Chris Poland on Megadeth, Drug Use During Peace Sells, Killing is My Business, Mustaine, Interview
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- Опубліковано 21 сер 2022
- This is a full in bloom interview with Ex-Megadeth guitarist Chris Poland.
Chris talks about Megadeth, Gar Samuelson, Dave Mustaine, David Ellefson, Slayer's Kerry King, drug use during Killing is My Business and Business is Good and Peace Sells but Who's Buying.
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David Ellefson Talks Killing is My Business Album
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Chris Poland OHM - NEW SONG/ALBUM:
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Producer Randy Burns Talks Megadeth's Peace Sells Album:
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Outro by FOOL OF FATE
#megadeth #davemustaine #metallica #slayer
Got a Chris Poland story from back in the day:
I went to see his band Damn The Machine in Providence and my car got stolen during the show. Chris and his bandmates gave me $75 for a cab ride home and a cab ride for my nephew to get the school the next day. Great guy.
Thank you, Chris. I never forgot what you did for me that night.
100% an example of the type of person Chris Poland is! I think Mustaine goes after others because he just doesn't like himself.
That’s amazign
is that 75 + 75 (for EACH ride) or *total* 75?
Also, how come your nephew needs a CAB RIDE to school? :O
Was there seriously NO ONE ELSE you could turn to in such a situation?
Or you simply knew Chris; he is your friend?
@@kurzackd I’d imagine because there was no car for him to get a ride? Right?
Chris is easily one of the most underrated guitarists of all time
ABSOLUTELY. Poland is amazing and unique.
I guess you can't have a UA-cam video without a "most underrated of all time" comment. lol
and the 2 albums with him are my favorite Megadeth records !!
His playing on The System has failed is great, too.
@@crashburn3292 Always 1..lol
@@97stratocaster21 Thank you, greetings from Poland!
Chris is pretty sharp considering all the drugs he’s used over the years. He seems like a cool guy.
he is cool I go to a studio in LA were he manage.
He's my uncle, he almost died in a limo wreck drug binge ....so he left the band.
When His car broke down on a freeway in LA He called my Aunt for help. And the whole family after that would call Him a deadbeat, and resent Him back in the day.
I was into music and drumming ( still am ) my whole family did the same exact thing to Me.....told Me it's the worst decision to play music..... what horrible advice.
@@mr.blonde66milkyway66 you lie. He's my mom, and I don't know you....
@@mCblue79 you're lying too, his dog and my dog are best friends at the dog park.
*Chris Poland has always been my favorite Megadeth guitarist... He's always had his own fluid flowing feel, and his first solo album he did with his brother Mark Poland, **_Return to Metalopolis,_** was an absolute masterpiece... If you haven't heard it yet, you need to... I'd take it over ANY Megadeth album any day...*
It was good but I personally wouldn't rate it that high.
Totally agree...
.. also Chasing The Sun as well.. some of my fave tracks on there.. less metal, but astoundingly good... 🙂
I love polland era, as much as marties. For different reasons.
I Don't know his solo work, i should check it.
Check also, friedmans cacophony first album (if you haven't )
Mark Poland is a seriously underrated drummer as well. He played with White Zombie for awhile too.
I remember finding that CD with my brother while browsing on a record store for random shit like 25 years ago, we listened to the whole thing on the way home, a few years later the LOTR movies came out and I was like AHH, so this is Khazad Dum! Such a great record.
I met him in 2013 on the Northside of Chicago. He was doing a gig with a jazz fusion band. He signed my "Peace Sells" album and said he liked my Motörhead jacket; also told me thanks for coming. A very nice and cool guy.
Oh, man - thanks for this! Chris Poland has been a hero of mine since back in the Killing/Peace days! It's so great to hear his angle on things. That lineup of Megadeth with Chris and Gar is my all time favorite [though I begrudgingly admit Rust is probably their shining moment, from a technical standpoint]. Nothing beats the raw, insane power of those first two albums, especially Peace Sells. Hey, Chris - here's to you, man! The true fans out here never forgot about you!
