During a recent discussion with Canada’s The Metal Voice, Shawn Drover, the ex-drummer of MEGADETH, spoke about Dave Mustaine‘s image as one of the most contentious figures in the metal genre.
When questioned about why he believes the MEGADETH frontman is often depicted negatively, Shawn expressed: “I think some of it may be from his political viewpoints at any given time. You know how that goes — politics and religion can definitely rub people the wrong way. That’s certainly, I would say, maybe part of it. Which I never had any comment of any sort on any of that stuff.”
“Who knows? There’s always Monday-morning quarterbacks that talk s**t about something,” he continued. “And a lot of it gets thrown out of context. Something I’ll say on here I’m sure will be on a web site, saying, ‘Shawn said this.’ It’s just to create a headline. It’s clickbait, they call it. It’s just music, man.”
“I have nothing but good memories and good things to say about it,” Shawn added. “If it wasn’t for that band, we wouldn’t be talking today — I guarantee it… I have nothing but good things to say about that. So I’m very thankful.”
Towards the end of 2014, Drover left the group after a decade, as he wished to explore his personal musical passions. Soon after, Chris Broderick also exited the band, citing creative and musical disagreements as the reason.
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