Dave Mustaine Calls Out “Dickhead” Journalist Onstage In Helsinki
One week ago today, when Megadeth's farewell tour rolled into Helsinki, Dave Mustaine took the stage with a bone to pick. Mustaine told the crowd at Suvilahti that he had been speaking to a reporter from the local newspaper before the show and was unimpressed. The post Dave Mustaine Calls Out “Dickhead” Journalist Onstage In Helsinki appeared first on Stereogum .
One week ago today, when Megadeth's farewell tour rolled into Helsinki, Dave Mustaine took the stage with a bone to pick. Mustaine told the crowd at Suvilahti that he had been speaking to a reporter from the local newspaper before the show and was unimpressed.
Describing the unnamed scribe as "such a fucking dickhead," Mustaine related a question the journalist posed regarding James Hetfield, frontman and rhythm guitarist for Metallica, who famously fired Mustaine as lead guitarist and replaced him with Kirk Hammett a month before recording their 1983 debut album Kill 'Em All . ( Megadeth's version of the next album's title track "Ride The Lightning," which Mustaine co-wrote , appeared on this year's chart-topping self-titled Megadeth LP.)
He asked me if I fought James Hetfield who would win? And I thought, "What kind of a fucking idiot would say something like that?" So I want to dedicate this next song to him, but we don't have a song called "I'm An Asshole." Instead, we'll do another new song called "Let There Be Shred."
Signed, another fucking dickhead idiot asshole who wants to know.
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