{"id":12047,"date":"2010-02-08T06:43:43","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T11:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=12047"},"modified":"2010-02-08T06:43:43","modified_gmt":"2010-02-08T11:43:43","slug":"pre-order-dave-mustaines-autobiography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=12047","title":{"rendered":"Pre-Order DAVE MUSTAINE&#8217;s Autobiography!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i189.photobucket.com\/albums\/z89\/themetalden2007\/mustaine-3.jpg\" alt=\"mustaine\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i66.photobucket.com\/albums\/h259\/rsid999\/tmdcom.jpg\" alt=\"tmd\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\nTMD has just received <em>official <\/em>details in concern with the release of a book that is sure to rock the heavy metal world to its literal foundation. Yes, Den Headz, MEGADETH founder Dave Mustaine is set to release his very own autobiography entitled <strong>Wake Up Dead: A Heavy Metal Memoir<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThe hardcover release date is April 13, 2010 via Harper Collins and is 368 pages in total. Go <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.borders.com\/online\/store\/TitleDetail?sku=0061714372\">HERE<\/a><\/strong> to pre-order the book that is expected to be one of the most controversial rock tales ever told!<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<strong>Wake Up Dead: A Heavy Metal Memoir<\/strong> was co-written by Larry Layden, a freelance magazine writer and the author of several books, including &#8216;The Last Great Fight,&#8217; about the legendary 1990 boxing match between James &#8216;Buster&#8217; Douglas and Mike Tyson.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nIn <strong>Wake Up Dead: A Heavy Metal Memoir<\/strong>, Mustaine talks about how former bassist Dave Ellefson put the brakes on the band&#8217;s forward momentum right when Megadeth were at their prime.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n&#8220;You know, we canceled seven Monsters of Rock shows in soccer stadiums. Why? Because Dave Ellefson ran out of heroin,&#8221; Mustaine says. &#8220;When I ran out, I would tough it out. I&#8217;d be sick for a couple days, I&#8217;d drink some Jack Daniels and I&#8217;d be over it. He came up with some excuse that he sprained his wrist in the shower and the tour ended. So did our run for a long time. We took the gnarliest hit to our credibility.&#8221;<br \/>\n<br \/>\nAnother section of the book reveals how Mustaine practiced black magic as a teenager, and how the experience &#8212; which inspired the 1986 song &#8216;The Conjuring&#8217; &#8212; affected his life for years after.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n&#8220;I put two hexes on people, and they both worked and the result was just what I was asking for,&#8221; he explains. &#8220;Now, it took forever to get that Satanic depression off of me because it&#8217;s just like playing with a Ouija board. You open the doorway to the dark side, and spirits come through. It took almost 20 years to get rid of that Satanic depression. I did it when I was 15, and I don&#8217;t think I got free of it until I was in my mid 30s.You ask yourself, &#8216;How is it possible that this is happening to me?&#8217; Well, because you flirted with the devil and you put a hex on somebody and you put another hex on somebody, and, well, you owe him. And that&#8217;s why I have a problem playing &#8216;The Conjuring&#8217; today.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/megadeth\">http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/megadeth<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TMD has just received official details in concern with the release of a book that&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12047\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}