Megadeth

Released: July 14, 1992

Songwriter: Dave Mustaine

Producer: Max Norman Dave Mustaine

[Intro]
Psychotron...

[Verse 1]
Assassin in stealth, assailant from Hell
Impervious to damage
Computer on-board, engaged in a war
Non-stop combatant

[Pre-Chorus]
Maybe not a mutant, maybe a man?

[Chorus]
Part bionic and organic
Not a cyborg
Part bionic and organic
Not a cyborg, call him Psychotron

[Verse 2]
Burning inside, godspeed in glide
Battle plan running
A killing machine, just downright mean
And forever cunning

[Pre-Chorus]
Maybe not a mutant, maybe a man?

[Chorus]
Part bionic and organic
Not a cyborg
Part bionic and organic
Not a cyborg, call him Psychotron
Part bionic and organic
Not a cyborg
Part bionic and organic
Not a cyborg, call him Psychotron

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
Target to destroy, arms in employ
Full assault fire threat
Sensors indicate you will terminate
Life systems disconnect

[Chorus]
Part bionic and organic
Not a cyborg
Part bionic and organic
Not a cyborg, call him Psychotron
Part bionic and organic
Not a cyborg
Part bionic and organic
Not a cyborg, call him Psychotron

[Instrumental Break]

[Outro]
Psychotron
Psychotron
Psychotron
Psychotron...

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):

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