JASON NEWSTED

Instrument: Bass

Specialty: Making sure Metallica thumps harder than ever

Birthday: March 4, 1963

From: Battle Creek, Michigan

Vitals: 5'9" & 150 lbs (1.75 meters & 68.04 kilos); brown/red hair & blue eyes

Marital status: Divorced

Drives: 1967 Ford Mustang, LandCruiser

Sports teams: NBA: Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls; NFL: Detroit Lions, L.A. Raiders

Before Metallica: Flotsam and Jetsam

Pre-Metallica career: Burger-flipper, pizza-maker, and truck-driver

Likes: Mountain biking, shootin' hoops

Listens to: Kiss, Black Sabbath, Tom Waits, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Machine Head

First concert: Ted Nugent, 1975, South Bend, Indiana

Heroes: Gene Simmons, Al Pachino

Describes self as: Energetic, caring, goofy