It seems as though the entire world is offended for Dave Mustaine. Megadeth finally won a GRAMMY at the 59th annual award show, after 12 tries and just as he was walking down to accept, the house band played Metallica's "Master of Puppets." It didn't seem like Mustaine cared as he was just happy he won, although he did fire off an excellent burn about the situation.
In a new interview with Radio.com, Mustaine said he was so excited to have finally won, he didn't even notice the house band:
“You know what? I didn’t even notice it. It just sounded like some music in the background. The funny thing is that when I went back and listened to my acceptance speech, and I heard the song, I was like, “Wow!”
Everyone was asking me, “What about the Metallica thing?” And I said, “I didn’t hear it, I just saw it.”
“How could you not have heard it?” I didn’t know what they were talking about. I thought that they were talking about Metallica’s performance. Because we split [after the pre-televised awards]. By the time they did their thing with Lady Gaga, we were across the street eating dinner.
So I went back and listened to my acceptance speech and I went, “Wow!” I didn’t mind them playing it at all, it’s a house band, and they’re doing cover songs. They were probably saying, “We don’t know any Megadeth songs, how about if we do a Metallicasong?”
But when I went back and listened to it, I was like, “Oh my God, that’s the worst version of ‘Master of Puppets’ I’ve ever heard in my life!”
“They could’ve done a Cyndi Lauper song! [laughs] I was just happy to be up there. It’s about being recognized. We all want so badly, when we pick our careers as kids, to be the best at what we do, and when you choose to be a musician, the stakes are much different. The way they “grade” us, the way they hold us in esteem, how you tell who is better than who.”
There you go, no need to be upset. Dave could care less, he finally has his paperweight Grammy.
[via ThePRP]
