boy."\n', '

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