Best Megadeth line up... No doubts about it
Peace Sells will always be the shining moment for me. Especially because I saw them twice on that tour in CT. My best friend drove us to the show and got thrown out and arrested. We had to find a ride home. The two guys that drove us were high on something and kept falling asleep :)
My favourite is actually So Far So Good... But I love the first one as well. And Endgame. I like Peace and Rust, but never understood the massive hype, to be honest. Except for Holy Wars, of course.
@@HeathenDance I guess a lot of it has to do with context: 'Killing' made a huge underground splash on release, however there was a lot of other stuff going on which were way more interesting at the time: Exodus, Slayer[!], Possessed, Destruction, Fates Warning, Hirax, Anthrax - but when 'Peace' came out, from purely a musical standpoint, there was really nothing else at that technical level of just pure thrash. It was, and remains, an astounding accomplishment
@@electricwizard3000 In my opinion, only Destruction is a great band, out of those that you mentioned. Slayer's solos sound like my drunk uncle trying to play the guitar. I really like Reign in Blood, for the riffs and the drums, though. But it's a very overrated band. It's a product of its time. Slayer was "cool". It's evil, and dark. Megadeth's "Killing" is a guitar festival, as well. The production sucks, indeed. But focusing on the music. The initial riff of the first track alone, is a beast. Intricate, and defying. Not playing safe. The whole album has great and varied riffs and solos. Mechanix is probably the weakest of the bunch, actually. "Peace" isn't more difficult to play on the guitar than "Killing". I guess you are refering to some of its progressive elements. It's a matter of taste. I like the album, it's a quality piece of music. I just don't LOVE it. The chorus of "Devil's Island" is very annoying, though. You can tell that "Peace" was composed and recorded with - ironically - having commercial sales on their mind. It's a lot safer approach, regarding musical structure, choruses, production, tempo, etc. It's a lot easier to listen. My father who likes some hard rock, and early heavy metal can easilly listen to "Peace." But he can''t stand "Killing" or "So Far". Understandable.
Chris Poland was Megadeth's best guitarist! His Jazz background along with his messed up index finger gives him a unique style and sound! Marty is badass, too, but Chirs is insane!
Kiko said Poland's solos were more difficult to learn than Marty's
Easily the best
They are my 1 and 2. I just have a preference for Marty’s melodic sense, no doubt that Chris is an amazing player.
Don’t forget those bends!
My first instinct was to argue against that but yeah, that's the absolute truth. Listening doesn't lie. Also Damn the Machine was mind blowing.
Peace Sells will always be the greatest Megadeth album imo...incredible
I have to agree
Yeah, while there are other classics, it just broke the mold. There wasn't a metal band that could touch them back then.
100%
Wow, I just gained alot of respect for this dude. Glad he warns people instead of just washing his hands of it
Poland is and will always be Megadeth's best lead guitarist. The man is a really unique and cool player. I feel the same way about Gar on the drums. By far the most interesting drummer they ever had.
Awesome interview, Chris Poland is one my favorite all time Guitarist. His style and tone is unparalleled and in my mind was the best guitarist to have ever played in Megadeth.
I lived up in San Francisco during the glory days of Thrash, and I can tell you that there were a lot of people in a lot of different scenes that were heavily into methamphetamine. Way before there was any kind of a vogue around it thanks to shows like Breaking Bad. In the late '80s, early 90s I was a bicycle messenger in SF, and I would say more than half of the guys that were riding at that time where doing it a little or a lot. It was a well-known fact that Paul Baloff from Exodus had a serious meth problem at certain points. Just like dude said, people either figure it out and get sober or they die. That's the tale of addiction.
The music always reveals the molecules being ingested behind the scenes. Without fail.
