Megadeth mainman Dave Mustaine has compared his former members to a ‘rotten tooth’ in an interview recentley conducted by Loaded Radio:

When asked about whether Mustaine receives any pressure to reunite with old drummer Nick Menza and guitarist Marty Friedman:

“Yeah, but that makes as much sense as somebody saying, ‘Put a rotten tooth back in your mouth.’ Don’t get me wrong, but I’ve seen stuff that Menza’s been saying [in interviews and online postings], and it’s unfortunate. And I know that Marty’s happy doing what he’s doing. And frankly, if I wanted to get them back in the band, I would have worked it out, but I don’t want ’em in the band. I think that Shawn [Drover, current MEGADETH drummer] is, all around, if you add all the parts up, is way more what I want in my life and my band, and the same thing with Chris [Broderick, current MEGADETH guitarist]. We all have our peculiarities. I’m strange by the definition myself, and I’m sure you are too, but that’s what makes us unique and awesome and cool and everything like that. Because if we were all the same, one of us would be unnecessary. I kind of like the fact that you never know what you’re gonna get with these guys; they’re funny, their sense of humor is really dry, and they love the fans. There’s no ‘I’m in it for myself’ bullcrap and ‘I can’t wait to do my solo albums’ kind of stuff that’ll tear a bunch of bands apart. If you look back at my career, I’ve been doing this for 33 years, almost, and I’ve only done one thing outside of MEGADETH, and that was the MD.45 thing, and that was because I loved FEAR; I thought FEAR was one of the greatest punk bands from America ever. I’m sure people will disagree, but I don’t care.”

Strong words from Mr. Mustaine, still representing himself as not the most pleasant of fellows in the metal scene.