Former MEGADETH Guitarist CHRIS POLAND Interviewed By Brazil's 'Wikimetal'

July 29, 2013

Brazil's Wikimetal podcast recently conducted an interview with former MEGADETH and current OHM: guitarist Chris Poland. You can now listen to the chat using the SoundCloud widget below.

Alongside MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine, Poland helped define the sounds of modern metal with 1985s "Killing Is My Business…And Business Is Good!" and 1986's "Peace Sells…But Who's Buying?" A year later, Poland was fired from the band in flurry of hard drugs, pawned equipment and internal squabbling.

Asked by Noisecreep in an October 2012 interview if he has ever been asked to rejoin MEGADETH, Poland said: "Dave has a certain visual thing he has to have with the band and I don't fit that anymore. [laughs]"

He continued: "I was asked back two or three times, but that was a long time ago.

"When I first left the band, it was ugly. Mostly over money. It felt like me and Gar [Samuelson; MEGADETH's original drummer] were left in the dust. So finally, when Dave asked me to join the band again, I said that the only way I could do that is if you could take care of me and Gar for our part of what we did in the band and he did.

"I thought about it. At the time, I had a deal already with Enigma Records. My manager at the time said, 'Are you sure you want to walk back into MEGADETH? You just got clean. Or do you want to make your solo record and do your own thing?' I said to myself, 'Yeah, I'm going to do that.' Even though at the time, Dave came forward and said he was going to take care of me and Gar. At the time, he said that Marty Friedman wanted to do it. I told him, 'Then I think Marty should do it.' Granted, I can have a house in Malibu now. I have a house in Glendale and I struggle, but I do what I want and no one is telling me what to do."

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