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The Batlord · 06-08-2013, 09:15 AM

Dave Mustaine On Metallica

Then...

As any non-poseur knows, Dave Mustaine has had his issues with Metallica. For any poseurs, I will give a brief history lesson (as opposed to a bitch slap, which is what you deserve). In the early eighties ol' Dave was Metallica's lead guitarist before Kirk Hammett. He even went with Metallica from San Francisco all the fucking way to New York City. Then once he was there Metallica kicked him out of the band and sent him packing all the way back across the country to San Francisco, and Dave vowed revenge. But it was all good, at least for us, since he went on to form Megadeth. You can see just how big his grudge really is with the first song off of Megadeth's first album, "Last Rites/Loved to Death".

Quote:

Your bodies empty now
As I hold you
Now gone I miss you
But I told you
I remember bad times
More than good
There's no coming back
Even if we could
I loved you to deth
If I can't have you
Than no one will
And since I won't
I'll have to kill
My only love, something
I've never felt

Jeez Dave, why don't you tell 'em how you really feel?

...and Now

Recently Dave has made comments that seem to say that he's buried the hatchet and is over his grudge. Comments like this...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave Mustaine

I have already confessed what my part was in all the stuff with Metallica – both the things that had gone right, and the things that had gone wrong. We're friends now

But in a song off of The System Has Failed, recorded two decades after getting booted, he wrote...

Quote:

When you force me into doing what you love
Mark my words, no one loves you very much
And when you tried to change me and tried to replace me
I couldn't help but end just hating you
Being a fraud can only last so long
So what you sensed as a child returns
To choke out the voice, that told you money and fame
Would fill the cradle that you dug for yourself

Yeah, real subtle Dave. We can all see just how over it you are. If you've been nursing the same grudge for over three decades, then why don't you get up off your ass and do what we've all wanted to do for years.

Kill Metallica.

But perhaps these days things might actually be different. A few years ago Dave had this to say about a possible supergroup...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dave Mustaine

"I've talked to Lars and James about me and David [Ellefson, MEGADETH bassist] doing a supergroup record with Lars and James. Well, James said 'no,' but it's still kind of out there in the air. I'm gonna keep hammering on him. It's on my bucket list."

...but wait! James has different ideas...

Quote:

Originally Posted by James Hetfield

“I think especially with Dave, with all of his struggles,” says the frontman. “I see him healthier now. I see him as less of a bitter guy.

“But I do see a lot of stuff in the press with him talking about jamming with us and making an album. All this other crazy stuff.

“I read it and say to myself, ‘Hold on. This is the Dave that we kind of wanted to forget about. You know, the big mouth that wants to just go-go-go.’

“But there is an authenticity about him when he speaks. He doesn’t think too much before he does. He just goes off the cuff. Plus, when he says stuff like that it’s well-intended.”

Can you feel the love?