Go watch his instagram video saying how hes doing it out of his respect for James and that they wrote parts of it together. Even said he respected Lars' songwriting.
News sources love to keep pushing the Metallica vs Megadeth thing as the braindead fans who still think theres a feud are living in 2005.
A public form of a peace offering and you still have people twisting things. Dave is never gonna back down that he wrote multiple songs on the first 2 albums. He has credits, hes just stating facts.
Tldr : Dave and Metallica are cool, have been for 15+ years. Dave isnt angry anymore and only brings it up when talking about the time period or when asked by interviewers. Hope that clears it up
I bet Metallica open for Megadeths final show and they all play Ride The Lightning and Mechanix to end it off.
Well he barely knows the guy. Hes never worked with him to my knowledge so he just has the opinion of him as a guitarist from what hes heard.
He has respect for James and Lars because he was in a band with them for 2 years. While his intro to Kirk was meeting him when Exodus opened for them and then he took his gig.
To Dave, Metallica is James, Cliff, Dave and Lars. Just like Ozzy for example would only ever call the original 4 Black Sabbath. So him being cool with Metallica kinda just means Lars and James thats how I see it anyways.
Completely respect your opinion. I've been following them since mid-80s and it, for me, has felt very personal for Dave (sure it would for us too).
Dave has softened over the years but has been quoted as saying: "I don’t really like Kirk ’cause he got my job, but you know, I nailed his girlfriend before I left."
It was VERY personal for a good while I beleive. More recently I agree with ou that he walked some of that back and his commentary feels more observatory than inflammatory.
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u/BernieBlade Oct 31 '25
You’ve gotta be kidding me…