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Dave Mustaine on magic, Hell, Elvis and more

If a Christian hell exists, isn’t it likely that Elvis Presley is down there?

[Pause.] You’re asking if I think Elvis is in hell?

Or any rock legend. Jim Morrison is probably in hell, right? John Bonham’s in hell. John Lennon, hell. Jimi Hendrix, hell. Dimebag Darrell, hell. Bon Scott is definitely in hell. Doesn’t that depress you a little?

Well, I don’t know where any of those dudes are, because I don’t really know where they were at before they died.

Where they were at spiritually?

Yeah. I know that Jimi Hendrix became a Christian because a friend of mine that recently passed away had known Jimi really well and owned almost every piece of memorabilia you can imagine. He had the psychedelic V and a couple of his strats. He had Hendrix’s prayer mat.

A prayer mat? Like to cushion your knees while you pray?

Yeah. Hendrix used to kneel on it and pray before he went onstage. Towards the end, before he died, he became a Christian. I had no idea.

Before you became a Christian, you dabbled in witchcraft. Or maybe dabbled isn’t the right word.

No, there was no dabbling. I definitely practiced it full-on.

Did you cast any hexes?

Of course. [Laughs.] If you’re not casting hexes, you’re not really doing witchcraft. You’re just reading about it.

Did you have any favorite hexes? Or any hexes that actually worked?

It’s been so long. The whole subject is kind of boring to me.

That’s weird. As somebody with exactly zero experience in hexes, I can’t think of anything less boring.

I did two hexes. One was on a guy who punched me in the back of the head when I wasn’t looking, and the other was on a girl that I wanted to seduce.

And they both worked?

They did. And that’s why I don’t do hexes anymore. And it’s why I don’t do Megadeth songs like “The Conjuring” anymore. The lyrics are basically just a list of instructions from some of the hexes I’ve done.

(Source: read.mtvhive.com)

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