– Will Christina Dee Get A Fancy Meal With Megadeth Mainman Dave Mustaine and Get Some FREE Band Merch?

JEFF YOUNG and NICK MENZA From Megadeth Perform Together At MI

Former Megadeth members Jeff Young (guitar) and Nick Menza (drums) played the classic MEGADETH track “In My Darkest Hour” with Musicians Institute students yesterday (Friday, June 6) at Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California as part of a live performance workshop.

Symphony of Destruction

Young recently joined the Guitar Institute of Technology teaching staff at Musicians Institute.

Musicians Institute offers a comprehensive, hands-on education in contemporary music performance, recording, guitar making, music business and film.

Jeff’s entire career with MEGADETH was spent recording and touring in support of the band’s 1988 platinum-selling album “So Far, So Good…So What!”

Menza joined MEGADETH for the 1990 recording “Rust in Peace” and for the next ten years became associated with the band’s “classic” and most profitable era.

MEGADETH Mainman: ‘Tonight I Had To Walk Off The Stage For Only The Second Time Ever’

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the “Forums” section of the band’s official web site:

“Over the last six months, we have had almost a dozen [road crew] changes at monitors and sound due to visas, deaths, and inadequacy.

“Tonight [Friday, June 6 in São Paulo, Brazil] I had to walk off the stage for only the second time ever. The first [time it happened] in Toronto [during the first Gigantour].

“My apologies to everyone who didn’t understand, but my ears are very important to go forward in my career, and I had to stop the show to fix this.

“I love you all, and I am sorry for the delays. But I only want the best for you.”

After Dave Mustaine was fired from Metallica he and bassist David Ellefson formed Megadeth. Despite looking for a vocalist, the band settled on Mustaine. While Megadeth became on of the biggest metal bands in the world, Mustaine’s was still bitter at the success of Metallica and his dismissal from the band decades earlier.

Megadeth take on the state of Alberta, Canada

Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine threatened to pull the plug on the bands Gigantour show in Alberta, Canada last night after fans begun throwing things onto the stage.

According to reports, the soundboard was hit by a bottle of liquid prior to Megadeth beginning their set and an announcement was made that if anything else was thrown onto the stage then Mustaine and co would not be playing tonight.

Once the band hit the stage, Mustaine was quick to apologise about the sound problems the band were enduring before a shoe came up onstage. A few songs later, during ‘A Tout Le Monde’, two members of the crowd got onstage, only to be shoved by Mustaine. Once Megadeth had finished the song, they then left the stage for fifteen minutes before Mustaine returned and asked the crowd “why should I play for you if you’re going to throw shit onstage?”

Click below to check out the You Tube footage of this rant.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6CZhz8sr1s

Eventually, Megadeth finished their set and all went back to being well in the world of the mighty Mustaine.

Fancy a meal with Megadeth mainman Dave Mustaine?

I heard The Canadian branch of Roadrunner Records is offering fans an opportunity to win a “dinner” with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine.

While I can’t find info on this contest, it sure would be nice to win something like this so I can interview Dave for my new radio program. Wondering Mr. Dave Mustaine if I can get some FREE Megadeth Band Merchandise out of the deal as well. So Dave get a hold of me, after all I’m really not that hard to find. I’d love to find out more information on how your marriage is with Pamela Anne Casselberry, because I do get a lot of questions where people always ask me if it’s possible for celebs to really be happily married. I’m single so I can’t answer that question now … but if I get married again, it will be a happy one.

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– Possible New Rise Against and Metallica Band Merch At the KROQs 2008 Weenie Roast

Metallica will headline KROQ’s 2008 Weenie Roast. Rumor has it that there might be some new collectable Metallica and Rise Against band merch. The thrash metal pioneers — who will release a new, Rick Rubin-produced studio album this September — will support L.A.’s premiere modern rock outlet on May 17, performing alongside the Offspring, the Raconteurs, Rise Against, Bad Religion, Pennywise, the Bravery and Flogging Molly.

