DAVE MUSTAINE Doesn't Rule Out Possibility Of New MEGADETH Music

MEGADETH's Dave Mustaine's recently spoke to MTV.com about Gigantour, whch starts July 21 in Fresno, California, and runs through September 10 in Seattle.

"I have no crosshairs on any of the other festivals," he said. "I'm not the giant-slayer that's gonna go take on these other festivals and make 'em look bad. I want to have a festival that's positive, encouraging, fun — something people will look forward to. After all, what are the first two syllables of festival? Festive, man!"

Regarding the bands he handpicked for Gigantour's inaugural trek, he said, "The music business recently has been bereft of any kind of guitar heroes. Certainly, the ones that show up in guitar magazines nowadays, who say they're guitar heroes, ain't the kind of heroes I knew growing up: [Michael] Schenker, [Jeff] Beck, Jimmy Page. Some of these guys today, it's like, 'OK, tune your guitar down to Z and never do a solo because it's not cool.'

"As of late, there have been numerous musicians who have decided to take naps onstage, and I don't want to be around that negativity. I wanted to have positive and encouraging bands out there who would be positive and encouraging for young people, young musicians, young music fans. People, they're gonna come [to Gigantour] and see people take a guitar and actually make it work."

As for whether we'll see new material from MEGADETH in the future, Mustaine didn't entirely rule it out. "You can probably expect to see some music come out of us at some point, whether I decide to call it MEGADETH or go on as my own."