I'll try to waste as little of your time as possible (scroll to the bottom for the three-second version). Here's what happened...
Metal Blade Records head honcho
Brian Slagel recently released a book titled
For the Sake of Heaviness: The History of Metal Blade Records. In said book, Slagel recounted his attempt to sign
Megadeth in 1984. Essentially, Slagel says he was outbid Combat Records): "In the end, it came down to just a thousand dollars. We had offered them seven thousand dollars, but Combat offered eight, so they went with Combat."
Megadeth mastermind
Dave Mustaine got wind of the claim and took to Twitter to call out Slagel: "If the fallacy of offering us a deal for $7,000 is any indication of the rest of this book, I hope it's marked fiction. I'd never sign with you."
It didn't take long before Slagel apologized: "I'm so sorry if I got this wrong or offended you. I do remember talking to your camp at the time. If my memory is wrong again not intended."
Mustaine accepted the apology: "I totally forgive you, but you didn't talk to us. Please take that out of your book at your next printing and good luck with your project."
However, in the interim,
Chris Barnes, frontman of long-time Metal Blade act
Six Feet Under, wanted to weigh in:
Here's the rest of the ensuing "conversation":
Interestingly, Chris Barnes blocked the Lambgoat Twitter account two years ago for giving his band a less-than-stellar album review (talk about "boo hoo"). Anyway, here's the short story:
