Hangar 18 if Dimebag joined Megadeth

This isn't a typical upload and I'm glad Pantera and Megadeth are separate bands but... Some of you may know that Dave Mustaine asked Dimebag to join the band in the late 80's. Dime accepted but on the provision that his brother Vinnie could come to. Nick Menza (Megadeth drummer) had just been hired and Dave didn't think it fair to fire him. So it never happened.
I always thought what impact Dime would have on the band and how would Rust in Peace turned out.
I reached out to Achokarlos who in my opinion has the closest style to Dime I've seen to date. He graciously accepted the challenge and came on board to one of my favourite covers I've worked on.
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For my recording I used Softube's Kerry King 2203 amp sim, Logic Pro X, Dean VMNT AOD (Korea) and Zoom tac-2 interface.
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[@TheOwntage]

Thanks god, he actually didn’t and we got Pantera instead

[@simiousgenious7703]

That's cool, but maybe dimebag wouldn't be killed

[@TheOwntage]

Simious Genious yeah, but in this case who knows, who was going to be killed by this psycho

[@Vale65ntin]

True, and we wouldn't have had Marty in Megadeth, but still a part of me definitely wanted to hear and see that.

[@juliannicolasfructuoso9672]

​@@simiousgenious7703 if he recorded those solos instead of Friedman, I would be the one who have killed him.

[@otavio048]

Honestly i dont think his style really fits megadeth, he is one of my favorite guitarrist but thank god we got Marty instead

[@SAFMFca]

The dude playing Dime looks like if you Mixed Dime and Phil in the 90s

[@rotemsade3098]

Lol

[@jamesodowd2599]

More like rex and phil

[@lordgiblets7585]

Philbag Darselmo?

[@kingaysa]

Hahahaha

[@joshdaniel8729]

To become the master you must follow the master

[@sociald324]

Now you should do "If Marty Friedman was in Pantera instead of Dime"

[@symbolic1884]

“JAPANTERA”

[@iamgribs]

That would actually be interesting.

[@doomslayer4433]

I can’t see it tbh

[@zhaxylykesen8363]

@@symbolic1884 one of the best metal album ,chuck schuldiner is absolutely genius and one of the riff god

[@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns]

That's like asking for Led Zeppelin without Jimmy Page or Metallica without Hetfield.

[@timcotter8178]

Dime is an amazing guitarist in his own right, but I don't know that I would like to image Dimebag's playing style with Megadeth. It's a different sound. Marty Friedman was a good fit for Megadeth.

[@Slashhead1]

Marty would be a good fit in absolutely any band tbvh

[@therealmoonrok3387]

Marty was the perfect fit!!! I miss him badly.

[@joshdaniel8729]

To become the master you must follow the master

[@gashthrasher_8976]

Sounds good both ways boys. Good job.

[@claitonsilva567]

Marty is the boss

[@clemsontiger001]

The cool thing about Marty and Dave was the Love /Hate Guitar Meter. "Go To Hell" is a good example of this. Marty's fluid playing is very skewed to the Love side of the meter, While Dave's aggressive, abrasive style clings to the far end of the Hate side of the meter. It was Yin and Yang. Dimebag however, was more of a middle-of-the meter guitarist; Love and hate combined in his guitar style. That's what made Dime so awesome. Having heard Rust In Peace, I don't think Dime's contribution would've been a good fit for Megadeth. Dime would've had to choke it back a little, and Dimebag Darrell was NOT a choke-it-back-a-little guitarist. BTW I got the Love/Hate thing off of an article about Dave and Marty from an issue of Guitar World 1990. I thought the article hit the nail on the head when describing the Rust In Peace style and sound.

[@ReinventingTheSteve]

Nicely summed up! GetchyaPull \m/

[@lauriediandrea715]

Great post!

[@jacobwells3538]

Absolutely insane, only 2 mins in and imaging all the discography with dime!

