Megadeth founder Dave Mustaine rejoins Metallica onstageFebruary 10, 2012 - 21:38 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - It’s a time of reunions for Megadeth founder Dave Mustaine. He’s reconciled with bassist Dave Ellefson, who sued him a few years ago. He’s revived the band’s package show, the Gigantour, Chicago Sun-Times reported. Plus, last fall - as the devil tried on some ice skates - Mustaine was back on stage with Metallica. Mustaine was a founding member of Metallica in 1981 with James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, but he was kicked out two years later because of personality conflicts and drug abuse. He was replaced by guitarist Kirk Hammett. An angry Mustaine immediately formed his own band, Megadeth, intending to be harder, faster and louder than Metallica. Revenge metal! A lot of water and blood under the bridge - by 2009, Metallica was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and invited Mustaine to participate in the ceremony. He declined, citing European touring commitments. But last December Mustaine finally rejoined Metallica on stage in San Francisco for part of the band’s 30th anniversary celebrations. “I played four or five songs with them - just me, James, Lars, Robert [Trujillo] and Kirk was over on the side,” Mustaine says. “Kirk didn’t look too happy about it, but I think he was a good sport. “I think you can see from the way the guys lit up that it was mutually beneficial for everybody. We all expected something magical to happen, and it did. We were playing stuff off the first record that I’d written in my teenage years. It was a blast.” Does this mean the long-standing feud is over? As New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys gave into their own gravity to become NKOTBSB, will these monsters of metal now become Megatallica? “I would certainly look forward to another opportunity with those guys,” Mustaine says. “The competition is done. I’d love to do a record with James, Lars and Dave Ellefson, but I don’t know if it’s in the cards. Maybe a single for charity or something.” Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. |