It Really Bugs The Sh*t Out Of Me

Marty Friedman has had an unimaginable profession. The person performed in Megadeth and Cacophony, has a handful of solo albums to his identify, and has turn into a TV and musical celebrity in Japan. But headlines nonetheless consult with Friedman as an ex-Megadeth guitarist regardless of having give up the band 24 years in the past.

In a brand new interview with THAT Rocks!, Friedman mentioned it bugs the shit out of him that he is nonetheless known as an ex-Megadeth guitarist in headlines. Friedman made it clear that he is a Megadeth fan and he is acquired tons of respect for Dave Mustaine and his crew, however would like Megadeth and Marty Friedman to be two separate issues at this level.

“In fact, as soon as I left Megadeth, the tag ‘ex-Megadeth‘ was caught to my identify, and I understood that for a few yr or two. After which I actually, actually wished to chop that out as a result of I used to be now not in Megadeth and I used to be doing my very own factor doing different issues not associated to Megadeth in any respect.

“So from about 2002 or 2003, I simply made it a strict rule that any type of media after they printed no matter they have been doing, no ‘ex-Megadeth‘ subsequent to my identify. Simply do not put it within the headline. Do not put my identify with Megadeth — ‘former Megadeth‘, all of that stuff was like a really, very strict rule. In fact, as you all know, within the media they have an inclination to disregard these guidelines about 90 % of the time. They ignored that loads, however then, as time went on, it began to get much less and fewer, and I began to really feel higher about it.

“After which within the mid-2010s, loads of locations stopped fully placing that subsequent to my identify, as a result of there was nothing I used to be doing even remotely associated to Megadeth, so why put it in there? In fact, generally they even nonetheless do it now, and it simply actually, actually bugs the shit out of me, as a result of it isn’t doing Megadeth any favors both.

“It isn’t doing me any favors. It is 25 years in the past. They’ve their very own band, and I am the largest fan of their band, and my factor is totally completely different from theirs. However generally you may’t management what the media does. However that also does not imply that I haven’t got loads of love and respect for the band. In fact I do. We’re each doing separate issues.”