[@achokarlos]

hahaha true!

[@serph2951]

yeah it would be terrible

[@gareth7762]

I find myself missing Marty Friedman's solos a lot here.

[@xATown23xGaming]

I love Dime but Martys solos are second to none!

[@denisn8336]

@@xATown23xGamingna dimes solos are more memorable. Both are excellent though

[@зот]

​​@@denisn8336wouldn't say so... everyone loves Marty's solos, extremely memorable.

[@denisn8336]

@@зот fine both are equal just better in different ways.

[@jbbodie207]

Great!! The bends and the whammy abuse are super legit dime. I’m not sure why so many people are being critical. I guess lock down gives people too much time. Great job guys!

[@achokarlos]

Thank you man!

[@warningchimes24]

I agree dude, I don't like that much the idea of Dime in Megadeth though. He is fire, Dave's playing is fire too and he nedeed ice to equilibrate his music.

[@gabrielzanoni3474]

Robbie T speak English pal

[@cristobalgonzalezparada8469]

Sounds amazing. Fuck haters, enjoy 🤘👏🏻

[@dezionlion]

Yeah that solo was brilliant

[@karlsracing8422]

Man I'm glad Marty was chosen.

[@andrewhorsch4583]

Someone is in denial...

[@EliTwice]

@@andrewhorsch4583 andrew horsch sure is 👀

[@rioguitarsstudio7886]

Agree

[@ruskiiin1975]

Marty was the best thing that happened to megadeth.

[@Angelus98100]

Dime is the greatest metal guitarist ever

[@jahdielm3208]

If I had my eyes closed I would think that was Dime playing

[@achokarlos]

I appreciate it man! Thank you!

[@laucap3361]

Yeaa pretty cool but now cOwBoYs FrOm HeLl iF mArTy FrIeDmAn WaS iN pAnTeRa

[@-0deaf886]

Dimebag: oh, you know. Wammy bar enhancement. Dave: (heavy eye roll)

[@JG-dz3rn]

I feel like Mustaine would've been too controlling over Dime's style

[@iamgribs]

Yeah dime was very out of the box with his playing, not something you should try and reel in.

[@kjl3080]

That’s actually why dime declined

[@barrythe4th]

@@kjl3080 no it’s not, he wanted his brother to join, but they already had a drummer

[@blastingreviews2]

Do if Chris Poland soloed for hangar 18

[@jaycobyhyde2742]

pokecards 97 ahhhh don’t know if you knew this but, Poland did solos on the original Holy Wars AND Polaris Demos!

[@oopsydaizi3s824]

Jaycoby Hyde on KZbin?

[@oopsydaizi3s824]

Jaycoby Hyde woah Chris snapped on take no prisoners

[@nimaakhtarkhavari8766]

@@jaycobyhyde2742 Yap, love Poland but Marty was in an entire different level...

[@jaycobyhyde2742]

Nima Akhtar Khavari oh yes I agree

[@Mr.K2022]

He did a great job of getting the tone and style of dime. But nobody can replace him RIP Vinny and Dimebag

[@indeus777]

We need a drummer who takes this guitars and bass tracks to create “Hangar 18 if Dimebag and Vinne Joined Megadeth”.

[@ihateminecraft932]

Jose Herrarte if I had a good drum set I’d be down, I use the double kick way too much and weird fills and beats that vinnie did

[@josedeleon1923]

Now we need Tornado of Souls

[@AUBCodeII]

I don't think KZbin would allow this kind of porn to be uploaded.

[@BA99253]

YES!

[@gian_b52]

There's no need. That solo is simply perfect

[@MikaelLV]

No offense to Dimebag, but his version of Tornado would never have touched Marty's.

[@lol-ix8gy]

Nah, Tornado of souls solo is perfect

[@Skeevee]

This is insane and the guy is incredibly talented, but Dime had a very melodic type of shredding that can't be duplicated. Still cant imagine it lol

[@phillipm3179]

That sounded just like Zack, not dimebag

[@unknownartist0101]

Having the lyrics on top was one of the best ideas I've ever seen!