Prayer of the Refugee

The Sufferer & The Witness – Rise Against Album Review

Rise Against became Warped Tour A-listers with their 2004 major-label debut: Dark and catchy like emo, only faster, tougher and more concerned with social decay than broken hearts, Siren Song of the Counter Culture is full of complex, supercharged punk songs spiked with crackling hooks and urgent…

3.5of 5 Stars

How Rise Against Got Their Start

Chicago’s Rise Against began in 1999 when ex-88 Fingers Louie bassist Joe Principe tapped area vocalist Tim McIlrath for a new project rooted in the sound and social vision of traditionalist hardcore. Joined by fellow 88 Fingers vet Dan Precision on guitar and, eventually, drummer Brandon Barnes, Rise Against signed to Fat Wreck and issued The Unraveling in 2001. Precision left the band that same year to be replaced by Todd Mohney. Extensive touring followed, leading to their sophomore outing, 2002’s Revolutions Per Minute. After solid response from fans and critics alike, as well as a stint on the Warped Tour, Rise Against left the Fat Wreck fold for DreamWorks/Geffen. By this point, guitar duties were being handled by Chris Chasse (Reach the Sky). Rise Against made their major-label debut in August 2004 with Siren Song of the Counter Culture. They toured steadily after the album’s release, received plenty of solid press, and even saw Counter Culture crack the Billboard Top 200.

Armed with the fury of classic punk acts as Minor Threat and Bad Brains, blended with intelligent vocals and a serious commitment to providing a positive alternative to the oft-dreary and disenchanted aura that engulfs most punk bands, Chicago’s Rise Against might be seen as an outcast amongst its peers.

“It was almost cool to be negative, especially around Chicago,” bassist Joe Principe recalls. “So, vocalist Tim McIlrath and I had this main goal of putting a positive light on things. There are so many bands that sing about negative things, and we kind of wanted to use this to show people it’s OK to voice your opinions and stay positive. We just wanted to be more productive, lyrically.”

“It’s not so much as we’re a political band, but what we feel is our social responsibility,” adds McIlrath. “It’s not just a responsibility as human being on the planet, but towards the punk rock scene. I feel like we’re kind of carrying the torch of punk. So many bands aren’t doing that, shaking their obligations as a punk band. I don’t want to be a band that took for granted the things that Minor Threat and Black Flag did that brought me to where I am today.”

Founded in late 1999 by Principe and McIlrath, Rise Against rose from the ashes of Principe’s former band, 88 Fingers Louie. Sporting blistering, aggressive melodic punk and hardcore traits, Rise Against took the template Principe set in his previous band and expanded it further, through the thought-provoking vocals of McIlrath.

Rise Against’s original lineup consisted of Tim McIlrath (vocals and guitar), Joe Principe (bass and vocals), Brandon Barnes (drums), and Mr. Precision (guitar and vocals), and recorded its debut album with renowned punk producer Mass Giorgini. Mr. Precision left the band in 2001 and was replaced by Todd Mohney. Shortly after the band signed with Geffen, Mohney left and was replaced by Chris Chasse. After the release of the The Sufferer and The Witness, Chasse left the band due to personal differences (he is now in a band Last of the Believers; in his place now stands Zach Blair of Only Crime. According to a statement by McIlraith, “Yes, the Rise Against curse continues…”

Various musical influences are apparent in their songs on Siren Song of the Counter Culture. The opening song, “State of the Union”, is comparable to classic hardcore. As an introductory song, it is supposed to make the listener wake up. “To Them These Streets Belong” and “The First Drop” are more typical of the traditional punk in the style of Pennywise. Most of their lyrics include a political message of some sort. The aforementioned “Swing Life Away” is slow-paced song, originally recorded for the Punk Goes Acoustic compilation album.

“I wanted to put in some level of energy,” says Principe. “It’s hard to pinpoint what bands like Bad Brains and Minor Threat did. Those guys had something together. They took what they were doing and separated themselves from everyone else. And that’s what I wanted from this band.”

The cohesive sound of Rise Against is actually a seamless melding of two musically independent worlds. “Joe comes from more of an old-school background,” says McIlrath. “He grew up with Bad Brains, Articles Of Faith, SNFU, all the hardcore stuff. And I liked Fugazi, the more melodic, early ‘90s emo like Cap’n Jazz, Braid and Friction. We were wondering how this would all work. I mean, it should’ve been a train wreck.”

Fortunately, there was no derailment in sight for Rise Against. In fact, almost a year after they first met, the act was playing their first show. And after playing musical chairs behind the kit, the band finally found a drummer that exceeded their expectations, Colorado-based Brandon Barnes, formerly of Denver punk outfit Pinhead Circus.

—–> (Read Rise Against Part Two)

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