I am currently reading 'Mustaine'. Dave's autobiography. Awesome read if you guys get the chance. Before
he wrote this song, Megadeth were playing a show in Ireland, and Dave was smashed out of his gourd. He yelled
to the crowd, 'give Ireland back to the Irish!!' .... He didn't know why he said it, he was just fuckin' around.
Then suddenly the crowd parted like the red sea and it was Catholics on one side and Protestants on the other,
ready to tear each other apart. The show immediately ended and Megadeth got the hell out of there. That was one
of the biggest influences for him writing Holy Wars.
I am currently reading 'Mustaine'. Dave's autobiography. Awesome read if you guys get the chance. Before he wrote this song, Megadeth were playing a show in Ireland, and Dave was smashed out of his gourd. He yelled to the crowd, 'give Ireland back to the Irish!!' .... He didn't know why he said it, he was just fuckin' around. Then suddenly the crowd parted like the red sea and it was Catholics on one side and Protestants on the other, ready to tear each other apart. The show immediately ended and Megadeth got the hell out of there. That was one of the biggest influences for him writing Holy Wars.
Don't forget about The Bootlegger who sell Megadeth stuff for "THE CAUSE". Others are right, Criticism on Irish War and Protestant-Catholic belief.
Don't forget about The Bootlegger who sell Megadeth stuff for "THE CAUSE". Others are right, Criticism on Irish War and Protestant-Catholic belief.