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All rights reserved. https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=925 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 04:02:01 -0400 Sun, 18 Jan 2026 18:13:11 -0500 60 Ultimate-Guitar.Com https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/static/_img/logo_trans.png https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/modules/rss/news.xml.php?artist=925 144 44 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/chris-poland-on-dave-mustaine-and-megadeth-fallout-he-says-stuff-without-thinking-and-regrets-it https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/chris-poland-on-dave-mustaine-and-megadeth-fallout-he-says-stuff-without-thinking-and-regrets-it Music News: "Everybody has this preconceived notion about how I feel about Megadeth and whether me and Dave hate each other."]]> Wed, 03 Jun 2026 04:02:01 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/chris-poland-on-rejecting-mustaines-rust-in-peace-offer-my-handful-of-fans-didnt-even-listen-to-megadeth-so-it-didnt-matter https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/chris-poland-on-rejecting-mustaines-rust-in-peace-offer-my-handful-of-fans-didnt-even-listen-to-megadeth-so-it-didnt-matter Music News: "My career was playing instrumental whacked out fusion."]]> Wed, 27 May 2026 13:28:12 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/i-was-composing-riffs-with-nick-from-beyond-the-grave-jeff-young-used-nick-menzas-unreleased-drum-loops-to-write-a-new-kings-of-thrash-song https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/i-was-composing-riffs-with-nick-from-beyond-the-grave-jeff-young-used-nick-menzas-unreleased-drum-loops-to-write-a-new-kings-of-thrash-song Music News: "There was one beat that I really resonated with, which became the basis of 'Bullets Ready.'"]]> Tue, 19 May 2026 12:44:29 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/kiko-loureiro-says-megadeth-is-more-progressive-than-other-thrash-bands-but-if-its-not-what-megadeth-needs-its-not-even-considered https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/kiko-loureiro-says-megadeth-is-more-progressive-than-other-thrash-bands-but-if-its-not-what-megadeth-needs-its-not-even-considered Music News: "Dave has a little bit of that, and then the other players from the band, like Marty Friedman or Chris Poland, have some jazz elements there."]]> Mon, 18 May 2026 07:02:02 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/chris-poland-recalls-managers-warning-on-returning-to-megadeth-youll-be-dead-in-a-year https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/chris-poland-recalls-managers-warning-on-returning-to-megadeth-youll-be-dead-in-a-year Music News: "You hang around a barbershop long enough, you're going to get a haircut."]]> Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:44:36 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/ex-megadeths-ellefson-hid-his-love-for-master-of-puppets-from-mustaine-id-change-the-channel-when-he-got-in-the-car https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/ex-megadeths-ellefson-hid-his-love-for-master-of-puppets-from-mustaine-id-change-the-channel-when-he-got-in-the-car Music News: "I studied that record and what they were doing: 'Fuck man, we need to do that. How do we do it?'"]]> Wed, 01 Apr 2026 19:35:45 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/this-band-megadeth-is-going-to-be-your-support-act-exciter-guitarist-remembers-taking-mustaine-and-co-on-one-of-their-earliest-tours https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/this-band-megadeth-is-going-to-be-your-support-act-exciter-guitarist-remembers-taking-mustaine-and-co-on-one-of-their-earliest-tours Music News: "Dave Mustaine, he's a he's a go-getter, he knows what he wants."]]> Mon, 23 Mar 2026 19:04:12 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/dave-mustaine-has-special-ways-of-fingering-things-teemu-mntysaari-on-the-three-core-tenets-of-megadeth-guitar-parts https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/dave-mustaine-has-special-ways-of-fingering-things-teemu-mntysaari-on-the-three-core-tenets-of-megadeth-guitar-parts Music News: "That took me a while to kind of understand what he meant, and I think, after a while, I got what it was."]]> Thu, 19 Mar 2026 02:00:17 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/steve-di-giorgio-explains-why-he-turned-down-megadeth-twice-addresses-mustaines-dictator-reputation-it-was-totally-not-like-that https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/steve-di-giorgio-explains-why-he-turned-down-megadeth-twice-addresses-mustaines-dictator-reputation-it-was-totally-not-like-that Music News: "Megadeth is Megadeth, man. That's Dave's world."]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 02:53:31 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/david-ellefson-fires-back-at-mustaines-behavior-claim-denies-blocking-megadeth-reunion https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/david-ellefson-fires-back-at-mustaines-behavior-claim-denies-blocking-megadeth-reunion Music News: "It's fucked up about how I was handled being discarded."]