Robert Trujillo (Spanish pronunciation: [roˈβerto tɾuˈxiʎo]) (born Roberto Agustín Trujillo on October 23, 1964) is an American bassist who is currently in Metallica, but has also played with Suicidal Tendencies, Infectious Grooves, Black Label Society, Jerry Cantrell, and Ozzy Osbourne's band.
Trujillo was born on October 23, 1964 and grew up in Culver City, California. His mother is from León, Guanajuato, México. Trujillo attended Culver City H...
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Robert Trujillo (Spanish pronunciation: [roˈβerto tɾuˈxiʎo]) (born Roberto Agustín Trujillo on October 23, 1964) is an American bassist who is currently in Metallica, but has also played with Suicidal Tendencies, Infectious Grooves, Black Label Society, Jerry Cantrell, and Ozzy Osbourne's band.
Trujillo was born on October 23, 1964 and grew up in Culver City, California. His mother is from León, Guanajuato, México. Trujillo attended Culver City High School.
He played in a few local bands before joining Suicidal Tendencies (in 1989) and fellow Culver City native, Rocky George, the guitarist for the band at the time. Trujillo replaced the band's second bassist Bob Heathcote. He is responsible for adding in funk influences to the band seen prominently on albums Lights...Camera...Revolution! and especially on The Art of Rebellion. He eventually turned bandmate Mike Muir on to funk music, and the two formed Infectious Grooves to play more funk-oriented music.
He was a member of Ozzy...
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