Megadethilla valittuna rumpali tulevia livekeikkoja varten

Yhdysvaltalaisen thrash metallin legendan Megadethin kitaristi / vokalisti Dave Mustaine on antanut hiljattain haastattelun RollingStone.com:lle, jossa pohtii yhtyeen tulevaisuutta uuden rumpalin osalta. Dave Mustaine on haastattelussa kertonut, että hänen toiveenaan oli löytää vakituinen rumpali ennen studioon menemistä mutta niin ei kuitenkaan tapahtunut joten yhtye päätti turvautua Chris Adlerin apuun. Daven mukaan yhtyeellä on valmiina jo rumpali tulevia esiintymisiä varten mutta hän ei suostu sitä haastattelussa paljastamaan vaikka nostaakin pöydälle muutamia tunnettuja nimiä. Voit lukea Mustainen mietteitä aiheen tiimoilta tästä:

”Our hopes were to have a permanent drummer, but the option to do a record with Chris was really exciting to me. So I thought, ’Well, we’ll cross that bridge when we get to it. We’ll figure out what we’re gonna do about live shows, who’s gonna take the drum throne.’ And we’ve looked at a lot of people. I talked with my friend [ex-DREAM THEATER drummer] Mike Portnoy, who I think is an amazing talent. I talked to [ex-SLAYER drummer] Dave Lombardo. [Current DREAM THEATER drummer] Mike Mangini’s name has come up. But there was just something telling me to pause, saying, ’Really think about who you’re gonna play with, Mustaine. Make sure you’re going to do something that’s really going to excite people and that is not predictable.’ But we do have some live shows coming up and we have a drummer committed to our dates so far this year.”

”But one of the things that was great about having Chris come in was he’s been a fan for 30 years and he was able to say, ’Well, this is the stuff I like about my MEGADETH.’ And it was ’OK, cool.’ Because, you know, when we started we were a thrash and speed metal outfit, and as we got more successful and got more critical acclaim melody seeped in. I’ve always had a melodic content to my songs — it’s kind of an innate thing from being brought up with three sisters who listened to Motown. But I think that being forced toward the end of our tenure with Capitol to try and become an alternative band, it muddied the water. And we did turn ourselves inside out a lot during the later Nineties and early part of the 2000s.”