Guitarist Marty Friedman was interviewed by Brazil’s Gustavo Malato and the former Megadeth member was asked if there was a clear difference between the Megadeth music created before and after his entry to the band. Friedman joined the thrashers in 1990 and left in 2000. He played on five full-length albums, including the renowned Rust In Peace and Countdown To Extinction.
“Oh, definitely. In my opinion, completely,” he responded. “Megadeth was a great band before I joined and they were a great band after I left. But my era in Megadeth has its own particular sound and a particular look, and I think it’s very different from all of the other eras. And, yeah, it was very cool.”
When asked about the creation of the classic Megadeth track “Symphony Of Destruction”, Friedman answered,
“And so if I remember, ‘Symphony Of Destruction’ was on the second album that I did with the band, and at that time I was more comfortable in the band because I’d been in the band for almost two years. And it was maybe our first pop song. It was like a pop song, if you could say that. And I was glad because you’ve gotta have pop songs if you wanna reach massive amounts of people. And I think we did it without losing our heavy metal fans, you know what I mean? You can make a pop song, but if you lose your core audience, it’s not something that we wanted to do.”
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“Oh, definitely. In my opinion, completely,” he responded. “Megadeth was a great band before I joined and they were a great band after I left. But my era in Megadeth has its own particular sound and a particular look, and I think it’s very different from all of the other eras. And, yeah, it was very cool.”
When asked about the creation of the classic Megadeth track “Symphony Of Destruction”, Friedman answered,
“And so if I remember, ‘Symphony Of Destruction’ was on the second album that I did with the band, and at that time I was more comfortable in the band because I’d been in the band for almost two years. And it was maybe our first pop song. It was like a pop song, if you could say that. And I was glad because you’ve gotta have pop songs if you wanna reach massive amounts of people. And I think we did it without losing our heavy metal fans, you know what I mean? You can make a pop song, but if you lose your core audience, it’s not something that we wanted to do.”
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