Megadeth Mainman Dave Mustaine: 'This Is A New Chapter'

Headbanger's Blog recently conducted an interview with Megadeth mainman Dave Mustaine. An except from the chat follows:

Headbanger's Blog: When did you start seeing signs that Glen Drover [former Megadeth guitarist] might not be happy with what he was doing in the band?

Mustaine: You know, out of respect for Glen, I'm not gonna really talk too much about that. He was having some stuff that he was dealing with, and we're talking about someone who left for personal matters. He didn't get into it, so why should I? I frankly don't know what [made him want to leave] other than what he told me, which is he wanted to leave to be with his family. Now, Glen is the brother of our drummer [Shawn Drover], and out of just sheer stupidity you would talk shit about an exiting member when he's got a sibling in your band, so I've got nothing to say. And even if I was mad a Glen, which I'm not, I wouldn't say anything about it. Glen is a talented player, and he had given the thumbs up to Chris Broderick [new Megadeth guitarist] coming in, and Shawn is the one who even recommended Chris Broderick. So, I was really excited.

Glen was influenced a lot by Chris Poland, and we don't play a lot of Megadeth from the Chris Poland era. Chris was totally influenced by Marty Friedman, who we play a lot of music from. It was the longest lineup, and for subsequent guitar players after Marty left, I tried to find people who sounded a little more like him than just kind of going in whatever direction I wanted to.

There was no real rhyme or reason between the choices of a player like Chris Poland, and then jumping to someone like a Jeff Young and then jumping to Marty Friedman. It wasn't like I was advancing or progressing or following any kind of educational graph to get from Chris to Marty. The good thing now is every song is ready to go. Chris has been down here playing the songs with me. We play them in slow-mo, we film them on video cameras and we're going over every single note — so much so that we even corrected things that bass and drums were doing wrong while we were doing rehearsal here prior to leaving for the tour. We got deep down in there and found a bunch of stuff that made it even tighter. I loved playing with Glen. This is a new chapter. I think we've taken it up a level. I appreciate Glen helping me find Chris. Now it's time to move on.

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Comments

[Wardster]

Goin to see them in glasgow next month. Chris is a very good guitar player, i liked glen but maybe this is for the breast

[postmortem2006]

lol breast

Nahh my ONLY problem with broderick is that he plays a 7 string - surely he should use a 6string guitar for 'Deth gigs? I know hes a badass player but if he hits that extra string or something then I'm gonna lol all night long when i see 'em in Nottingham in a fortnight...

[Guitar_Jester]

Awesome.

[boor]

New Chapter / Old Chapter, whatever, it's acrappy book

[humpacow6]

this seems to be for the best indeed

[Nathan_393]

Regardless of who's playing guitar, Megadeth is a Mustaine-controlled project. It'll still kick major arse to see them on Gigantour this year. So thanks for helping to put out a sick album, Glen! Lots of respect! And sounds like Chris'll be cool, so welcome to the fold!

[ChazBcWarlock]

dave mustaine and the megadeth that sums it up

[restless_thrash]

postmortem2006 wrote:

lol breast

Nahh my ONLY problem with broderick is that he plays a 7 string - surely he should use a 6string guitar for 'Deth gigs? I know hes a badass player but if he hits that extra string or something then I'm gonna lol all night long when i see 'em in Nottingham in a fortnight...

I would laugh, but i doubt he would. inever have

[AbstractDeth7X]

I severely doubt that Broderick will hit the 7th string unless he absolutely intends to do so.

[master_ofmetal]

I saw a vid on youtube with Chris sittin next to a dean playing sleepwalker so he might just use a dean 6 string.

checked.

[Megallica666]

you know i bet he might play a dean, not sure but now it seems what ever dave plays the band plays, when he switched to dean so did the bass player and glen.

[luckeas]

well thats too bad for glen he was wicked.....anyway METALLICA is way better. then glen and chris and dave all day all everyday.

[euan_soad]

luckeas wrote:

well thats too bad for glen he was wicked.....anyway METALLICA is way better. then glen and chris and dave all day all everyday.

