Billboard: Metallica Remembers Jon Zazula: ‘Heavy Music Lost One of Its Great Champions

Metallica has paid tribute to the late Megaforce Records co-founder Jon Zazula as the band’s father figure, and the captain of the heavy music ship.

Zazula died Tuesday (Feb. 1) at the age of 69, passing a year after his wife and label co-founder Marsha Zazula.

“Heavy music lost one of its great champions today when Jonny Z left this world far too soon,” reads a social post signed by the four band members.

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