Hetfield Bemoans Mustaine's Megadeth/Metallica Claims
The Metallica frontman says that talk of a collaboration is "crazy"
Last year Mustaine spoke about how he wanted to form a supergroup which featured Megadeth bassist Dave Ellefson and Metallica's Hetfield and Lars Ulrich.
He's later gone on to clarify that this was just an idea he would like to become a reality but in a new issue of So What! magazine called "Metallica The 30th Anniversary Event", Hetfield addressed the idea of working with Mustain again, "We learned a lot from the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame about maturity and grace, as far as previous members and things like that — especially after watching other bands get up there and bicker about stupid things. They didn't get the big picture. Excuse me, but there's a lot of people out there that enjoyed that lineup, or a lot of people grew up with that lineup, and why are you not celebrating that? Why are you not embracing that as part of your history? And it's sad and it's selfish. And because we were able to have Dave onstage at the Fillmore and Jason Newsted, former Metallica bassist and Bob Rock, former Metallica producer and all these other people that were part of our history, we were able to rise above the bickering and celebrate it."
He added, "I think especially with Dave, with all of his struggles. I see him healthier now. I see him as less of a bitter guy. But I do see a lot of stuff in the press with him talking about jamming with us and making an album. All this other crazy stuff. I read it and say to myself, 'Hold on. This is the Dave that we kind of wanted to forget about. You know, the big-mouth that wants to just go-go-go.' But there is an authenticity about him when he speaks. He doesn't think too much before he does. He just goes off the cuff. Plus, when he says stuff like that, it's well-intended."