Megadeth

Songwriter: David Ellefson Marty Friedman Nick Menza Dave Mustaine

Producer: Dann Huff Dave Mustaine

[Verse 1]
Pounding in my teeth, Hydraulics on the move
Kicking in my face, Savage bucking mule
Pummeling my soul, 100 tons of lead
Trampled under foot, Steamrollers in my head

[Pre-Chorus]
Crushing down, Caving in my will to live
I'd rather be dead, Scream insane
To have the bullprick, Split their guts
Make them pay, Make them bleed

[Chorus]
On your back, in your face
Down your throat, up your ass
Bullprick!

[Verse 2]
Pulverizing flesh, broken bones the aftermath
Can't escape the war, the war machine path
All become one, flattening the streets
Cry for absolution, splitting at the seams

[Pre-Chorus]
Crushing down, Caving in my will to live
I'd rather be dead, Scream insane
To have the bullprick, Split their guts
Make them pay, Make them bleed

[Chorus]
On your back, in your face
Down your throat, up your ass
Bullprick!

[Instrumental Break]

[Outro]
On your back, in your face
Down your throat, up your ass
On your back, in your face
Down your throat, up your ass
On your back, in your face
Down your throat, up your ass

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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