In a new interview with The Metal Voice, Lacuna Coil singer Christina Scabbia talked about touring with Megadeth and explained what kind of a person Dave Mustaine was. As it appears, he isn’t as ‘bad’ as people say.
“I didn’t know what to expect because many people have different ideas of Dave. So, I was just like, ‘Oh my God.’ I was almost afraid to meet him. He was a sweetheart, super gentle,” she revealed. “I remember the first day on tour with him, he left a bottle of champagne with a note, ‘Thank you for being on tour with us.’ It was super nice. We asked him to take a picture with all the band and he was happy to do it.”
The vocalist then recalled the only time Mustaine got pissed at her. “I remember that he only got pissed with me once because I remember that he threw a party after one of the gigs. It was just like, ‘Okay, let’s organize.’ I think it was a margarita party, something like this for all the bands, it just wanted to create an event that would bring us all together.”
“I remember that there was metal music blasting, but after a while, I got tired because I love metal music but to me party music it’s another type of music sometimes. So, I was just like, ‘Okay, let’s change a little bit, let’s put music from the 70s and or some disco music.’ He just looked at me like so pissed.”
When the host joked if Mustaine threw a guitar at her, she revealed that the frontman gifted her a guitar instead. “He didn’t, but he gave me one of his guitars to thank me for or singing a song with him.”
Many different rockers have different opinions on working with the Megadeth frontman. However, contrary to the belief that he’s hard to work with, people have said he wasn’t as uptight as he was said to be.
“So, Dave Mustaine has a reputation of being kind of prickly or whatever. He has been the most accommodating, most friendly dude,” All That Remains singer Phil Labonte explained in an interview. “Literally, there were people on the tour that were, like, ‘Hey, look, make sure you go say hi to Dave,’ the first couple of days. And they’re, like, ‘Make sure you go say hi to Dave, ’cause he wants to hang out.’ He wants to know everyone.”
Testament’s Steve Di Giorgio also said of Mustaine in a social media post: “Dave was easy to work with and a hella awesome host. And it was a great learning experience to use a pick more than I ever had before. I kept that little yellow plectrum in a case as a remembrance that being versatile goes a long way for opening doors to opportunities.”
The ‘difficult to work with’ rumors gained popularity after Mustaine departed from Metallica in 1983. However, the rocker himself denied earlier that he was difficult to work with.
