During a recent appearance on The Chuck Shute Podcast, guitarist Gus G. (Firewind, ex-Ozzy Osbourne) revealed that he was invited to audition for Megadeth in 2015. However, he declined due to his commitments to Ozzy Osbourne’s band.
Gus said the following:
“I had offers to… Actually, I’ve never told that anybody — in the press, at least. I’ve had offers to audition for other bands and stuff — not to join but to audition — but I didn’t do it. During my time with Ozzy, actually, MEGADETH reached out [in early 2015]. I was still with Ozzy and they were looking for somebody. And I said, ‘Well, I can’t really leave Ozzy for that,’ even though I’m a huge MEGADETH fan. Back then, they were scouting guitar players, and then two weeks later, Kiko [Loureiro] was in the band. And Kiko was a buddy of mine; we’ve known each other. His old band ANGRA and FIREWIND have toured together, so I knew him and I thought he was a great fit. And in 2019 — who else? MACHINE HEAD asked me to audition once.
I’m not sure if I’m really made for being like a hired-gun kind of guy. I’m enjoying calling my own shots, I guess. It’s two different worlds doing those things. I mean, doing your own thing, of course, involves a lot of risks — financial, of course, because you don’t know if things will work out. You have to put tours together and you have to front your own capital to do things, to get things going. And you don’t know if it’s gonna work out, if people are gonna like it. So it’s just very competitive, of course, out there, especially nowadays. And then, of course, being a hired gun for a band, you don’t have to worry about any of that. But, of course, you’re also disposable.”
[via Blabbermouth]
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