Marty Friedman made his grand return to Megadeth on-stage with them during their Budokan show earlier this year. It was a one-off reunion, for now, but there’s more that could come from it. Megadeth lead singer and founder, Dave Mustaine, spoke to Bloodstock TV about the reunion and Friedman’s tenure in the band.
You can watch some fan-shot videos of their performance from Budokan, here!
They’ve suggested that something similar could come about at Megadeth’s performance during this year’s Wacken Open Air festival in Germany. Here’s what Mustaine had to say about Friedman.
“It did have a lot of those emotions. It did feel like it was the good old days. Also, Marty has made quite a name for himself on his own since then.
“Of all of the ex-bandmembers of Megadeth, Marty seems to be the only one that’s ever amounted to anything. No offense to the other guys — that’s how the facts are. If you look at their sales and stuff, Marty’s the only one that’s ever done anything significant.
“And to be able to go over and visit him in his world… It was neat to see him out of his environment. Plus, when he came in, he was very suggestive on some things to make the show really smooth. And he wanted to go over all the songs that we were playing several times to make sure everything was just really shit-hot.
“And, of course, Marty being in Marty fashion, he got out there and he mesmerized us all, me included. I found it kind of hard to watch him and do my job at the same time, but I very much wanted to just sit there and watch Kiko and Marty play together, because they two are some of the greatest guitar players in hard rock and heavy metal right now, and to watch the two of them play together was remarkable.”
Now that sure sounds like some big words from Dave Mustaine about Friedman, but it’s also a shot at the other members of Megadeth who’ve come and gone. How about the members that have left Megadeth and come back?
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