For those of us that never got to experience one of the greatest metal tours in the history of the world, imagine Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, Testament, Suicidal Tendencies, Death Angel and Alice in Chains all in one tour. Quite a line-up, eh?

Guitar World recently got Dave Mustaine, Kerry King, Scott Ian, Eric Peterson, Rick Ernst and Rob Cavestany together for their February 2010 issue to talk about the legendary Clash of the Titans tour, which happened during 1990-1991. This article is absolutely a must-read. It’s as entertaining as it is informative. Kerry King calling Dave Mustaine a “pompous ass”, Tom Araya yelling “Satan Rules Your Soul” while Chuck Billy is getting stitches in the hospital, Pantera almost edging out Alice in Chains for the last spot, Kerry King talking about how even he hated Alice at the time, describing how Alice got pelted every night by the audience with everything – even piss! Man, what an awesome time these guys had.

The opening statement says a lot about the times:

THE CLASH OF THE TITANS TOUR was the last major hurrah for hardcore headbangers before alt-rock, grunge, rap-metal and nu-metal took over the charts in the Nineties.

And now look at what happened – we’ve come full circle. All of these bands are still alive (very alive) and kicking ass in a metal culture that has come to worship Thrash again.

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