Marty Friedman to sell Megadeth Era Guitars

[ken]

...or Chris Poland playing fusion...!

... or Dan Spitz making watches (!)...

http://www.spitzwatch.com/

[RacerX]

I shall refrain from asking how you feel about Skolnick playing jazz!

...or Chris Poland playing fusion...!

[Brian]

Really? I never saw that. Hmmmm, interesting if that's true. Anybody else ever hear this?

There's a lot of different scenarios floating around there. Marty did say on the Megadeth Behind The Music something to the effect of what Endrik posted.

I think with a guy like Marty, you do one thing for any length of time you're going to start to get burnt out. When you start factoring in things like his solos being removed from songs without his knowledge it's not hard to see why he would feel like his skills were not being utilized and that it was time to move on from Megadeth.

Of course the press release was your standard "Musical differences" and that Marty didn't want to play heavy metal music anymore. I never got the impression that he was done with playing heavy music, only that he didn't want to be confined to having to play within the specific parameters of Megadeth any longer. Or as he put it, only painting with one color, "Gun Metal Gray."

[VoiceX3]

Nah, from what I understand Marty didn't want to make "safe" heavy metal. Megadeth sounded more and more mainstream, but for him it was either to go with honest pop music or more ballsier and experimental metal.

Really? I never saw that. Hmmmm, interesting if that's true. Anybody else ever hear this?

[Endrik]

Nah, from what I understand Marty didn't want to make "safe" heavy metal. Megadeth sounded more and more mainstream, but for him it was either to go with honest pop music or more ballsier and experimental metal.

[VoiceX3]

I can understand your disappointment at Marty leaving Megadeth, but aren't you being a bit harsh? Like the rest of us, he only has one life to lead (well, reincarnationists aside ) and if he wasn't enjoying doing what he was doing, it seems right that he should do something else, no?

Incidentally, I do think the RIP lineup was by far and away the best one (I own both a KV and a KE as a consequence of both DM and MF) and I can't listen to Marty's post-Megadeth music, but I'm still glad he gave us the music he did and that he's happy in his life. Having spent a little bit of time in Japan, I can understand the appeal.

I shall refrain from asking how you feel about Skolnick playing jazz!

Now, how can I cobble together 7k for one of his KE1s.... :think:

Don't get me wrong, I love what Marty gave....but to bail the way he did with tickets sold and all. I understand they took some of his playing off the Risk record without telling him, but even Ellefson said there was something that "just didn't seem right" when Marty left.

As for Skolnick.... Jazz >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jap-Pop x 1,000,000. It's like comparing classical to "The Archies". lol

I didn't realise you were in Megadeth! Oh wait... So why exactly are you so butthurt about Marty Friedman leaving? Someone you don't even know left a band that has nothing to do with you personally, so why exactly did you feel insulted? What makes so you entitled to have any say in what Marty or anyone else does exactly?

I can never understand people who think like this.

I'm not in Megadeth??? Really? Oh yeah, I forgot. Butthurt? LOL That's classic! I'm not nor was I ever hurt, I said disappointed. Marty said he didn't want to play metal anymore but when his new pop gig wasn't paying the bills, out came music for speeding (which is good) which definitely leans towards metal. What entitles me to my personal "opinion", well that would be a little thing called the Bill of Rights. Just like all these guys that bash Chris Broderick.....well, I like the guy.

I didm't hate MF for leaving Megadeth but I found it weird that was he left because didn't want to play heavy metal/speed metal any more, as a) megadeth was going in a pop direction at the time and b) the first album he put out after leaving the band (music for speeding) was pretty heavy.

EXACTLY!!! +1

[Mazrim]

Wow, I'd really really like that White string through Kelly.

It's no use, I'd better get bank robbing again. Or doing favours for sailors.
I dont think the wife would understand if I sold our BMW so it's a career criminal or prostitute... or I dont go for at least one of these guitars, which is of course, unacceptable.

[Brian]

I didm't hate MF for leaving Megadeth but I found it weird that was he left because didn't want to play heavy metal/speed metal any more, as a) megadeth was going in a pop direction at the time and b) the first album he put out after leaving the band (music for speeding) was pretty heavy.

You mean you're surprised there's likely more to the story than just "musical differences"??

I'd imagine his walking papers stated that he was not allowed to say, "I was tired of working with Mustaine" :P

[levantin]

I didm't hate MF for leaving Megadeth but I found it weird that was he left because didn't want to play heavy metal/speed metal any more, as a) megadeth was going in a pop direction at the time and b) the first album he put out after leaving the band (music for speeding) was pretty heavy.

[Devotee]

Well, the DIE HARD Megadeth fan that I am from day one, I was VERY disappointed when he left after Risk because he didn't want to play metal anymore (he said some crap like he didn't want to play metal anymore and wanted to paint with other colors than grey....um, whatever Marty) Then he proceeded to play Jap-Pop and a bunch of other colorful projects. The common problem is this, Marty writes good instrumentals and great solos.....he can't write a real song to save his life. Thus why he rarely saw his name as a songwriting credit in Megs. He should have just shut his mouth and continued with the "Dave writes the f'n riffs" formula and kept doing his solo instrumental stuff on the side. It was a huge F-YOU to his Megadeth fans. Still love his talent, but I really didn't like how that went down.

I didn't realise you were in Megadeth! Oh wait... So why exactly are you so butthurt about Marty Friedman leaving? Someone you don't even know left a band that has nothing to do with you personally, so why exactly did you feel insulted? What makes so you entitled to have any say in what Marty or anyone else does exactly?

I can never understand people who think like this.

[ken]

I can understand your disappointment at Marty leaving Megadeth, but aren't you being a bit harsh? Like the rest of us, he only has one life to lead (well, reincarnationists aside ) and if he wasn't enjoying doing what he was doing, it seems right that he should do something else, no?

Incidentally, I do think the RIP lineup was by far and away the best one (I own both a KV and a KE as a consequence of both DM and MF) and I can't listen to Marty's post-Megadeth music, but I'm still glad he gave us the music he did and that he's happy in his life. Having spent a little bit of time in Japan, I can understand the appeal.

I shall refrain from asking how you feel about Skolnick playing jazz!

Now, how can I cobble together 7k for one of his KE1s.... :think:

[VoiceX3]

why would you have lost respect from him in the first place?

Well, the DIE HARD Megadeth fan that I am from day one, I was VERY disappointed when he left after Risk because he didn't want to play metal anymore (he said some crap like he didn't want to play metal anymore and wanted to paint with other colors than grey....um, whatever Marty) Then he proceeded to play Jap-Pop and a bunch of other colorful projects. The common problem is this, Marty writes good instrumentals and great solos.....he can't write a real song to save his life. Thus why he rarely saw his name as a songwriting credit in Megs. He should have just shut his mouth and continued with the "Dave writes the f'n riffs" formula and kept doing his solo instrumental stuff on the side. It was a huge F-YOU to his Megadeth fans. Still love his talent, but I really didn't like how that went down.

[Twitch]

F'n A!!! Wish I had the cash. http://cgi.ebay.com/Jackson-Kelly-Ma...ht_3615wt_1139

[Corpsegrinder88]

Second batch is up....

[thez0r]

which one was in the video for hangar 18?