[@owenbeacham7892]

just about to watch but already know it gonna be great👊, loving these regular uploads 🤘

[@achokarlos]

Thanks!

[@pateconruedas8187]

4:39 domination o_O

[@ReinventingTheSteve]

\m/

[@xLoB63x]

dave would definitely fire him lol :D:D

[@achokarlos]

haha

[@giovannibalsamo6178]

well, it's unlikely dime would had last too long in megadeth since dave mustaine would never allowed someone with dime's huge personality in his band. But it's true also the reverse... likely dime and vinnie paul would have dropped dave mustaine after just few weeks due his behaviour.

[@PRESTIGEOUSNESS]

Two totally different personalities.. dave would hate like hell to see him go but dime would likely quit on his own.

[@achokarlos]

@@PRESTIGEOUSNESS Probably right

[@lance9152]

@@giovannibalsamo6178 dave did try to hire him. dime turned down the offer

[@smudgepost]

Nice job guys, this was fun to watch!

[@XA351GT]

I'm good with what actually happened as with Dave being fired from Metallica it gave us two great bands to listen to. So imagine if Dave hadn't been fired there'd be no Megadeth, if Dime and Vinny joined Megadeth , no Pantera as we know it just the glam rock version before Phil joined. Things happen for reasons .

[@iamgribs]

Jeff Waters of Annihilator was also invited to join Megadeth as well

[@cristianlopez_8486]

@Patrick G Would've liked to imagine how Jeff would've been with Megadeth since it was after Alice In Hell and before Never Neverland. Stylistically, I could see it work for a few albums. Alas, was not to be.

[@iamgribs]

@@cristianlopez_8486 I think Friedman was ultimately better since he had a unique style (sorta like Chris Poland). Waters has a style more comparable to Mustaine so it wouldn't have been as interesting hearing them exchange solos. This is not to say Waters is better or worse, he is as good as anyone. This is my opinion.

[@cristianlopez_8486]

@@iamgribs Fair enough. Though Waters' style was more reminiscent of EVH than Mustaine if you dissect his playing. He just jacks up the speed and complexity of his leads significantly, so maybe that's where I can see the comparison.

[@cristianlopez_8486]

@Patrick G And on another note, if Waters did join Megadeth, I probably wouldn't see his tenure lasting as long as Friedman in all honesty. Maybe till Countdown or Youthanasia at the absolute latest (mainly due to Jeff going through a period of alcoholism at this time and trying to get sober).

[@danesorensen1775]

Imagine if he'd made the move around 2003. We could've avoided Damageplan and maybe got an extra Nevermore album into the bargain.

[@grimmseti]

The extra Nevermore album ALONE would have been worth it, but This Godless Endeavor was masterful, so no complaints from me on that \m/

[@BrokenWingsOfADreamlessMind]

Amazing, but why the extra Nevermore album?

[@preston2636]

@@BrokenWingsOfADreamlessMind cause idiots think Chris wrote anything at.all in nevermore. He only toured for nevermore he never contributed anything to the writing. Jeff Loomis wrote everything and its abundantly clear.

[@BrokenWingsOfADreamlessMind]

@@preston2636 true.

[@Jeffmetal42]

Wes Hauch is my candidate for modern guitarist with Dime's feel. Dudes bends are 100% in line with Dime.

[@shREDhead44]

Wes is a bastard child of Dime and Marty, far too underrated of a guitarist.

[@preston2636]

Nobody does dime better than Attila voros. He gets the dynamics better than anybody. Theres so much to playing like dimebag than whammy bars and bends

[@PC85X]

This is incredible. Your economic and clean style mixed with Achokarlos is as close as we could imagine. Awesome stuff - don't be afraid to complete the album!

