After our last European tour, Justis agreed to take reduced pay and still grossed revenue more than the members of the band realized. The expenses of touring are very high and when your guarantee is not in the thousands, it is difficult to push a profit from any tour. When we first began working with Justis Mustaine, he agreed to “suffer when the band suffers” and not take exorbitant amounts of the band’s revenues whenever the band did not generate large cash flows.

We wouldn’t want to be accused of “gossip-mongering” again, so let’s get straight to the heart of the matter… We directly address the accusation that we “stiffed Justis for thousands of dollars” and that Justis was “compensated poorly” for his work as follows: Justis Mustaine is our main contact there, but Justis went out of his way to make sure that we knew: “Mustaine Management is operated by myself and Dave Mustaine”. Havok, in association with Mustaine Management from April 2015 – August 2016, was just tossed from the tour by Mustaine. Fans were promised a product in order to induce them to purchase a ticket and now the product has been modified by Mustaine Management’s decision to remove Havok from the upcoming Megadeth shows. The most unfortunate part of this situation is that music-lovers are the ones being cheated. The truth is on our side, so we have no fear… We would like to clear the air and inform the Metal Community of what the facts are – 100% rumor-free. Havok has been completely honest in its representations – and has the evidence to prove every single point touched on in its original press release. “If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.”- Mark Twain It’s time to get the story straight and let the truth be known, so we can move on beyond name-calling and petty arguments. Dave Mustaine uses names like “liar” – not to be taken lightly by anyone.

Many comments have been articulated in the few last days that should be responded to.

Below you can read a statement written by HAVOK frontman David Sanchez explaining his and the band’s side on disagreements between HAVOK and Mustaine Management.Īlso, you can read a copy of the management agreement offered by Mustaine Management to HAVOK, which band called “unacceptable” and turned it down.

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