MEGADETH Mainman Seeking Photos For Upcoming Autobiography

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine's autobiography, "Hello Me... Meet The Real Me", is due next year via HarperCollins. The book was co-written by New York Times journalist Joe Layden who also authored "The Last Great Fight" about what is considered by many to be the biggest upset in the history of boxing: James "Buster" Douglas' tenth-round knockout win over Mike Tyson in 1990.

Mustaine writes on MEGADETH's official forum:

"I really need a favor and I really need it fast!

"My amazing editor, Mauro DiPreta, over at HarperCollins has given me the green light to assemble pictures and stuff for the center and various other locations throughout the upcoming new release of my autobiography.

"Here's where is gets cool. . . If you are a professional photographer and you have any shots of me from the following time periods, please contact my management or our beloved webmaster here at Megadeth.com with your photos and so we can discuss permissions. However, if you are just a Droogie with some cool shots, or an old friend with pictures from back we were together growing up, well, we'll just have to see who you are and whatcha got!

* My childhood (I got this)
* My teen years (this too)
* PANIC
* METALLICA
* Early MEGADETH

"I look forward to hearing from our professional friends and discussing how to get you involved, as well as seeing if there are any collectors or old friends thatt may have some rare or funny shots.

"I hope to find the shot of me feeding the pidgeons at Central Park in NYC."

Mustaine recently told AOL's Noisecreep about his upcoming autobiography, "It's easy to hate somebody that you don't like. But you know what? People don't know who I am. Who they think I am is not really who I am, because they guy that they've continued to vilify in the press, that guy's been gone a long time. And I think anyone who reads this book will see that."

According to Mustaine, part of the book reveals how he practiced black magic as a teenager, and how the experience — which inspired the 1986 song "The Conjuring" — affected his life for years after.

"I put two hexes on people, and they both worked and the result was just what I was asking for," he explains. "Now, it took forever to get that Satanic depression off of me because it's just like playing with a Ouija board. You open the doorway to the dark side, and spirits come through. It took almost 20 years to get rid of that Satanic depression. I did it when I was 15, and I don't think I got free of it until I was in my mid-30s.You ask yourself, 'How is it possible that this is happening to me?' Well, because you flirted with the devil and you put a hex on somebody and you put another hex on somebody, and, well, you owe him. And that's why I have a problem playing 'The Conjuring' today."

Norway's Lydverket blog conducted an interview with Mustaine on August 7, 2009 at the Langham Hotel in London, England. The first clip from the chat, in which he discusses his upcoming autobiography, can be viewed below.