Robert Trujillo
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Robert Trujillo is an American bassist best known for his powerful, groove-driven playing style and long tenure as the bassist for the heavy metal band Metallica.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Robert Trujillo canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5783940 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Trujillo Context triple: [Metallica, currentMember, Robert Trujillo]
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A.
Frank Bello
Frank Bello is an American bassist best known for his long-standing role in the thrash metal band Anthrax.
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B.
Zack de la Rocha
Zack de la Rocha is an American musician, poet, and political activist best known as the fiery lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band Rage Against the Machine.
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C.
Mark Morton
Mark Morton was a prominent American industrialist and executive associated with the Morton Salt company and a notable member of the Morton family.
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D.
Benmont Tench
Benmont Tench is an American keyboardist and songwriter best known as a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and a prolific session musician for numerous rock and Americana artists.
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E.
Vernon Reid
Vernon Reid is an English-born American guitarist, songwriter, and bandleader best known as the founder and lead guitarist of the rock band Living Colour.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert Trujillo Target entity description: Robert Trujillo is an American bassist best known for his powerful, groove-driven playing style and long tenure as the bassist for the heavy metal band Metallica.
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A.
Frank Bello
Frank Bello is an American bassist best known for his long-standing role in the thrash metal band Anthrax.
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B.
Zack de la Rocha
Zack de la Rocha is an American musician, poet, and political activist best known as the fiery lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the rock band Rage Against the Machine.
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C.
Mark Morton
Mark Morton was a prominent American industrialist and executive associated with the Morton Salt company and a notable member of the Morton family.
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D.
Benmont Tench
Benmont Tench is an American keyboardist and songwriter best known as a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and a prolific session musician for numerous rock and Americana artists.
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E.
Vernon Reid
Vernon Reid is an English-born American guitarist, songwriter, and bandleader best known as the founder and lead guitarist of the rock band Living Colour.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bassist
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human ⓘ musician ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1980s ⓘ |
| child | Tye Trujillo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1964-10-23 ⓘ |
| employer | Metallica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Mexican American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Trujillo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Roberto Agustín Miguel Santiago Samuel Trujillo Veracruz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
alternative metal
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funk metal ⓘ heavy metal ⓘ thrash metal ⓘ |
| givenName | Roberto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hairStyle | long hair ⓘ |
| instrument | bass guitar ⓘ |
| knownFor |
long tenure as Metallica bassist
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powerful groove-driven bass playing ⓘ slap bass technique ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Black Label Society
NERFINISHED
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Infectious Grooves NERFINISHED ⓘ Jerry Cantrell band NERFINISHED ⓘ Mass Mental? NERFINISHED ⓘ Metallica NERFINISHED ⓘ Ozzy Osbourne band NERFINISHED ⓘ Suicidal Tendencies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature | often performs in a low crouched stance on stage ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Infectious Grooves album "The Plague That Makes Your Booty Move...It's the Infectious Grooves"
NERFINISHED
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Metallica album "72 Seasons" NERFINISHED ⓘ Metallica album "Death Magnetic" NERFINISHED ⓘ Metallica album "Hardwired... to Self-Destruct" NERFINISHED ⓘ Ozzy Osbourne album "Down to Earth" NERFINISHED ⓘ Suicidal Tendencies album "Lights...Camera...Revolution!" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
bassist
ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Metallica documentary "Some Kind of Monster" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Santa Monica, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInBand | bassist of Metallica ⓘ |
| recordLabel |
Elektra Records
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Warner Bros. Records ⓘ |
| residence | California, United States ⓘ |
| spouse | Chloé Trujillo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTimeInBand | 2003 ⓘ |
| usesAmplifierBrand | Ampeg NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usesInstrumentBrand |
Fender bass guitars
NERFINISHED
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Warwick bass guitars NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Robert Trujillo Description of subject: Robert Trujillo is an American bassist best known for his powerful, groove-driven playing style and long tenure as the bassist for the heavy metal band Metallica.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.