{"id":505237,"date":"2026-02-28T12:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T12:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/505237\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T12:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T12:36:12","slug":"dave-mustaine-claims-megadeth-would-have-been-less-successful-if-not-for-the-motivating-factor-of-metallica-trying-to-hold-me-back-guitar-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/505237\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Mustaine claims Megadeth would have been less successful if not for the motivating factor of Metallica \u201ctrying to hold me back\u201d &#8211; Guitar.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi-gFBVV95cUxNUDJidUpabjJiOTJoVFYtTjlYUGFvcGwxb3BJaGJTd3ZIaVNxZDZqdV80cThZWDRkdDZiLTRTbzYyVFVjVlBpeFBobzE3SUxhQWtWcHZ5OWpMakZWOUJnODN1NVZtQkVtOTB3bHgtMDVVNVNNWmtBQUNaNDJ1eGxfUnRqS2Q0UHg3WU5McU1FTVdoMXFkMWtVNzR1d080M1hDeG1NT1BwaDE1UHpGSElQNnZjT1hZLVpGV1VtN0pucEp0ZEhwMFVWVlBaRndMeGVBNkpMdXZfdFpka1IyVjlYMnhEazRCdnhKbkUwdV8wQ0tZRTRWNkc1SGZB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dave Mustaine claims Megadeth would have been less successful if not for the motivating factor of Metallica \u201ctrying to hold me back\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Guitar.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMioAJBVV95cUxPSDBlVjM5Vk0yQXp6T19HNmMwOXcwVmYyRXZHTEI3bkx3dlFUaHZ6NXMyRWV2eHFxODZ4VllZdERXVnZ3WXA1Ty04Tzh2dXZVS0RBWkh2YmE1QV9sTzBUb2VSMjVpWlRxdTRuVUtMSGc4OGxoOW92ZU9kVFlnWTZ2M25aNmkyc3h5bFM1M1BLbl9LWk9rbXFibHFOb2JWUENxN2I4R1FIV29LX3ZBdDVmNGhFM2hsZlJScjA4QlRPT1RqREZldzB0blkwU0NlQlJmaWd4bnllamFpclcxS1hWSjFrcGZFZ21NQWxqaEVfclpGaG5mQ0pjZzBHaHUwMkhBSkM5NWFhUWJWMUhJOUlod0ZaTjlqMXczQS0zaXBZQ1Y?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">James LoMenzo on &#8216;Undercurrent Tension&#8217; Between Megadeth and Metallica, and Mustaine&#8217;s Decision to Cover &#8216;Ride the Lightning&#8217;: &#8216;It Made Sense to Me&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Ultimate Guitar<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_wFBVV95cUxOVDNoSVM4QmRxSGExcG9Tc09kbGFrM1ViVEo0ZTh0UWZVWWFGeUlTZlIyN1FrYTBiT2M1c19pV2dBTXd0N3VrdXhtelZBcUNNTEd6RUZueE9yQ3lGc3hZblZuYjV3c0t0VWFfLTZRS1JwYWZBVjhjRjRQYUNldW1CMzdDdnE2SWhfNklPVUgycnZHZ3RjV3AtN0pYWXZKZGFzS001d09nUGlkbG1IUzhuTFN2Q1FPcnh4R2FzZEZlZUdIQmp5dURub0JsM182cWFibWl4RTVMUkNDWGh3LURoSS1ZdDlmenFjZ2wzMS1HQndQYmEtbWxkbkxoUl85TkU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MEGADETH&#8217;s JAMES LOMENZO Admits His &#8216;Eyebrows Went Up&#8217; When DAVE MUSTAINE Said He Wanted To Record His Version Of METALLICA&#8217;s &#8216;Ride The Lightning&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BLABBERMOUTH.NET<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dave Mustaine claims Megadeth would have been less successful if not for the motivating factor of Metallica \u201ctrying&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":["post-505237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}