dude, megadeth or Metallica, or can it be both, or is it one or the other? Let’s talk about this. So, like I’ve said before in the previous episode, metallica and specifically the song One. When I was 10 years old I can’t remember if I saw the video first or if a friend of mine played me the song One or if he had the cassette tape of Injustice, for I really can’t, that’s a little foggy for me. I apologize, but either way, the Metallica One video video, like I said, when I saw those guys jamming in this warehouse I was like, oh, my god, I want, I want to do that. That is awesome and like. And the music was awesome, like it was like I loved the uh, even as a kid I didn’t know how to maybe word it, but I love the dynamics of one, you know and it was like all soft and then it got like kind of heavier but then it got like crazy heavy in the middle, like I, I really liked that progression and stuff, so that, uh, that really spoke to me. But, like I said, I, when I saw kirk cam and play, I was just like I want to play like that, I want to play guitar like that or whatever you know, like that I really wanted to play. Um, never had the opportunity to play until after my car accident, like I mentioned before. But like definitely had like a desire to play, but I’m not sure I don’t think I really ever expressed it to my parents. I was always playing sports. I played football, baseball, basketball and I took karate lessons, that kind of throughout that time too. So like I was crazy busy as a kid. So like getting guitar lessons wasn’t really on my to-do list, but it’s like I, if there’s more time in the day, it’s like I wanted to do that kind of thing, but it was a whole other expense and all kinds of things and that’s a whole nother story. But so I never, I never got guitar lessons, but I I definitely always liked music. Like I was saying in the, I love heavy metal. Like I loved listening to heavy metal music, like from 10 years old, you know, up until you know well I when I got in the car I couldn’t to heavy metal music. Like from 10 years old, you know, up until you know well I, when I got in the car I couldn’t even through it. But like I listened to pearl jam and stuff like that. Uh, like I said, I listened to some gangster rap, but you know, back to megadeth and metallica. So like I’m listening to one and then I’m like, oh my god, you know, I go to the. You know I think it was like kmart or something, strawberries, whatever, and I see they have like Kill Em All and Ride the Lightning, and so I’m like, oh my God, so I ended up getting these cassette tapes and then I listened to Kill Em All and I’m like they’re even heavier. And when you go back to like like I was blown away by I loved Kill Em All, loved Ride the Lightning, loved Master of Puppets. I thought those three albums were masterpieces.
Like I said, I was a huge Metallica fan and like which, you know, that’s neither here nor there. But I go back and I discover all this old Metallica. You know the other records and I’m like you know, and even the garage days. I remember going on a like July 4th trip with my friend and I remember seeing the garage days re-revisited and we bought that. Um, you know, again, I was probably like 11 or something or no, it’s probably, that’s probably 10. It’s like when we first discovered Metallica and we actually bought the garage days one because it was even. It was like so we could buy that with something else. So like because I think it was like $5.98 or I don’t remember.
But anyways, huge Metallica fan, loved the Kirk Hammonds playing, loved the soloing, loved all the guitar work, loved the melodies. You know, being such a big Metallica fan, I I always knew the drumming. Look, I’m not a huge Lars Ulrich fan, like kudos to him. He made a uh, he definitely made a mark on the world or whatever. So say what you will about his drumming, but the guy he’s just just. I don’t know what he would have done without james hetfield, I don’t know. I, james hetfield, just found a way to lock in with him and look, being in a band is like being in a family, and if you can find people that you gel with, that’s a special thing. And so, anyways, huge metallica fan, love master puppets. Love, fight fire with fire. Love, ride to lightning. Right, kill them all. Loved all the songs. Right, four horsemen, motor breath, no remorse, metal militia right, it’s like cranking songs, phantom lord, blitzkrieg songs, man, and also Blitzkrieg, depending on what version of uh, kill Em All you had.
But so all these like crazy awesome songs and it’s like, oh man, so on this huge Metallica vein, I would buy like all kinds of bootlegs. They were kind of like I grew up in Connecticut, so like there were these record stores in Rhode Island that sold like all kinds of bootlegs. They were kind of like I grew up in Connecticut so like there were these record stores in Rhode Island that sold like all kinds of like bootlegs and stuff. I would buy like every possible, like VHS Metallica tape, you know live cassette tapes, like I would buy it all. I had like every Metallica t-shirt, you know. So I was a huge fan. I was ridiculous. I literally have a Metallica tattoo. I have this Zorlok pirate tattoo on my leg.
So, with that being said, around 1992, like right before I lost my sight. Now I can’t explain this to you I was thinking about this before I started the podcast, this episode. I don’t know how I never saw a megadeth album like throughout my years as a kid, going to like, uh, you know, like I said, kmart or strawberries or whatever department stores I’m looking at, like anthrax, I see ozzy osbourne, you know iron maiden, you know. So I see these. But I just cannot recall megadeth at all. And obviously megadeth was right next to metallica, but for whatever reason, I really can’t recall megadeth before 1992.
