I did my best to do so once I got him on the phone, but the man is a brick wall.īefore the interview, I was apprehensive, anticipating a showdown on par with Christmas Eve at my FOX News-loving grandpa’s house-after all, my own leanings are a far cry from those Mustaine, a former Rick Santorum supporter, has been spouting for decades. Despite his reputation as metal’s preeminent conservative blowhard, I wanted to see if I could get past that self-aggrandizing exterior. We ended up on a call, wherein I assured him that I wasn’t out to get Mustaine-I just wanted to get to know him as a person, instead of a character. The reminder email I got from his affable publicist that day underlined the fact that “Dave is only talking about the music and tour.” Since I wasn’t interested in a rote fluff piece of tour promo, I wrote back for clarification. That’s all he’s interested in talking about, too, as was made crystal clear in advance. When I call him up, he’s at a hotel somewhere in California, working his way through a full slate of interviews to promote Megadeth’s upcoming new album, Dystopia-the band’s 15th-and an extensive North American tour that will kick off next month.
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