Mustaine or Hammett ?

[norminal]

If you ask me what I would like to eat, I would never say kale. OTOH, if you ask me which of these three choices would you rather have for lunch, and the choices were dog shit, human shit, and kale, well…I voted for John Mayer.

 

[DrewJD82]

Ya know I never even saw Dave do more leads than that accident that happened when he did "Cemetery Gates" with Dream Theater. I didn't realize until about a week and a half ago he actually has some lead skills. Reminded me a bit of an erratic Schenker. Not being a huge Megadeth fan I just assumed the leads I heard on the albums were one of the lead dudes.

Every couple years I try to get into Megadeth so I'll dive down a couple albums but it never sticks. I love the music 95% of the time but there's absolutely nothing for me vocally with Dave.

I gotta go with Kirk, though. When I went and checked out a bunch of Dave leads I saw a dude who is capable but jumping around the years it's like he hit a certain level and either almost kept up with it or would go a while without keeping his fingers in shape. While the same can be said for Kirk, I didn't come away from those Megadeth solos with a single one of them sticking to memory and Kirk's written some pretty great ones over the years, far more of a melodic guitar player.

Not all that surprising, hooks and melody only make occasional appearances in Megadeth. Badass fucking riffs and drums, though.

 

[PLX]

I just assumed the leads I heard on the albums were one of the lead dudes

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