after decades playing metal music this
guitarist knows the ups and downs of the
industry hi I’m Rebecca Brayton and
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
speaking with Glen drover about his
career and why he finally decided to go
solo
so we always like to start with kind of
the origin stories and the people that
we interview so give us an idea how you
came to follow music as your path I was
very young probably I don’t know six or
seven was when I first started to get
into you know kiss and hands like that
Sabbath and that was the beginning that
was where the you know the seed was
planted and shortly after my brother our
Sean who’s in Megadeth you know he
started playing drums I started playing
guitar and we just kind of started to
you know improve on our instrument and
that’s how it started
now you’ve mentioned a couple but tell
us about some of your main your seminal
influences as a kid probably tony aomi
from Sabbath was a big one
Ace Frehley would probably the first but
but Tony was when things were brought to
the next level that’s when I first
started to play along with my records
and learn simple bar chords piecing
solos together you know and all this
kind of thing just basically putting all
these different elements together of
guitar playing in metal raw hard rock
you’ve been through a lot of bends
through your career how would you say
this affects the creative process
negatively or positively no it’s not
negative you know I think in a way it’s
kind of healthy when you when you try
different types of situations for
example King Diamond was my first pro
gig and that was great for the time I
was in the band for those years and I
definitely learned a lot from them but
when I got to Megadeth it was a whole
new learning experience going to the
next level you know there’s a lot of
things that you learn what not to deal
what what to do what not to do
so tell us what finally led to the
decision of you making a solo record
when I left Megadeth I I think it kind
of had in my in my head for a little
while to try to do more of a fusion kind
of rock project but trying to find the
right musicians when I left Megadeth I
was fortunate enough to find some guys
that were friends of mine that I could
work with and who understand it work and
understand where I was coming from it
just worked out you know it was just one
of those things just you can get into a
group musicians to jam and it’s either
gonna work or not and in this kind of
situation it worked out beautifully
you also teach a lot of guitar players
and that much keep your chops up but
what else do you do to kind of practice
like I’ve always done they just put on
an album that inspires me and just play
along not necessarily playing what’s on
the record
we’re just playing along and just
keeping your chops up that way
what’s your number one record to put on
an Jam to probably Tony MacAlpine
evolution great record it’s got a lot of
real good feel to it
so it’s really easy to kind of just you
know embrace all those different things
of melody and concentrating on your
vibrato and your bands you know and the
technical ability to do the more flashy
stuff well awesome thank you very much
for your time
guitarist knows the ups and downs of the
industry hi I’m Rebecca Brayton and
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
speaking with Glen drover about his
career and why he finally decided to go
solo
so we always like to start with kind of
the origin stories and the people that
we interview so give us an idea how you
came to follow music as your path I was
very young probably I don’t know six or
seven was when I first started to get
into you know kiss and hands like that
Sabbath and that was the beginning that
was where the you know the seed was
planted and shortly after my brother our
Sean who’s in Megadeth you know he
started playing drums I started playing
guitar and we just kind of started to
you know improve on our instrument and
that’s how it started
now you’ve mentioned a couple but tell
us about some of your main your seminal
influences as a kid probably tony aomi
from Sabbath was a big one
Ace Frehley would probably the first but
but Tony was when things were brought to
the next level that’s when I first
started to play along with my records
and learn simple bar chords piecing
solos together you know and all this
kind of thing just basically putting all
these different elements together of
guitar playing in metal raw hard rock
you’ve been through a lot of bends
through your career how would you say
this affects the creative process
negatively or positively no it’s not
negative you know I think in a way it’s
kind of healthy when you when you try
different types of situations for
example King Diamond was my first pro
gig and that was great for the time I
was in the band for those years and I
definitely learned a lot from them but
when I got to Megadeth it was a whole
new learning experience going to the
next level you know there’s a lot of
things that you learn what not to deal
what what to do what not to do
so tell us what finally led to the
decision of you making a solo record
when I left Megadeth I I think it kind
of had in my in my head for a little
while to try to do more of a fusion kind
of rock project but trying to find the
right musicians when I left Megadeth I
was fortunate enough to find some guys
that were friends of mine that I could
work with and who understand it work and
understand where I was coming from it
just worked out you know it was just one
of those things just you can get into a
group musicians to jam and it’s either
gonna work or not and in this kind of
situation it worked out beautifully
you also teach a lot of guitar players
and that much keep your chops up but
what else do you do to kind of practice
like I’ve always done they just put on
an album that inspires me and just play
along not necessarily playing what’s on
the record
we’re just playing along and just
keeping your chops up that way
what’s your number one record to put on
an Jam to probably Tony MacAlpine
evolution great record it’s got a lot of
real good feel to it
so it’s really easy to kind of just you
know embrace all those different things
of melody and concentrating on your
vibrato and your bands you know and the
technical ability to do the more flashy
stuff well awesome thank you very much
for your time
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