MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Discusses Memoir With Canada's NATIONAL POST (Video)

Nick Aveling of Canada's National Post spoke to MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine last week about Dave's new book, "Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir", which came oiut this past Tuesday (August 3). Watch the chat below.

On which comes first — sex, drugs or rock and roll:

"The order it comes in is the drugs first, then the rock and roll, and then the sex. You usually get buzzed, then you go play, and then you see the girl. After you've taken your emotional victim hostage, then you go for more drugs. You have to get them high."

On how a compressed radial nerve scared Mustaine straight:

"I was in rehab and I decided to take a nap. I woke up — my arm had been resting over the back of the chair — and I couldn't feel my hand. I went to see a doctor and he told me I'd suffered a freak accident, that I'd never be able to play guitar again."

On his former band METALLICA:

"We had a disagreement, but the truth is that we really like each other and it was difficult to split up. If I wasn't drinking too much I may well not have lost my job. But the best thing that comes out of this is there's two great bands."

"Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir" (formerly "Hello Me... Meet The Real Me"),was released in the U.S. via HarperCollins's It Books imprint (focusing on pop culture, sports, style and content derived from the Internet). The U.K. edition, "Mustaine: A Life In Metal", will hit bookstores in the U.K. on September 30.

"Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir" 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.

(Thanks: Jose Asencio)