Worse still, the bus was scheduled to depart from New York’s Port Authority Bus Terminal one hour after he was fired. When Mustaine asked what time his flight back to California was, he was told he wasn’t flying. “The thing that really upset me was that they never gave me a warning and I never got a second chance,” Mustaine says. At around 9AM that morning, Hetfield, Ulrich and Burton woke up Mustaine, who was suffering from an ugly hangover, and told him he was out of the band.

Metallica had already hired Kirk Hammett as their new lead guitarist. The end came on April 11, 1983, and for Mustaine it came without warning.

I lost all inhibitions when I was drinking, and that didn’t go over to well in the end.” I’d be aggressive and confrontational because I was a violent drunk. “I would drink and have fun until someone would refute something I had said. Subscribe to Consequence’s email digest and get the latest breaking news in music, film, and television, tour updates, access to exclusive giveaways, and more straight to your inbox.“When you’re around a lot of people that like to drink and get silly, they just want to have fun,” Mustaine explains. Roseanne Barr: 'I'm the Only Person Who Lost Everything' Roger Waters Re-Recorded Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moonġ0 Albums You Definitely Shouldn’t Play at a Party Megan Fox Hints at Machine Gun Kelly Breakup by Following Eminem on Instagram Lana Del Rey Drops 'A&W,' a Seven-Minute Epic About 'Being an American Whore': Streamīritney Spears' Husband, Doctors Attempted to Stage Intervention: Report Pick up tickets to Metallica’s upcoming shows here, and Megadeth’s upcoming gigs here.ĭave Mustaine on Metallica Not Touring with Megadeth: “What Are They Afraid Of?” Instead, Metallica are set to release their new album, 72 Seasons, on April 14th, and will be touring North America extensively in 20 with a rotating cast of support acts (that doesn’t include Megadeth). But this is the shit those guys say, and you’ve got the sheep who follow them around believing it.”Ī joint tour doesn’t seem likely any time soon. “They became one of the biggest bands in the world, and here’s one of the biggest bands wasting their breath trying to discredit me by saying, ‘Dave‘s not a good guitar player.’ Excuse me, what the fuck did you say? I think I wrote many of the songs that made you famous, so you probably should recheck that bullshit statement. “Remember, Metallica got a big head start, and they did so on the back of what I helped create,” he said. Story continues Megadeth to Perform with Guitarist Marty Friedman for First Time in 23 Years

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