""When I went to Norwalk [California] the day that I met James Hetfield and [original Metallica bassist] Ron McGovney, I didn't know what was gonna happen," Mustaine said. "Nobody did. But I had my style, and it was based around the riff.""
""I went in there and I didn't have any Marshalls yet because I was just starting to get serious. I had these Risson amps - they were tan, so from the moment I set up my stack, I was different. I plugged in my guitar and I started warming up, and I kept warming up and warming up. And I finally said, 'Where the fuck are these guys?' I set my guitar down and switched my amp to standby. And then I went out there and I said, 'Man, where's my audition?' They said, 'You got the gig.' So I got my job just by warming up.""
""As I come full circle on the career of a lifetime, the decision to include 'Ride the Lightning,' a song I co-wrote with James, Lars [Ulrich], and Cliff [Burton], was to pay my respects to where my career first started," Mustaine said. "It showcases the spider riffing and the grunting fretting - you fret a G flat power chord"
In 1981 Dave Mustaine plugged in his guitar in Norwalk, California, before James Hetfield and Ron McGovney and secured the Metallica gig without a formal audition. He lacked Marshall amplifiers and used tan Risson amps, warmed up repeatedly, and was told he had the job. He served as Metallica's primary lead guitarist until April 1983 and co-wrote several early songs, including the title track of Ride the Lightning. He included his own version of Ride the Lightning on Megadeth's upcoming final album as a way to pay respects to his musical beginnings, and the recording emphasizes distinctive riffing and fretting.
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