{"id":860143,"date":"2026-09-25T12:16:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T12:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/860143\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T12:16:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T12:16:14","slug":"jamey-jasta-reveals-advice-from-metallicas-james-hetfield-that-helped-him-quit-drinking-you-just-have-to-know-that-you-can-do-a-show-sober","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/860143\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamey Jasta reveals advice from Metallica\u2019s James Hetfield that helped him quit drinking: \u201cyou just have to know that you can do a show sober\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hatebreed<\/a> singer Jamey Jasta has opened up about the conversation with Metallica<\/a>\u2019s James Hetfield which encouraged him to quit drinking.<\/p>\n

The hardcore frontman, 49, gave up alcohol in 2008, shortly before meeting Hetfield backstage at an MTV event. Talking exclusively to Metal Hammer, he reveals that the heavy metal<\/a> singer\/guitarist, who went to rehab for alcoholism and other addictions in 2001, urged him to take his sobriety one show at a time. The advice made getting clean feel like less of an \u201cimpossibility\u201d.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI already owed Metallica a huge debt of gratitude, because they played [Hatebreed\u2019s] Perseverance music video when they hosted [MTV programme] Headbanger\u2019s Ball,\u201d Jasta remembers. \u201cSo, when I became host, I told them I was trying to be sober at the time, and he said, \u2018You just got to get through the first show.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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He continues: \u201cYou just have to know that you can do a show sober. Once you do, once you get a couple under your belt, it gets better as you go, because it feels like such an impossibility. That\u2019s just great life advice for anything: whatever you think is impossible, on the other side of doing it is the best feeling, because you had told yourself, \u2018Oh, there\u2019s no fucking way.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Jasta first revealed that Hetfield had helped him on his journey to sobriety in 2019, when Hetfield re-entered rehab due to further addiction issues. Jasta wrote on social media at the time: \u201cMeeting James at MTV and speaking with him about my drinking problem was very eye-opening, because this is a guy who is in one of the biggest bands in the world, with so much pressure on him and so much weight to carry, and he really made me think: if he could quit, so could I.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jasta has been part of Hatebreed since their 1994 founding and is the band\u2019s sole constant member. They\u2019re one of the best-selling hardcore acts in the world, having shipped more than 1.5 million records in North America. Their single Live For This was nominated for Best Metal Performance at the 47th Grammy Awards in 2005, but lost to Mot\u00f6rhead<\/a> and their cover of Metallica\u2019s song Whiplash.<\/p>\n

Hatebreed will release their new album, Fatal Paradox, via BLKIIBLK on November 6. It will be their first album without founding bassist Chris Beattie, who was dismissed in 2024 and filed a lawsuit against his ex-bandmates in July 2025 alleging unpaid profits. The band\u2019s attempt to dismiss the suit was shot down in May.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Metallica are currently preparing for a residency at Las Vegas multimedia venue The Sphere, which kicks off on October 1 and concludes on March 13. After that, the metal giants will continue their M72 world tour across North America from May to June. Limp Bizkit and Avatar will support. Get tickets via Metallica\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hatebreed singer Jamey Jasta has opened up about the conversation with Metallica\u2019s James Hetfield which encouraged him to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":860144,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,216],"class_list":["post-860143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=860143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/860143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/860144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=860143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=860143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=860143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}