That's interesting, I was listening to an episode of Cali Death Podcast with Steve Di Girgio from Sadus, who were from Antioch, about how big meth was in the Bay Area metal scene in the 80s. I never would have even thought of meth being that popular in the scene
Excellent interview, I'm glad you asked about Chris playing rhythm on peace sells album, I've seen people saying its only Dave, but you can clearly hear Chris' tone and way of playing on it.
I met Gar & Dave in Pittsburgh,at a fairly small bar. They were at the bar,while local bands opened for them. This was before Peace sells came out,Gar even bought me a beer. Really cool guys.
Awesome! 👍
You can't stop there Chris. Where's the rest of this interview, I could listen to this honesty all night.
Fusion jazz is one of the most difficult types of music to play, exceedingly technical. And that's why I love the first 2 Megadeth albums so much, the one's with Gar and Chris Poland. They brought a blend of skills to the band that was very unique. I'd never heard anything like it when I first heard it back in '86.
Really appreciate this interview. Chris is a good guy.
Better sololist for metadata in my opinion.
Not comparing to marty because they are both different.
I love Poland's chromatic style as mustanes as well. I think megadeth were the masters of chromatic melodies
If you haven't checked it out, "Metalopolis" is a Fantastic record, and Chris's band OHM is outstanding as well.
It's a crime that he wasn't backed and promoted like Satriani and Vai. He definitely should've been.
It was funny rehearsing at his studios downtown… I didnt even know it was Chris Poland Id always talk with 🤣. This was like 2002. He was a regular guy. Then I went to see Skolnick/Friedman/ Poland tour at the Troub one nite and Boom there was Chris haha. And as much a Marty fan id always been- Chris just WIPED THE FLOOR with those dudes! This was a cool vid to listen to. Full in bloom again for the win 💥💯
So glad he made it to the other side. Not everybody does. He sounds like a very humble dude.
Chris was and is an excellent guitarist just amazing. RIP Gar a killer drummer! Drugs f..king suck avoid the hard shit!
My fav 2 áre the 1st two with Gar and Chris. RIP -GS
Soft or hard, it'll wind up biting you in the butt when you least expect it. You don't even have to take drugs or alcohol, if you know someone that does it's going to create tension and have an impact...
Wrong.....Drugs don’t Suck! Just keep it to yourself and avoid the Drug Scene and Drug Cliches.
If People actually consciously U S E Drugs they can get Things Done with it.
If you use drugs, don't let them use you.
@@ladida1031 a lot of bands contractually have an talent and crew drug and alcohol ban during on tour as they find it makes life easier and smoother running than before.
Ironically Megadeth's best albums were done when Dave Mustaine had a nasty crack and alcohol habit.🤣
"What was your impression of Dave's playing when you first heard him?" "I don't know, there was a lot of drinking' going on..."Lol
Great interview. Chris is probably my favorite lead guitarist of all time. So unique.
Chris Poland 🎸
Great guitarist 🎶 great interview!
Rest Easy Gar! 😇🥁
Yes, there is no substitute for road chops. Every time I've prepped for live, I've always driven my band to rehearse A LOT. It takes a lot of discipline to get road chops before you hit the road, and recording an album after being on the road definitely has advantages. But that repetition is what gives you unit feel, makes you tight, and it's also where you work out weak parts. Great interview - love this channel. And Peace Sells is a phenomenal album.
"those songs on Killing are really tough to play" Chris Poland. I've been playing guitar for about 25 years and I can't for the life of me get the verse riff to Loved to Deth to sound right.
Funny when he said that, that's the exact lick I was thinking of. It's tough to get right due to its jaggedy and unorthodox feel.
Drumming wise , as brillant Nick did for RIP , Gar stuff is weirder and Harder .
@@Nissardpertugiu gar was best drummer Eva in the band.
@@Nissardpertugiu Gar was the first Metal drummer I know of who really knew how to creatively use his ride bell.
@@ObsidianLife i wouldn't say that .
It would put Bill Ward , Cozy Powell , Paice , Lesbinks , Simon Phillips away...
As well than Kim Kuzz or Appice brothers and even Holland .
