Daniel Robert Epstein: Megadeth - Dave Mustaine

I *heart* Dave Mustaine. I always have...Now I will have to drive around Phoenix and hunt him down. It's only a two hour drive from here....hmmmm...

Totally unrelated, but Alice Cooper does the night show on a radion station in Phoenix. That's cool and fucked up all at once.

You know, he really comes off like a total prick in that interview. I love his music (except for World Needs a Hero) but really don't like him at all.

yeah baby! long live mustaine!!

too bad menza and friedman wouldn't go back. oh well...

on another note... WNAH is a pretty good album. sure it's not Rust in Peace but it's a lot better than Risk.

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Metallica "pussified" hmmm I'm not gonna go there... But to say Hell No!

On the Dave Mustaine he always comes across as a sore loser to me... HE fuct up and got kicked out of Metallica, HE fuct up his arm and nearly couldn't play again. HE always makes out its someone elses fault not HIS...

Check out "some kind of monster" to see Dave and Lars try to have a conversation... can anyone say whiney?

I've always liked ol' Dave (I've seen them 3 or 4 times live). He does sound a little sour grapey, but I always appreciate someone that isn't afraid of hurting someone's feelings (in the entertainment industry, anyway).

Plus, while I still think Countdown is their best CD (sorry Rust fans), the last one they did (World Needs a Hero?) has been growing on me more and more. And I've heard the single off this one (it's on their website) and it's pretty cool, too.

Go Deth!

Wow. Mustaine never fails to come off as a dick. That's not necessarily a bad thing - I respect people who have their opinions and don't back down. But between him and Lars it's no wonder I always liked Scott Ian more.

Man, it is always depressing to read an interview with one of your biggest heros from your youth and thinking "Man, what a washed up loser". He's always been a bit of an asshole, but this is just pathetic whining. Christ...it's been decades and he's still crying about being kicked out of Metallica? A large percentage of the models on this site weren't even born when that happened. He's also delusional if he thinks that Megadeth was all him...sorry, but MD45 reeked like my shit after loading up at Taco Bell and I suspect this new solo project that has Megadeth slapped on it won't be any better.

Everyone knows that Megadeth was Mustaine's brainchild. He not only wrote all the music and lyrics (there's only a handful that were written collectively as a band or with just Dave Ellefson), but either produced or co-produced all their albums...(although considering the majority of the songs sound a lot like Metallica, maybe "Hetfield and Ulrich" should be written beside Mustaine's name in the "All Songs written by" section of the album liner notes.)

But like Vanuslux said, it's sad when guys you looked up to go so far downhill. While I admire Mustaine for his music and honesty, I can't help but wonder why he doesn't just fade away into obscurity never to be heard from again like so many others who's time has passed them by.

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WOW, never realised so many people would have strong views on this interview. The "washed up" comments? nah i disagree. he's just old, old people do start to act like that!
I would be right beside him in the i hate lars club tho. the guy is a tool!!
Lets not be dissin the new album untill its released tho, u never know it could be amazing?
Or will it be like St. Anger (a pile of complete horse excretion)??
Fuck it im gunna go listen to a cover i have of hook in mouth by a hardcore band called exit wound! they make megadeth sound amazing!

Brainchild or not, I still don't buy that his bandmates had zero influence over his creative process. He might not give them any credit, but that doesn't mean they didn't have some influence on the music...especially Dave Ellefson who has been around a long time. Look at Metallica...Cliff Burton doesn't have hardly any songwriting credits in the albums he was on...but would you say his contribution to the band was negligable?

Oooo...hook in mouth is my favorite Megadeth song...I must find this cover...

Well I will be picking up the new Megadeth album today. I hoping it is good but I am not expectiong to much.

Out of all the Megadeth albums, risk was definetly the worst. The world needs a hero wasnt great but it was good.


As for megadeth sounding alot like metallica. Well all I can say is of course they do. Dave has his name credited in metallica albums all the way up to Ride the Lightning. That is 3 albums in to metallica. He had a pretty good hand in metallica's sound early on. Even as I say that you can hear right away which songs on metallica albums are written by dave and which are not. He does have a different style of writting and playing guitar.





If you cant tell the difference between metallica and megadeth then you arent really listening.

I honestly think if I met Dave Mustaine and found out he was a nice guy I'd be disappointed.

I totally agree! That's part of his appeal- no one does the "pissed off rocker" thing better than Dave. He's got asshole donw to an artform.

zoink-double post...

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Duuuude, he's almost as cocky as Ted Bundy. But he makes me laugh. I love Megadeth...I mean I love MUSTAINE. His stuff is always like about science and warfare, or military science, or politics or something. Awesome. And I didn't know he kicked James Hetfield's ASS. Was that on MTV's Celebrity Dethmatch?

People will forever be seperated into 2 distinct groups whether they like it or not: those who understand Dave Mustaine and Megadeth, and those who do not. For those who do not, there is plenty of other great music out there. Please enjoy accordingly.

dave mustaine: i love me, who do you love?

really, all i ever listen to anymore is Killing is my Business and Peace Sells... but that's enough to make me a Megadeth fan, still...

Mustaine's a prick, but that's how I expect him to be. always with the sneer...

Peace Sells!!! That was a seminal album of my youth. I still think it's one of the most rockin' records ever.

Gotta respect someone who is so stubborn they refuse to pass the torch and exit quietly into the night. That doesn't neccesarily mean you have to tolerate them. Until next time...

Typical Dave... I wonder what Ellefson thinks of him...

He's touring with Nick Menza, Glen Drover and one of the guys from Iced Earth this time out. Should be...interesting.

I love Mustaine in interviews, always drops memorable quotes. His unfaltering no remorse attitude is admirable. Honest metal, no bullshit self-righteous "the other people made me do it" whining.

I didn't know about Dave Mustaine and Alice Cooper. Makes sense. Hmm... *dreams of collaboration*

Awesome interview, good work!