I like Metallica's music a lot more than Megadeth. Having said that, I think they are douchbag sell-outs and I'll never give them another nickel of my money. So I guess Dave wins by default.




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How do you musician types feel about Slayer and Anthrax?

I haven’t listened to those bands in years. Should I give them a re-listen ?
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Slayer is good and while I really like Anthrax back in the day, it hasn't aged well for me.

I'm really into Pantera right now, to be honest.
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Reign in Blood is probably my favorite album ever, although it’s not much longer than an EP. Slayer is definitely unique and twisted. I’ve mellowed out over the years so I mix in a lot more Bob Marley before I listen to Slayer.
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If you listen to Mechanix and The Four Horseman, it is pretty clear:

Instruments - Megadeth.
Vocals and Lyrics - Metallica.

I always found Dave's voice a bit grating, so I never fully appreciated Megadeth. If you listen now, Megadeth is clearly the more consistent band that aged better.
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Black Metal.

Sorry, had to google it. Yeah, you can keep that shit.
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I'm not a big fan of pure black metal - too many blast beats and too much trem-picking.

I am a fan of some death metal though and definitely a fan of deathcore, which is a blend of death metal and metalcore. Metalcore is itself a blend of heavy metal and hardcore punk.
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Steel Panther, baby!
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:-)

It's so funny what that band and those guys have become. I've known them all since the first week of moving to Hollywood back in 1993 and something that was literally a joke has turned into a career for them.
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I fucking love it. They captured the that 80's hair/glam metal sound to perfection while embracing the cheesiness of the era. Except their lyrics are wildly more entertaining and memorable than some of the real 80's glam bands.
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The funny thing is that all of those guys were rotating in a 70's Disco Band called Boogie Knights, which became so big that there were spinoff bands like Bootie Quake and a few others.

Then, Ralph started Atomic Punks, the Van Halen tribute band. He called me before Bart Walsh but that just wasn't my trip. Russ (Satchel) did it for a while, then Bryan Young (who ended up touring with David Lee Roth).

The whole thing started when Ralph, Russ, Joe (the original bassist) and the rotating drummer (my favorite was always Ray Luzier, who's been in Korn for a decade or more) hosted Sunday Night Jams at the Viper Room then later, The Roxy. Everyone used to sit in, from Joe Perry & Steven Tyler to Billy Duffy & Ian Astbury to even Steve Jones & John Taylor! The list goes on and on.

Then, one day, Russ called me and said "Dude! We just got hired for a Discovery Card commercial! Danger Kitty!!!!". From there, it really took off and a few years later, they changed their name. But Joe and Ralph were still doing Atomic Punks and even Disco gigs so they didn't get super serious about it until much later.
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That's awesome, haha.

I'm sure you've been aware of this for years, but I just learned not terribly long ago that Russ was Rob Halford's guitarist when he went solo with Fight.


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I had to look that up. I thought you were talking about the Mark Walberg movie.
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