Megadeth

Released: September 19, 1986

Songwriter: Dave Mustaine

Producer: Randy Burns Dave Mustaine

[Verse]
I sneak in my own house
It's four in the morning
I've had too much to drink
Said I was out with the boys
I creep in my bedroom
I slip into bed
I know if I wake her
I'll wake up - dead

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]
Ooh, I wonder, will she find out
About the other, other lover - Diana?

[Outro]
Wake up dead (you die)
Wake up dead (and buried)
Wake up dead (you die)
Wake up dead

After being kicked out of Metallica, Dave Mustaine decided to form a Thrash Metal band that not only rivaled his former band, but played faster, more technical Metal. Along with bassist David ‘Junior’ Ellefson and a revolving door of guitarists and drummers, Mustaine set the world afire as Megadeth became known as the world’s state-of-the-art Speed Metal band throughout the 80s and the early 90s. One of the Big Four of Thrash Metal, Megadeth remains one of Metal’s most popular acts today.

However, Dave Mustaine’s fledgling band got off to a shaky start. Initially unable to find like-minded individuals, it was not until an altercation with his (underage) downstairs neighbours Dave Ellefson and Greg Handevidt, that led to him buying them beer and forming the first incarnation of the band with drummer Dijon Carruthers in 1983.

The band was named after a political pamphlet that referred to a “megadeath” (one million deaths by nuclear explosion):

more tracks from the album

Anthology: Set the World Afire

From the albums

Peace Sells... but Who’s Buying? (1986)
Killer Metal (1992)
Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years (2000)
Greatest Hits: Back to the Start (2005)
Warchest (2007)
Anthology: Set the World Afire (2008)
Warheads on Foreheads (2019)

Megadeth popular songs

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Anthology: Set the World Afire