MEGADETH Frontman DAVE MUSTAINE - "I Kind Of Have A Bullshitometer, That If I Hear Something That Doesn’t Sound Right, It Doesn’t Go In"
July 12, 2008, 15 years ago
Greg Burk at MetalJazz.com caught up with MEGADETH frontman Dave Mustaine at the July 10th Guitar Center Sessions in Hollywood, CA. The following is an excerpt from the interview:
Q: Do you think you learn something from each new guitar player that you work with?
Mustaine: "I’ve definitely learned a lot. Learned a lot of bad stuff from some, learned a lot of good stuff from some.”
Q: What’s something bad that you learned?
Mustaine: “I learned about heroin from Chris Poland.”
Q: I meant from a guitar-playing point of view, but . . .
Mustaine: "“You said bad, come on! Bad is bad! As far as, like, a bad guitar thing, fundamentally? I don’t know that somebody would have had access to teach me something that was fundamentally flawed, because I wouldn’t have been able to have assembled it in my mind, there’s no way. Because I kind of have a bullshitometer, that if I hear something that doesn’t sound right, it doesn’t go in, it doesn’t work!”
Q: Are you finding any limitations in heavy metal?
Mustaine: “My age. I’m totally serious. Because we just got done playing in Quito in Ecuador, and it’s 8,500 feet above sea level, and it’s hard singing that high above the ground! You think Denver’s hard, it’s like -- ‘Pussies! Go to Quito!’”
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