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13 сен 2022

Ex-METALLICA Bassist RON MCGOVNEY Casts Doubt On DAVE MUSTAINE's 'Alpha Male' Claim: 'That's Not How I Remember Those Days'

Former METALLICA bassist Ron McGovney has cast doubt on the veracity of Dave Mustaine's claim that Dave was "the alpha male" while he was a member of METALLICA.

In a recent interview with Classic Rock magazine, Mustaine was asked about a comment he made in his 2010 autobiography, "Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir", where he referred to himself as "the leader of the band" when he was in METALLICA in the early 1980s. After the interviewer, Paul Elliott, said that the statement was "a bit strange" because the guys who founded that band, James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, are "such alpha males," Mustaine replied: "Oh no. I am clearly the alpha male between the three of us. Why did I have to do everything when I was in the band? Why did they always ask me talk to the promoters and collect the cash? Why was I the one who had to do the fighting? Why did I have to talk in between songs?"

Mustaine went on to say that it's not difficult for him to talk about METALLICA. "I really don't give a fuck," he insisted. "And you know what? I love those guys. I sent a text message to James just a couple of days ago after he'd said that he was insecure about his playing. I said: 'James, I love you and I really like your playing.' He didn't answer. Of course not. Why would he? The point is I wanted him to know that I've had those feelings too, but I don't now.

"I must remind you that when I joined METALLICA, James did not play guitar. He just picked it up and started playing when I was in the band. But let's be honest, James is one of the best metal guitar players in the world. So for him to have those feelings, that's a lie, because he's a mind-blowingly talented guy. So I just felt I needed to say something to him. I didn't tweet it. I didn't want anybody to know what I said. But I'm telling you because, hey, you brought it up."

After Revolver magazine tweeted out a link to a story about Mustaine's comments, Ron shared the tweet and included the following message: "Dave talked to the promoters? Collected the cash? James didn't play guitar before METALLICA? That's not how I remember those days. Just the opposite actually."

Last month, Mustaine reflected on his 1983 dismissal from METALLICA and the formation of MEGADETH while speaking to podcaster Joe Rogan of "The Joe Rogan Experience". When asked if went "right into" MEGADETH after his exit from METALLICA or if it took him some time to plot his next move, Dave said: "I think in my mind I went right into MEGADETH, but at the time I was still kind of trying to digest everything that took place.

"The thing that bothered me the most was I had all my music, and I left it behind and I said, 'Don't use my music.' And of course they did. They used it on the first record [1983's 'Kill 'Em All'], on the second record [1984's 'Ride The Lightning']. There's parts of my music on a song on the third record [1986's 'Master Of Puppets']. All the solos on the first record are mine, except that they're just performed by Kirk [Hammett, METALLICA's current guitarist]. And [they're] close but not the same. And he's not a bad guitar player."

When asked if he got royalties for that, Mustaine said: "Well, most of 'em, yeah, but Kirk got my royalties for [the song] 'Metal Militia' [from 'Kill 'Em All'] for many, many years. And he has to see the check, so I know somebody saw that I wasn't getting paid.

After Rogan noted that Mustaine feels both "sadness and bitterness" over his departure from METALLICA, Dave said: "Not bitterness — I'm over it. It's just money. At the end of the day, my happiness and my family and my wife and my children are more important to me than anything in this world. I love our fans. I have so many things in this life that I'm happy about. But, man, it's my family. And obviously my relationship with God. I take that very, very personal. And I don't talk to people about it; I don't push it on 'em at all. It's my thing. And I just look at it like where I'm at right now… Yeah, [I was] 20 [years old] in METALLICA, and now, look at me, I'm 60 [years old] in MEGADETH. And I'm a Grammy winner. I'm a New York Times best-selling author — all these things."

In a 2009 interview with Norway's Lydverket, Mustaine said that he was "so hurt" by getting kicked out of METALLICA for allegedly drinking too much. "I said, 'What?! No second chance, no warning? C'mon, we all drink. C'mon.'" he recalled. "And [they were like], 'No, that's it. You're gone.' And I was like, 'All right.'"

Mustaine also went on to claim that an altercation with Hetfield led to his being fired from the band.

