I lost all respect for Megadeth when they came to Northern Ireland in the height of the troubles
Music was a unifying medium for youth with no political bull**** . Mustaine was off his head, tried to fight a member of the audience, called a fan with glasses four eyes, then proceeded to ramble on about how fans didn't deserve to see Megadeth as the Ferry strike at the time made him think the Irish weren't worth the effort to play for.
He was himself at his lowest point with drugs etc, i acknowledge that
But the disgust came in the various forms where he made statements like "War and Power to the IRA" "This next song is dedicated to the (IRA) cause" and many other political and saddening comments for the cross community fan base to have to listen to
He rambled on a few times about but completely denied it in the press saying instead he only made a comment about supporting "the cause" because of a discussion with a bootleg t shirt seller and it was a misinterpretation
He denys all other comments to this day. He once told metal hammer that Holy Wars was written with Northern Ireland in mind and he'd never make such statements, its all fizzled out now but we still think he's an ******* over here
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