Kiko Loureiro: What I Think About Dave Mustaine | Megadeth Guitarist

Guitarist Kiko Loureiro was asked what it was like to work with Dave Mustaine when writing the latest Megadeth album 'Dystopia'.

he said:

"I came to the studio with this expectation that a lot of people have. And every interview I give, people are always asking, 'How is it to work with Mustaine?' because he has this reputation to be this amazing guitarist, because sometimes he says stuff that people don't agree with or whatever."

"But, to be honest, Dave, he's just a super gentleman, first of all. When I met him the first time, when I was kind of auditioning to him, which was not really an audition; we just hung for a day in Nashville. He was showing me Nashville, we had lunch, we had coffee, beer at night."

"So I hung with him the whole day; I didn't play at all for my, let's say, 'audition.' So I discovered a very sharp guy, very intelligent. He knows a lot about music, and the band, MEGADETH music. He's self-taught, so all the stuff he created he created by himself, so he knows a lot about that. He's very into politics, he's very sharp in the music business in general, and he's a gentleman, I could say. So it was interesting to work with him."

"And at the studio, to compose with him… For me, I've been in the music business for so many years, I kind of respected his space, because he is the guy who was composing for MEGADETH for thirty years. So when I joined [the other guys] in the studio, I was more observing and analyzing them and trying to understand, and embracing his ideas and trying to make it a little bit better, if possible — you know, respecting his input in general. So I think that was a good way to work. And then slowly I was showing some other ideas and I think I just found a good way to interact with him. And so far it's great the way we work together."

"And at the end, I could have some co-writing with him, because I needed that time to make him comfortable with my ideas and also for me to understand what is MEGADETH, what Dave wants from his band. And so like this I could really collaborate with him. I think it was not a big problem. It was really easy to work with him in a way, but you just have to first understand. He's just like an interesting person, so you need some time to understand."

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