Dave
Mustaine and Kiko Loureiro talk Megadeth's Dystopia
Introduction
Dave Mustaine is in total control. There are no more compromises,
and he’s taking no prisoners with Megadeth’s latest album of ‘intellectual
speed metal’, ‘Dystopia’. We meet the boss, and new recruit Kiko Loureiro.
Dave
Mustaine is many things but a Yes man isn’t one of them. “Hey, Rick!” he yells
to a crew member who has poked his head in the door.
The Megadeth
frontman, guitarist and commander-in-chief seems in good spirits
“Will
you tell them to get this fucking song off? I’ve told them about this music.
This is not metal; this is Yes.” Rick, and sadly it’s not Rick Wakeman,
disappears, the door shuts and there’s a moment’s pause.
“Sorry,
I don’t get it,” he continues. “They were playing fucking Duran Duran the other
day. It’s like if you’re trying to be funny, you’re not funny. If this is the
kind of music you like, you’re on the wrong tour, buddy.”
Nothing
escapes Mustaine’s attention. The doors are open at SSE Wembley Arena. In a few
hours, Megadeth will be onstage, closing a bill featuring co-headliners Lamb Of
God, with support from Children Of Bodom and Sylosis.
The
Megadeth frontman, guitarist and commander-in-chief seems in good spirits. He’s
perched on a chair, talking at great pace (over 140 words-per-minute) about
Megadeth’s forthcoming album, Dystopia, and of a personnel switch that has seen
the core of Mustaine and bassist Dave ‘Junior’ Ellefson reenergized with a
transfusion of new blood.
Drummer Shawn Drover
departed after a 10-year stint and has been replaced by Lamb Of God’s Chris
Adler, with Kiko Loureiro of Brazilian power-metal quintet Angra taking over
from Chris Broderick on lead guitar.
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