Interview: Megadeth Drummer Shawn Drover

New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ RoadRunner Records) The Art Hates You blog recently interviewed Megadeth drummer Shawn Drover prior tothe band's appearances on the Detroit stop of this summer's Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival tour. The drummer talks about the band's upcoming album TH1RT3EN (due out November 1!), the return of longtime bassist Dave Ellefson, and much more.

Regarding the relationship between Ellefson and band founder Dave Mustaine, Drover says, "Him and Dave [Mustaine] almost can read each other's minds and know what each other is thinking at this point. I think that was the main difference between this and Endgame. He just approaches things differently and Dave [Mustaine] knows what he wants and Ellefson can read it and handle it differently than former bassists. But it was exciting to watch the two of them together and we hope the fans dig it."

Drover got new gear prior to the recording sessions for TH1RT3EN, and says, "You always want to have new gear to work with, whether it's drums or a bass guitar or what have you. A company had sent a whole bunch of gear to us, such as an 18-gear snare drum that sounded great on some songs, and not so great on others. But on a lot of the songs, it was like, 'Holy crap, that's amazing!' We ended up recording the second half of the record with that snare, and it might have sounded a lot different if we didn't use that."

Read the whole interview at this link