The Megadeth saga never quite ends or gets into a lull, does it? Long story short, when Megadeth was looking for new members we all thought for sure guitarist Marty Friedman was going to be back in the fold along with drummer Nick Menza. It didn't work out and Friedman even called rejoining the group "a huge step backward," which we all thought for absolute sure meant that that was the end of Friedman ever possibly joining the group.
Now he's completely and totally changing his tune. In an interview with The Metal Brainiac and transcribed by Blabbermouth, Friedman says he's open to the idea.
Well, you know, for the longest time, it was just the farthest thing from my mind ever. Ever since I did Inferno, I’ve done so much stuff in America than I’d never done before, and then I started to really get a grip on what people think of Megadeth’s stuff that I did. And I hadn’t forgotten about it, but I really had no idea the kind of impact and the enthusiasm that the fans of that era actually have. I’d never really seen it with my eyes, because I kind of got sidetracked so deeply in Japan… I was kind of oblivious about the long-lasting effect, and the record company [Prosthetic Records] definitely told me… Of course, it sounds like they’re blowing sunshine up my skirt. But they really said, ‘Look, some of the stuff that you did with them is really legendary, and people really have embraced it.’ So doing promotion forInferno, when that came out, I got to kind of feel firsthand that people really, really love it. And as much as I don’t really like to think nostalgically and go back and redo something that I’ve already done, I considered it, and I would still consider something — like an event with Megadeth — because the fans would love it; for no other reason than that. But the main ‘but’ is it has to be done absolutely right. It has to be done really cool, really special, really well, well organized. Everybody has to be on their shit. They have to look great, play great. The thing has to be conceptually great, the staff has to be really fantastic, and management, and it has to be done a thousand percent proper in every possible way, or it just is not gonna be done. When that day happens, I’ll be happy to listen to an offer. And I’m still in great friendship with everybody in the band. So it could happen. But it’s certainly not at the top of the list of anything that I would do. I would never consider it before, but I would consider it now, only because I’m hearing firsthand what people think in America of it.
So… maybe? The band was Kiko Louriero on guitar right now, but we've seen the axe switch hands many times before in Megadeth. Plus, for the opportunity to have an almost-classic lineup in the band again, would Mustaine take the reins and see Louriero out? Who knows. At this point it's just cool that maybe we'll see Friedman back on stage with the band again, even if it's just a guest thing.
