DOC COYLE
Megadeth, Michael Jackson and Muse all live happily together inside the Bad Wolves guitarist’s head
WORDS: STEPHEN HILL • PICTURE: JIM LOUVAU
THE SLAYLIST
“I DON’T THINK there is one singular artist that had as much of an impact on me as MICHAEL JACKSON, and the reason I chose Beat It is because it is, like, the rock one. What made Michael special, and why you’ll never have another artist like him ever again, is that Beat It is everything, it’s rock, it’s pop, it’s r’n’b… you know. There is no artist that has tried to combine everything and captured fans of all music. Beat It is every genre in one.
“It’s feels kinda hack because the song is so popular, but I have to put Bohemian Rhapsody by QUEEN in here. This is right before I started listening to rock and metal and playing guitar, but I saw Wayne’s World and it was this weird thing of seeing something from 20 years ago that it felt like time had forgot being reintroduced to a new generation. It felt new, and it made me realise how important the guitar was, and also how adventurous music could be. There’s another film connection with You Could Be Mine by GUNS N’ ROSES. I was obsessed with Terminator 2, I went to see it three times in the cinema, and then you get that music video. It’s funny, in the movie Edward Furlong and his homie are riding around for about three hours and they only listen to You Could Be Mine! That’s how much of a banger it is!