Dave Mustaine endorses Rick............Santorum

Megadeth at their peak were one of the greatest live bands I've ever seen

^agreed, plus they still utterly kill live. it's a different band obviously (not sure if by peak you mean the first band or the Rust in Peace band)but goddam are they unreal live. Only band ive ever seen hold their own with Slayer.

Of all the Republicans, i would think Santorum would be the most appalled by a guy like Mustaine. Gingrich probably the most pleased by an endorsement because I think he's just as insane as Mustaine is.

In 1988, Mustaine caused a riot when Megadeth played a concert in Northern Ireland after he "unwittingly" expressed support for the Irish Republican Army

Tell me more...

I actually believe Dave's version of events on that one. It reads like a typical transatlantic ilxor "Oh, spastic is offensive?" clusterfuck.

You mean, his endorsement of the IRA? Yeah, not like he's from Boston or anything.

AVC: “Holy Wars” came about after you inadvertently sparked controversy at a show in Antrim, Ireland, when you introduced “Anarchy In The U.K.” with what was perceived as an IRA rally cry, and wound up having to ride in a bulletproof bus afterward.

DM: You know what? I would love to say it was disorienting, but I was disoriented for a totally different reason. I had been having some problems with my personal life, and the band was struggling really bad. It just looked like we were gonna go through another breakup. I had gone outside to say hello to the fans, and I walked up to this fence, and there was this little kid there, and he goes, “Fuck you, Dave Mustaine,” and he spit on me. So I went inside of the venue and got cleaned up and was really mad, and I started drinking, which was pretty normal back then. I had a Guinness, and this guy there said, “If you have a Guinness and you draw a smiley face in the foam, you’ll have a drinking partner.” So I did that, and that was fun. And right as that happened, someone said, “Hey, find The General. There’s a guy in the venue selling T-shirts.” The General’s my nickname. So I said, “What? Somebody’s in the venue selling bootleg T-shirts? That’s pretty ballsy.” So they said he was for “the cause,” and “the cause” was an organization that was trying help balance out prejudice between the Catholics and the Protestants. And I went, “Oh shit, that’s cool. Let him sell it in there.”

Meanwhile, I’m still drinking this Guinness, and I’m starting to make friends with my foam, and I get ready to go onstage, and the kids are fired up. Somebody throws an English coin up on the stage, which is like three quarters taped together, so it’s solid and it hurts like a son of a gun if you get hit with it. So I get hit with it, and I look down at the kid who hit me with it, and he’s flipping me off, and I finally said, “You wanna do something, buddy? Come up onstage.” I took my guitar up, and I was getting ready to crack him with it. It was just one of those nights. He didn’t make it up there, so I went behind the amp line, because they had to restore order, and the tech for the guitars and the tech for the drums were back there doing drugs, partying with stuff lined up on a mirror. And I was like, “What are you guys doing back here?!” And I went back out to the microphone, and I was so blown away, because it was like walking onto the set of Caligula, and I said, “This one’s for the cause, give Ireland back to the Irish, anarchy in Antrim.” I had no idea what I’d said, because there was prejudice, and I was thinking, “C’mon man, God doesn’t want you to be fighting with each other.” So immediately, the audience parted ways. I flipped, and the next morning I woke up down in Dublin, and of course I don’t remember what happened after saying that. And David Ellefson won’t talk to me. When we were druggin’ and runnin’ and gunnin’, every morning we would party together, but this day, he didn’t want to talk to me. And I was like, “What’s wrong?” “Don’t you know what you did last night?!” And I was like, “No.” “You got us escorted out of Antrim in a bulletproof bus! The whole city could have killed us!” And I was like, “I’m so sorry, I don’t remember saying that.”

I bet old Dave will pull back his endorsement when he hears Santorum has chosen this as his campaign-tune:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WElvEZj0Ltw

Somebody throws an English coin up on the stage

Good job he didn't say "Stop throwing your English coins at me" too

... mind you that would have united both sides and they could have both have attacked him in a rare display of cross community action

Breaking news........it was a premature endorsification

Contrary to how some people have interpreted my words, I have not endorsed any presidential candidate,” the rocker said in a release after earlier reports had him backing Republican Rick Santorum on Wednesday. “What I did say was that I hope to see a Republican in the White House. I’ve seen good qualities in all the candidates but by no means have made my choice yet. I respect the fact that Santorum took time off from his campaign to be with his sick daughter, but I never used the word ‘endorse.’