[@davidzamora9973]

Sweet cover! I used to watch Achokarlos cover Pantera and Death back in like '07. Glad to see he's still active.

[@rafacas]

i like you have been posting some rust in peace songs, coincidently i've been listening to these album very often lately

[@Ignalaz2289]

😮 ¡¡Epic crossover con Achokarlos Angelo!! 🤘

[@achokarlos]

:D yeah!

[@jeff8425]

Both you guys rippin it up. Pretty damn cool

[@JFRiley]

my two favorite KZbin guitarists...both of you are an inspiration.Great work and Thanks!

[@achokarlos]

Thank you man!

[@MrEarltron]

That's amazing guys. Love the dime inspired solos

[@achokarlos]

Thank you!

[@xklopan]

DAMN!! more colabs please, awesome playing guys.

[@achokarlos]

Thanks!

[@rudiausbuddeln3652]

Awesome as always !!

[@GuitarSolosInc.]

Man!!! You guys are amazing!!! I miss dime so bad!! Glad to see he's still so respected and loved!! He would have loved this!!

[@Theslayer360]

Awesome :D

[@woodsofypres]

This is brilliant! Getcha pull!

[@sombresanctum]

This was amazing. You guys killed it!

[@titmusspaultpaul5]

Very well done, i think you nailed it. Great guitars from both of you... Really tight and you got the Dimebag style and feel.... Cheers.

[@jackharrisguitar]

This is too sick! Achokarlos is the man! :)

[@achokarlos]

:D thanks man!

[@jackharrisguitar]

@@achokarlos Hahha I totally fanboyed when I met you at Tech-fest, it's cool bro haha! :D

[@achokarlos]

@@jackharrisguitar Haha I remember that! Share the pic we took on IG! :D

[@LambChopper678]

Hahah that’s awesome

[@hardrokrulzjj]

achokarlos great to see you doing well and still shredding! I remember watching your Death covers years ago! Be safe brother 🤘🏼

[@floodline6176]

Marty's work on that album is masterful and needs NO replacement.

[@LambChopper678]

Of course Marty was the right choice, this nearly happened before he joined

[@duncankinder8456]

Very nice man!! I wait for more like this!!

[@jonathansouth5090]

Great work guys!

[@drinix]

As a huge Pantera fan I found your leads amazingly well done, great tribute and idea! But I much prefer Pantera as is

[@thrashthrasherson3803]

Awesome job Brothers! How about a collaboration between the styles of Mustaine and Jeff Waters (who Mustaine also asked to join Megadeth at one stage). Keep on thrashing brothers!

[@alidemir9897]

Fantastic job guys!!!

[@aronevans8511]

You sir are a madman........ I love it. But so glad we had both amazing bands!!!!

[@scottdahlberg4890]

Holy Mother Of God!!!! I approve and so do the metal Gods. I saw Megadeth perform this in the Diamond Ballroom in OKC back in 1990's. I had a blast!!!! The A/C was out, we were assholes to elbows, the staff was throwing beer on us to keep us cool; came out smelling like a brewery. If we got pulled over by the cops, we would have been screwed. This is one of my favorite Megadeth songs.

[@ReinventingTheSteve]

"Assholes to elbows" 😂 I love it \m/

[@tomanderson277]

Damn fine job gentleman! \m/!!!

[@achokarlos]

Thank you sir!

[@j-venom616]

So awesome! Great job guys!

[@RobbieFitzgerald]

I'm so glad you guys did alternate solos at the end.

[@durhamviking1809]

Achokarlos.....remember watching his Death covers years and years ago 😃

[@achokarlos]

Yeah! Thank you, maybe I shold start doing it again!

[@durhamviking1809]

@@achokarlos Yes you should 😎 May as well do some Dissection too 😉

[@Pantallica5FDP]

achokarlos I miss your death covers man.. make some more !

[@achokarlos]

@@Pantallica5FDP Probably I do it again!