So, anyways, I find megadeth, with the, with the release of countdown to extinction, and I was kind of like, whoa, wait a minute. I feel like I heard this guy, dave Mustaine, right, and I’m like, so I’m listening to Countdown. I’m like man, I love Countdown to Extinction album is a great album. I don’t care what anyone says, there’s always haters out there or whatever, but countdown is right up there with rust in peace for me. And so, and the sick, the dying and the dead dude, that’s rust in peace, part two, man, and that’s a disgusting album, it’s sick anyways. So I I’m listening to countdown, you know symphony destruction.
I’m like dave Mustaine, why do I feel like I know this name? I’m like, wait a second, I remember seeing this name and it’s like, and the credits on Kill Em All and Ride the Lightning, right, like I can’t recall the songs off the top of my head right now, but it’s like, yeah, I remember seeing like this other guy, dave Mustaine. I was like, huh, that’s interesting, right? So start listening to Megadeth. And you hear Rust in Peace and you’re like, holy, this is insane, right. You hear peace sells, but who’s buying? You hear, so far, so good. You’re just like this guy is pissed and like no wonder why. Right, like you start, you know the history about everything. There’s no need to get into that at all. But you listen to these megadeth albums and this guy is on a freaking mission, dude, and like you see his name sprinkled throughout the first two metallica albums. Right, so I’m coming back to megadeth, or metallica. Right for me, I’m coming, I’m coming to to my conclusion for me. But you have this guy, dave mustaine. Like I said, I discover him in the countdown near extinction and I’m like this guy wrote like I mean I’m exaggerating like half the albums of kill them all, ride the lightning or whatever, and honestly, there’s a few riffs of his stolen and master puppets that they got away with not giving them credit, to be honest. And so this guy wrote you know all this material. And now he’s out cranking out other material.
But what I, what I’m kind of getting at is like I don’t think I was ever actually a metallica fan. I was a dave mustaine fan and it was disguised, as you know, metallica for a. Then I discovered Megath and I was like, oh, oh, here we go. Because, look honestly, let’s think about this Everyone loves the first three albums.
There’s some haters that hate Injustice for All, but everyone, and their mother, loves the first three albums and you know who had a part in all those first three albums Dave Mustaine. You know who didn’t have any part at all in everything after that? Dave Mustaine. So you start to see who Metallica actually is at Injustice For All, with no Dave Mustaine influence. I’m not saying Dave Mustaine wrote half of Master of Puppets or anything. I’m just saying there’s sprinklings of his riffs in Master of Puppets that he didn’t get credit for in some of those songs. So there’s still some of him in those riffs. And so in Justice for All and On, there’s no Dave Mustaine.
So what happens after Justice for All? You get the Black Album. That’s right. That’s what happens when you take out Dave Mustaine in the mix. You get the Black Album. People Now, granted, it’s like the greatest selling album of all times, yada, yada, yada, and that’s.
I mean. We’re not talking about the greatest album sold of all times, I mean. And that has something to be said for itself too, I guess, right, but anyways, I’m just saying I learned that I’m a huge Megadeth fan, slash Dave Mustaine fan. So that’s where I land on that and maybe you guys have a discussion other points you want to bring up? I’d love to talk about this topic but I telling you, mega death wins over metallica. Look at the last minute.
Like I, after the black album, I didn’t listen to any metallica albums. After that the black album, I was kind of like, yeah, that’s pushing it, that’s really pushing it. And then they came out of load and reload. I was like, are you kidding me? Like this is ridiculous, like and at that point I’m listening to, like mashuga, you know, machine head at the gates, you know. So I’m just like this is ridiculous. Metallica’s being there, they’re dead to me, right, I mean, I’m just speaking as like a typical metalhead, right, I was like 16 or 17 at the time, but you know.
But then you look at the megadeth albums. Like you know, like dystopia, like I said, the sick, the dying and dead, that is a freaking heavy album. Like Dave Mustaine is not slowing, he’s got plenty of gas left in that tank. But you listen to the latest Metallica album and look, no offense against, like Motorhead or anything but, but at best that’s what, like the Metallica song sound like there’s, like there’s no, you know that aggression isn’t there anymore, that you know. And and look, I guess maybe it’s hard to have that aggression when you’re, you know, living in Vail in a 300 million dollar house. I mean I, I know, not, not a 300 million dollar, whatever 50 million dollar house. I mean mean maybe you don’t have much aggression anymore. I don’t know. But I’m just saying megadeth wins the battle for me. Email me. Hello at embrace your stormcom. There’s dashes between you, know, embrace your storm. And so hello at embrace your stormcom. Also, check out the website, create a profile.
Let’s let’s get the discussion going. Megath and Metallica why? You know another thing Kirk Hammett totally ripped off, like all of Dave Mustaine’s solos. Like I’ve heard interviews of Dave Mustaine kind of making comments, like you know, when he was younger making comments about you know Kirk ripping off his solos and he’s seriously not kidding. If you listen to the early recordings when dave was still in the band, when metallica, you hear those solos. Kirk totally ripped off all the phrasing, everything on how all those souls were done. So that made me a little bit of sad, that, uh, you know as a kirk hammett fan. But, um, anyways, that’s another topic, but but again, create a profile. Megath Metallica. Can you like both as a fan? Maybe, I don’t know. Possibly let’s see. So embracestormcom and create a profile. Looking forward to hearing from you. Hello at embracestormcom, and don’t forget to embrace your storm, see ya.