Two words


St Anger


Can't wait to see them in Glasgow next month :rock:

[as_i_lay_dead]

chris is an amazing player, and no offense to megadeth, but it seems that he would be underused even there. nevermore was pretty much a good match for him so i guess it would have been cooler if he's carried on doing stuff for them, but oh well hopefully this will put 'deth back to the top of the game now

[webbtje]

euan_soad wrote:

luckeas wrote:

well thats too bad for glen he was wicked.....anyway METALLICA is way better. then glen and chris and dave all day all everyday.

Two words


St Anger


Can't wait to see them in Glasgow next month :rock:

One word: Risk. Let's not start up the old Megadeth vs. Metallica stuff, or there will be banning.

Broderick is an absolutely technically impeccable player, I think this change can only be for the best.

[Saintanger20]

Megadeth rules! Ive been to a concert or two of them. They kicked major a**.

[Wardster]

webbtje wrote:

euan_soad wrote:

luckeas wrote:

well thats too bad for glen he was wicked.....anyway METALLICA is way better. then glen and chris and dave all day all everyday.

Two words


St Anger


Can't wait to see them in Glasgow next month :rock:

One word: Risk. Let's not start up the old Megadeth vs. Metallica stuff, or there will be banning.

Broderick is an absolutely technically impeccable player, I think this change can only be for the best.

Risk is amazing...

[ross1234]

i wish marty would go back to megadeth

has this new dude been in any other bands i might have heard of?

[chiefmegadeth]

luckeas wrote:

well thats too bad for glen he was wicked.....anyway METALLICA is way better. then glen and chris and dave all day all everyday.

What drugs r u on pal,st anger!worst metal album ever made.no solos and just dtuned garbage
sell outs!last 5 metallica albums where absolute trash
there been on a downhill slide for years!

Megadeth on the other hand kick fu#king Ass
Dave is a guitar god for the music people!for the MUSIC!not for the money metallica WINK! WINK!
We will miss you glen you kicked ass,you always nailed thoes crazy solos!
Good luck to chris!

[EVL/666]

Mustaine: You know, out of respect for Glen, I'm not gonna really talk too much about that. [Then mustaine continues and explains in depth Glen's personal life]

[Dumpster510]

postmortem2006 wrote:

lol breast

Nahh my ONLY problem with broderick is that he plays a 7 string - surely he should use a 6string guitar for 'Deth gigs? I know hes a badass player but if he hits that extra string or something then I'm gonna lol all night long when i see 'em in Nottingham in a fortnight...

why would he play a 7 string?

[abyss257]

ross1234 :
i wish marty would go back to megadeth

has this new dude been in any other bands i might have heard of?

Chris Broderick was/is in Jag Panzer, but he also played a lot with Nevermore (It would have been awesome if Chris joined Nevermore....but oh well.)

[mortengh]

i have no beef with megadeth, it's cool music. feel bad for dave cause many think of him and his band as metallica's outcast failure in comparison. though i dont like narrowminded people lashing out at metallica everytime they make something different from their forumla for success. sure, st anger was a dissappointment, but not a pile of steaming horse crap. musicians evolve, not always for the better, but the people who lash out at bands cause they make something different then the last album will also lash out at the same band if they make the same kind of music on every album..

love thy band, if not then respect their past works and future.

[ross1234]

i just watched a video of chris and jeff from nevermore doing a dual solo thing....these guys are amazing!!

[abyss257]

ross1234 :
i just watched a video of chris and jeff from nevermore doing a dual solo thing....these guys are amazing!!

Yep =]. They are definitely two of my favorite guitarists.

If you haven't, look up Jeff Loomis (Nevermore) and Chris Broderick!

[cobain_is_king]

Chris Broderick should fit in perfectly, I'm looking foward to seeing what he brings to the table.

[Absent Mind]

Its funny how an article about Megadeth instantly becomes a flame fest for St.Anger, please get over yourselves and stop the hate. I dont like st anger we all know its shit, but its from 2003 ffs!!

As far as broderick is concerened, he is awesome, he seems like the kinda player who will tighten the guitar parts up 200% and be very influential in any righting process.