He didn't much ride in Judas Priest because what he was told but in Trapeze he did plenty .
Chris seems like a smart guy and it seems he was aware of what situation he was in with addictions and such even at that time.
Chris is so correct. As a FULL ON amphetamine user for over a decade and having to clean up?....your emotions are so out of whack. Dopamine receptors get fried along the way real bad. You really are blank but completely onto it. I used to get upset cause I'd know a joke was funny but you couldn't even conjure (no pun) up a laugh.
Such a long agonising process.
To those that have made it out the other side, I salute big time.
As for Poland and his guitar work...duuude, no point trying to put it into words. Unique and ripping definitely come to mind though.
Take care all. Peace ✌️🤟
Glad you made it through the ordeal.
Meth doesn’t give you your brain back fully for at least a year,nasty shit.
@@themobseat been many years now but thanks heaps 🤟
31 years old and I'm pushing through it. Even though I'm still relatively young and healthy I can feel and see the abuse amphetamines have done to me. 15 years went by so fast. Wasted a lot of time and myself ina lifestyle that ends only one way. It's no longer can I do it? It's " I have to do it!"
Cheers to better days, good music, and good health.
@@voidofhope6259 Keep on pushing. You got this.
All I can say, is we still love you Chris. You gave us some great music. I still listen to a lot of the old tracks.
Peace Sells was a game changer in song structure.
Killing is my biz is tough to get thru.
Love this! Thanks so much for the interview.
Chris was the best guitarist Megadeth ever had, unique playing, definitely one of a kind. The way he fingers that fret board is crazy.
Great to hear other members of Megadeth speak
Good video and lots of honesty.
Chris was my favorite and had big clear lead tones and later Jeff was good too, very musical leads.
Marty is awesome too.
"Peace Sells" is in a class all by it's self. I had the poster on my living room wall along with a Metallica poster and Frehley's Comet had a decent album then too. 👍
The first two times I saw them were at club shows. If I remember right Poland did a lot of the solos the first time I saw them, the second time it was more Mustaine. That was probably less than a year between shows. Met Gar before the show and got his autograph. I remember he asked if I knew where to get heroin in Providence. I was from Massachusetts and could have gotten him coke but no H. Ironically years later I could have hooked him up but it was a decade later. Nice guy. One of the craziest club shows I ever went to that first show. The crowd pulled the mic and mic stand into the audience. It came back with the mic cut off from the wire and missing. Mustaine said no show until the mic is returned. After a brief chant by the crowd of "Where's the fucking mic?" the mic was returned to the band and the show resumed. Wild times the 80s.
Great interview. Love Chris's honesty!!
Chris is also just one of the coolest guys. Anybody fortunate enough to live in or near Southern California and have been to the Baked Potato to see OHM I'm sure can attest. No pretentiousness at all with Chris. Great guy.
Thanks so much Full in Bloom!
You are really good at what you do. This is one of your best interviews.
Amazing dude there musically and personally and thank God he was able to come back from that to make even better music on his own and with other bands. There will never be another guitarist that sounds like Chris Poland so enjoy every note he plays friends.
Round 2005 or so I got an Ohm CD and it had the absolute best guitar playing I've ever heard. I don't even remember what the CD was called now, maybe it was just Ohm. Man oh man that had some good music!
I really wish this line up had stuck together
Part 2 of interview soon? Thanks for this!
Great concert for me in Greensboro as a kid. By the time we got there from Virginia...we were plastered. Don't even remember getting back from that road trip but it was the first of many trips I don't remember
Fantastic interview man. Thank you Keep up the good work!!
Chris is from Silver Creek, NY, about 40 miles south of Buffalo, NY. I grew up about 10 miles away in Angola, NY.
Jesus Christ, listening to him talk really brings back a wave of memories. I got started a few years later, but the results are invariably the same.
Ya, drugs are bad
@@stuartewoldt1513 Mmmkay
Wow brings back a lot of memories. Very very epic interview full in bloom.
