bassist has said it was “way funner” supporting the band in the 1990s than it was playing with . Truillo, who joined Metallica in 2003, toured with the two heavyweight hard rock bands in prior outfit Suicidal Tendencies in 1993. Reflecting on the experience at a recent Q&A, the bassist says (via ), “So, basically 1993, 1994, Suicidal Tendencies supported Metallica.
“We came through Europe with Metallica and we also did the States. And that was my first introduction to massive production.” He continued: “And the interesting thing is, in ’93 in Europe, we were actually going sort of back and forth between Metallica and Guns ’N’ Roses.
“So we would do two weeks with Metallica, and then we’d do two weeks with Guns ’N’ Roses. “And what I found was that our two weeks with Metallica were – no disrespect to Guns ’N’ Roses – but man, way better, way funner, better for us, better crowd.” Sign up below to get the latest from Metal Hammer, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox! After calling the Guns ’N’ Roses gigs “varied”, Trujillo reveals that he and Suicidal Tendencies vocalist Mike Muir once leapt into a crowd to fight somebody who threw a sandwich at them.
“I remember one show, somebody threw a sandwich,” he recalls. “And it hit me, and I got really mad, and then Mike and I went out in the crowd of 40,000 people to try and beat somebody up that we couldn’t find. “But all of a sudden, we were signing autographs, a.
