Dave Mustaine

i'm looking in the classified ad magazine go figure the biggest band in the world would advertise in this newspaper so i look at it and it says wanted lead guitar player and um mentioned a couple bands so i called up and i got lars on the phone and i said yeah, well, I like Motörhead and I like Budgie. And he goes, you like fucking Budgie, man? And I went, yeah, I do.

And that was the icebreaker because Budgie is a Welsh band. It's a three-piece. It's very obscure. And by me listening to them showed that I had credibility in the new wave of British heavy metal world because of The bands I was listening to, they were not a band like a white metal band or a progressive metal band. They were a three-piece from Wales that kicked ass.

And that was the icebreaker because Budgie is a Welsh band. It's a three-piece. It's very obscure. And by me listening to them showed that I had credibility in the new wave of British heavy metal world because of The bands I was listening to, they were not a band like a white metal band or a progressive metal band. They were a three-piece from Wales that kicked ass.

And that was the icebreaker because Budgie is a Welsh band. It's a three-piece. It's very obscure. And by me listening to them showed that I had credibility in the new wave of British heavy metal world because of The bands I was listening to, they were not a band like a white metal band or a progressive metal band. They were a three-piece from Wales that kicked ass.

They didn't have to have all those silly names in front of it. And how did that develop? What part? Joining Metallica. Joining Metallica. Yeah, so we were on the phone, and he made that comment that I know them, and I said, yeah. So we talked about meeting face-to-face, and I drove down from Huntington Beach to Newport Beach, where he lived, in a place called, I think it was called Park Newport.

They didn't have to have all those silly names in front of it. And how did that develop? What part? Joining Metallica. Joining Metallica. Yeah, so we were on the phone, and he made that comment that I know them, and I said, yeah. So we talked about meeting face-to-face, and I drove down from Huntington Beach to Newport Beach, where he lived, in a place called, I think it was called Park Newport.

They didn't have to have all those silly names in front of it. And how did that develop? What part? Joining Metallica. Joining Metallica. Yeah, so we were on the phone, and he made that comment that I know them, and I said, yeah. So we talked about meeting face-to-face, and I drove down from Huntington Beach to Newport Beach, where he lived, in a place called, I think it was called Park Newport.

And the funny thing was, my mom was a maid, and she had actually worked event for catering in his town.

And the funny thing was, my mom was a maid, and she had actually worked event for catering in his town.

And the funny thing was, my mom was a maid, and she had actually worked event for catering in his town.

complex he was in and I'm thinking go figure my mom was a maid here and your mom has a place here what what a story that is the two sides of a different coin you know or two different sides of the same coin and um so I went into his his place and started talking to him and uh he played this song called hit the lights that was written by a guy named uh Lloyd Grant so um

complex he was in and I'm thinking go figure my mom was a maid here and your mom has a place here what what a story that is the two sides of a different coin you know or two different sides of the same coin and um so I went into his his place and started talking to him and uh he played this song called hit the lights that was written by a guy named uh Lloyd Grant so um

complex he was in and I'm thinking go figure my mom was a maid here and your mom has a place here what what a story that is the two sides of a different coin you know or two different sides of the same coin and um so I went into his his place and started talking to him and uh he played this song called hit the lights that was written by a guy named uh Lloyd Grant so um

Metallica didn't write that song. Lloyd Grant wrote it, and then he was friends with Lars, and then Lars introduced him to James, and then they started playing Hit the Lights. That's the song that I heard from them first, and I said, wow, this song needs way more lead solos in it. It was just me being cocky, being me. It needs more lead solos in it.

Metallica didn't write that song. Lloyd Grant wrote it, and then he was friends with Lars, and then Lars introduced him to James, and then they started playing Hit the Lights. That's the song that I heard from them first, and I said, wow, this song needs way more lead solos in it. It was just me being cocky, being me. It needs more lead solos in it.

Metallica didn't write that song. Lloyd Grant wrote it, and then he was friends with Lars, and then Lars introduced him to James, and then they started playing Hit the Lights. That's the song that I heard from them first, and I said, wow, this song needs way more lead solos in it. It was just me being cocky, being me. It needs more lead solos in it.

And he was trying to figure out if I was for real. And so we went to rehearsal. He said, we're going to try you out. So, okay. So, I mean, I knew how good I played. I have been gifted and I know it's not by my own doing, so I don't try to take any credit for it. So I don't care how good I am or.

And he was trying to figure out if I was for real. And so we went to rehearsal. He said, we're going to try you out. So, okay. So, I mean, I knew how good I played. I have been gifted and I know it's not by my own doing, so I don't try to take any credit for it. So I don't care how good I am or.

And he was trying to figure out if I was for real. And so we went to rehearsal. He said, we're going to try you out. So, okay. So, I mean, I knew how good I played. I have been gifted and I know it's not by my own doing, so I don't try to take any credit for it. So I don't care how good I am or.

or not or what people say or anything like that so I just knew what I knew what I knew and I went to Ron McGovern's parents fourplex they had this place that James was living with Ron and I went up there with Lars and I set up my amps and I plugged my guitar in and I just started warming up as it And they were impressed. They wouldn't come in. What do you mean they wouldn't come in?