I was going to write “what better way to start off the Friday of the first post-summer workweek than with some Megadeth,” and while the Dave Mustaine-led metal outfit’s performance of “Head Crusher” from their just-out-this-week album Endgame has some pretty amazing guitar work, the vocals are mixed in a way that leaves something to be desired. Still, the opening riff sounds pretty great, and it certainly put a jolt into my Friday morning! Clip after the jump. More »
From the “That Which Does Not Kill My Career Can Probably Fatten My Paycheck A Little More” department: Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine is auctioning off the wrist splints he wore after suffering a compressed radial nerve in his left arm six years ago, an injury that many thought would end his career. (Mustaine was among them; he broke up Megadeth that April, only to reform the band two years later.) Bidding is at $300 now, but there are still five days left in the auction! And they’re even autographed! In black Sharpie! After the jump, Mustaine demonstrates the gear.
Dave Mustaine is expanding his coffee business into the “coffee-of-the-month club” realm. For just $19.99 a month, you can drink the Megadeth frontman’s favorite java as you read the paper and fume about the United Nations–just like he does! More »
Dave Mustaine is expanding his coffee business into the “coffee-of-the-month club” realm. For just $19.99 a month, you can drink the Megadeth frontman’s favorite java as you read the paper and fume about the United Nations–just like he does! More »
Dave Mustaine is expanding his coffee business into the “coffee-of-the-month club” realm. For just $19.99 a month, you can drink the Megadeth frontman’s favorite java as you read the paper and fume about the United Nations–just like he does! More »
Popular music, especially of the less genteel variety, has long been a battleground for young folks in Muslim countries, but according to Reuters’ hesher wire, the twentysomething headbangers of Morocco are staging something of a comeback after being derailed by authorities cracking down on the music for flaunting morality and encouraging the worship of Satan. Of course, charges of Satanism aren’t quite so much a metalhead badge of honor when you’re facing actual jail time rather than the finger-wagging of irate catholic school officials and parents asking you to turn your t-shirt inside out when company comes over, as 11 Moroccan metal fans found out five years ago when they were busted for bigging up Beelzebub.
Dave Mustaine will not stand for the funky fretwork of Mike Huckabee. In fact, when asked to critique Huckabee’s bass playing for Good Morning America, the worm-infested Megadeth frontman called the art of the bass “one step up from playing the kazoo,” which is another way of asking for a late night ass-whupping from the ghost of Charles Mingus. (Or at least a wedgie from Bootsy.) In addition to grooming 2008’s musically minded prez hopefuls Berry Gordy-style, Dave sez he would also be a valuable ally on the campaign trail thanks to an innate ability to reach adolescents into skulls and blood and blowin’ up stuff.
The battle royale between Ted Nugent and Satellite Party ends Monday at noon ET. That’s a little less than three days from now, and if you’ve waited months to help decide the “winner” of our tournament, now’s the time when every vote counts. More »
In addition to “wuss,” “coffee magnate,” “text-message-ignorer,” and “possible third-place finisher in our Worst Album Cover Of The Year tournament,” Dave Mustaine can now put “petri dish for disease” on his resume: “Mustaine says he went to see a health practitioner who did an analysis of his body. More »
