European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                New album new politics for Metal Mavericks  staff writer he hotel where megadeath s Dave Mustaine and Nick Menza Are staying in Cologne Germany is so Well hidden that a taxi Driver has trouble finding it consulting a map several times As he tries to find the tiny Street it s on. Expensively German be Kutlich or cozy it turns out to be a yellow and Green shuttered Structure that s More Gazebo and afternoon Tea than Rock n Roll. A perfect setting for the indigo girls or a Laura Ashley boutique. But Mustaine Long reputed to be Metal s infant terrible with a Mouth an inclination toward the tyrannical and a temper to match his formidable Talent turns out to be less a Odds with his surroundings than one would think. In Germany to talk about youth Anasia megadeath s first album in two years Mustaine is affable Pungenti Clever and often visceral in his descriptions of music events and situations. Sometimes peppering the conversation with funny but unprintable jokes the musician known As the general at other times displays a certain serenity As he discusses the new dynamics within the band and his changing musical emphasis. His Long Copper coloured hair tucked into a baseball Cap and packing a Little More meat on his Bones than before Mustaine also offers a few insights into his personal life during a half hour talk. We re All generals i just have More stars Mustaine says about megadeath s evolving democracy. It s a tetrarch. I told these Guys if you three All agree with me then Only one s necessary. If s like having a president and a vice president if they were both saying exactly the same thing Why have a salary for the second Guy although he s reluctant to delve much into considerable personal changes he s undergone in the last two years Mustaine s band mates confirm that fatherhood has definitely mellowed some of the Stellar guitarist songwriter s Friday november 18,1994 Jay of & a