Change can often be a difficult thing to deal with. It can be even more rough when it happens to you on a rather frequent basis. It is no different for Megadeth front man Dave Mustaine who over the past 30+ years the band has been around has seen countless musicians come and go from his ranks.
In a recent conversation with his followers on Twitter, Mustaine talks about how people make too big a deal out of line-up changes and his plans for the future of Megadeth, saying:
“Iron Maiden had a bunch of lineup changes. They’ve had more than one singer; they’ve had three singers. We’ve only had one. Slayer’s had lineup changes, Metallica’s had lineup changes, so I don’t really put too much importance on lineup changes. If somebody doesn’t wanna be here, then f–k ’em! You know what I mean? I don’t wanna make any changes anymore. I want this to be my band lineup until the end,”
Mustaine currently plans to do at least two more Megadeth albums before he calls it a day, and he hopes to keep the current line-up of Megadeth featuring himself on rhythm guitar and lead vocals, David Ellefson on bass, Kiko Loureiro on lead guitar, and Dirk Vebeuren on drums together throughout that time. If he does do this, it will be the second longest Megadeth will have ever gone with the same line-up, with the famed Rust in Peace line-up still being in the top spot.
It would be nice for Mustaine to actually retain some musicians for a change, but from what I've seen he is sort of similar to Ritchie Blackmore where he can be difficult to work with and if you don't stick within his vision of things it's not going to work out. Personally it wouldn't hurt him to listen to another person from time to time. Might freshen and liven things up with his music a bit.
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