"I was selling pot," Dave said. "When I would go play in concert, people knew that my pot was sitting in my apartment just saying, 'Go ahead and keep me company.' So I was broken in on. People stole everything that I had; all my stash. And I figured, screw this. I'm gonna get some dogs to stay in the apartment when I leave. So I got two dogs and I took one of them up to a rehearsal one time and she put her paws up on Ron's [McGovney, METALLICA's then-bassist] car. And James kicked it right in the side. And I was like, 'What did you do?' [And I was like] 'It's a dog, it's what they do. You don't kick animals.' So we went into the house, and we started arguing some more. And I ended up punching him in the face and I think that was the root of why I lost my job."

In a 2009 interview with the Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas radio station 97.1 The Eagle Rocks, Hetfield said that it was "so odd" to hear Mustaine still talking about his exit from METALLICA. "It is very Dave, and that's him," James said. "And no matter what band he was in or whatever... I mean, Dave is not in this band for a reason, and this is the reason. It's super-simple. He was in the band for 11 months and it goes on and on and on and on and on. I don't know any other band on this planet that there was a member in the band for a short amount of time and they've still got this big chip on his shoulder. It's insane.... You know what?! He's in love, and that's fine, 'cause we love him back."

Back in 2016, Hammett told the "Word Of Wheeler" podcast that he understood Dave's continued resentment toward his former bandmates over the way he was dismissed from the group. "I've always seen Dave as someone who was just really, really sad, really angry, really frustrated about his situation with METALLICA, and he never could let that go," he said. "And, you know, I've always shown a lot of empathy for him, understanding that he was just pissed off. It's the equivalent of the woman of your life leaving you. I mean, really. When your band kicks you out… I've never been kicked out, but I can imagine it's a horrible experience, especially if it's a band that you feel really passionately about. So I can understand Dave's plight over all these years. But I will also say that when we did these 30th-anniversary shows at the Fillmore [in San Francisco], and we invited Dave to play on all those 'Kill 'Em All' songs, man, it felt so good to have him playing on stage. It felt perfectly fine for me to, while Dave was playing the guitar solos, for me to go over to James and play the rhythm parts with James, and it wasn't a big deal at all. And I could see from the look on Dave's face and just from his whole attitude that it was super-cathartic for him. And I could see how it was helping him. And so I just took it all in stride. And it's interesting, because since then, I think, Dave's relationship with us is a little bit better now. I'd like to think that that whole thing just kind of healed some scars that needed to be healed."

After Hammett's comments about Mustaine were reported by BLABBERMOUTH.NET and other music sites, Dave took to his Twitter to respond. He wrote: "I have tremendous respect for @KirkHammett and I appreciate his take on this. he is almost 100% accurate...almost. I wish him the best."

In a September 2011 interview with Artisan News, Mustaine appeared to concur that his onstage reunion with METALLICA went a long way toward healing the wounds from the way his tenure in the band ended. Dave said: "When we [played a cover of DIAMOND HEAD's] 'Helpless' [as part of a 'Big Four' jam] one night, I walked over to say hello to Kirk on the stage and he said, 'Do you wanna take the solo?" and I said, 'Yeah.' [Laughs] But we forgot to tell anybody on the stage or [running] the sound out front that I was gonna do the solo, so the song's playing along and Kirk's playing rhythm full blast, and I'm sitting there going you can't hear what I'm doing. At least we knew what had happened. It was kind of a symbolic passing of the torch back to me and it was a nice gesture. I think that that helped Kirk and my relationship improve a bit."

In a September 2004 interview, Mustaine famously stated, "I really don't care about Kirk — he stole my job, but at least I got to bang his girlfriend before he took my job. How do I taste, Kirk?"

Mustaine did not play on any METALLICA albums and did not attend their induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2009.

Ulrich later explained to The Plain Dealer that Mustaine was not included because "you've got to kind of cap it somewhere. Dave Mustaine never played on any METALLICA records. No disrespect to him. But there [were] half a dozen other people that were in the lineup in the early days. We thought . . . the fair thing to do would be to include anybody that played on a METALLICA record." He added: "Dave Mustaine was in the band for 11 months, predominantly in 1982... I'm not trying to play it down. I have nothing but respect and admiration for his accomplishments since."

