MEGADETH guitarist Chris Broderick is featured in a new interview with Bay Area Metal Scene. An excerpt is available below:

Q: You list Marty Friedman on your website as someone that has influenced your playing, which is cool because you’ve done a great job of capturing Marty’s solos as they were originally played. What is it about his style in particular that influenced you?

Broderick: "Well, I would say that what it really came from was from listening to Jason Becker and then his playing in Dragon’s Fist is really great. When you listen to Marty, he has such a unique sound. The generalized term for it is that 'mid-eastern' or 'eastern' sound, and as soon as you hear one of his solos you say, 'Oh, that’s Marty!' That’s one of the best things that any player or soloist can have is their own sound and their own style, and that’s one thing that really influenced me."

Go to this location for the complete interview.

Megadeth kicked off the Rust In Peace 20th Anniversary Tour on March 1st in Spokane, WA at Knitting Factory. The band's setlist was follows:

'Set The World Afire'

'Wake Up Dead'

'Skin O' My Teeth'

'In My Darkest Hour'

'Headcrusher'

'A Tout Le Monde'

'Holy Wars... The Punishment Due'

'Hangar 18'

'Take No Prisoners'

'Five Magics'

'Poison Was the Cure'

'Lucretia'

'Tornado of Souls'

'Dawn Patrol'

'Rust in Peace... Polaris'

'Sweating Bullets'

'Trust'

'Symphony Of Destruction'

'Peace Sells'

Newly-returned bassist David Ellefson had this to say after the show:

"Greetings from Boise, ID.

We had a fantastic kick-off to the R.I.P tour last night in Spokane, WA. It's been a lot of fun in a very quick amount of time and the pay off with the debut of the tour last night was exhilarating indeed.

It's great to be back on stage playing for all of you again, especially with songs from "Rust In Peace" that have never been performed live before...until now.

Looking forward to seeing you all in the coming weeks!"