Menza Nation's video: Dave Mustaine David Ellefson Nick Menza s final Jam

Nick Menza: I was totally ready and excited to get back in MEGADETH. We jammed for the weekend and it was totally cool. We instantly fell right back into our musical groove together. We have great chemistry, It's a magical thing!" I went out there to Dave Mustaine's studio and jammed with Mustaine and David Ellefson. We played for, like, a weekend and on the third day, we were working on new songs and everything was cool. They were telling me, 'You're back in the band. We'll do a press release.' And I'm, like, 'I don't wanna say anything until I have an agreement, a contract in writing of what's gonna happen.' And then they send me this ridiculous proposal stating that, 'You're not gonna paid anything until the touring starts.' So, basically, I was gonna work for nothing, doing the record. Which I was still kind of ready to bend in that direction anyway. But I'm, like, 'You know what?! I'm not gonna break or sell myself short with something that's gonna be huge. They've gotta realize the longevity of it.' And then they were kind of coming back at me the same way. So the whole thing was silly. I didn't even get a chance to negotiate with them about anything. They just put it off and said, 'That's it.' And I couldn't get hold of anybody." He added: "Believe me, I wish I was doing it, but, hey, it's not meant to be, obviously." Menza even went as far as, recording and demoing drums on three new Megadeth songs that Dave had sent him that where later re-arranged / re-recorded by Lamb of God drummer Chris Alder, and released on the groups 2016 (Dystopia)