[CanCan]

Glen was influenced a lot by Chris Poland, and we don't play a lot of Megadeth from the Chris Poland era. Chris was totally influenced by Marty Friedman, who we play a lot of music from. It was the longest lineup, and for subsequent guitar players after Marty left, I tried to find people who sounded a little more like him than just kind of going in whatever direction I wanted to.

Nice!

[distilledspirit]

Dave never comes to Philly...can't comment cuz I'll never be able to see Broderick.

[metal_swayne]

I just want to know why whenever there is something about Megadeth or Metallica a bunch of morons get into the whole "Which band is better?" argument? They're both awesome in their own right, they've both had successes and disappointments, so shut the **** up with this whole battle! I'm ****in sick of it and it never goes anywhere! If you want to trash a band do it to fag out boy or some other pop-emo bunch of wusses!

Anyway really lookin forward to Gigantour comin to my area, I've missed it before and that ain't gonna happen again. Megadeth seems to be gettin better as they go on since they released The System has Failed and I can't wait to see how this new guy plays.

[Ichimaru]

Cant wait to see em in about 3 weeks in Brixton
This new guy should be interesting

[lepermessiah22]

ok for those of you who dont know how good Chris Broderick is (maybe you've never heard of him, idk...) go to youtube, type in "chris broderick mozart" the first video there is an 8 finger tapping of a mozart song and it is awesome

[Ultimatemetal]

Dumpster510 wrote:

postmortem2006 wrote:

lol breast

Nahh my ONLY problem with broderick is that he plays a 7 string - surely he should use a 6string guitar for 'Deth gigs? I know hes a badass player but if he hits that extra string or something then I'm gonna lol all night long when i see 'em in Nottingham in a fortnight...


why would he play a 7 string?

wow thats just sad...

[J.Priest]

Im seein Deth in April in Atlanta. Im a bit skeptical. I just they play somemore from SFSGSW

[HolySmoke]

Why are we still talking about metallica? everything since cliff died has been a giant F*&k you to every metalhead and guitar player out there.

[Night_Lights]

postmortem2006 wrote:

lol breast

Nahh my ONLY problem with broderick is that he plays a 7 string - surely he should use a 6string guitar for 'Deth gigs? I know hes a badass player but if he hits that extra string or something then I'm gonna lol all night long when i see 'em in Nottingham in a fortnight...

because theres NO WAY Chris might just pick up a 6 string for megadeth, and was using a 7 string before because Nevermore used them?


dear god, the stupidity of forumgoers...

[Night_Lights]

i thought this was cool, for those who didnt read the full interview


Headbangers Ball Blog: You mentioned Chris reminds you of Marty Friedman, but what do you think he’s going to actually add to the Megadeth picture?
Mustaine: It reminds me a lot of when Ozzy found Randy Rhoads.

Headbangers Ball Blog: That’s a pretty big statement.
Mustaine: Yeah, I’m pretty excited right now. I mean, I don’t know if he’s going to influence the next record or if he’s going to do a few shows and quit. But I look at it like this right now: We’ve had some really, really tight, tight rehearsals here at the house. And it was just fantastic.

[Riffer_maddness]

FYI 7-Strings have one extra low string not high

[metallifan1]

at least they got a beast on guitar now.

Glen was good, but Chris is one of the best metal/rock/fusion players around right now.

[Davehetfield]

DAVE MUSTAINE IS MEGADETH. 'deth has been through so many band member's its not funny. but honestly i dont care. without mustaine there would be no megadeth. he makes the band with his crazy ass guitar's, ideas, and usually shitty voice. he's the ****in man.

[DiMeTiMe]

Holy crap!! What is this, their 5th lead guitarist?

It should be awesome though....:p:

[jetfuel495]

chris is their new guitarist? ****in sweet!

[gibsonboy3]

i want to see dave do a reunion with metallica, he would make a really sick new album with them and bring back the old good metallica. That also would be sick a reunion from way back. and of coarse a follow up tour to support their new album which i want to see anyway just cause ive never seen mettalica before and i really want to.

[Shread_6009]

i just hate how Dave mustaine is a born-again christian, so like 1/2 his stuff is off his set list cause it's "offensive" to his religion...

