New Guitarist for Megadeth?

How did we miss this tidbit from Blabbermouth?

MEGADETH is rumored to have tapped Chris Broderick (NEVERMORE, JAG PANZER) as the replacement for lead guitarist Glen Drover.

Although MEGADETH has yet to confirm Glen's departure via its official web site, numerous postings on various message boards (including MEGADETH's official forum, where such messages are regularly deleted) have suggested that Drover has left the band in order to focus on family life.

Chris has been playing guitar since he was eleven years old and has been teaching for the last 15 years. Styles range from classical, rock, blues, and jazz. He started taking lessons at 14 years of age studying guitar as well as voice, violin, and piano. Chris has a degree in classical guitar music performance at the University of Denver and the Lamont School of Music. He has performed in many master classes including ones given by David Russell, Benjamin Verdery, and his primary instructor, Ricardo Iznaola. In addition, Chris has taken classes such as jazz improvisation, chord voicing, advanced music theory, and sight-reading.

interesting yet another person for megadeth. i still think dave should get marty friedman back

TheGooch wrote:

interesting yet another person for megadeth. i still think dave should get marty friedman back

nah, friedman has said plenty of times that hes not a metal fan. plus he lives in japan and does session work there


glen drovers leaving? thats news to me. i've got tickets to see them in february, hopefully it'll be sorted out by then

i kind of hope this news isnt 100% accurate. Chris is one of the best all around guitarists out there, he is absolutely sick on the old 6 string but i would love for him to stick with Jag Panzer because the music he has been putting out with them is better then what Megadeth is doin right now imo.

I just hope this doesnt put a damper in the future for Jag cuz that would suck.

All in all though he couldnt ask for a better guitarist if this is true..

MetalRob331 wrote:

Chris is one of the best all around guitarists out there, he is absolutely sick on the old 6 string

hes plays a seven string

caniplaywithmadness? wrote:

MetalRob331 wrote:

Chris is one of the best all around guitarists out there, he is absolutely sick on the old 6 string

hes plays a seven string

yea i know, i just think the old 6 string, sounds better then the new 7 string lol...

I heard that C.C DeVille is a candidate. No lie!

TheGooch wrote:

interesting yet another person for megadeth. i still think dave should get marty friedman back

I'm not sure where I heard it, but there's a rumor that C.C. Deville is a candidate too.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

TheGooch wrote:

interesting yet another person for megadeth. i still think dave should get marty friedman back

I'm not sure where I heard it, but there's a rumor that C.C. Deville is a candidate too.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

TheGooch wrote:

interesting yet another person for megadeth. i still think dave should get marty friedman back

I'm not sure where I heard it, but there's a rumor that C.C. Deville is a candidate too.

If we can get one more person to confirm this rumor, it will move up to the staus of "genuine article". Then Blabbermouth can run a story and CC can post an official response addressing the rumor that he has indeed left Poison and will be playing in Megadeth.

yeah we should do it to see what responses get put on blabbermouth

I'm banking on CC getting the job. I think with his flash wankery and Dave's shrill whining, there could be a virtual goldmine to be had.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

I'm not sure where I heard it, but there's a rumor that C.C. Deville is a candidate too.

If they get C.C. in I'll break my vow never to support US promoters and will go and see Megadeth live

I actually like CC's playing style. But it would not be suited to Megadeth.

I think I heard about these rumours yesterday, I was pretty surprised that Glen has apparently left. Dave must drive people out the band. Broderick would be a decent replacement, he's been tearing it up in Nevermore as of recent.

spectrefate wrote:

I'm banking on CC getting the job. I think with his flash wankery and Dave's shrill whining, there could be a virtual goldmine to be had.

Hey, I never thought I'd see the day where the bass player from White Lion would be playing the role of Dave Ellefson, so I'm not discounting anything anymore.

you never Know eh. i think it would be fun to see

I read about this earlier. Nothing official from the Megadeth camp so it's still rumors until an official statement is released.

i just checked megadeth.com and their is no statements of any kind

Marty isn't a Metal fan and he was with Megadeth? OMG...It's worst then Peter Criss LOL!

That's not quite true. Marty likes metal, I mean listen to parts of his solo albums. He just doesn't like metal exclusively, he seems to flirt with various genres of music and generally gets his kicks to audio diversity. His leaving of Megadeth was down to not wanting to play exclusively heavy metal, I believe.

Dave seems to go through guitarists like most people go through toothpaste!

MetalGuy71 wrote:

TheGooch wrote:

interesting yet another person for megadeth. i still think dave should get marty friedman back

I'm not sure where I heard it, but there's a rumor that C.C. Deville is a candidate too.

i seriously doubt it, but i think that would be cool as hell.

Broderick is the wrong guy for this band. Drover writes FAR better solos that fit MEGADETH's style far more closely.

I'd rather see Ron Jarzombek get the job.

TrogDawn wrote:

Smindas wrote:

Dave must drive people out the band.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

numerous postings on various message boards (including MEGADETH's official forum, where such messages are regularly deleted) have suggested that Drover has left the band in order to focus on family life.

This is a very common occurrence among musicians with families - particularly in Christian circles. Glen leaving to focus on family makes much more sense to me than Dave "driving him out of the band".

Yes, that I don't deny. I can understand if that is the actual reason Glen is leaving. But we can't pretend that Dave is always the easiest person to work with either - that entire situation with James MacDonough leaving still remains a bit sketchy.