Kirk Hammett says he can perceive former Metallica guitarist Dave Mustaine’s long-held anger at being fired from the band.
Mustaine was Metallica’s lead guitarist till he was fired in 1983 and changed by Hammett. He went on to form Megadeth however has been essential of his former bandmates within the years since.
Kirk Hammett says that he has empathy for Mustaine’s scenario and provides that he believes a number of the wounds had been healed when Mustaine joined Metallica onstage on the Fillmore in San Francisco in 2011 to celebrate the Metallica’s 30th anniversary.
Kirk Hammett tells Word Of Wheeler (through Blabbermouth): “I have all the time shown a variety of empathy for him, understanding that he was simply pissed off. It is the equivalent of the lady of your life leaving you, when your music group kicks you out. I have never been kicked out, however I can think about it is a horrible expertise, particularly if it is a band that you just feel really passionately about.
“So I am able to understand Dave’s plight over all 3 years. However I may also say that when we did these 30th-anniversary reveals on the Fillmore and we invited Dave to play on all these Kill ‘Em All songs, man, it felt so good to have him playing on stage.”
He continues: “And I was able to see from the look on Dave’s face and just from his entire attitude that it was super-cathartic for him. And it is attention-grabbing, as a result of since then, I believe Dave’s relationship with us is slightly bit higher now. I might wish to assume that that entire thing just form of healed some scars that needed to be healed.”
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