Old new news, dude.

Dave Mustaine endorses Rick............Santorum

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love it

I care as much about Dave Mustaine supporting Newt Featus as I do Bill Clinton going hard with the Fleetwood Mac.

It would have been really hard for me not to give that student credit for that answer. Or take off points for failing to answer the question, and then giving extra credit for being awesome.

- 5 points incorrect answer
+ 15 points for \m/

The Black Album snake seals it

siiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh. http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/reverb/2012/02/megadeths_dave_mustaine_is_not.php

http://www.metalsucks.net/2012/02/24/poll-which-minority-group-will-dave-mustaine-speak-out-against-next/

Dave Mustaine from onstage in Singapore:

“Back in my country, my president, he’s trying to pass a gun ban, so he’s staging all of these murders, like the ‘Fast And Furious’ thing down at the border; [the massacre in] Aurora, Colorado, all the people that were killed there; and now the beautiful people at the Sikh temple [near Milwaukee, Wisconsin],” Dave said.

http://gunshyassassin.com/news/dave-mustaine-believes-obama-staged-aurora-massacre-sikh-attack

Obama "staged" terrorist shootings where Americans were killed and injured. Because he wants to pass gun control that he hasn't even hinted at doing during his four years in office. This is what Dave Mustaine really believes.

Remember when the Dixie Chicks' career came to a dead halt after they criticized the sitting president outside of the nation's borders? Can't wait to see a naked Dave Mustaine on the cover of Entertainment Weekly six months from now.

My favorite part of that is that it ends w/ what boils down to, "America is becoming repressive! I'ma move to Singapore!" er...

yes, when dave mustaine's soaring career comes to a halt

His last album beat out LULU which…. actually, I'm not sure which side I'm arguing anymore.

Dave, you are douchewagon. Shut. Up.

I am continually astonished at how many people (Lou Reed and Metallica fans alike) are completely unaware of LULU's existence. I've mentioned it to several random groups of people (avant-garde music nerds, people who had just attended a Metallica concert, etc.) and none of them had even heard of it.

xp

LULU is a figment of ILM's imagination. A shared trip. A collective experience. It makes it all the more powerful.

i wish

do they still do public caning in Singapore? can we make that happen for Dave?

Re: Dixie Chicks --- this is even worse! All the Dixie Chicks said was that they were embarrassed that the President was from Texas... Imagine what would have happened had they accused Bush of killing Americans for his own political gain! They wouldn't have burned their records, they would have burned the Dixie Chicks themselves...

Someone should start some sort of "Birther" conspiracy that believes Dave Mustaine was never in Metallica

I cant believe how stupid Mustaine is sometimes. I would think you would have to have half a brain to be as talented musically as he is. But he's a complete idiot.

he's using any good, usable brain to play guitar. all the 'leavings' are used for this bullshit

Obviously, Mustaine is not an Obama fan ... and recently bashed the President during an interview with Alex Jones ... saying, "With all of the proof about his birth certificate being fake. And you see the signs in Kenya that say 'the birthplace of Barack Obama.' Hello?! C'mon, guys. How stupid are we right now?"

impossible to fake a sign in kenya

Mustaine just replaced one set of neuroses with another. He's always had a persecution complex.

Someone should start some sort of "Birther" conspiracy that believes Dave Mustaine was never in Metallica

This is awesome btw

"With all of the proof about his birth certificate being fake. And you see the signs in Kenya that say 'the birthplace of Barack Obama.' Hello?! C'mon, guys. How stupid are we right now?"

This is actually kind of compelling. He may have swayed me here.

Me too. I mean come on people. There's a sign in Kenya! Excuse me while I donate $100 to Mitt Romney and Sheriff Arpaio

seriously wondering what the crowd's reaction to his rantings must have been.

Probably "Metallica Sux!"

douchewagon

They may have said that too, after they stopped chanting "USA"

douchewagon

is this a thing crowds chant at shows now (plz say yes)

Apparently it happens in Singapore.

also the national dish

ppl in singapore thought he was talking about oppressive gum control regulations, cheered wildly.

dave mustaine is a cunt

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