![]() ![]() the mixing process is kind of like when you're having a kid and you start to see the baby's head coming in and you're saying, 'Come on, come on,' and the record comes out and you spend the next however long the period is (for us, it was six years of touring and supporting the last record). ![]() When the record was finished and turned in the last mix. I would say it's one of many to come - this is the appetizer and we're going to have a few more records that are more stomping Megadeth music. Rather than describing the new album as your best, how would you like it to be recognized? "Best" is subjective and therefore, a flawed categorization. We put hours in that I haven't put in in years. ![]() A big thing for us know when we were doing the record was staying healthy because being on a farm in the middle of nowhere and just working nonstop, it was brutal. The best thing to do is preventative medication, not to wait till you get sick and then try and clean things up. I believe that the system works if you listen and you do what you're told. I truly think that my recovery would have been a little bit longer and probably a lot more difficult if I didn't have the relationship I do with my band and with my family. We went through a lot on this record - the pandemic, me getting sick with cancer and overcoming that and the tremendous support that I got from the band and from my family. What tumultuous aspects of your personality are still intrinsic to your creativity? The conditions and circumstances of recording some Megadeth albums are quite notorious. I liked the way it turned out because it raised the bar for the bass playing for us and it's not another record with bass playing that's kind of holding the fort down. Somebody asked me this morning why did I took all of the old bass parts off and I thought it's obvious - most of it was me demoing the bass and some of it was David stuff When Steve started playing, it was so clear that we needed to go forward with that and had I thought about James, prior to the tour starting up probably would have had James come into the studio and record too. We basically don't speak about that too much and just talk about the stuff that happened on the record and not to stuff that didn't. There's no real perspective that we can take that is going to be considerate to everybody. We try not to talk much about the transition had to be made, you know, we try not to talk much about it. Playing with people like Kiko, Steve, and Dirk was very challenging for me because of the caliber and musicianship that everybody has and to keep things fresh. What aspects of making the new album rekindled that innocence and that sense of exuberance? #DARK ANGEL DARKNESS DESCENDS FULL#Music can be a full circle, that, if you're lucky, brings you back to the unencumbered joy of first learning to play. I've been doing this for so long I've been trying to get that ultimate lineup again and I really think that we're there. The four of us coming together in this big old world, that in itself is a miracle. My health was a big thing and it's hard enough as it is to write a good record like this one. We've got our own stuff that we need to take care of with our work, with our family and with ourselves. We're living in a time right now where people are just very, very sensitive and argumentative - very litigious - and we just want to play Megadeth music and be happy. When I was down in Singapore, we were onstage goofing around - stupid, fat, drunken bonehead jokes - and I said something that really negatively affected me for quite some time. I think it's the contrary - it's actually made me a little bit more aware of the repercussions and the negative effects of the things that we say. How has that awareness actually made you more dangerous? If you were reactionary as a younger man, you now seem more mindful of yourself and others. He credits his rock solid relationship with his band and family for fueling his recovery after undergoing treatments for throat cancer, without which he feels it would've been a longer road back to full health. ![]()
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