Posts Tagged ‘Endgame’

What I want to know is why it didn’t happen sooner so I wouldn’t have to hear them play back in November? If you recall, right at the end of the Endgame tour, Suicide Silence had their laminats taken away by Dave Mustaine and they didn’t play the last show. Well here is the frontman’s explanation to the question asked by an Affliction interviewer who is also Ozzy’s bass player  (text from Blabbermouth):

“I think the whole situation was funny. It’s basic — [MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine] wanted our laminates back because we were getting people in, we were passing our laminates out. We were getting our friends in because we were only allowed, like, 10 people on the guest list. We were just doing that — getting people in — and he thought it was a risk to his dressing room, which it could have been; some superfan could have gone in there and done god knows what. And the situation went from that to him wanting our laminates back, and it was, like, the last day of tour. And we were just like, ‘You know what? I like this [grabbing his pass]. Sorry.’ And it turned out bad. But fuck it. It was still a fun tour.”

So, he was breaking the rules, hookin’ up his buddies, possibly creating potential problems and he thinks it was funny? Sounds to me like spoiled kids that don’t know how to follow simple rules when you are given the opportunity and privilege to tour with two amazing bands. We all know that Suicide Silence wasn’t chosen for the tour because of their talent. They were chosen because Dave is Business smart and he knows what sells tickets. I don’t think that was very fair to the rest of us, but oh well. You can watch the video of the interview below. Read the rest of this entry »

I you followed the NAMM coverage this passed weekend then you probably saw the debut of Dave Mustaine’s new signature guitar, the Dean Zero, if you had not already seen it earlier. It’s simply an improved Dean Z with Mustaine’s personal touches on it to make it work for him. There is a sliver production model and a distressed cream colored limited production model. Also, to add to Dave’s VMNT series is a new Endgame VMNT. The brightly colored graphics based around the album cover of Endgame really bring this guitar alive and gets you attention. I have not seen any of these guitars on retail dealer sites yet, but I’ll keep an eye out for the prices. All three guitars with specs can be seen in this PDF file. Here are a few photos from Dean’s website. (Click on the image for a larger view)

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Regardless of anything that may come out of Dave Mustaine’s mouth that you may or may not disagree with, the man has a huge heart. He also gives thanks to everyone that supported the Endgame tour and album thus far. If you bought the album or came out to an Endgame show, then you may have just helped support Dave in donating toys this Christmas to the San Diego Children’s Hospital and various other places. Check out this letter of thanks from the Megadeth Forums. Read the rest of this entry »

It’s been a hectic week and I haven’t had time to do any updates. In case you missed some of the news this week, here is a break down of some of the things that have transpired in the the world of metal this week.

• Evile have announced that they have found a new bass player after the tragic death of Mike Alexander. The new bass player has been announced as Joel Graham. Here is a quote from the band:

He’s an excellent, experienced bass player, and a really nice guy. We’d all appreciate it if you gave him a warm welcome to the band, as this must be a bizarre situation for him to be in also. We’ll be getting some photos taken with him soon so you can see us with Joel, we just wanted to get the news out there that we have a new bassist, and that we thank each and every person for auditioning. Mike would be honoured at the amount of respect and admiration you expressed to us through contacting us.”

• The “Big Four” (Metallica, Anthrax, Megadeth and Slayer) will NOT be touring per se, but will share the stage at Switzerland’s Sonisphere next summer. If you have the means, witness history.
• Diamond Head are releasing an autobiography titled “Am I Evil” and can be purchased for a limited run of 500 at Diamond-head.net.
• Slipknot have filmed a video for the song “Snuff” from their 2008 release All Hope Is Gone. The video is actually a short film directed by Shawn Crahan and can be viewed on Youtube. On a side note, Snuff is one of my favorites off of All Hope Is Gone and I’m still hoping that Corey does a solo album of acoustic stuff in the future.
• Suicide Silence were booted from the Megadeth Endgame tour just two dates short of it’s end. No solid official details yet, but word has it that Dave Mustaine kicked them off and revoked their laminates for an incident that happened earlier in the tour. A statement from Suicide Silence will come later.
• Brain Drill have finished up recording the follow up to 2008’s Apocalyptic Feasting. You can listen to one of the new tracks called “Monumental Failure” on their Myspace.
• Whitechapel have entered the studio and will start recording the follow up to 2008’s This Is Exile. This time around Jason Seucof will be taking the reigns of producer.