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 03:47:54 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/james-lomenzo-explains-how-modern-tech-actually-made-recreating-megadeths-classic-sound-harder-it-was-a-real-trick https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/james-lomenzo-explains-how-modern-tech-actually-made-recreating-megadeths-classic-sound-harder-it-was-a-real-trick Music News: "Now you have to go a longer way around to get that kind of sound."]]> Sun, 08 Mar 2026 04:02:03 -0400 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/megadeth-wont-rule-out-new-music-after-farewell-album-james-lomenzo-says-thats-entirely-possible https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/megadeth-wont-rule-out-new-music-after-farewell-album-james-lomenzo-says-thats-entirely-possible Music News: "There's no real rule to, like, stopping the machine."]]> Tue, 03 Mar 2026 17:06:37 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/dave-mustaine-on-how-metallica-trying-to-hold-him-back-affected-megadeth-where-would-i-be https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/dave-mustaine-on-how-metallica-trying-to-hold-him-back-affected-megadeth-where-would-i-be Music News: "Where would I be right now if I didn’t have one of the biggest bands in the world spending their time trying to hold me back?"]]> Sun, 01 Mar 2026 04:02:04 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/dave-mustaine-responds-to-megadeth-retirement-doubters-that-kind-of-thinking-doesnt-even-cross-my-fu--ing-mind https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/dave-mustaine-responds-to-megadeth-retirement-doubters-that-kind-of-thinking-doesnt-even-cross-my-fu--ing-mind Music News: "Oddly enough, a lot of people have brought up a whole bunch of other bands that said they were going to retire, and their retirement tour carried on and on."]]> Fri, 27 Feb 2026 03:19:52 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/megadeth-bassist-james-lomenzo-on-david-ellefson-im-sorry-hes-not-here https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/megadeth-bassist-james-lomenzo-on-david-ellefson-im-sorry-hes-not-here Music News: "When Dave and Dave had reconciled, I thought that was great."]]> Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:47:45 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/dave-mustaine-on-original-dark-subject-of-the-last-note-explains-how-he-turned-it-into-his-farewell-song https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/dave-mustaine-on-original-dark-subject-of-the-last-note-explains-how-he-turned-it-into-his-farewell-song Music News: "I went, 'Oh, fuck. I guess that's a little too heavy, huh?'"]]> Mon, 23 Feb 2026 04:57:09 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/james-lomenzo-on-cliff-burtons-way-too-distorted-and-a-little-looser-bass-style--and-why-it-didnt-fit-megadeths-version https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/james-lomenzo-on-cliff-burtons-way-too-distorted-and-a-little-looser-bass-style--and-why-it-didnt-fit-megadeths-version Music News: "He was such a visceral player."]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:18:04 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/james-lomenzo-on-undercurrent-tension-between-megadeth-and-metallica-and-mustaines-decision-to-cover-ride-the-lightning-it-made-sense-to-me https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/james-lomenzo-on-undercurrent-tension-between-megadeth-and-metallica-and-mustaines-decision-to-cover-ride-the-lightning-it-made-sense-to-me Music News: "I always thought Dave won in a way, because he's built this giant thing all by himself. And it made a lot of sense to me logically."]]> Sun, 22 Feb 2026 08:02:02 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/dave-mustaine-on-why-megadeth-riffs-are-like-a-chinese-finger-puzzle-sometimes-they-border-on-being-difficult-to-the-point-where-its-not-worth-the-complexity-for-the-music https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/dave-mustaine-on-why-megadeth-riffs-are-like-a-chinese-finger-puzzle-sometimes-they-border-on-being-difficult-to-the-point-where-its-not-worth-the-complexity-for-the-music Music News: "Some of the riffs are a little difficult."]]> Thu, 19 Feb 2026 02:25:06 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/im-not-david-ellefson-james-lomenzo-reveals-how-he-went-about-replacing-megadeths-original-bassist https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/im-not-david-ellefson-james-lomenzo-reveals-how-he-went-about-replacing-megadeths-original-bassist Music News: "It took me a bit to really kind of chug along and get the real vibe of what people are really used to."]]