Megadeth
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Megadeth's Dave Mustaine (1992)
Interview by Andy Gill, Rock's Backpages Audio, Fall 1992
The Megadeth leader talks about taking up Martial Arts; keeping it simple on stage; about not being such a dickhead anymore; his time with Metallica, and getting fired; his huge drug intake, and getting clean; being a father; his religious beliefs, and his view of the world and politics.
File format: mp3; file size: 55.2mb, interview length: 57' 27" sound quality: **** (after a dodgy start)
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Report and Interview by Simon Witter, New Musical Express, 14 February 1987
MEGADETH are the cream of the new Speed Metal crop. ‘Deth squaddy Dave Mustaine discusses life in HM’s fast lane with souped-up SIMON WITTER. ...
Thrash Metal: Psycho Path to the Top
Report by Mark Cooper, The Guardian, 20 March 1987
Thrash metal is the new noise of teenage horror, a vinyl equivalent of the video nasty. Mark Cooper reports on the bands that delight in ...
Megadeth: So Far, So Good... So Fast
Interview by Chris Welch, Kerrang!, 12 December 1987
Quaking journo CHRIS WELCH risks life and limb all in the cause of rock n' roll... no, not just merely interviewing MEGADETH, but driving DAVE ...
Megadeth: So Far, So Good...So What! (Capitol)
Review by J.D. Considine, Spin, March 1988
MATURITY IS not a concept commonly associated with heavy metal (unless you're using it as a euphemism for "old and decrepit" in which case it ...
Megadeth/Dio: Market Square Arena, Indianapolis
Live Review by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 5 March 1988
MARKET SQUARE HEROES ...
Megadeth: So Far, So Good... So What! (Capitol)
Review by David Stubbs, Melody Maker, 5 March 1988
THE DEATH MACHINE ...
Interview by Paul Elliott, Sounds, 19 March 1988
Never mind the boredom — pass the roadsick pills! MEGADETH take the highway to apathy in the USA and discover the drawbacks of touring. PAUL ...
Megadeth: Hammersmith Odeon, London
Live Review by Neil Perry, Sounds, 28 May 1988
SO FAR, SO BAD... SO WHAT'S WRONG? ...
Interview by Roy Wilkinson, Sounds, 28 May 1988
Even as MEGADETH have ploughed a smooth trajectory towards the megabuck realms of big league megametal, leader DAVE MUSTAINE has grown ever more muddled in ...
Megadeth: So Far, So Good... So What! (Capitol)
Review by Chuck Eddy, Creem, June 1988
THE PRIMARY reason Megadeth is famous, and probably the only reason they're on a major label, is because Dave Mustaine used to be in Metallica. ...
Live Review by Christine Natanael, Reflex, August 1988
SUBSTANCE, MESSAGE, uprising, controversy, extremity, intelligence – were all on display at Beacon Theatre in the form of Megadeth, churning up anger and angst among ...
Interview by Steffan Chirazi, Kerrang!, 14 July 1990
MEGADETH's next album will be called Rust In Peace. Produced by MIKE CLINK at LA's Rumbo Studios, it's the first Mega-LP to feature the talents ...
Review by Neil Perry, Select, October 1990
WITH ALL the charm of a graduate from the Pol Pot school of tact and diplomacy, hardcore outlaw Dave Mustaine limped away from Megadeth's last ...
Megadeth's Dave Mustaine on Rust In Peace
Interview by Christine Natanael, New York Review Of Records, Fall 1990
"AUGUST 24TH MARKS the anniversary of our last performance. Since then nothing's really mattered," emphatically states the enigmatic Dave Mustaine. That date was in 1988. ...
Heavy Metal Mania: It's More Than Music
Overview by Deanne Stillman, The New York Times, 12 May 1991
With myriad clubs, fanzines and hair salons, rude dudeness (tattoos included) is a way of life. ...
Megadeth: "Titans" Aim to Alter Metal's Image
Interview by Richard Cromelin, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 1991
WHEN THEY named the concert tour "Clash of the Titans," they didn't know how right they were. ...
Interview by Andy Gill, Q, December 1992
ON A TWISTY MOUNTAIN ROAD ABOUT 25 miles outside Toulon, another mad bastard is laying his life on the line, taking his bike way over ...
Interview by Steffan Chirazi, Kerrang!, 21 May 1994
There's a new vibe about MEGADETH in 1994 — they're happy, mellow, positive. They actually like each other, goddammit! What the hell's gotten into 'em?! ...
Interview by Steffan Chirazi, Kerrang!, 28 May 1994
Right now, MEGADETH are as strong and happy as they've ever been — yet incredibly, they were close to splitting up just a few months ...
Megadeth: "Are You Trying To Get Me To Say I'm Mad?!"
Interview by Steffan Chirazi, Kerrang!, 18 March 1995
Anarchist! Politician! Spiritualist! Is MEGADETH mainman DAVE MUSTAINE a Metal messiah — or is he just a loony ex-junkie?! We strip away the bullshit for ...
The Last Word: Megadeth's Dave Mustaine
Interview by Paul Elliott, Kerrang!, 5 July 1997
The ultimate questions on life, sex and making a prick of yourself. This week, MEGADETH's Dave Mustaine compares notes with Paul Elliott... ...
Review by Steven Wells, New Musical Express, 4 September 1999
SCIENTISTS SEEM to be forever discovering hideously ugly living examples of supposedly extinct prehistoric animals. One experiences a similar frisson of excitement upon discovering that ...
Guns N' Roses: The Monsters of Rock Return
Comment by Andy Gill, The Independent, 31 October 2008
After 14 years of rumours and false starts, Guns N' Roses are promising to release their new album. There's even a ticking clock on their ...
Megadeth: Theater at Madison Square Garden, NYC
Live Review by Iman Lababedi, Rock NYC, 31 January 2012
DAVE MUSTAINE made a fan out of me with two actions. Neither musical. ...
Overview by Graeme Thomson, The Word, March 2012
Because sometimes the only way musicians can actually talk to each other is by writing songs ...
Megadeth's Dave Mustaine Back In the Day: "We Were Probably a Little Snotty"
Retrospective and Interview by Bob Ruggiero, Houston Press, 12 December 2013
WHILE METAL MASTERS Megadeth arrive in Houston tonight as part of the tour to promote their most recent record, Super Collider, this year the band ...
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