Last Updated on September 19, 2021
Dave Mustaine, frontman of the metal band Megadeth, slammed mask fans and lockdown advocates during a concert in Camden, New Jersey last week, noting that “Tyranny right now is in the schools, and tyranny is in the medical business.” Mustaine also lauded the festive atmosphere of the concert and said, “We’re not freaking out, and we’re not yelling at people: ‘Where’s your f**king mask?’”
“But I just wanna tell you how great it is. Look around you guys, look to your right, look to your left, and look how wonderful this is,” Mustaine said after noting that he was having a “great f**king time,” to thunderous applause. “We’re all here together, we’re not in f**king bags, you know? We’re not freaking out, and we’re not yelling at people: ‘Where’s your f**king mask?’ Where’s your mask, you loud cow?”
“See, the thing right now that’s going on, is tyranny,” Mustaine continued. “This is called tyranny. Look it up when you get home. And tyranny isn’t only in government. Tyranny right now is in the schools, and tyranny is in the medical business. We have the power, especially us – heavy metal fans – we have the power to change things.”
The musician’s remarks were met with thunderous applause, accompanied by chants of “USA! USA! USA!” and “F**k Joe Biden.”
Mask activists and lockdowns were also castigated recently by rap artist Busta Rhymes:
“This is my second show in front of human life in the last fifteen f**kin’ months,” Rhymes said, to raucous applause. “COVID can suck a d**k. All these little weird-ass government policies and mandates can suck a d**k. Stop tryin’ to take our civil liberties away. It feels good to be back outside, we outside for real.”
“It’s called the God-given right of freedom, right?” he continued. “No human being supposed to tell you you can’t even breathe freely. F**k your mask. I mean I’m sayin’, some of y’all might feel differently but, f**k your mask. I can’t rhyme to you with a mask on. We can’t eat food with a f**king mask on. We can’t even see each other smile with a mask on. I come from a time when before I even used to want to holler at a chick, I used to have to do s**t with my face to let her know that I’m into her.”
