The lyrics seemed to flow out and the organisation of the songs seemed to come out really easily and everything. Was that a productive pressure cooker sort of situation to be in though?Ĭhris: Yeah I think so because for the most part this album went really smooth. NZRock: It sounds like you guys only had a short amount of time to get ‘Th1rt3en’ done. But I think at the same time he felt comfortable enough with me to let me have a bit more freedom. So I think as far as his creativity and what he wants to hear out of the songs, he definitely has the direction as far as that goes. When you have a vision for what you want to hear, there’s no changing that vision in a way. But as far as the creativity side and Dave with his songs, I think he’s just like I am in a sense. So there was a little bit more individuality in those particular things. Is he still open to a lot of input from you?Ĭhris: Well one of the cool things about this CD was that I think he wanted to get a little bit more of an organic sound and a little more individualism so things like my guitar tone and my guitar solos, he wanted to leave that alone a little bit more. NZRock: What’s it like working with Dave Mustaine because I can imagine he has a very defined vision of what the band should sound like. I was thinking a lot more musically minded this time. You know, just thinking about how everything fits together as a song a little bit more this time around rather than just really trying to go over the top with my soloing or anything like that. NZRock: What guitar sections are you most proud of on the album?Ĭhris: I think that um… you know the one thing that I was most proud of was the fact that I was kind of able to sit back and listen to the music and think about what was appropriate for it in terms of adding the guitar melodies on top and the guitar solos. But that’s a one night deal so for me, that’s really where I like to be. And performances, even though they’re great, they’re a lot of fun especially when the crowd is really rowdy and everything. That lasts forever, for the life of the song. And you really feel like you’ve achieved something special. Even thought I love that too, there’s just something about when you write something and you can’t quit listening to it you know.
That’s really more of where I would say I really like to be as a musician – more on the compositional side than in the performance side.
How does it feel to be contributing to the MEGADETH discography rather than just being live on stage.Ĭhris: For me that’s awesome. NZRock: ‘Th1rt3en’ is the second studio recording you’ve been on with MEGADETH.
NZRock caught up with guitarist Chris Broderick to find out more about the new album, what it’s like working with Dave Mustaine, and some tips for aspiring guitarists. It’s all about the number 13 in the MEGADETH camp at the moment! ‘Th1rt3en’ is the band’s 13th album, it has 13 songs, it hit the Australian and New Zealand music charts at #13… 13 was the age that frontman Dave Mustaine picked up his first guitar and would you believe it, the new album was even released in New Zealand on October 31 – that’s 13 backwards!
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