Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax Says America Deserves A Big Four Tour was a top 10 story this week . Here is the recap: (Gibson) Dave Mustaine (of Megadeth), Scott Ian (of Anthrax) and Kerry King (of Slayer) recently did a joint interview with Spin to talk about the Jagermeister Music Tour, which features all three of their bands.When asked who puts on the best live show, Mustaine was quick to answer. "The best live show that I've ever seen is Slayer," he said. "Their energy is just over the top. We try to play our best. But, as far as the energy and stuff, I've never seen anybody do what Kerry and Slayer can do."
Guitarist/vocalist King deferred the compliment and focused on what made each thrash metal band great. "We're all totally different animals," King said. "I call Megadeth nerd metal – not detrimentally, but they're guitar geeks. They blow away the guitar geeks. They're very good at what they do. And then you have guitar geeks come look at us, and they're like, 'Yeah, it's kind of heavy.' But the intricacies of the leads and stuff? C'mon, that's Megadeth's specialty. We're just angry and throwing and spitting aggression. All four bands [including Metallica] started from one place and evolved into a four-headed monster. There's four very different things happening."
All three guys seemed to agree that they'd like to do a Big Four tour (with Metallica) on their home turf. "America deserves it," Ian said. "We played seven shows in Europe and you've got four American bands. We have to play in the United States." - more on this story
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