Wow, Wasn’t Expecting A Story Like That!
Black Sabbath were the fathers of unique metal music. They beautiful much began the trend of the genre, and each rockstar coming up at the time aspired to be them. Bands like Metallica, Megadeth and Iron Maiden were impressed by Sabbath and Ozzy Osbourne and modeled their sound and success after them.
In a current interview, Megadeth frontman and former Metallica member Dave Mustaine opened up about the first time he ever heard Black Sabbath. It’s a pretty loopy story, that may inspire his whole career!
“I was 13, going to highschool, and the man that lived in my apartment building, his name was Alfie… I may have the age off by a little bit teeny bit… However he was selling commercial pot; [it was] fifty cents a joint. So we’d go to his home, purchase some joints, smoke pot, after which listen to Black Sabbath. And his room, all of the windows were blacked out and he had those fuzzy blacklight posters. So we’d sit in there and listen to Sabbath eternally. And it was a huge a part of my rising up — not a lot influencing me as a guitar player, however I loved the music.”– Mustaine revealed.
It is a pretty great story! Mustaine additionally talked about the first time he met Ozzy Osbourne at a golf tournament with Frank Sinatra. Take a look at the interview down beneath, and enjoy!
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