[@zain8687]

I've seen it all.... Now am gonna die in piece 😆

[@achokarlos]

lol

[@otavio048]

Rust*

[@ajhproductions2347]

Once I read the description and heard the solos, I fully understood the title. This is beautiful!!! Cheers!

[@manuvanpoeck1469]

You guys are awesome!!!

[@alexandrecayres7731]

Amazing work from both of you, but without Friedman’s odd scales and phrasing it sounds weird tbh

[@benwalsh773]

that was sick !!!

[@achokarlos]

Thanks!

[@yanikem6655]

Phenomenal playing guys! Thanks for a great vid!

[@achokarlos]

Thanks!

[@mrkoopatroopajury34]

We need more of this

[@simiousgenious7703]

Holy shait I was thinking about that in his moment

[@ewansmith165]

that was sick

[@johnsguitarmusicanddemos]

That's awesome! Great playing!

[@Johnuao]

This dude can emulate the exact Dime style, very good 🤌

[@pety1245]

Nailed that tone dude! What’s on the signal chain?

[@achokarlos]

Thank you man!

[@achokarlos]

Recorded through Line 6 POD HD Pro X

[@K0KR0K]

Another excellent video! ...it just sounds so damn cool, like an addictive drug of some sort, which means that now, I gotta have MORE!!! i wanna see another one from R.I.P. to give me the medicine that I need to be "cured" or else, I just might go into withdrawals!!!

[@xtwogplays]

If Dimebag actually joined Megadeth, Dine would've used his tone

[@frankknudsen1446]

Cool concept idea, well played. Great for fans of both bands to hear.. 🤘🏼

[@koraybaker7776]

Holy hell!!!!! Flipping awesome guys!!!

[@randomjapaneseword]

rip dimebag darrell

[@gstaraftari]

Respect it. Performances and tones are quite good. But maybe this video is the reason why he never joined

[@achokarlos]

Thanks!

[@COYM_1908]

The real reason why he didn't join was that Dime said he would only join if Vinnie became the drummer and Megadeth already had a drummer.

[@RobRicoh5150]

You guys have put a smile on my face

[@achokarlos]

:D

[@MAGOGASH]

Fantastic alternative cover! Great job!

[@vl292]

The title should be if a guy with dime guitar joined Megadeth.

[@nigel7779]

and a t shirt

[@hmpz36911]

He sounds just like Dimebag

[@vl292]

Dime was full of musical ideas and he was old school in the vein of evh, he had swing. He would have offered quite a bit more than just fast runs and trem bar wankery. Not to say he would have not also played fast runs and tap-harmonic-trem-bar-wankery.

[@Ledmetacdc]

Okay so make your own video

[@warrengauthier4699]

What are you on / about? He can play guitar in the style of Dimebag so what was your point?

[@itsalwayssomething7490]

4:33 is a riff Dime actually played, or at least one I recognize as being in a Pantera song.

[@user-ji3zb3rr2v]

Cowboys from hell/Domination

[@Aaroo000]

Sounds like goddamn electric intro

[@therifflair724]

That was awesome, thanks!!

[@IronMegadethV8]

So good! Congrats to both of you !

[@davigomes1525]

That would be amazing but we maybe wouldn't have the pieces of art that Pantera's albums were and are

[@achokarlos]

Who knows!

[@flaviomatos2699]

Faz com Holy Wars... Com a guitarra do Dimebag

[@chrismyers9934]

Spot on! I like both but this is interesting, good job!

[@jamesgordon8548]

Absolutely awesome!

