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MARTY FRIEDMAN Explains His Non-Participation In MEGADETH Reissues

April 7, 2004

Former MEGADETH guitarist Marty Friedman has responded to speculation regarding his non-participation in the listening session in Arizona for the upcoming MEGADETH remixes/reissues which are being spearheaded by the group's mainman/mastermind Dave Mustaine.

Writing to MEGADETH's official message board last weekend, Mustaine revealed that he is currently "making arrangements now to have the ex-[MEGADETH] members fly out to meet here in Tempe, to hear what I have done with their parts, and to celebrate now that the remixing is finally over. Bo will be filming their arrival, pre-listening questionnaire, reactions during playback, and post-listening questions.

"I hope to get everyone to meet with Bo to do this, however, [Chris] Poland is on tour and Bo will have to go meet him on the road, [Marty] Friedman is not available or interested, and Gar [Samuelson]'s involvement will hopefully be spoken for by Chris."

In a posting on his official web site, Friedman responded to a fan question about his non-involvement in the project by stating that "after I heard the amazing remixes Dave did with 'Peace Sells', I was way excited to find out that he was planning to give the same treatment to the other albums. Much as I would love to be a part of hearing the new mixes for the first time, I have touring and recording obligations all the way up until August. Please don't let normal stuff like that get your panties in a wad. Get over it. The albums are gonna slam."

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