Jason Newstedhas given an update on his long-awaited memoir.
The former Metallica bassist has several book ideas up his sleeve, but his priority right now is a memoir that he has been working on for half a decade.
"I have a few lined up, but I have to do my memoir first as far as release. I have my poetry and lyric book done. I have the one that I did all the drawings," he explained during a new interview with Spin. "But I have to do my memoir and get the ball rolling. I've actually been working on it for about five years,"
The six-time Grammy Award-winner said that he has 130 pages already written for his memoir, varying in length.
"Some are one page and some are five pages. It's that kind of a read," he continued. More internal things and photos and fun vibe told a page at a time,"
Newsted said that he won't be telling any stories that have been "told a whole bunch of times". Instead, he plans for the book to feature more exclusive tales and personal details. In May 2026, the musician revealed that he had undergone surgery for throat cancer a year prior and is now cancer-free.
"I'll do my view on a couple things that people might not have known about a certain famous gig or a certain famous event or award show or something, but I don't go over and over all the shit that everybody's already told," he said. "A lot of more inside personal things and stuff. No mudslinging or that shit. None of that stupid drug story stuff or anything other than factual things about painkiller addiction."
Newsted performing on stage with the Chophouse Band during The Art of Rawk Private Unveiling at Sagamore Hotel on December 5, 2018.(Photo by Jason Koerner/Getty Images)
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member previously revealed that he was offered a book deal in 2014, but he felt that it wasn't the right time. They wanted to send him money for an advance, and he began thinking about co-writers to enlist.
"It just didn't work out, though. I realized I didn't want to do it right now. Maybe someday," he told For Bass Players Online at the time. "I'm hoping I can build some more stories with this and then write [the book] some time along the way when I settle down."
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