[Vantage]

Going to see them in Vancouver.

May!

[James_Het_Rules]

Ok ok everyone no need to flame dave. or anyone for that matter. I don't care about their line up as long as the music they put out keeps on kickin arse as it has for the last 20+ years.

[St. Angry]

Megadeth goes through guitar players faster than my Aunt Tracy goes through a box of Doughnuts!

[bobthesgman]

How many is that now? I lost count(of guitarists)

[recliner33]

DiMeTiMe wrote:

Holy crap!! What is this, their 5th lead guitarist?

It should be awesome though....:p:

It's been more then that (Too lazy to look up all the names) but you have to remember that this band has been around since the eighties and it is Dave Mustaine's band so as long as he is a part of it then it will still be megadeth.

[Page/Rhoads]

Megadeth rules.

[jetfuel495]

recliner33 wrote:
It's been more then that (Too lazy to look up all the names) but you have to remember that this band has been around since the eighties and it is Dave Mustaine's band so as long as he is a part of it then it will still be megadeth.

hell yeah dude. far as i care, it could just be dave himself onstage with a guitar telling jokes, id still go see him.

[fitzyfantastic]

This is getting ridiculous, Megadeth has had more line-up changes than Spinal Tap.

[perilouspete]

chris broderick is just ****ing awesome. bottom line. who gives a **** if it's their 5th guitarist, he is just untouchable compared to everyone post-marty friendman. take 2 minutes of your time and check out his shit on youtube.....it's ridiculous. so there should be absolutely NO bitching about this, just pure gratefulness and rejoice. If you liked Megadeth's last album, this one is gauranteed to be a hell of a lot better. I don't think Chris can play anything that doesn't sound cool.

[Flying Afros]

so is this lead guitarist #50 yet?

[[travis]]

I went to the Musician's Institute open house last Saturday, in Hollywood. One of the people in charge of the school had mentioned that someone from the staff there had replaced a guitarist in Megadeth, but they weren't saying who. Chris Broderick is actually a teacher there at Musician's Institute (MI). He's one hell of a guitarist though.

[Anjohl]

The worst thing aobut Megadeth IS the inconsistancy. Dave really can't keep a lineup together, and I think that's what holds his band back from really high upper tier. Listening to Megadeth, there is no real "Style" that is easily identifiable besides Dave. With Metallica, the drums, vocals, and both guy's guitar styles are iconic, and can easily be picked out even if you just hear the one track. I wonder if the rumors that Dave is an ******* are true...

[Skarr]

webbtje wrote:

euan_soad wrote:

luckeas wrote:

well thats too bad for glen he was wicked.....anyway METALLICA is way better. then glen and chris and dave all day all everyday.

Two words


St Anger


Can't wait to see them in Glasgow next month :rock:


One word: Risk. Let's not start up the old Megadeth vs. Metallica stuff, or there will be banning.

Broderick is an absolutely technically impeccable player, I think this change can only be for the best.

I didn't think Risk was all that bad. Maybe not Megadeth's best, but then again, I don't think Megadeth can do wrong.

[RunRiot]

Flying Afros wrote:

so is this lead guitarist #50 yet?

That wasn't funny

fitzyfantastic wrote:

This is getting ridiculous, Megadeth has had more line-up changes than Spinal Tap.

Ok, that was a little funny.

As far as this article is concerned I think this is a change for the better. I saw Megadeth last year with Glen Drover and I never really felt like he fit in with Megadeth. Although I haven't seen Chris with Megadeth yet I have a feeling he will be a better fit.

[JML8450]

distilledspirit wrote:

Dave never comes to Philly...can't comment cuz I'll never be able to see Broderick.

Yeah but he can sure do two back to back shows in NY two consecutive tours... I was so pissed when i saw neither philly nor nj or the tour

[JML8450]

on*

[Bored to Tears]

Chris is an awesome guitarist. He was with Nevermore for awhile, and they're one of my favorite bands.

[That_Dude]

Sweet Jesus!

Dave Mustaine must be rolling over in his grave right now...

