Throughout an look on the 100th episode of the Vinyl Bang podcast, hosted by Nick Martin and Jeff Grindstopher, Megadeth drummer Dirk Verbeuren took a deep dive into his file assortment – and into the unlikely path that led him from being a teenage fan to a member of one in every of thrash metallic’s most iconic bands.
In line with host Nick Martin, Verbeuren‘s assortment consists of loads of unique pressings and albums “individuals wouldn’t count on him to take heed to.” The total podcast episode is now accessible to look at.
Reflecting on his first publicity to Megadeth by way of 1986’s Peace Sells… However Who’s Shopping for?, Verbeuren described stumbling throughout the album as an adolescent residing close to Paris: “I bear in mind going to just a little flea market within the city exterior of Paris the place we lived. I simply seemed on the cowl and these footage of the 4 bandmembers… they seemed so badass to me. I used to be like, ‘I do not know this band, however I gotta get this. This appears killer.'”
He estimated the acquisition befell round 1987 or 1988, noting how totally different music discovery was earlier than the web: “On the time, it was extra like no matter you could possibly stumble throughout, no matter you have been fortunate to search out or get on a tape turned an enormous deal.”
Verbeuren mentioned Megadeth instantly stood aside from the opposite music he was listening to on the time: “So, anyway, Megadeth instantly stood out to me from different issues I used to be listening to on the time. The vocals, the lyrics, simply the strategy was its very personal sort of thrash metallic, I suppose, which I do not even know if on the time I actually knew what that fashion was referred to as. I simply knew I cherished it. And in order that turned one in every of my vital albums rising up, which, clearly, given what occurred a few years later in my life, it is sort of loopy.”
Verbeuren additionally recalled seeing Megadeth reside for the primary time on the 1990 Conflict Of The Titans tour, when he was simply 15 years outdated: “It was one of many first reveals I went to as a younger teenager. So this was in Paris at Le Zénith. And I’ve since now 3 times performed with the band at that very venue. So each time I am going there, it blows my thoughts as a result of I am, like, ‘I can not consider I used to be right here as an adolescent seeing the band I am now part of.’ And all these years later, to be on that stage is simply, like [laughs], ‘What occurred?'”
In line with Verbeuren, becoming a member of Megadeth was one thing he by no means even allowed himself to think about: “Folks will say, like, ‘Oh, was that your craziest dream?’ And I am, like, ‘No,’ ‘trigger I might’ve by no means even dared to think about that that might occur. I used to be simply blissful to be making music.
“I used to be in Soilwork for 12 years earlier than I went to Megadeth, and I used to be stoked to be in a touring band and in an energetic, skilled band that was making music I preferred. So it is past — you may’t even put phrases on to that, actually. [Laughs] So after I look again at this file, and I bear in mind I having a imaginative and prescient of going to this flea market and flipping by albums and being, like, ‘This appears cool.’ … There’s a number of different issues I purchased that day — I feel like a Helloween album, and I overlook what else — however it blows my thoughts to assume that, wow.
“Should you had advised me at the moment, ‘Yeah, someday you will be in that band,’ I feel my head would’ve exploded. So, yeah. Fairly cool. Fairly loopy the place life can take you.”
Megadeth has an entire bunch of farewell dates lined up for 2026 to this point, all of which yow will discover under. And when you miss these, I am certain it isn’t a problem contemplating Dave Mustaine said this tour is gonna be going on for “three to five years.” Get the complete checklist of dates under and get your tickets here.
1/17 La Vergne, TN Let There Be Shred: Immersive Listening Occasion
2/15 Victoria, BC Save-On-Meals Memorial Centre
2/17 Abbotsford, BC Rogers Discussion board
2/18 Kelowna, BC Prospera Place
2/20 Calgary, AB Scotiabank Saddledome
2/21 Edmonton, AB Rogers Place
2/24 Saskatoon, SK SaskTel Centre
2/25 Winnipeg, MB Canada Life Centre
2/28 London, ON Canada Life Place
3/1 Ottawa, ON Canadian Tire Centre
3/3 Halifax, NS Scotiabank Centre
3/4 Moncton, NB Avenir Centre
3/6 Québec Metropolis, QC Videotron Centre
4/23 Lima, Peru Costa 21
4/26 Bogotá, Colombia Movistar Enviornment
4/27 Bogotá, Colombia Movistar Enviornment
4/30 Buenos Aires, Argentina TBD
5/10 Mexico Metropolis, Mexico Enviornment Ciudad de Mexico
5/11 Mexico Metropolis, Mexico Enviornment Ciudad de Mexico
5/13 Guadalajara, Mexico Enviornment Guadalajara
5/2 São Paulo, Brazil Espaco Unimed
5/4 Santiago, Chile Movistar Enviornment
5/5 Santiago, Chile Movistar Enviornment
5/8 Monterrey, Mexico Enviornment Monterrey
6/10 Hradec Králové, Czechia Rock For Folks – Park 360
6/11 Luxembourg, LUX Rockhal
6/14 Ferrara, Italy Ferrara Summer time Pageant – Piazza Ariostea
6/15 Zurich, SWI Halle 622
6/16 Vienna, AUT Gasometer
6/2 Hanover, Germany Heinz von Heiden Enviornment
6/23 Istanbul, TUR KüçükÇiftlik Park
6/26 Helsinki, Finland Suvilahti – TUSKA
6/28 Almaty, KAZ Spartak Stadium
6/7 Gelsenkirchen, GER Amphitheater
8/29 Toronto, ON Scotiabank Enviornment
8/30 Toronto, ON Scotiabank Enviornment
9/11 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Reside
9/12 Charlotte, NC PNC Music Pavilion
9/15 Hershey, PA Hersheypark Stadium
9/19 Shakopee, MN Mystic Lake Amphitheater
9/22 Tinley Park, IL Credit score Union 1 Amphitheatre
9/25 Los Angeles, CA BMO Stadium
9/26 Los Angeles, CA BMO Stadium
9/29 San Antonio, TX Alamodome
9/3 Montréal, QC Parc Jean Drapeau
9/5 Harrison, NJ Sports activities Illustrated Stadium
9/6 Harrison, NJ Sports activities Illustrated Stadium
9/9 Boston, MA TD Backyard
