Dave Mustaine recently chatted with Ultimate Guitar and shared how Robert Fripp complimented him and his guitar sound with Megadeth.
The rocker first shared which Megadeth guitar solos he was the most prideful of and said:
“Well, ‘Holy Wars’ is great, and some of the other songs like ‘Tornado of Souls.’ Stuff off ‘Countdown’ and ‘Rust in Peace.’ It just kind of depends – some songs just have really great atmosphere and attitude towards it, and other songs can be played anywhere ‘Architecture of Aggression’ is a really aggressive guitar song.”
He added:
“Of course the staples – ‘Hangar 18.’ Most people don’t really look at ‘Symphony of Destruction’ as a big guitar song – it’s not, but it’s a huge song!”
Then, the guitarist shared how King Crimson legend Fripp complimented his guitar work and which Megadeth song the rocker admired:
“There’s a variety of different eras where the guitar playing took different approaches… Most recently, a person that I looked up to as a guitar player, Robert Fripp, had listened to ‘Holy Wars,’ and said something really nice about it.”
Mustaine further detailed his own praises for Fripp and why his ‘compliments’ mattered to him:
“I was flattered because I’ve always thought Mr. Fripp was a very exceptionally talented guitar player We’re talking a different level than most guitar players can even hope to be. He listened to ‘Holy Wars’ and thought that it was an interestingly structured song and I was very flattered.”
You can view the interview here.
