

The political aspects, the economic stuff. Typically, what stands out to you, especially now, that makes you think that's the basis of a song? Megadeath songs are often attuned to the sociology and politics of the world. and to think that they had heavy metal back then, that's pretty cool. When you think about Blue Cheer and stuff like that. You've got these old bands that are 60, 70 years old that are heavier than any of us ever were. There are a lot of bands that I like that are modern bands that have really great riffs. I think that happens with a lot of bands. It's like when you get that look on people who are dog lovers - they know when their dog looks at them and they just look at them like, "I understand you." You are playing a lick or riff or a power chord or something and the people that are around you just stop their face -` they're not mouthing the words, but they're saying, "Hell yeah."

The things that are still relevant, musically, are when you pick up the guitar and you play that riff and you just stop.

What aspects of your youthful musical ideas are still central to the musician that you are now?

You are not averse to building songs from unused riffs written throughout your life. I think with all four bands, it's basically beat your guitar to death. The approach toward the guitar is the same. I think it's the horsepower of the guitar and I think that you can see how the frontmen are mainly the difference. What's consistent about the way each of the bands on this tour interprets metal? This lineup is such a good representation of the evolution of genre through different generations. Elsewhere, Mustaine, a cancer survivor, urged adult men to go for regular medical checkups and chastised the "tough guy attitude" of not wanting to go to the doctor.
