In a new interview published by Kerrang, Dave Mustaine talks the controversial comments he made on stage in Singapore in August 2012 about then-President Barack Obama “staging” murders and turning the United States into “N*zi America.”
He said:
“I have no regrets. If you weren’t there, you won’t know what happened. We were in Asia and soon discovered that the guy doing our monitors really wasn’t a monitor guy; the first two shows had been disastrous. We got a local guy to help us and it was a f*cking mess. Naturally, I threw caution to the wind and we knew we couldn’t take the gig too seriously. That night I had a couple of drinks and I was really just joking with the audience.”
He further added:
“What I said was how much I wanted to live in Singapore because it’s beautiful — the streets are immaculate, there’s no graffiti, and hardly any crime at all. It really is a remarkable Asian paradise. I was drinking and started talking about the shootings in America. All I said was next time it happens, I’d come and live out there in Singapore. Whatever else came out along with that was to soften the blow to the audience about the sound issues. When I say stuff that I mean, I stick by it and nobody can shake me from it. And when I’m joking around and laughing, people need to be smart enough to know it is not meant seriously.”