[Ultimate_Gio92]

Night_Lights wrote:

postmortem2006 wrote:

lol breast

Nahh my ONLY problem with broderick is that he plays a 7 string - surely he should use a 6string guitar for 'Deth gigs? I know hes a badass player but if he hits that extra string or something then I'm gonna lol all night long when i see 'em in Nottingham in a fortnight...


because theres NO WAY Chris might just pick up a 6 string for megadeth, and was using a 7 string before because Nevermore used them?


dear god, the stupidity of forumgoers...

hahahahaha you owned him.

anyways.. glen such a cool guy and theres more to this whole leaving story than meets the eye (i had a guitar lesson with glen a while ago not that i like to brag) and he didnt seem like that it was as simple as family issues.

[NightEmbers]

Dave=Axl

Pretty Much same thing happening, neither can keep band members to save their life

[jetfuel495]

That_Dude wrote:

Sweet Jesus!

Dave Mustaine must be rolling over in his grave right now...

lol i hope ur kidding

[Chad11491]

at least dave hasn't said anything bad about glen yet, he's completely bashed all his other players in interviews before, and i like megadeth and dave..so i hope this next guitarist will work out for them.

[ashesofthewake]

boor wrote:

New Chapter / Old Chapter, whatever, it's acrappy book

HAAHHAHAHAH

[BradKohl]

euan_soad wrote:

luckeas wrote:

well thats too bad for glen he was wicked.....anyway METALLICA is way better. then glen and chris and dave all day all everyday.


Two words


St Anger


Can't wait to see them in Glasgow next month :rock:

HAHAHA! two words indeed. although every album after the black album was just shit

[soulflyV]

Who cares about Megadeth V Metallica, anyway? One is a metal band and the other is a rock band, you can't compare two different genres. Its like....apples and oranges, except if the orange was a vegetable.

[schecterkryst]

If the orange was a rotten sellout vegetable

[TOMMYB22]

"a new chapter" this be a f*cking long book. i respect the opinions of those who like megadeth but my opinion is that they arnt worthy to kiss metallica's @$$

[TOMMYB22]

HAHAHA! two words indeed. although every album after the black album was just shit[/quote]

+1/2

they were generally bad but they had some pretty good songs around

[greenhell1]

Got my Glasgow tickets too

[boxcarblink94]

boor wrote:

New Chapter / Old Chapter, whatever, it's acrappy book

+1

[genolk]

soulflyV wrote:

Who cares about Megadeth V Metallica, anyway? One is a metal band and the other is a rock band, you can't compare two different genres. Its like....apples and oranges, except if the orange was a vegetable.

Here's an idea.... if you like megadeth then listen to their music, if you like metallica then listen to their music... if you don't like megadeth then don't listen to their music, if you don't like metallica then don't listen to their music. It isn't rocket science... just a question of taste and shelling out abuse about either band or any of the people who write on the forums is kinda pointless. besides i thought the topis was about glen drover leaving megadeth?

[thecrazytapper]

so does this mean that steve smyth is back in nevermore?

[ReiDSaN]

Well, maybe this will rescue the decline of the last ten years. I'm not optimistic though.

[JerkyChid]

I was wonderin why Dave wasn't being his true ******* self about Glen. Then I read the part about the drummer being Glen's brother... lol

[ninnipinni93]

cant wait for the next album!!!

[Creepingdeth89]

im seeing them in 18 days in Glasgow! having chris as the newest asset to the band is great he is an amazing guitarist. Respect to glen although im not too keen on him he played his part in the band well for the short period of time he was in it. MEGADETH!

[fiendcracker]

wow, umm... its not really like it matters who else is playing in megadeth besides dave mustaine.... i mean, he writes everything, and sings, and plays lots of the solos. its no like anyone else has a real impact. (well, except the drummer. of course, his impact is a literal sort of thing. like, sticks impact drums)

[PopPunkPotHead]

Crush..... CRUSH'EM
Risk is awesome
Broderick will definitely step up with his own kind of style and although i hate nevermore,I am pumped!!!

