Say what you will about Phil Anselmo‘s past, but the guy is man enough to admit what he did wrong. Which brings me to Dave Mustaine. I always thought he always blamed the press for some of the things he said, they may misquote and exaggerate, but some words were generally his and no one ever turned “I love Metallica and Slayer” into “I hate Metallica and Slayer!“ — right?
Well, the new Dave admits he was wrong to do some of the things he used to do and I personally applaud him for that.
“I think a lot of it was contingent on me, because I was going through a lot of personal stuff that really put an unnecessary wall between all of us. A lot of it has been publicized, a lot of it wasn’t. Most of it was the much heralded and worn stories of drugs and alcoholism“ says Dave about The Big Four concerts.
Full interview here.
So I’m thinking… Yeah, Dave makes sense and I agree. Then I read this.
“But there was also the other side — the black magic and witchcraft I had gotten into when I was a kid. Fortunately, I’m saved now so I don’t have to deal with that. But God, man, I was going through so much turmoil from what I had done. And it it’s just the consequences of poor choices. People would go, “Man, he has the worst luck in the world.” No, not really. I had practiced black magic and was friends with Satan, so those things kind of happen when you make bad choices.“
Wait… What??
Argh…