[@bmentlow]

Imo...Dime joining Megadeth would have been too confining for him has a guitarist and musician...Dave's rhythm style is primarily about tight precise uniformed riffs, without improvised bends, tremelo dive bombs, and those squeals that Dime's style is known and loved for...Dime's rhythm style is tight and precise as well, but in his own way. He's like a heavier hot rodded EVH clone along with other influences and his own thing happenin too, of course... Most bands with single guitarist in them are excellent rhythm and lead players, and in Dime's case he was was fucking superb at both...Having another guitarist playing along with him would've just clashed and got in his way, and for me that's what I'm kind of hearing here... These guys both killed it in their performances and I get that it was just a fun thing for them to get together and do...But those 2 styles just do not work well together, to me...Besides, the world deserved to have both the Megadeth and PanterA bands added to the Metal music fabric of the universe! I sure as hell appreciate both of their contributions. .

[@iamgribs]

Well said. I'd agree. I think Dime style was pretty out there and was its own thing. That's not to say this video here sounds bad, but working within the confines of a Megadeth song wouldn't let him show the full scope of what he could do.

[@fredhankins7672]

Legend has it Dime didn't join because he couldn't bring Vinnie with him!

[@madkins77765]

Ohh My Gawd!! Dude you just nailed that! 10 outta 10!!!

[@alejandrorequena7889]

Vamos ahí ese Acho joder!!! De lo mejorcico que tenemos en España!

[@achokarlos]

Muchas gracias nene!! :D

[@mcineral99]

It''s an interesting exercise and it's well done, but the styles just don't mesh well together. That said, I'm still glad i saw it.

[@stopglobalswarming]

It works for me

[@ericvalverderosado2046]

If Dimebag was in Megadeth even the rythim guitar would have been in different scale, a more “bluesy” one

[@achokarlos]

probably!

[@kreptas9083]

Very good !! Please more

[@JonasPriest]

Superb job!

[@achokarlos]

Thank you!

[@giovannibalsamo6178]

the experiment is cool but simply dimebag soloing style doesn't fit good for marty friedman parts.

[@itsalwayssomething7490]

Hindsight is 20/20. If Dime was the guitarist for Megadeth, it would be the norm. But, thankfully Marty did grace Megadeth with his playing and Dime become a legend in Pantera.

[@ernestofb591]

What about David Gilmour joining Dream Theater

[@macmuggo5459]

Ernesto Fb physically, that could still happen, obviously it won’t but you never know

[@wilkowilkinson517]

I have to say this was fooking brilliant.....Hats off to both Guitarists. Excellent job and this is coming from someone that's seen both bands live many times. The whammy harmonics where brilliant and well timed. Could see Dime doing a black tooth grin whilst doing them.....🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@matt786us6]

My two favorite KZbin guitarists. Absolutely fantastic guys.

[@achokarlos]

Thats awesome! thank you!

[@joselegaspi2549]

Not sure if that's how we would have played but i can def hear his style and as a loyal Megadeth fan, i can honestly say that i don't like it one bit. Everything that makes that song great is disposed of. Sorry but thanks but no thanks.

[@kkoch666]

Mustaine is just fine without a dime.

[@81millionvotes]

Not the point..

[@COYM_1908]

Mustaine has never been fine.

[@kkoch666]

Dime is dead for a reason

[@81millionvotes]

@@kkoch666 what the hell is that supposed to mean?

[@grossfanyeahmate]

Holy shit that was so clean, sounds awesome

[@johnthaxton246]

So good to see Acha back at it again. And I guess I'll be subbing to Lamb Chopper as well.

[@The_Apothecary]

Dave might have suffocated Dimes creativity. Great video tho this is!!!

[@H.E.M.]

If Dime joined he would’ve definitely left during the 90s when Megadeth were trying to be mainstream as Metallica.

[@Liggy]

I doubt it. He would have loved it. Has favourite bands are kiss and Van Halen

[@WesleyThibodeau]

This delivered on all levels, tone & technique. A total beauty fella's, those solos were flawless and killer!

[@Trohawkk]

Achokarlos is legend! I had a hard time finding him on YT.

[@DaniloPlissken]

It sounded so bad that sometimes it seems to be outta tune or outta key.. or both! 😆