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“I was stunned and angry and told them I couldn’t even consider it”: Why Marty Friedman turned down potential Megadeth reunion in 2015

Dave Mustaine and Marty Friedman onstage with Megadeth in 1992.

Former Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman has opened up about his aborted return to the thrashers in 2015.

In an excerpt from his new memoir Dreaming Japanese published by Blabbermouth, the 62-year-old says that he was open to a reunion of the speedsters’ 1990s lineup (also composed of singer/guitarist Dave Mustaine, then-bassist David Ellefson and former drummer Nick Menza). However, it became impossible when he was lowballed financially.

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