And in case anyone is wondering: there’s f***ing money in that. Mustaine didn't beat around the bush regarding the demand to see Metallica and Megadeth teaming up on tour: 'The fact is simple: the world wants to see Megadeth and Metallica play together. So how do I view my influence on Metallica? It’s pretty f***ing deep.' And most of what I said on stage was things James would then copy after I left. You can hear it on the tapes from the shows we did in San Francisco at the Waldorf and the Stone I did all the talking. That’s how it was until I left James only started talking to the audience after I left he had no choice.

So, I - the guy who can’t play guitar - went up to the mic and started talking. Get up there and f***ing talk,' but James didn’t do it he stayed in the background, and he’s the f***ing singer. Mustaine went on to remember, 'Early on, James was terrified to talk to the crowd, and I would look at him and say, 'Talk, man. So who was it that couldn’t play guitar?' The only reason James (Hetfield) even played guitar early on was that we couldn’t find anyone else. So, for a guy who 'couldn’t play guitar,' I sure did f***ing influence things. Mustaine dredged up some of his old issues from his time in Metallica - a period in which he feels his contributions have been completely overlooked, recalling, 'In the early days, I was the only guitar player in the band and wrote some of the songs that ended up on their earlier records. We decided we wouldn’t change to fit the trend and would tough it out.' So, as these metal stations went the way of the great white buffalo, we had to decide, 'Are we going to be alternative? Are we going to change like every other band?’ Metallica cut their hair off, put makeup on and all that stuff, and I got little haircuts during that time, but I never chopped it off.

Dave Mustaine was an early member of Metallica in 1982 and early-'83 - but did not play on any albums by the band before he was fired.ĭuring a new chat with Guitar World, Dave Mustaine spoke about how Megadeth had to change with the turning tides of rock during the early-'90s - and couldn't help taking a swipe at his former bandmates: 'We made some minor changes at the behest of the record label, but that was as far as it went. Megadeth's Dave Mustaine still has more than a few issues with his former bandmates in Metallica - yet, despite that, he still wants the bands to play together.

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