Metal-Rules.com has recently posted an interview they conducted with MEGADETH bassist James Lomenzo, in which they discuss his tenure with such acts as WHITE LION, ACE FREHLEY, PRIDE AND GLORY, SLASH'S SNAKEPIT, DAVID LEE ROTH and BLACK LABEL SOCIETY, and, not least of which, his current travels with Dave Mustaine and the mighty Megadeth. An excerpt follows:

Metal-Rules.com: Everything  seems to be well in Megadeth with the expection that band has once again faced line up changes...

James: "Yeah, what´s up with that? What is that?"

Metal-Rules.com: Chris Broderick is your new guitar player and he’s been in the band for a few weeks now.  How is he doing with you guys?

James: "Chris is a fantastic guitar player. I think people are gonna be really thrilled by him. I was really pleasantly surprised, I didn't know what to think after Glen (Drover) left because we had really bonded and become a tight band, so I was concerned. Sean actually recommended that we check Chris, so we did right away, and I got together with him at Dave's house five weeks ago. We talked a bit and I liked his attitude and we looked at some songs. He didn't know very many, but neither did I when I joined the band so I appreciated his situation. We he finally had learned some more songs it was obvious that he had what Megadeth needs, a style is familiar and exciting at the same time. He does play a bit like Marty Friedman."

Metal-Rules.com: Well, he even looks a bit like Marty as well?

James: "Does he? He's MUCH taller! (laughs)"

Metal-Rules.com: United Abominations is your first Megadeth album. How you ended up being in this band and how it was to work with Dave Mustaine for the first time?

James: "I had a trepidation coming up. I had just finished working with Black Label Society and that´s a very wide open kind of music, very blues based. A friend of mine called me up and talked about Dave Mustaine and to make the story short I met with Dave and listened to the music. When I say I was a peripheral fan, I was aware of maybe two or three of their songs. I was busy having a career on my own and didn´t listen to a lot of current popular music. When I started listening to it I realized how intricate it was and how much into the metal style it was, and that was a style that I hadn't really been playing. Even if I had played in metal-esque bands I hadn't played in metal bands. When I joined I said to Dave, 'You know, I may not be the guy for this job, I'm more of a blues guy'. And he said 'No no, I know what you can do. Just look at what I play and if you can pick it up, I know that you'll be fine.' That's the way we did it. Before we got into the studio we played maybe one or two shows. It was cool, what he did was to really let me go and that was a shock because you have this image of him being very controlling. But he was really fluid about letting us come up with parts and then he would direct it based on what he wanted to do lyrically."

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