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Get admitted to the clinic

I may not know what exactly a clinic is but I’m sure it has nothing to do with the picture above. Why post a picture like that then, you may ask? Well, because I can and I needed filler text for the intro. Worked quite well, didn’t it?

So, as you already know, because you’re reading Dose of Metal daily and all you do in your free time is talk to your friends about our news posts and articles, Megadeth’s David Ellefson and Anthrax’s Frank Bello, arguably the two nicest guys of the Big Four, played a couple of bass clinics together.

But that’s not news anymore, is it? No, but the nice Dave of Megadeth and Bello are joining forces for another clinic and this time Mike Portnoy and Frank Bello’s uncle will join them. Bello’s uncle? Well, Anthrax’s Charlie Benante, you dummy. Know your metal facts!

Want more info about this particular clinic? Make the jump to see the flyer, that has all the infos you need.

Ba(da)ss clinic and Young cover

As we mentioned earlier, our good friend David Ellefson and Frank Bello did some bass clinics together. Now you can see some footage of it, including one of David performing…

Ain’t that sweet? Of course it is. Make the jump to see the videos.

In other (sort of) Megadeth related news, former guitarist Jeff Young’s band, Souls On 11, recorded a Thin Lizzy cover in memory of the late Gary Moore. The song is “Don’t Believe a Word” and you can listen to it after the jump, also.

Quattro grandi in Italia ragazzo

Even though the U.S. only got one Big Four date, Europe keeps getting date after date, which pretty much shows The Big Four think Europe is more important than America.

Anyway, another date has been added, and yes, it’s Italy.

“Last week we told you there would be a few more ‘Big Four’ shows and today’s installment takes us to Milan, Italy. Look for more good times with Anthrax, Megadeth, Slayer and yours truly at the Fiera Open Air Arena on July 6, 2011. Tickets will be available Friday, February 24 at 9:00 a.m. local time at Ticketone. MetClub members should check MetClub.com for more details on a special pre-sale for Clubbers only.”

Read full article here.

There is one more European date to be announced so if you’re American and can’t get to California, remember, Metallica are laughing at you!

Big Vier in Deutschland danke schon Rammstein

I have no idea what I just said in the title since I don’t know German but if you do, congratulations. You’ll be able to catch them live, you lucky bastards. Here’s a post from Metallica.com:

“If you’ve been following along, you know that the Big 4 of Anthrax, Megadeth, Slayer and ‘Tallica already have two shows scheduled in Europe in July… well, the party is expanding! We’re here today to tell you about and addition to the European vacation with a show in Gelsenkirchen, Germany at the Veltins Arena on July 2, 2011.

Tickets go on sale on Saturday, February 19 at 9:00 AM local time at www.eventim.de.“

Full post here.

Beer, wursts and Big Four. Doesn’t get any better than this, unless you also get to bang Megan Fox.

Mustaine 2.0

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…