Alice Cooper during the Peace Sells tour. And I went to the Long Beach Arena [in March 1987], and I met with the guys. I believe that the main issue at that time was when I saw the guys, they didn t look very healthy. I think it was a very dark period for them. And I had heard rumors of drugs and stuff like that. I was no saint, but I kept it in check, and they just didn t look healthy to me. I didn t see a healthy path for myself. Sure enough,
MEGADETH and
SLAYER played many times together, and so, yeah, I just didn t see things go well, he continued. And then I, of course, rethought my position, and with a little bit of coercion from [