MEGADETH‘s former guitarist, Chris Poland, admitted in an interview with Disturbing the Priest Podcast that METALLICA‘s album Master of Puppets made him dislike MEGADETH‘s Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying?
He said: “I remember when we made that record, Peace Sells, and that’s when I first heard Master Of Puppets. And I was so bummed out I never listened to Peace Sells again.”
Initially disappointed, it took Poland almost twenty years to appreciate his own album again after feeling overshadowed by METALLICA‘s impact.
“And then Dave took those records and redid them, and then I listened to it, and I was like, ‘Yeah, I like this.'”
Poland also discussed the discomfort he felt when encountering with Dave Mustaine‘s ex-METALLICA bandmates.
“I wasn’t sure if I should talk to those guys,” he said. “Because I’d see them at gigs — they were at a gig we did in San Francisco at the Stone and I didn’t know if I should go talk to them or not. And then I’ve always had this weird vibe — if I saw them, should I talk to them? Should I not talk to them? Finally, I just said, ‘F**k it. I’m just going to go to the bus.'”
