I thought that was pretty cool as a kid (laughs).
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And this record on the shirt, ‘Hotter than Hell,’ on the back cover had a girl with a boob sticking out. KISS was one of the bands from the very beginning that affected me.
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You’re wearing a KISS t-shirt today (see pic below). This idea that nothing is as it appears to be. When it comes to things going on in the world, I also sit back as a 52-year-old man and just think, what’s next? I read something a little while ago that said pretty soon we’re going to find out that all the people we think are really bad are really good and all the people we think are really good are really bad. And I think metal sets some pretty good examples. Metal is just like a soundtrack to an ideology. But when somebody shoots their mouth off, present company included, you don’t see hatred. Within our community, the metal community, it’s a good situation. It all goes back to how communities get along. If you treat people the way you want to be treated, I think things will sort themselves out. Any opinion regarding the recent headlines in the Mideast? It’s about how connected you - not how good you are We are living in a period of the have and have-nots. Thanks to the shock and outrage, there are many great musicians that will never see the light of day. It’s a shame that sometimes music becomes about the guy with three tits or whatever. You see people sometimes where their whole shtick is about outrage and having to cut themselves and do whatever they can to appear as shocking as possible. If you’re just playing up the outrage for the sake of outrage, then you’re being predictably unpredictable – which is not unpredictable at all. I hear from people like that and start to realize how affective music can be in dealing with things, no matter what you intended with a song. And a classical violinist in Chicago, too - she was hit by a train and the song spoke to her. ‘Train of Consequences’ has nothing to do with trains per se, yet a man hit by a train that lost his legs told me that the song was cathartic for him.
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Even when people misinterpret your songs it’s okay. ‘Family Tree’ was a very controversial song at the time but I think if you do things in good taste then you can really help the situation. We’ve talked about all kinds of stuff over the years that people are afraid to talk about and so I think people appreciate the openness. You’ve never seemed to have any real issue with addressing serious topics. People can say, “We don’t want to hear this kind of s–t,” but to me, this s–t is important. And then beyond that, like I said, I just did what any good artist does. It also made me really appreciate our fans because without them I would not be able to take care of things the way I am. And I think that when I saw how upset our family became and yet how we are able to provide the resources for her, it made me think about all the families going through this that don’t have the resources to take care of a loved one. Until it happens to you, you really have no idea. Is that your first firsthand experience with the disease?
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We had just found out my mother-in-law had Alzheimer’s disease and that really affected lot of record watching her progressive decline. On the last record, there was some stuff that was really difficult for me. If you keep making the same record over and over again you are not really sharing your life with anybody, you’re just repeating the same chapter. That’s the beauty of art, it’s in the eye of the beholder. Check out our Q&A with Dave Mustaine below:ĭave, what do you think of the reaction to the latest Megadeth album, ‘Super Collider’?Ī lot of people liked it and a lot of people didn’t like it. He also discusses his love of KISS, how faith helps guide him and more. Here, Mustaine talks about the reaction to the band’s most recent album ‘Super Collider’ and how his mother-in-law’s battle with Alzheimer’s disease has affected his family. tour dates and releasing a new live CD/DVD (available here). The fall is shaping up to be a busy one for Megadeth, with the band just announcing new U.S. Backstage at Aftershock, Loudwire had the pleasure of sitting down with Megadeth’s main man Dave Mustaine for an intriguing conversation. At the recent Aftershock Festival in Sacramento, Calif., Megadeth brought their thunder the day after slaying a San Bernardino crowd on a bill with Iron Maiden and Anthrax.