Planet-Loud.com recently caught up with MEGADETH frontman/founder Dave Mustaine. The following is an excerpt from the interview:

Planet Loud: Going back to when I first listened to Megadeth, which was the Peace Sells album, do you think that song is still relevant today considering it is nearly twenty years old?

Mustaine: "It’s more relevant now than ever."

Planet Loud: Is the world a better or worse place than when you wrote those lyrics?

Mustaine: "It’s fucked man, we’re watching world destroy itself and, while I don’t wanna be seen as an Al Gore wannabe, I see the way the faces of these countries have changed and everything is slowly being globalised and soon there won’t be any way of differentiating between one place or the other."

Planet Loud: Does it shock you that the world is still that bad?

Mustaine: "Not really, because it is something that has been going on since the beginning of time. It’s something that we have that we can’t get over – that need to dominate. It’s human nature."

Planet Loud: Having travelled the world, are there any places you’ve seen where things have improved?

Mustaine: "Argentina is one. Spain has improved, Eastern Germany has improved for sure. That was fucked going in there. Those roads were like driving over tree stumps and all those old cars –that situation is a plus. Moscow is another place that was a pretty fucking scary place but is pretty normal now and the economy is booming there. The Middle East is pretty fucked up right now and it makes it really difficult to travel around that area. Turkey is supposed to be a lovely place but it is next to Iraq. What you gonna do? What happens if you’re playing in Turkey and the Kurds invade – “this next song is called… *BOOOOM*..."

Planet Loud: What was it like touring places like that?

Mustaine: "Serbia was one of those places. When we played there we went to the Parliament building and the whole side had been blown out by tanks. If you’ve travelled the world enough then you will see some remnants of a war from some age. One of the important things is that these kids were doing anything to make money to come and see us and we’d be like 'Hey, we’re Americans, sorry that you’re living in a bombed out country and we’re taking your money..' All we could do in return was make sure these kids were given a really good time with us."

To read the entire interview go to this location.