Savatage/Trans-Siberian Orchestra guitarist, Al Pitrelli, reflects on his time with Megadeth (2000-2002) during an interview with Are You Ready?. Watch the video below.
Asked if he remembers his first concert with Megadeth, Pitrelli responds, “I do, I do. So [former Megadeth guitarist] Marty Friedman wanted to leave, and he was an absolute gentleman, he stuck around and would continue doing shows, and then kind of teach me his guitar parts during the day, you know. And I don’t know how long he planned on staying, but I remember getting to… I don’t remember where the show was, but I remember he didn’t come to the show. And I was in the dressing room, just kind of like, you know practicing, you know, learning ‘Holy Wars’, you know, trying to figure all that out. And Dave comes up to me and he goes, ‘Marty ain’t here. You’re playing tonight.’ I’m, like, ‘Okay, here we go,’ you know, jump in deep end of the pool.”
Al adds, “It is like anything else, you know. I mean, I think it went really well. I don’t know that I would’ve done it that night. I would’ve loved to have waited a little longer to be better prepared, but what are you gonna do? I don’t remember what city it was. I remember there was a lot of people in that building. And I didn’t even have time to get scared, you know. It was, like, ‘All right, here we go.'”
Savatage (Johnny Lee Middleton – bass, Chris Caffery – guitars, Al Pitrelli – guitars, Jeff Plate – drums, and Zak Stevens – vocals) performed live for the first time in 10 years in São Paulo, Brazil at the Monsters Of Rock festival at Allianz Parque on April 19. The band shared the recap video below, stating, “Brazil – It was an incredible time. We were so happy to rock with you again.”
German power metallers Induction – featuring Helloween guitarist Kai Hansen’s son, Tim Hansen – have been confirmed as support for Savatage’s upcoming headline shows in Europe. Dates are listed below.
For further details, including ticket/festival links, head to savatage.com. Find a video trailer below.
European dates:
June
13 – Leeuwarden, Netherlands – Into The Grave
14 – Oberhausen, Germany – Turbinenhalle (Headline Date)
16 – London, UK – Shepherds Bush Empire (Headline Date)
18 – Zurich, Switzerland – Komplex 457 (Headline Date)
19 – Munich, Germany – Tonhalle (Headline Date)
21 – Clisson, France – Hellfest
22 – Dessel, Belgium – Grapop Metal Meeting
24 – Milan, Italy – Alcatraz (Headline Date)
26 – Barcelona, Spain – Rock Fest
28 – Thessaloniki, Greece – Rockwave
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Asked if he remembers his first concert with Megadeth, Pitrelli responds, “I do, I do. So [former Megadeth guitarist] Marty Friedman wanted to leave, and he was an absolute gentleman, he stuck around and would continue doing shows, and then kind of teach me his guitar parts during the day, you know. And I don’t know how long he planned on staying, but I remember getting to… I don’t remember where the show was, but I remember he didn’t come to the show. And I was in the dressing room, just kind of like, you know practicing, you know, learning ‘Holy Wars’, you know, trying to figure all that out. And Dave comes up to me and he goes, ‘Marty ain’t here. You’re playing tonight.’ I’m, like, ‘Okay, here we go,’ you know, jump in deep end of the pool.”
Al adds, “It is like anything else, you know. I mean, I think it went really well. I don’t know that I would’ve done it that night. I would’ve loved to have waited a little longer to be better prepared, but what are you gonna do? I don’t remember what city it was. I remember there was a lot of people in that building. And I didn’t even have time to get scared, you know. It was, like, ‘All right, here we go.'”
Savatage (Johnny Lee Middleton – bass, Chris Caffery – guitars, Al Pitrelli – guitars, Jeff Plate – drums, and Zak Stevens – vocals) performed live for the first time in 10 years in São Paulo, Brazil at the Monsters Of Rock festival at Allianz Parque on April 19. The band shared the recap video below, stating, “Brazil – It was an incredible time. We were so happy to rock with you again.”
German power metallers Induction – featuring Helloween guitarist Kai Hansen’s son, Tim Hansen – have been confirmed as support for Savatage’s upcoming headline shows in Europe. Dates are listed below.
For further details, including ticket/festival links, head to savatage.com. Find a video trailer below.
European dates:
June
13 – Leeuwarden, Netherlands – Into The Grave
14 – Oberhausen, Germany – Turbinenhalle (Headline Date)
16 – London, UK – Shepherds Bush Empire (Headline Date)
18 – Zurich, Switzerland – Komplex 457 (Headline Date)
19 – Munich, Germany – Tonhalle (Headline Date)
21 – Clisson, France – Hellfest
22 – Dessel, Belgium – Grapop Metal Meeting
24 – Milan, Italy – Alcatraz (Headline Date)
26 – Barcelona, Spain – Rock Fest
28 – Thessaloniki, Greece – Rockwave
Did you know BraveWords has an active Facebook Group where you can start your own metal discussion or take part in many other discussions. The BraveWords Facebook Group is the evolution of the old BraveWords message board from years ago.
Bands… feel free to promote your shows and albums.
Podcasts… feel free to promote your new episodes.
Radio Shows… feel free to promote your latest show.
Record Labels… feel free to promote your latest releases
Click to join and start discussing: https://m.facebook.com/groups/bravewordsmetal/
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