Marty Friedman suggested that Megadeth never “cared” about Metallica as much and that he never saw “any kind of feud type of thinking” during his time in the latter band.The Megadeth/Metallica beef occupies a special place in the ’80s chapter of metal history, not least due to Dave Mustaine’s fallout with Lars Ulrich & Co. and the subsequent founding of another legendary ensemble. In some periods, the “beef” was even acknowledged by the two bands’ respective fans — sometimes playfully, and sometimes not.
And while any lingering issues have long since been resolved, as Mustaine himself said on several occasions, Marty Friedman told Michael Christopher of Vanyaland in a recent interview that much of the antagonism only existed in the pres 5 Successful Artists Who Have Not Made It Big in the US
The Megadeth/Metallica beef occupies a special place in the ’80s chapter of metal history, not least due to Dave Mustaine’s fallout with Lars Ulrich & Co. and the subsequent founding of another legendary ensemble. In some periods, the “beef” was even acknowledged by the two bands’ respective fans — sometimes playfully, and sometimes not.
And while any lingering issues have long since been resolved, as Mustaine himself said on several occasions, Marty Friedman told Michael Christopher of Vanyaland in a recent interview that much of the antagonism only existed in the press:
“I don’t think we [in Megadeth] cared as much about Metallica as people put in the press. We were definitely our own band, our own entity, as far as I’m concerned. We admired Metallica for the great work that they did, and they’re playing a similar genre of music to what we were doing.”
“So, there is no question that we were watching their every move, what they were doing, what we could learn from it, what we could adapt to our situation from their success. I mean, we’re both heavy metal bands, and Mustaine pioneered this heavy metal rhythm guitar style. [James] Hetfield pioneered this heavy metal guitar style. They both were very, very important in the formation of thra
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