::Marty Friedman Official Website::

K, here I go trying to justify this title :S Well, I'm a very soon to be 19yr old guitar player and have been playing for a few years. Just like everyone that's on your site in the first place, I'm obviously a huge fan. Now to explain the title... I love thrash metal and more specifically I think deth used to be the best thrash band ever. If you see where I'm going with this, sorry ahead of time. I've been paying special attention to the Chris Poland albums, skipping the young one and focusing heavily on all yours. I found that Poland's one were pretty cool but they seemed a bit juvenile for some reason... You on the other hand seemed to fit right in. Honestly, I don't know what it is with your playing that bugs me. I thought of being jealous haha and don't get me wrong, I am but not enough to be bothered about it. Please feel free to be upset by anything I say but I feel you took an easy way out. Marty Friedman has always been "so much better than he needed to be for the music he played" like you said for Dime but you brought some of the most beautiful sounds ever found in music to thrash metal... I'm more than happy you've found your calling and comfort zone and I love your stuff but don't you think it's more important for sake of musical progress to bring something unfamiliar and maybe initially unappreciated, especially if you are in the position to do so and make a difference? This comes to what has probably turned into your least favorite question over the years but would you ever reunite, even if temporarily, or do a song or two with Dave in Megadeth again? I've read a plethora of your replies and in some, like the one regarding G3, you say "if approached, I'd consider" or something like that... But would you ever approach Dave yourself? I don't like the album Risk partially because I don't think I understand it but what I think bothers me most is that I felt as a listener and a fan that I was left hanging... Like a great teacher was explaining something so important and just stopped right before everything fell into place. I don't know you and I don't know Dave Mustaine so all of my info is from interviews and stuff like that so I may not know as much as I think I do but I do recall an interview where you said you don't like to always paint with tombstone gray and how you like green, red, purple, blue etc... Wouldn't the struggle to have incorporated those colors into thrash metal be more rewarding than reverting to a style already accepting of your tastes? I'm not worried about getting this posted on your site, it's kind of a long question/comment thing but I guess I'm just bothered that you don't share your variety with people that are stuck with the boorish drab they listen to simply because they know no better. I'm an aspiring thrash guitarist and my recent commitment is a thrash/folk project. It sounds kind of funny and I'll probably never go anywhere with it besides local clubs but I've already inspired some ignorant metalheads to check out some folk artists and likewise with the folk addicts to some beautiful tracks like holy wars, 5 magics and high speed dirt (to name a few) you must think I'm bipolar after this question but if you had to answer one question, I just want to know what you were thinking when you played your unique voice over megadeth's? It was probably hell from what I've read about Dave but I'm a firm believer that conflict adds character but I'm not saying doing a solo album makes things any easier. Oh, and nice Iceman in your guitar gallery lol I'm playing a low end model and I love it. I'm going to listen to Risk tonight. Thanks for your time. Dont ever stop doing what you do, Sof from Toronto Ontario