MEGADETH TOUR WILL SQUASH “POTENTIAL FEUD,” BUT WITH WHOM?
Friday, April 10th, 2009 at 2:01pm by Axl Rosenberg.jpg)
Blabbermouth tells me that Dave Mustaine has released yet another of those bizarrely cryptic messages (No, I’m not going to make the obvious joke) he digs so much:
“Today is the 9th of April and I have agreed to doing something last night that I am sure a lot of people are going to be very excited about, and something that I had hoped would one day lead to another one of the potential feuds going away for good, if not for a long while.
“I can’t confirm the band or the dates yet, and I have to go get my youngster up for school. Rest assured, as soon as we are ready to announce it, you will be one of the first to know.”
Man, Mustaine loves his teases, don’t he?
So. Here’s the part of the article where we ignore the irrelevant sections of Mustaine’s message (If you can’t confirm the band yet then what the fuck does getting your kid up for school have to do with anything?) and recklessly speculate on what band Megadeth will soon be touring with.
First of all, let’s talk about this phrase “potential feud.” No idea what the fuck that means. Someone cynical about human relationships might say that everyone is a potential feud until they’re not, as you never know what path things will head down; and I imagine this is doubly true if Mustaine’s reputation for being a dick has any truth to it.
So for now I want to pretend that Mustaine is, for whatever wacky Dave Mustaine reason, using “potential feud” as a way of talking about just a plain old every day run of the mill feud, like Axl versus Slash, The Van Halens versus Hagar and Anthony, or Sean Hannity versus logic.
Still, this assumption doesn’t exactly narrow the field; plenty of people hate Mustaine. But we have to assume it’s a reasonably famous band, as Mustaine promises that “lot of people are going to be very excited.” That would be a hard promise to live up to if the tour mate turns out to be, say, Joey “I Swear I’m Still Alive” Belladonna.
And while Mustaine could be talking about the actual Anthrax – a Meganthrax tour would certainly be killer – there’s no potential feud there, as Scott Ian never has anything bad to say about anybody that isn’t Dan Spitz.
This leaves two candidates:
- METALLICA. But it’s not Metallica. They didn’t even acknowledge Mustaine at the Hall of Fame, they’re certainly not about to share a stage with him.
- SLAYER. Mustaine and Kerry King have traded a lot of barbs in the past via the press, and a Slayegadeth tour would certainly make a lot of mouths smile.
In conclusion: stay tuned for an announcement of a fall tour featuring Megadeth and Slayer. Of course, this will be immediately preceded by more cryptic bullshit from Dave Mustaine about expecting big things and wiping his son’s tushie.
-AR
What if its a reunion with Menza, Ellefson, and Friedman? He didn’t say if the “band” in question wasn’t his own.
I really really hope its Slayer. goddamnit Mustaine, tell us who it is, we wanna know NOW
it is but they’re touring in fuckin’ canada
I’m almost tempted to think its Metallica, cause Kerry King is one stubborn motherfucker. I get the feeling he wouldn’t go back on his feelings too easy. Unless the rest of the band overruled him.
to attackmole: You do have a point on Kerry King, but lets not forget he and Robb Flynn from Machine Head also settled their beef and its all good between them to. I know Tom Araya had some sorta feud with Mustaine goin too. It could be Suicidal Tendencies cuz him and Mike Muir had some shit boilin up back at Clash of the Titans. I was thinking possibly Down but their gonna be making a new album soon so i think not on them
Well, Heres the deal, metallica tix for the garden, (biggest venue of the american tour) go on sale tomorrow at 11 am. Metallica have anounced no spport acts for any dates watsoever on the us tour. Megadeth hav no tour dates for us yet. One can only hope that MEatllica are going to grab mustaine and his new version of megadeth and have the greatest tour ever. Why this wont happen = metallica and dave as cool as thye say they are now, mustaine mentioned in an article that he didnt go to the HOF ceremoney because metallica wasn’t inducting him, there fore i odubt mustain will give up this bs crusade he has and do it an di doubt metallica would invite him, so even though that tour would make myself and many others cream their pants, i aint running to get no toiletpaper anytime soon.
