Mustaine tells Rock Cellar: "You have to ask yourself: 'What does Dave have to gain? Why would he jeopardize his career and everything he's worked for to say, 'Oh, this thing that's totally fake and make-believe is real'?

"I wouldn't do that. I would say, "Is this real? Is this something that is happening to us, is it bad? And if they can do it, why wouldn't they do it with other stuff?'"

And he thinks he could be a victim of changing times as people become more volatile when faced with alternative opinions. "When I was growing up, if you had somebody that you were talking to, and you didn't agree with something they said, you guys could still be friends and just disagree in that area.