Any fan of metal history knows the long storied past of Dave Mustaine and Metallica. Mustaine was of course a founding member of the band, and then unceremoniously kicked
Now that the new Metallica album is out, Mustaine's opinion on Metallica and vice versa has all of a sudden become relevant. Mustaine and Kirk Hammett discussed each other in interviews, Mustaine reviewed the new Metallica album, and now James Hetfield has come out to say that he's an "old friend" in an interview with Musik.
"He's an old friend of ours for sure and he has done very well for himself in Megadeth. And after him getting kicked out of Metallica he went on to have an amazing career.
"Dave is an amazing guitar player, great songwriter and he has done some amazing stuff in his band."
It's a nice sentiment, and it's cool that Mustaine and Metallica don't seem to have any bad blood between them, but ultimately both have done extremely well for themselves. Mustaine could flip Metallica the bird, Metallica could tell Mustaine to go fuck himself, and all would go home to nice houses and paychecks.
[via Metal Hammer]
