Former <a href="https://loudwire.com/tags/metallica/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Metallica</a> bassist <a href="https://loudwire.com/tags/jason-newsted" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Jason Newsted</a> revealed the real reason he <a href="https://loudwire.com/jason-newsted-out-of-metallica-anniversary/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">left the band</a> in 2001 — and it wasn't a conflict of interest with his other band at the time, Echobrain.

Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted revealed the real reason he left the band in 2001 — and it wasn't a conflict of interest with his other band at the time, Echobrain.

Former&nbsp;<a href="https://loudwire.com/tags/metallica/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Metallica</a>&nbsp;bassist&nbsp;<a href="https://loudwire.com/tags/jason-newsted" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jason Newsted</a>&nbsp;revealed the real reason he&nbsp;<a href="https://loudwire.com/jason-newsted-out-of-metallica-anniversary/" rel="noopener noreferrer">left the band</a>&nbsp;in 2001 — and it&nbsp;wasn't&nbsp;a conflict of interest with his other band at the time, Echobrain.

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