Dave Mustaine reminisced about how groups such as NIRVANA were “f**king things up” during the early 1990s, and highlighted that MEGADETH consistently remained loyal to their fundamental sound

Even though numerous metal bands underwent transformations in terms of image and style during that era due to the influence of grunge.

When asked in a new interview with Guitar World how important was MEGADETH‘s 1992’s Countdown to Extinction album to him

Dave responded: “It was our biggest record. That’s pretty much the way I measure it. A lot of it was because of the timing; it came out in ‘92, and ‘92 was when everything was imploding

You had PEARL JAM, NIRVANA, SOUNDGARDEN, MOTHER LOVE BONE and BLIND MELON f**king things up, and radio gravitated toward that.

“They thought the yuppies would listen to alternative music while drinking their Stella Artois.

Sure, we made some minor changes at the behest of the record label, but that was as far as it went.

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