[priestfan76]

Chris is definitely the best they have had since Marty Friedman.Let's hope this one lasts.OH and Why does a Metallica vs Megadeth argument always come up on totally unrelated shit who ****ing cares Old Metallica is amazing old Megadeth is amazing.New Metallica sucks and New Megadeth is ok.Metllica is a bunch of greedy money hungry sellouts, Mustaine can't keep a lineup.They both have flaws, they're both still amazing, just leave it alone, cuz it looks like they have.

[shadow of deth]

havent really heard chris other than on youtube but dave always finds great guitarists

[shadow of deth]

gonna miss glens playing though

[LOG4Life]

METALLICA!!!!!
NOW their new album is going to kick ass!
I know its not related to this but its still going to blow out the new MEGADETH albums!

[MetallicaFan333]

LOG4Life wrote:

METALLICA!!!!!
NOW their new album is going to kick ass!
I know its not related to this but its still going to blow out the new MEGADETH albums!

Dude, damn right. I can't wait until their new album comes out 'cuz I will be there to buy it that exact day. I know that it will be amazing. Not saying that Megadeth sucks, 'cuz Dave was in Metallica, but I hope that Metallica will go back to their old stuff to damn well rape the f*ck out of Megadeth's shit... Later...

[JBecker=SHREDDA]

PopPunkPotHead wrote:

i hate nevermore!!!

U suck. Nevermore ftw

[sim1]

Metallica or Megadeth? The fued continues. I remember back in 1984 my friend, Scott, put his Walkman headphones on me and pressed play and I heard "Anesthesia(Pulling Teeth)" and I was blown away. From there I got into Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeth, etc. I've always liked Metallica more but Megadeth is still one of my faves. I think Megadeth has had alot more albums that were weak, for lack of a better term, compared to Metallica, I even like St. Anger. If it wasn't for Dave being kicked out of Metallica we would only have one great metal band and not two.

[Metal741852]

MEGADETH ROCKS! mettalica is lame! wat hapened to all of their solos? theyre an emo band!their solos were good but then they kicked out dave and he was lead so they started to suck. megadeth made the best albums and they still rock! sure metallica is still in bissnuss but they lost all of their talent. cheak out the album youthanasia or even newer United abominations and then listen to new metalica... ull notice that megadeth is waaaaay better! :p

[LD_Luke D]

dammit dave lean to keep a lineup for a few years. but anyways megadeth is one of the best metal bands around, i hope whoever this guy is he makes the band sound better.

[nolife'tilmetal]

Dave made alot of good songs up when he was in Metallica. Megadeth is good but not as good as Metallica. If you listen to their 80s stuff, it really stomps on Megadeths ass! I love Megadeth! Their better than Metallica now because they didn't go ****in mainstream and quit playing solos. New Metallica is always a hit and miss for me. Marty Friedman really knows how to shred a guitar. Damn! Those videos with him and Jason Becker are ****in amazing. But anyways with the whole Metallica and Megadeth thing, I think Metallica is a better band overall. I think they're about tied in my opinion. I don't know... That's a hard decision. James's vocals aren't good anymore but Dave is still ok! Now i'm probably going to get a bunch of hate mail... That's a hard decision overall. Metallica or Megadeth. Hard to decide. I agree with sim1 and Metal741852 both hahaha What happened to Exodus, Anthrax, Testament? They were good!

[nolife'tilmetal]

i guess im not supposed to say ****. I wish we had metal bands that were like bands in the 70s and 80s. theres only a couple of new metal bands that i like. I just miss all that raw metal up your ass, metal thrashing mad, fabulous disaster stuff

[nolife'tilmetal]

Thats weird...im listening to megadeth right now. What was their newest album called? Youthanasia? Countdown to Extinction? Megadeth has always stayed true to the faith. But i think old metallica is better than old megadeth

[nolife'tilmetal]

Whos the drummer to Megadeth? He F|_|CKin rips! I need to do my Megadeth research

[nolife'tilmetal]

I shouldn't have said anything about Metallica vs Megadeth it always does this on every forum

[fts666]

i remeber my cousen telling me about the whole dave mustaine vs. metallica thing about 10 years ago
and people still talk about it ...i get a laugh out of it every time i love it

[Patty-cakez]

Chris is incredibly talented...INCREDIBLY.

All hail Megadeth