In local news, I have had contact with a sponsor and I will be posting a banner pretty soon and introducing some of their products. I’ll have more on that real soon.

Megadeth have already started planning for the continuation of their Endgame tour with upcoming dates for Europe, South American and the Pacific Rim, following their American Carnage tour this January and February. Here is an excerpt from Dave Mustaine The Megadeth forums. He’s even got his own cool little emoticon.

“We were able to start planning our tour dates for 2010 and we will be announcing our next South American, European, and Pacific Rim dates in the near future. At the very least in the next week, or so.”

“Please stay tuned, and check back over the next few days, because we are sure to have some great news for you!”

When I went to the Megadeth Endgame tour last Saturday I bought a new cd at the show and was given the after-show wrist band to get the cd signed by Dave and whoever else showed. Since Roadrunner isn’t making big efforts to sell the album, Dave took it upon himself to find a way to sell it and give you a bonus along with it by making himself available after the shows for an autograph.

As everyone was standing in line, waiting, a guy came through and he was telling everyone that you could only get your CD signed and no pictures. Disappointed, I put my camera back in my pocket. Those were the rules and as I looked around I understood why. There were about 500 plus people waiting in line and if every swinging dick (and tittie) in line wanted to get a picture with Dave, we would have been there for hours. I understood and complied because I was just happy to see Dave face-to-face and get his autograph. When I did so, I said “Thank you very much” and “Great show” and I moved on so all the other fans that spent their money on the album and waited patiently in line could do the same.

In the Megadeth Forums Dave made it very clear as to why these are the rules. Read the rest of this entry »

With bigger bands you don’t see this very often, but Dave Mustaine wants you to know that he will be autographing copies of Endgame after shows during the Endgame tour. This coming as stores are short on stock of the new record. This doesn’t surprise me much because these days record stores and retailers in general stock less of new albums unless it’s bands like Nickelback and pop artists. It’s not really news that cds, especially from metal bands, don’t sell as well as they used to so retailers avoid overstock and cut overhead by reducing the number of new albums they would normally sell. I tell you what though, I already bought the album when it came out, but if I can score a signed copy from Dave at the upcoming Richmond, VA show, I’ll be all over it and buying another copy, not to mention a bit of merch since the first and only other time I saw Megadeth I didn’t buy anything. here are Dave’s exact words:

Since we have tried and tried to find out why our records are not being stocked in so many places that our other labelmates are being stocked at, and ALL of our peers are being sold in too, and since we keep getting excuses from either the stores, the distributors, or the other people involved with getting the record in stores and out to you, I have decided that depending on how tired I am each night, I am willing to do their jobs too, and I will be waiting for you each night after we play and we (me) will be autographing records for you at our merchandise booth to support Megadeth somehow at these shows.

Please remember that I am going to be doing my best to do this for us all, although I should NOT have to do this in order to sell my new record. Talk about feeling like a beginner band, and having no real understanding of why you are being treated like you don’t deserve to be treated better, but fuck it and fuck them.

This song sounds damn good live. They performed it for the first time live, with vocals in Perth, Australia. Not the best footage but look at Chris Broderick go. I love the dueling solos at the end of this song.

Megadeth Endgame

I figured since I wasn’t having the Podcast tonight and I didn’t post a Podcast Preview, I would announce the winner of the Megadeth Endgame CD. The winner was Darren B. from Evansville Indiana, who guessed the names of the Megadeth songs in order as follows.

1. Lucretia (From Rust In Peace)
2. Captive Honor (from Countdown To Extinction)
3. Set The World Afire (from So Far, So Good…So What?)
4. The Scorpion (from The System Has Failed)
5. The Elysian Fields (from Youthanasia)

Too easy, right? I will be giving away another copy of Endgame in November. This copy will hopefully be autographed by a current member of Megadeth.