> Mon, 16 Feb 2026 18:59:24 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/david-ellefson-on-his-rift-with-dave-mustaine-and-unfair-exclusion-from-megadeth-theres-a-lot-of-people-with-influences-and-that-can-be-sticky https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/david-ellefson-on-his-rift-with-dave-mustaine-and-unfair-exclusion-from-megadeth-theres-a-lot-of-people-with-influences-and-that-can-be-sticky Music News: "My hope is that the voice of the fans gets louder than any other voice that would tear it apart."]]> Fri, 13 Feb 2026 08:48:12 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/retrospective/if-they-really-are-that-nitpicky-i-must-have-really-fu--ed-up-why-marty-friedman-thought-he-fumbled-his-megadeth-audition-and-what-surprised-him-about-dave-mustaine https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/retrospective/if-they-really-are-that-nitpicky-i-must-have-really-fu--ed-up-why-marty-friedman-thought-he-fumbled-his-megadeth-audition-and-what-surprised-him-about-dave-mustaine Retrospective: "Learned all this stuff, and I go in there, and first of all, I'm playing all the wrong parts."]]> Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:02:03 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/david-ellefson-says-final-megadeth-album-doesnt-sound-like-megadeth-addresses-mustaines-gripes-about-ride-the-lightning--and-now-hes-here-playing-kirks-solos https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/david-ellefson-says-final-megadeth-album-doesnt-sound-like-megadeth-addresses-mustaines-gripes-about-ride-the-lightning--and-now-hes-here-playing-kirks-solos Music News: "The funny thing, [Dave] was mad at Kirk Hammett for playing [Mustaine's] solos [on Metallica's debut album 'Kill 'Em All'], and now here's Dave playing Kirk's solos."]]> Tue, 03 Feb 2026 02:02:03 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/retrospective/like-oil-and-water-marty-friedman-believed-his-and-dave-mustaines-playing-styles-were-incongruous--heres-why-they-worked-on-countdown-to-extinction https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/retrospective/like-oil-and-water-marty-friedman-believed-his-and-dave-mustaines-playing-styles-were-incongruous--heres-why-they-worked-on-countdown-to-extinction Retrospective: "You know, we play so different anyway. They're kind of oil and water."]]> Fri, 30 Jan 2026 05:03:07 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/he-took-offence-at-that-dave-mustaine-goes-on-record-about-argument-with-james-hetfield-over-metallica-songwriting-credits-from-their-last-conversation https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/he-took-offence-at-that-dave-mustaine-goes-on-record-about-argument-with-james-hetfield-over-metallica-songwriting-credits-from-their-last-conversation Music News: "James and Lars figured out that they were going to give Lars some percentage of the songs he didn't write anything on."]]> Thu, 29 Jan 2026 01:49:15 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/i-didnt-know-how-to-deal-with-someone-i-really-respect-dave-mustaine-opens-up-on-megadeths-complicated-split-with-marty-friedman-and-how-grunge-affected-metal https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/i-didnt-know-how-to-deal-with-someone-i-really-respect-dave-mustaine-opens-up-on-megadeths-complicated-split-with-marty-friedman-and-how-grunge-affected-metal Music News: "I don't even know if Marty knows why we were brought together and why we were taken apart."]]> Wed, 28 Jan 2026 01:59:11 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/david-ellefson-says-he-wasnt-fairly-treated-in-megadeth-firing-reveals-what-it-would-take-for-him-to-come-back https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/david-ellefson-says-he-wasnt-fairly-treated-in-megadeth-firing-reveals-what-it-would-take-for-him-to-come-back Music News: "Dave personally signed a public statement that was horribly defamatory toward me."]]> Fri, 23 Jan 2026 19:11:47 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/weather-report-meets-the-sex-pistols-the-hidden-jazz-influence-behind-one-of-metals-greatest-bands-184670 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/weather-report-meets-the-sex-pistols-the-hidden-jazz-influence-behind-one-of-metals-greatest-bands-184670 Features: "I love the musical virtuosity of what we did, but also the punk rock spirit."]]> Thu, 22 Jan 2026 20:04:31 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/that-would-make-everything-right-dave-mustaine-says-one-move-could-heal-the-rift-between-him-and-metallica https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/that-would-make-everything-right-dave-mustaine-says-one-move-could-heal-the-rift-between-him-and-metallica Music News: "There was a lot of hurt and misunderstanding around our time together."]]> Wed, 21 Jan 2026 15:07:02 -0500 https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/its-progressing-dave-mustaine-speaks-up-on-hand-condition-reveals-if-hed-hire-a-new-guitarist-to-replace-him-when-it-worsens https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/its-progressing-dave-mustaine-speaks-up-on-hand-condition-reveals-if-hed-hire-a-new-guitarist-to-replace-him-when-it-worsens Music News: "I'll play as long as I can, and I hope it's a while."]]> Sun, 18 Jan 2026 18:13:11 -0500