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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Names His Top Three Vinyl Albums

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine was asked by College Radio News Network to name his top three vinyl albums of all time. He said (hear audio below): "If I was forced to pick my top three vinyl albums, I would probably pick some old classics, because of the tonality of the instruments back then and a l...

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MEGADETH: Trailer For 'Warheads On Foreheads' Career Retrospective

On March 22, MEGADETH will celebrate its 35th anniversary with the release of "Warheads On Foreheads", a 35-track career retrospective. The anthology spans the band's entire studio recording career, from its first album "Killing Is My Business…And Business Is Good" to its 2016 Grammy Award-winning r...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Launches 'Charm Offensive': 'We're Going Out And Rekindling Old Relationships'

MEGADETH's Dave Mustaine, whose outspokenness has embroiled him in public spats with other musicians, including members of SLAYER and METALLICA, says that he has been reaching out to some of his former friends and adversaries to rebuild relationships that may have been negatively affected through hi...

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MEGADETH's DAVID ELLEFSON: 'We've Never Written Songs To Win Grammys'

MEGADETH was honored with its first-ever Grammy nearly two years ago. The band received the "Best Metal Performance" award for the title track of its latest album, "Dystopia". This marked the group's twelfth Grammy nomination in this category (including nominations in the discontinued "Best Hard Roc...

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FOREIGNER: 'Live At The Rainbow '78' Restored And Remastered Performance To Be Released In March

FOREIGNER and Eagle Vision have announced the release of the concert film, "Foreigner Live At The Rainbow '78", which is available on DVD, Blu-ray, and digital video from March 15. After the band's self-titled debut album had spent a year in the U.S. Top 20, rock's conquering heroes played a sold-ou...

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MEGADETH: Complete 'Warheads On Foreheads' Details Revealed

On March 22, MEGADETH will celebrate its 35th anniversary with the release of "Warheads On Foreheads", a 35-track career retrospective. The anthology spans the band's entire studio recording career, from its first album "Killing Is My Business…And Business Is Good" to its 2016 Grammy Award-winning r...

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DIRK VERBEUREN: My Favorite MEGADETH Song To Play

In the video below, MEGADETH drummer Dirk Verbeuren talks about Gar Samuelson and Nick Menza's influences on him and his favorite MEGADETH song to play. Said Dirk: "I discovered [MEGADETH] when Gar Samuelson was still the drummer. And he had a very unique style of playing that really stood out for m...

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MEGADETH's Next Album Will 'Probably' Be 'A Lot Heavier' Than 'Dystopia', Says DAVE MUSTAINE

MEGADETH leader Dave Mustaine spoke to Metal Wani's Jessie David about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's 16th studio album, tentatively due before the end of the year. "What we're writing right now is really exciting," Dave said (hear audio below). "Kiko [Loureiro, guitar] and...

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MEGADETH To Release 'Warheads On Foreheads' Greatest-Hits Album

MEGADETH will release a greatest-hits album, "Warheads On Foreheads", on March 22. The disc will feature 35 remastered tracks hand-selected by MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. The cover artwork for the effort can be seen below. MEGADETH recently released a 25-second video teaser for "Warheads On Fore...

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KIKO LOUREIRO Says His First Show With MEGADETH Was 'Really Challenging'

Kiko Loureiro says that one of the most memorable experiences he has had as a member of MEGADETH was the very first concert he played with the band, which took place in July 2015 at the Festival D'été De Québec (also known as by its acronym FEQ, or Quebec City Summer Festival in English),in Quebec...

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MEGADETH Bassist On Upcoming Album: We're Not Carbon-Copying And Duplicating 'Dystopia'

MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson recently spoke to Meltdown of Detroit, Michigan's WRIF 101.1 FM radio station about the progress of the songwriting sessions for the band's follow-up to 2016's "Dystopia" album. "What we've been doing this whole last year with MEGADETH is we've been taking all these i...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE On Upcoming Album: 'Music Is Fast And Strong'

MEGADETH leader Dave Mustaine has offered an update on the songwriting sessions for the band's 16th studio album, tentatively due in early 2019. He tweeted on Tuesday (December 25): "Droogs, I'm pulling back on Social Media as things rev up re: LP 16. Not enough time to do my job(s). "Progress is go...

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MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Is 'Fighting' To Get Another Metal Category Added To GRAMMY AWARDS

MEGADETH leader Dave Mustaine says that he is "fighting" to get another heavy metal category added to the Grammy Awards. In an effort to continuously evolve its Grammy Awards process, The Recording Academy announced in April 2011 that it had restructured the Grammy categories across all genres and...

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KIKO LOUREIRO: How I Landed Guitarist Gig In MEGADETH

BackStage360 recently conducted an interview with former ANGRA and current MEGADETH guitarist Kiko Loureiro. You can now watch the chat below. Asked how he landed the gig with MEGADETH, Kiko said: "ANGRA, we [had] a gold disc in Brazil, and then we released the album in Europe in 1994. And that was...

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MEGADETH's DAVID ELLEFSON: 'The Day I Stop Learning Is The Day I Stop Growing'

On October 22, prior to the Warsaw stop of his "Basstory" European tour, MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson spoke with Poland's Top Guitar. The full conversation can be seen below. A few excerpts follow (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). On the motivation behind his "Basstory" tour: David: "I know...