*Excellent interview*
I know the R.I.P lineup is the best but fuck that first lineup up with The Dave's and Chris and Gar was insane so underated. Thanks for this interview this was great
Superb. Really great interview. 👍
Any great artist must face some kind of internal conflict. The chaos creates art, once they are comfortable and fat the art goes away
his style is my favorite
Probably into Jazz then; Cuz they’d emulated both Bill Ward and Geezer from Black Sabbath infamy? Sincerely, DJP ex Anal Cunt; PostMortem and Kilslug Sony;Earache 🇬🇧 Columbia and TAANG!! Records @ ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Boston Massachusetts Amerikkka of course 😮
It breaks my heart to hear Chris talk about Gar... And his voice almost breaks every time.. They were best friends and ½ of them is gone for over 20 years now...
Full blown honesty. Meth sounds like a monster. Glad I never did it
It is. I stuggled with from the age of 19 to 31. They say "Not even once" for a reason.
It's really fun and you can completely lock in and jam. Then at the end you're sucked up and freaking out at shadows.
@@BubbaZen10
I never could. Meth fucked my thought processes up so much that I was virtually incapable of playing. Weed, on the other hand, made me better. I will die on that fucking hill.
@@Powermad-bu4emYeah, it's different for everyone i guess. Like coke, i could never play very good on that at all.
@@BubbaZen10
I never had a problem with coke. It didn't lock my brain up like meth did. Never developed a habit for it either. Meth got me by the balls before I really knew what the hell I was doing. Made for a really fucked up 12 years.
Another kickass interview 👍🏻
Now this guy.. knows how to give an interview. And of course, FIB knows how to conduct one. These two together are great
Agreed! He's very direct and forthright. Straight to the point. Refreshing.
The fbi knows how to manipulate the US population, thats what their good at.
Outstanding interview .
The first time I saw Megadeth was with Mike Albert on guitar opening for Exciter. The next time was in a tiny club a few months later. I’m not sure if Chris was back with them yet.
Chris has that style of his own. He is amazing!
I wish people would ask him about playing on The System Has Failed.
Met him and Dave Jr back in the day across the street from the Stone night club......both of them are gone out of the band but they where pretty down to earth guys sorry to see them out of the band because they was the line up that made that era a classic.
What Chris said is totally true about going to any street in a city where the street is called central Ave and whatever cross street and 9 times out of 10 you can find hard drugs.. because i'm a recovering heroin addict in Chicago, and when I was an active user my drug pick up spot was always on central ave and 16th street on the west side lol. I always wondered and it blows my mind that bands like Megadeth, Jimmy Chamberlin of the smashing pumpkins and Ministry were hardcore heroin addicts and were on the road in a diff city every day but still managed to keep up with their habit. Being a heroin addict alone is like a full time job and consumes your life.
Great photos !
Heroin and meth - glad to have skipped those
I've always said this was the best Megadeth lineup. I wish they could have made a third album together. I was so thrilled when Chris was the guitarist on The System has Failed.
Great interview 🤘🔥🤘
His solo stuff in Ohm is Amazing 💯🔥
He did a great job on The System Has Failed later on.
One of Megadeth's most underrated albums. Funny because that was like the big comeback record and I feel like it's since fallen into obscurity. To me, it is/was very significant.
@@hamupinhere more VERY underated albums are Endgame and Thirteen.
Sickass interview
When I heard him talk about Gar and his passing that hit me deep. That was like his brother. Poland is a good dude and a fantastic guitarist
Great interview 👍
Amazing interview. Gars wasn't the best looking guy and not the healthiest. But he was a trooper and one of the best drummers I've ever heard.
What does looks half to do with anything?
I know right! I mean thats why I like heavy metal, not because of the image and the music, but for the sexy band members. Seriously mate, its heavy metal, it used to be almost entirely music made by men, for men. Pretty boy looks were for the glam metal bands.
