Matt Mills of Metal Hammer reports:
Dave Mustaine isn’t sure what he’ll do after Megadeth retire…
…“Well, there’s so much still going on now that I don’t really want to think about that too much,” Mustaine says when we broach the topic of life after ’Deth. “I can’t really conceive of an end right now.”
After a little bit of prodding, he elaborates. “I don’t think there is going to be a morning after,” he says. “I think for all of us, we’re always going to be in Megadeth. We’re always going to be brothers now and best friends, and we’re always going to be responsible for making some of the most fun music that bassists and guitarists and drummers will ever want to play.”
Elsewhere in the interview, Hammer mentions that there have been countless veteran metal bands, from Mötley Crüe to Slayer, who’ve broken up only to return a few years later. Mustaine insists that Megadeth will not be one of those bands.
“I don’t think so,” he says. “You see the scuttlebutt that is associated with bands like that. You know they never follow through with it and stick to their word…”
..“Look, it all depends on how the statements are crafted,” he continues. “So, we’re doing no more studio albums. Does that mean there might be a live album at the end of all of this? Yeah, it certainly looks that way…”
Earlier this month, though, he revealed that his decision to step away was partially due to him having the hand condition Dupuytren’s contracture…
“…There’s so many musicians that have come to the end of their career, whether accidental or intentional,” he explained. “Most of them don’t get to go out on their own terms on top, and that’s where I’m at in my life right now.”
…Mustaine plans to have surgery, but not before Megadeth’s farewell tour comes to an end. He explained: “If I wait until my hands are causing a problem and I try it and it doesn’t work, well then I’ve toured everywhere, I’ve said farewell everybody and am not leaving stuff unsaid or unfinished.”
Read more at Metal Hammer.