CHRIS ADLER On Winning A GRAMMY With MEGADETH: “It Probably Meant More Than If LAMB OF GOD Had Got One”

Former Lamb of God drummer Chris Adler has opened up about what it was prefer to take residence a GRAMMY with Megadeth, reasonably than with the band he co-founded. Talking on Chris Akin Presents…, Adler recalled how surreal it felt when Megadeth‘s Dystopia gained Greatest Steel Efficiency on the 59^th GRAMMY Awards in 2017.

“For Lamb of God, profitable a GRAMMY was by no means one thing we aimed for,” Adler admitted. “In actual fact, Randy [Blythe] boycotted it — he thought it was bullshit, and I understood that. The GRAMMYs typically received it mistaken. However there’s nonetheless credibility in it, particularly while you inform your mother and father, ‘That is actual.’ For me, although, Megadeth getting it was particular. They’d been nominated a dozen occasions, and in my thoughts, they deserved all twelve. To lastly be a part of that, it most likely meant greater than if Lamb had gained.”

Adler‘s connection to Megadeth runs far deeper than his 2015-2017 stint behind the package. He vividly recalled discovering them as a 14-year-old skater buying and selling cassette tapes: “Somebody had put a Megadeth tune on a punk combine, and I used to be like, ‘Who is that this?’ That one tune singularly put some extent on my horizon. That was what I needed to do with my life. Megadeth outlined every little thing about what I needed to be as a musician.”

When Dave Mustaine invited him to affix the making of Dystopia, Adler was already in Los Angeles recording drums for Lamb of God‘s VII: Sturm und Drang. “I received a name at 5 within the morning,” Adler mentioned. “Dave requested if I needed to make a thrash report with him, and I used to be leaping up and down.

“I needed to get him again on observe after Tremendous Collider. He flew me to Nashville, rented a home, and it was simply the 2 of us for practically three months. Mainly Dave and I wrote that complete report collectively. I stored pushing for it to be heavier, and he appreciated that. The songs got here out superior — and clearly, it went on to do nice issues.”

For Adler, who left Lamb of God in 2019, that GRAMMY wasn’t simply an business nod — it was a lifelong dream realized. “Even when Lamb was nominated, I would sit there hoping Megadeth gained,” he admitted. “To assist them lastly get one… that was every little thing.”