Megadeth
Megadeth in 1986 - Dave Mustaine, Chris Poland, Gar Samuelson (RIP), and David Ellefson
The band already had a thread it was locked up so here's a new one. There was of course a multitude of Megadeth vs. Metallica threads as well but they are stupid and don't count.
Megadeth was formed in the early 80s by Dave Mustaine after he was thrown out of Metallica for being difficult in a variety of ways often involving drugs. Since then and well into the 90s, it's been a drugged up thrash metal ride where band leader Dave who's perhaps a bit of a diva has been in and out of rehab X number of times and band members have come and gone. Despite all this chaos and Dave Mustaine supposedly being an incredibly hard man to work with, they've put out some astonishingly good music over the years. Dave, despite all his problems and demons, has a conscience and an often bleak outlook on life which sometimes flavours their music through lyrics ripe with social/political critique and commentary.
Mustaine's now been clean for a while and announced his christian faith, but they still put out awesome albums. United Abominations from 2007 was kickass and from what I've heard so far, this year's new album "Endgame" sounds very promising.
Anyways, let's celebrate ol' snarly Dave and his group here! What are your favourite songs and albums? Have you ever seen a concert?
One of my favourite songs at the moment is still first track off United Abominations, Sleepwalker. It is absolutely awesome
