I wanna Rock!

Tonight is the premier of Rockstar:Supernova, the Tommy Lee Project on CBS.
It should be called The Jason Newsted show as far as I'm concerned. Although I'd probably watch it no matter what band was involved, but seeing Jason twice a week all summer is going to be HEAVEN!!
I became a Jason fan when I became a Metallica fan. There was something about the dude. That under-dog quality given the fact that he had to replace the original bass player and just the way they showed how he interacted with the fans. (not to mention the hair flinging, head banging, bass playing and back-up singing)

After Jason left my interest in Metallica was dead. Let's face it, he was treated like shit by those guys from Day 1. He was the new kid who was never quite accepted and I know what that feels like. It sucks. He said he was leaving for health reasons...yeah, MENTAL health.

I did, however, watch the movie Some Kind of Monster. That was pretty enlightening. It wasn't a happy time in the Metallica camp after "Jasonic" left. Lars freaked out, James went to rehab and poor Kurt was probably confused as hell as to what the fuck was going on.
The best part of the movie was when Lars went to see Jason and his new band Echobrain at a live gig. Afterwards he muttered the immortal words "Jason is the future, Metallica is the past"
That's the smartest thing he's ever said!