It began in 2014 when drummer Shawn Drover and guitarist Chris Broaderick give up Megadeth. Rumors swirled that Megadeth was about to reunite their basic Rust In Peace lineup – which meant getting guitarist Marty Friedman and drummer Nick Menza again within the fold. That reunion ended up not taking place, Megadeth employed guitarist Kiko Loureiro and recruited session drummer Chris Adler for the Dystopia album, and everybody moved on.
In his new e book Dreaming Japanese (by way of Blabbermouth), Friedman reveals that he met with Megadeth in 2015 to debate a reunion and obtained a reasonably insulting wage supply. Friedman notes he would’ve been paid much less in every week with Megadeth than he makes in a single day via his work in Japan, which is… not nice.
“Let’s simply say he wasn’t even within the ballpark. Hell, he wasn’t even within the car parking zone for the ballpark. The quantity they supplied was proper across the first wage I obtained once I joined Megadeth in 1990. If I would had any concept they’d lowball me like this, I by no means would have met with them in Anaheim. Had I taken that supply, I might have been paid much less in every week than I made in a traditional day in Japan. I used to be shocked and offended and instructed them I could not even contemplate it. I made a counteroffer, which was the naked minimal I may settle for, and much lower than I’ve obtained from any of the artists I’ve toured with in Japan.”
Friedman later speculates {that a} Rust In Peace-era lineup reunion would’ve made Megadeth greater than they’d ever been earlier than, and that it may’ve very effectively led to greater excursions with more cash. Which then y’know, may’ve led to the wage Friedman was in search of and everybody would’ve been blissful.
“I used to be prepared to take the monetary hit as a result of a reunion tour with Megadeth opening for Iron Maiden may open doorways for me once more in America. And what adopted may very well be a much bigger tour than something we had beforehand performed. Even when they met my price, the tour would have been an enormous windfall for them. They simply may have agreed to that, and the reunion would have been on, however they stated I needed an excessive amount of cash.”
Friedman added: “I used to be pleased with my profession in Japan, doing what I liked, making actual cash with out the sort of drama that comes with Megadeth. They did not even acknowledge that they had simply misplaced their guitarist and drummer and wanted me greater than I wanted them. Once I obtained over my preliminary anger, I used to be puzzled and unhappy.”
Sadly, a Rust In Peace-era lineup reunion can by no means occur now. Drummer Nick Menza died in 2016, and it would not actually seem to be bassist David Ellefson is rejoining Megadeth anytime quickly after his video-related extramarital jaunt. If you have not gotten your copy of Dreaming Japanese simply but, you can get it here.
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