Mustaine was invited to the HOF but was touring Europe with Judas Priest. If Metllica and Megadeth play the Garden together, I think I may have to whore myself out to score tickets. However, as dates haven’t been announced, I must speculate that it will be Slayer and Megadeth, both of whom have new albums due in the next several months. Needles to say, its a step up for Slayer, after ANOTHER tour with Marilyn Manson despite the 6 or 7 decent acts playing earlier in the day. Also, consider that the record is being done with the new guys and Mustaine has said that he feels this is one of the tightest lineups the band has ever had. I still really want to hit up Metallica at the Garden, but I’m thinking Axl has this one hit on the head.
BTW, does ANYONE know what the beef was between King and Flynn? No one I’ve ever asked has been in the know about it. Enlightenment, please?
It was prety much a bunch of “he said, she said” with King and Flynn. You can find the links on blabbermouth, they date back to like 2002 mayb 2001. seriously. Then they both stopped bashing each other in the press and around fall of 07 they finally met up in person and everything is cool.
i wonder if his use of “potential” is a mistake, as obviously that would imply a feud doesnt exist yet. maybe he meant “one of the feuds potentially going away for good”.
if it was metallica, id imagine they would have announced it well in advance of the tour going on sale, as it would be a major selling point. wouldnt really be fair to fans to announce that shit after the shows have already “sold out”.
if it was slayer, it would sorta make sense that he couldnt say anything, as they are doing the mayhem tour, and im sure there is a proximity clause in their contract for the tour preventing them to announce any other shows that would affect the draw.
I heard some rumor it was a co headlining tour with Megadeth and Slayer and then Down as the opener, which would fuckin’ rock as I have never seen Slayer!
But if it somehow was Metallica, it would be interesting to see if Dave made it through the whole tour. Can you imagine if any fans started chanting Metallica during his set? You know some drunk dickhead would do it.
I think it has a good chance of being Metallica’s North America tour, since they haven’t announced opening acts yet as far as I know. But Eric’s idea of Megadeth/Slayer with Down would be ridiculously badass.
Summer tour with Metallica.
Metallica, Megadeth…. and slayer tour..
It’s too bad about Pantera because Metallica, Pantera Megadeth and Slayer… I would not go for the safety of my life.
I hear Megadeth is going to tour with Coldplay.
@The Mighty Fucking Quinn:
The feud between King and Flynn was after Machine Head released Supercharger and King criticized MH for making a Rap Metal album and criticized Flynn’s rapping as well I think. He said something like “I can’t believe I once thought they were a metal band”, and “Had no integrity left.” To which Robb Flynn said something like “Oh, Mr. Sum 41 video cameo thinks we don’t have any integrity left”
As much as Supercharger sucked (with the exception of Crashing Around You), Flynn was right. How the hell can someone who played on a sum 41 song, appeared in their video, and played on a Beastie boys track, criticize someone for making a subpar numetal album.
Needless to say they ended it in ‘04 when they were doing the European festival run after Through the ashes of Empires came out.
How the hell does that guy not age like a haggard goat? Seems like he’s the only guy in metal who hasn’t gone from the cover of No More Tears to long haired slurring bulldog.
Must be drugs, or rather the lack thereof.
certainly the snub at the hall of fame has the potential to get dirty and feudish….. so squash the fuckin shit now with a megatallica tour…. hetfield can come out for mechanix and mustaine can come out for the four hoursmen…. know anywhere to harvest a few organs so I can get enough money to enjoy this one?
Neat, replies.
It’s obviously Metallica, I don’t think there’s much ambiguity there at all.
But the Slayer tour would be called Slaygadeth. I mean, that’s just obvious. Please correct, because your phrasing is cumbersome and thoroughly unfunny.
Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, and Testament would be the greatest tour EVER
Mustaine, in his own words:
http://headbangersblog.mtv.com/2009/04/10/exclusive-podcast-megadeths-dave-mustaine-backstage-at-revolver-golden-gods-awards/#more-6213
…which is usually best.
There were some interesting tidbits in this interview. Mustaine accounts for his absence from the HOF awards ceremony and his exclusion from the honors; also, he briefly and vaguely discusses his inclination to settle old disagreements. (In reference to the latter, Slayer was mentioned specifically.)
Love and Rockets,
Shinaain