Initially billed as 'Stymee' on the 1989 album Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit.Déjà Vu, Trujillo remained in the band until the mid-1990s. Trujillo gained prominence when he replaced Bob Heathcote as the bassist for California crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies. Trujillo performing in the O2 Arena in London, 2008 He went to jazz school when he was 19 with the intention of becoming a studio musician, but he maintained his passion for rock and metal.

And his whole attitude was punk.' He began playing in 'a lot of backyard party bands', playing music by Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Rush, and Led Zeppelin. But Jaco had an edge that far exceeded his jazz persona. Trujillo stated that ' Jaco was my hero growing up', and that the iconic jazz bassist changed his view of what the instrument could play: 'Hearing him was like hearing Eddie Van Halen doing ' Eruption' for the first time: You thought, 'What instrument is that?' I loved jazz fusion and branched out from there. Trujillo gained an interest in music during his childhood his mother was a huge fan of soul music, particularly musicians like Marvin Gaye, James Brown, and Sly and the Family Stone. He grew up in Culver City, California, where his father was a teacher at Culver City High School. He is of Mexican and Native American descent. Robert Trujillo was born in Santa Monica, California, on October 23, 1964. He was inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Metallica in 2009. Trujillo joined Metallica in 2003 and is the band's longest-serving bassist. After leaving Suicidal Tendencies, he performed with Ozzy Osbourne, Jerry Cantrell, and heavy metal band Black Label Society.

He first rose to prominence as the bassist of crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies from 1989 to 1995, while also collaborating with Suicidal Tendencies frontman Mike Muir for funk metal supergroup Infectious Grooves. Roberto Agustín Miguel Santiago Samuel Trujillo Veracruz ( / t r uː ˈ h iː j oʊ/ born October 23, 1964) is an American musician who is the bassist for heavy metal band Metallica.

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