McGovney was a member of METALLICA during 1982 and appeared on the band's early demos. Tension between McGovney and Mustaine led to the bassist quitting the band and being replaced by Cliff Burton. He later told "Talk Is Jericho" that his exit from METALLICA wasn't upsetting to him because he was less into the band's thrash style, plus he was interested in being a motorcycle mechanic.
Dave talked to the promoters? Collected the cash? James didn't play guitar before Metallica? That's not how I remember those days. Just the opposite actually.

— Ron McGovney (@RonMcGovney) September 9, 2022

Dave talked to the promoters? Collected the cash? James didn't play guitar before Metallica? That's not how I remember those days. Just the opposite actually.

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13 сен 2022

olly71

Насколько помню этот тот *храбрец* который постоянно получал подзатыльники и поджопники от Дейва и ... молчал . Потом ему вылили остатки пива за шиворот и он ... молчал. Потом ему вылили пиво на его басс и его ударило током и он ... молча встал и ушёл из группы. А сейчас его прорвало на правду )))) И то что Хетвилд в самом начале не играл на гитаре говорит известное фото рекламы их самого первого концерта где Хетвилд только с микрофоном в руках и без гитары а гитарист только Мастейн.

13 сен 2022

olly71

olly71, Насколько помню на 30 летие Метлы они первый раз встретились после 1982 года но Дейв с ним даже не обнялся хотя обнялся даже с Кирком на которого был в своё время очень зол.

13 сен 2022

resurgamresponses

olly71, Рона чмарили все из группы, его по человечески жаль. он был очередным этапом винтиком в системе. как только .. его сразу выгнали

13 сен 2022

grgr

olly71, А потом Хэтфилд (через Ф, чувак) по-быстрому научился и стал одним из лучших ритм-гитаристов. Ты дебил, что ль? Сколько надо учиться на муз. инструменте (любом), ты в курсе ваще? Придурков развелось мля. Он с детства бренчал, почитай, что ль, источники, если умеешь, конечно.

14 сен 2022

olly71

grgr, Придурок выучи русский язык сначала прежде чем спорить . Разговор был о том играл или не играл а НЕ умеет или не умеет . Тебе люди которые были в группе говорят что не играл тебе афиша тех времён говорит что не играл но ты споришь со всеми и точно знаешь что играл ..Вот тебе разрыв шаблона - вокалист Хелловин Энди Дерис умеет прекрасно играть на гитаре ( сам лично видел ) но в группе он не гитарист Как так ? ))))

14 сен 2022

Starbreaker

olly71, тут многим надо бы подучить не только русский, но и английский заодно)

Мастейн сказал чётко "Джеймс НАЧАЛ играть на гитаре только после того, как я уже был в группе".
На деле же много раз было сказано, что Джеймс с самого начала своего музыкального пути играл на гитаре, просто в момент основания Метлы он не мог решить быть ли ему гитаристом, или вокалистом-фронтменом.

Поэтому утверждение, что Джеймс взял в руки гитару только после знакомства со святым Мастейном - ложь.
А то, что на первых концертах Метлы Джеймс только пел в микрофон - правда.

Расходитесь)

14 сен 2022

olly71

Starbreaker, Вот именно ! Джеймса первую половину 1982 бросало из крайности в крайность . То он хотел быть чисто вокалистом и они даже наняли второго гитариста ( чувак потом стал известен в группе Блэк н Блю ) и стали квинтетом . Правда просуществовали в таком составе всего 1 концерт. Потом Джеймс решил что будет чисто гитаристом и они аж 2 раза звали вокалистом Джона Буша из Бронированного Святого но тот отказался оба раза сказав что они играют очень слабо ( о чём наверняка позже пожалел ). И только в концу лета 1982 Джеймс наконец определился что он будет и гитаристом и вокалистом одновременно. Кстати через 10 лет после этого в 1992 года при известно инциденте когда он обгорел и не мог временно играть на гитаре и несколько концертов был чисто вокалистом он потом вспоминал что это были самые ужасные концерты в его карьере потому что он не знал куда девать свободные руки . Сила привычки )))

13 сен 2022

matthew3833

Хех, а Дэйв в интервью с Loudwire, когда проходились фактами по его и Мегадедовской википедии, говорил, что они с Макгновни друганы. Теперь, видимо, нет)

13 сен 2022

resurgamresponses

Нихрена еще одна версия. да ему пора за мемуары браться

13 сен 2022

timekiller61

О-уже пошли от отфизженных каменты....