MegaDave to call it a day

[Sworntothecans]

I wonder what the Metallica lads make of Mustaine. They must piss themselves at him.

I like to imagine there's a WhatsApp group of big four band members just hating on Dave the whole time and they're responsible for the vast majority of Mustaine memes and reels on the Internet.

[Necro Red]

I wonder what the Metallica lads make of Mustaine. They must piss themselves at him.

I reckon they're on decent terms by now. That big four dvd is decent, seeing them all chatting away is cool, but yea, probably having a giggle behind his back ha ha

[Bürggermeister]

He's so fucking needy, I reckon they keep him at a distance on purpose. They got all the closure they needed in 1983 when they fired the cunt. Those first four albums are untouchable but it's not enough for him. He needs to be in Metallica again. They do not need or want him in any way. Simple as that.

[Sworntothecans]

Can't recall which journo said it(might have been on of the Decibel guys), but Mustaine's PR had warned the various media "that he doesn't want to talk about his old band" during a press tour for Dystopia.



Dave brought them up every second interview and even offer for a dig at Lars if he had a good rapport with some of them. 

[Barnacle Billy]

I wonder what the Metallica lads make of Mustaine. They must piss themselves at him.

Probably jealous of him. One man band, and indeed, industry. 

[Circlepit]

I think Hetfield's sons band should offer Dave an opening slot of one of their tours.

[Eoin McLove]

I just had a listen to RTL. It sucks and lacks the venom and power of the original, but I reckon if Megadeth had covered it circa Rust In Piece it would have been a different matter. Here Dave sounds like he's just trying to hit the notes, sucking all the energy out of the song- kind of like if a wedding band covered it. In his prime his snarl would have made something quite vicious out of it I'm sure. The production is sterile, neutering the music.

Ps. Lads, don't read the comments under the YouTube video. They'll give you brain damage 

[The Heretic]

More sterile than a bottle of milton

[The Butcher]

Nothing left in the tank for Mustaine (could argue for the past 20 odd years) - and from what I've heard of this album it's really showing.

[Circlepit]

The reviews I've read say it's the best thing since this and that.
There seems to be no objectivity.

[Ducky]

The reviews I've read say it's the best thing since this and that.
There seems to be no objectivity.

It doesn't exist for a lot of fans. I can just imagine some of the Metal Bros contingent absolutely creaming themselves for this, but they're the type of fellas that would buy a "special real dog poop edition" just because it has their favourite b(r)and emblazoned on it.

Anyways, just listened to the RtL cover, and it's such a sad, limp biscuit of a way to top off Megadeth's output.

[The Great Cull]

I listened to the Ride The Lightning cover out of morbid curiosity. It's piss weak. Mustaine must be tone deaf and also surrounded by yes men to ever give that mix the thumbs up.

The few bits of songs I heard ahead of this were also shockingly poor. They wouldn't have been considered as B sides back in the 80s

[Necro Red]

I listened to the Ride The Lightning cover out of morbid curiosity. It's piss weak. Mustaine must be tone deaf and also surrounded by yes men to ever give that mix the thumbs up.

The few bits of songs I heard ahead of this were also shockingly poor. They wouldn't have been considered as B sides back in the 80s

I think its "ok" not terrible really, not that good either. Just meh, like a lot of later day Megadeth. I haven't listened to the album yet though. The last album I really liked was Endgame

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Just noticed it clocks in at twenty-something seconds less than original, yet sounds longer, I think because Mustaine sounds old and tired. Ride the Lightning, mobility scooter edition.

[Mooncat]

Just listened to RtL there. I'm a bit surprised that it's such an on-the-nose cover; that was their chance to do something really cool with it. I guess who knows which parts Mustaine wrote but maybe he wanted to keep it all the same as a way of claiming the song back for himself (there's no way he's doing it as a tribute, it's pure ego).

Even the solo is 98% the same, and the 2% difference is clearly because Mustaine just couldn't figure out some little parts just exactly as they are on the original. That was his chance to genuinely add his own thing to it, though I think it's telling that Dave himself took on the solo. Forever feeling in competition with Kirk.

Those auto-tuned vocals just sound weird.