MEGADETH's GLEN DROVER Says Working With DAVE MUSTAINE Has Been 'Great'

MEGADETH/EIDOLON guitarist Glen Drover recently spoke to MetalEater.com about how he landed the MEGADETH gig, the first-leg of the group's "Blackmail The Universe" tour, the progress of the new EIDOLON album, and what lies ahead in the future, among many other topics. A couple of excerpts from the interview follow:

MetalEater.com: So looking back on the first leg of the tour, how did it go?

Glen Drover: "Everything was set well. It was great because I don't think any one of us really expected it to be that good. Not only just being that we had a sold out tour — nine out of ten, if not ten out of ten shows were sold out. I think there were only one or two on the whole tour that weren't sold out, and they were pretty much sold out anyways — and just the reaction from the crowd. You know, we do a meet and greet after each show — every single night. The response from all the fans has been completely overwhelming. We were kicking everybody's ass. There is definitely a chemistry with this lineup. None of us really knew that was going to be the case, of course, but once we started it was evident that there was something there and things were sounding really good right off the bat. We just brought that to the stage and things came together really, really quick — from just getting the music down to the performance, and just the whole package. We're trying to deliver that smoothly. So, it didn't take too long. Yeah, we're all really happy. It was a really good tour and it's just the beginning."

MetalEater.com: You, James [MacDonough], Shawn [Drover], and Dave [Mustaine] all did an awesome job. How has it been working with Dave?

Glen Drover: "It's great! He's been really, really cool to us. He just treats us amazing and it makes us work harder because were being treated with respect. He's very appreciative and thankful because of what we can do but also because we're working hard to make it as best as possible and he acknowledges that and appreciates it and he shows that appreciation, which is really cool. So, it's been great! We're all really happy."

MetalEater.com: Is there going to be another North American tour after Europe?

Glen Drover: "It's possible, but I have no idea. All we know is that as we go along, the European thing is now set in stone. What comes after that — who knows!? We'll see — possibly Japan. I think we might be doing that, but it's up to Dave and the schedule and how it's all going to work. We find out basically when you find out — when it's all set in stone and it's put on the net — we find out about it as well and then go from there."

Read Glen Drover's entire interview with MetalEater.com at this location.