“I don’t wanna say ‘screwed the band over’, but it wasn’t a nice thing that I did”: Marty Friedman on his Megadeth exit

“I don’t wanna say ‘screwed the band over’, but it wasn’t a nice thing that I did”: Marty Friedman on his Megadeth exit

Marty Friedman has looked back on his departure from Megadeth, sharing that he didn’t leave the band on “the nicest terms”.
Friedman left the metal outfit in the year 2000 due to creative differences and continued to forge a mighty solo career, still thriving today with his most recent album, 2024’s Drama. Though happily doing his own thing and having formerly shown no interest in being tied to Megadeth, Friedman has opened up about his time with the band in his new biography, Dreaming Japanese.

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Speaking about the book (which is out now) in an interview for the Talkin’ Rock podcast with Meltdown, Friedman recalls (via Blabbermouth): “I lost it big time [toward the end of my time with Megadeth], and I never really talked about this because once I left Megadeth, I stopped doing interviews about Megadeth completely and I made it a clause in any contract having to do with a live appearance or anything, it’s, like, ‘You can’t mention Megadeth in the marquee or in the advertisement or in the headline or anything.’ And I did this for 23 years.
“In an autobiography, that’s a big part of my history, so now it’s time to talk about the things that really, really happened in detail and with honesty and with respect to that period of time and respect to the people in the band and the people around the band, talk about our managers and our crew and, of course, the members in the band and my relationships with them.”
He goes on to add, “It’s not gonna make me look good, I’m telling you this right now, when you read it. I didn’t leave the band on the nicest terms and I kind of – I don’t wanna say ‘screwed the band over,’ but it wasn’t a really nice thing that I did. Of course, I had absolutely no choice to do what I did, and you’ll see why, but I feel really bad about the way I left the band and the situation I left them in, and you can see that in the book, why it turned out that way. And there’s no excusing what I did, but it wasn’t gonna happen any other way. Things happen and that’s what happened.”

In other news, Marty Friedman recently offered words of wisdom to guitar players, saying it’s important that they get out there and perform to real people. “Everything that I always say about this can be related to sex in some way: if you practice at home, you’re going to get good at practicing at home,” he said.
Marty Friedman is currently on tour – tickets are still available. Dreaming Japanese is out now.
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