GlideMagazine.com's Deborah J. Draisen has issued an interview with MEGADETH bassist James Lomenzo. An excerpt follows:

Q: Well, James, you’ve now joined the ranks of some very prolific players who have worked alongside Dave Mustaine. Did you feel pressured at first toward bringing you’re A-Game; even more so than you did for your previous projects, or about the same?

A: "No, no, no, never! You know what; I’ve played with so many of these icons throughout my career, prior to Megadeth, that intimidation, that fear; it’s kind of a weird concept to me - I’ve never had it. I was always either too stupid to think about it, or doing too much to worry about it. The one concern I did have coming in here was that, stylistically, I didn’t really think that the thrash metal style was something I had really explored before. The other projects I’ve been involved in, I’ve always played like half tempo blues. I told Dave when I first joined the project that I didn’t know if I was really the best guy for the band, that I was kind of a blues basher. He assured me that Megadeth’s music was the blues, only a lot faster, which was kind of him. So, I just plowed ahead. I was actually really dumb for agreeing to it, in a way. I mean, I was just excited to be a part of Megadeth! I was well aware of their history and their music, but to learn twenty-eight songs in three weeks was really tough.

Q: Whoa, that’s challenging!

A: "Yeah! I mean, Dave said we had to do Dubai in a month, which meant that I had about two weeks to learn the songs and another week and a half to practice with the band. I just cavalierly said 'Sure', as I’ve often done before, but then the music wasn’t quite as elaborate as Megadeth’s music."

Read the full interview at this location.