Ex heroin addict here, but also i was a few months on speed and i have to admit Chris is describing it perfect. i mean he ain't BS-ing people, he told the truth. Only thing is that with alcohol when you don't have H it can push you into heavier shivering and cravings after a 1-2 hours after you drink. So i understand why he drank 20 min before going on the stage. Damn that going with taxi in a new city lol i did that to.
Chris is amazing player and i like his honesty.
Chris actually sounds like John Coltrane and Charlie Parker on Guitar.
Great interview
Chris seems like a down to Earth guy!
Monster player with one of the most distinguishable sounds ever. The talent including Dave that has been in this band is ridiculous
Great interview! Amazing interview into what allot of the dirty details of what the Hetfield’s and Mustaine’s of the world don’t want to talk about in their early days. Very insightful, thanks man ✌🏼
Great interview.
Full In Bloom - probably the best interviews online.
How about talking to Brian Slagel about Hell Awaits...
Imagine how different and heavier “So far, so good… so what!” would have sound if Chris and Gar were still in the band
He's totally right about KIMB. Some of those riffs are quite a workout. Fun as hell to play though.
Awesome thank you !
Chris is my favorite Megadeth guitarist
He's got the sweetest violin like tone!!!! Amazing player & good dude!! My favorite M.D. gtrst!!!!!!!
Chris, all the songs on peace sells are really good sir!
Love Metalopolis.
Bought it last year. Turned out to be a very fun listen.
People love Marty cuz of Chris Polands rust in piece demos🤘 Chris Poland is unmatched.
Chris actually did solos for almost the whole Rust In Peace record but only a couple of those tunes with him ever released.
pretty interesting that Poland was very honest and neutral about Mustaine's guitar style.
He wasn't praising him beyond belief or sucking up or anything -- just a very level-headed and straight-up cool analysis! :)
god damn this was a good interview
I read an article by David Ellefson saying that he got tired of feeling hungover and sick all the time.
Uh I imagine Heroin is way harder to kick than Meth. They are both hardcore but only heroin is physically addictive.
Absolutely, I have no idea where he is coming from with that nonsense… I’ve done both way to much … I put meth down like it was a walk in the park on a nice sunny day… still can’t kick opiates… and I have tried extremely hard to get to the other side… the withdrawals are like living in the seventh circle of hell … they are ruthless…. Unlike anything else.. and words cannot describe adequately what your going through and how hard it is… only the people that have experienced it truly understand it for sure
@@dylangilbert2998Yup. During about a decade of using heroin I would do meth for a few weeks or months and just stop for a while. Did it countless times. But with the H I have only stayed off of it for more than 3 weeks 4 times. I've been on methadone now for about 5 years and haven't touched the shit for roughly 3 years now. Not sure if I'll be able to quit the methadone though. I just wish I could wake up one day and be free without any withdrawals or bullshit. I'd give anything to have my fucking freedom back
Chris mentioned the Waters in San Pedro. Does anyone remember if that was the club that was split down the middle with 21 & over on one side, under 21 on the other?
🤘Chris was underrated Great guitar🤘Fabulous MegadetH🤘
Both chris poland and jeff young are both amazing guitarists
Thank u
when i played guitar for dave i remember waking up and , and still being brian pinion who can only play nirvana intros !! i need do what kurt did
I could not imagine playing a show sick.
No doubt I don’t know how the hell they managed that … opiate withdrawal is the worst thing ever. Being really dopesick and playing a Megadeth show seems damn near impossible
I could imagine what they could have recorded had they not been crunched for time!!
Mustaine has talked about how their "manager" took half of the $8,000 they were paid to literally buy drugs. But he wasn't a band manager, he was a drug dealer, and Dave said that at that time they assumed all heavy metal band managers were drug dealers. What doesn't get mentioned much is that yes, they were totally ripped off but that happens when you're a full-blown drug addict. Money, like everything else becomes an afterthought. It's probably a good thing they didn't have endless amounts of money in that part of the 80's or they might all be dead now.