Megadeth vocalist/guitarist Dave Mustaine has taken issue with the media’s perception of his band. Speaking with Noisecreep, Mustaine offered:
“One of the problems about Megadeth is that we’ve been severely misinterpreted by the press. I’ll say something in an interview, and they’ll either take what I said completely out of context or they evaluate it based on one sole statement and not the whole idea.”
He further went on to state:
“I’ve made political statements my whole career. I find it so un-American that we all hate people in this country now just based on who they say they are voting for. Whatever political party you are — hey, more power to you. I’m an independent. I saw that actress, Stacy Dash, getting killed in the public just because she said she was going to vote for Mitt Romney. I thought to myself, ‘Damn! This is not who were are as Americans. We’re better than that.’ It was disappointing.”
The conversation also shifted to his viewpoints of the “liberal media”:
“The public doesn’t have the time to learn all of what is happening out there. Everyone is busy trying to survive. Who would have ever thought that someone as powerful as Ted Turner would go on the Piers Morgan show the other night and actually say that’s it’s good that there are American troops committing suicide. Are you kidding me? I was stunned. But it didn’t make the media like other things do because Turner is a liberal and he’s part of the liberal media and they’ve squelched it so no one sees it.
Whether you’re a Republican, Democrat, liberal, or even a Communist, you should be outraged about what Turner said. He probably realized he messed up in the interview and said to the folks at CNN, ‘Don’t cover this or I’ll fire you.’ He can do that. CNN fired Amber Lyon because she wanted neutral, and unbiased reporting.”
You can read the full feature over at Noisecreep. Megadeth will celebrate the 20th anniverary of their 1992 album “Countdown To Extinction” with an expanded reissue on November 06th.
