Ex-METALLICA Bassist JASON NEWSTED Performs BLACK SABBATH’s ‘Children Of The Grave’ With BLACKBERRY SMOKE
Written by megarock on November 16, 2025
Former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted joined BLACKBERRY SMOKE on stage last night (Thursday, November 13) at the State Theatre in Ithaca, New York to perform a cover of the BLACK SABBATH classic “Children Of The Grave”. Fan-filmed video of his appearance can be seen below.
BLACKBERRY SMOKE first covered “Children Of The Grave” earlier this year as a tribute to late SABBATH singer Ozzy Osbourne.
In March 2003, Newsted — who played in METALLICA from 1986 until he left the band in 2001 — joined Osbourne‘s group as the replacement for Robert Trujillo, who quit a month earlier to join METALLICA.
Newsted was officially welcomed to Ozzy‘s band with a press event at 3rd Encore Studios in North Hollywood, where Ozzy and the rest of his group ran through BLACK SABBATH‘s “War Pigs”, and three Osbourne classics: “Believer”, “No More Tears” and “Crazy Train”.
