[7 Dying Trees]

Originally Posted by noodles

That "it" that was in him was cocaine.

I think you'll find it was smack, booze, cocaine and pretty much everything he could get his hands on, but mainly smack. Watching the VH1 special, you just sit there wondering how he's still alive.

Originally Posted by s7eve

I think if Chris could bring a lot to the next album but I doubt Megedeth will ever create a album that rivals Rust in Peace, I just don't think Dave has it in him.

BLABBERMOUTH.NET - DAVE MUSTAINE On CHRIS BRODERICK: 'I Feel Like OZZY Felt When He Discovered RANDY RHOADS'

Not sure, but maybe, all it takes is for someone to get excited, and seeing as he has broderick to play off, it should raise his game as per the article:

Metal Edge: What can you tell me about the new guitarist, Chris Broderick?

Mustaine: Chris is a phenomenal player. He's really aggressive, he's got strong hands, the solos sound remarkably like Marty Friedman and remarkably like Chris Poland, and those are areas that every one of the predecessors had difficulty with. I told Chris last night, he was down here at our studio, and I told him, "I feel kinda like Ozzy felt when he discovered Randy [Rhoads]." I feel that kind of excitement right now, like the next record is gonna have that kind of dynamic, explosive music on it, because I've always had guitar players who were my equals; in their own right, as a lead guitar player, they should be the equal to any other member in their band, but I feel that Chris has so many other things he's gonna be able to bring to me to dig from, because being a classical and jazz guitar player, those are things that MEGADETH really has influences from but doesn't have any formal training in. So I keep thinking, "Oh my God, is it possible that we're gonna go back to the formidable years with jazz and classical influences, and maybe sound like we did when we did 'Peace Sells' and those more heavily jazz- and classical-influenced thrash technical records that everyone loved and would kill to have another one of?"

Originally Posted by DDDorian

I read some interview on Blabbermouth the other day where Mustaine said he was actually gonna pay for lessons from Chris, so he must be genuinely impressed, and so he should be. That being said, it's gonna make the inevitable badmouthing of Broderick all the more difficult to take seriously, heh.

Yep, well, how the hell can you badmouth someone who is obviously that good? Plus, article above, well, says it all really