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“We had a living, breathing Sex Pistol come in and play on it. He wanted $100 and some ‘suction’”: The insane story of Megadeth’s So Far, So Good… So What!, thrash metal’s most self-destructive album

Megadeth’s first two albums were thrash classics. And then they made So Far, So Good… So What! and the debauchery caught up with them

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David Ellefson calls Megadeth’s most hated album “one of the great Megadeth records”

To quote John Cena: “Are you sure about that?”

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“It's disappointing when someone you admire talks out their ass about you”: Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine hits out at Peter Frampton in gig cancellation beef

The pair had been due to play the same venue before both gigs were canned amid Frampton Vs Megadeth misunderstandings

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“It's disappointing when someone you admire talks out their ass about you”: Megadeth fire back at Peter Frampton – who claimed the band damaged a stage during their soundcheck

After Megadeth and Frampton were both forced to cancel live dates at the same venue, Dave Mustaine has issued a strongly worded response to Frampton's claim it was the heavy metal group's fault

Guitar World

"It's disappointing when someone you admire talks out their ass about you": Megadeth vs Peter Frampton is the 2024 beef no one saw coming

That escalated quickly, etc

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“If you can’t play, you’ll find a pedal and you’ll cheat”: Dave Mustaine says guitarists should learn how to play before stocking up their pedalboards

The Megadeth frontman’s gear-buying advice boils down to one thing only

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“Lars called me, and you’re on a shortlist”: Former Megadeth bassist David Ellefson was in the running to replace Jason Newsted in Metallica

Megadeth’s David Ellefson was shortlisted to join Metallica in 2003 – and he found out because Dave Mustaine told him

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“Learn how to play – because if you can’t play, you’ll find a pedal and you’ll cheat”: Dave Mustaine on guitar collecting, switching to Quad Cortex and why some players are “living a lie” with stompboxes

The Megadeth man recounts his longstanding love for Seymour Duncan humbuckers and why he’s finally – at the age of 62 – just getting the gear-collecting bug

Guitar World

"You had guys who would jump into the crowd and then walk across people’s heads." Inside the year that turned thrash metal into a global phenomenon

From Anthrax's Fistfull Of Metal to Exodus's Bonded By Blood and Metallica's Ride The Lightning, 1984 was the year thrash broke big

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“I’m going to get into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame one way or another and Lars Ulrich can’t keep me out!” How Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine used old rivalries as fuel for the Endgame album

Megadeth‘s 2009 album Endgame capped a killer decade for the thrash veterans

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4 brilliant new metal bands you need to hear this month

From NWOBHM-revivalists Tailgunner to existential post-metallers Kollapse, Austrian folk-tinged black metal heroes Perchta and UK hopefuls Defects, these are the new metal bands you need to hear in August 2024

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“It will play like a beast, be a 24-fret guitar, and have the heel shaved down:” Dave Mustaine issues an update on his long-awaited Gibson Les Paul – which could be his most radical signature model yet

The signature Les Paul had previously been teased by Mustaine and his guitar tech in 2022

Guitar World

Watch Megadeth play rare ’80s cut Liar live for the first time in almost 20 years

The So Far, So Good… So What! classic hasn’t been heard live since 2006

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“People get their ya-yas when they see people struggling for some crazy reason”: Dave Mustaine explains “animosity” he received after Metallica exit

Megadeth’s leader received hate from “people I didn’t even know” after his Metallica dismissal in 1983

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“Yes, we sell out – we sell out every seat in the house, every time we play!” 11 times Metallica were accused of ‘selling out’ for ridiculous reasons

Playing acoustic guitars. Making a music video. Getting haircuts?! Here are all the times Metallica incensed heavy metal’s purists.

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“Nu metal? No guitar solos! Everyone played with their pants down round their ankles… It was a bleak period, but we came through it”: how Megadeth kicked off the 2010s with the blazing Th1rt3en album

In 2011, Dave Mustaine invited Metal Hammer into his inner sanctum

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"Lars smiled: 'What do you think?' 'You need more guitar solos, that’s for sure.'" How Metallica kickstarted thrash metal and changed the game forever with a "sloppy" little demo track called Hit The Lights

With Hit The Lights, Metallica found their first signature song and a track that'd have a profound effect on heavy metal's evolution

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“Dave really wants to do another record and just get something fresh out there”: James LoMenzo confirms Megadeth are working towards new album

James LoMenzo confirms Megadeth are working towards a new album

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“Dave Mustaine really wants to do another record”: Megadeth are making their next album, says bassist

According to James LoMenzo, the thrash metal icons are already at work on the follow-up to 2022’s The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!

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“If it was up to me, I’d make it the Big Five”: why Testament deserve to be at thrash’s top table

Testament’s 2012 album Dark Roots Of Earth was another classic from thrash’s most dependable band

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Strings sell… but who’s buying?: Dave Mustaine unleashes signature guitar strings

Dave Mustaine launches his own brand of guitar strings

Guitar World

“The loudest, best-performing strings he’s ever used”: Gibson ventures into the signature string market with first-ever Dave Mustaine set

The set – which the Megadeth frontman uses on all his tour guitars – has been unveiled alongside a custom black leather strap

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Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine says nothing makes him feel as good as thrash metal: “Not a drug, not a drink, not a person, not a thing”

The Megadeth man’s wife and children will be thrilled

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Marty Friedman wants you to stop calling him an ‘ex-Megadeth guitarist’: “It’s not doing me any favours. It’s 25 years ago.”

Though still proud of his time in the celebrated thrashers, Friedman feels his music and theirs have become wildly different

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From Megadeth to Japanese make-up tutorials: the bizarre life of guitarist Marty Friedman

The US musician went from homelessness to multiplatinum success with the thrash metallers – and then became a pop cultural icon in Japan. He explains the weirdest portfolio career in rock

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