Megadeth

Released: June 17, 1997

Songwriter: Marty Friedman Nick Menza David Ellefson Dave Mustaine

Producer: Dann Huff Dave Mustaine

[Verse 1]
Looking for a cure within the human race
Eliminate the poor, how much longer will it take
Burning up the tents of the rank and file
Exterminate their lives, crack a demon smile

[Pre-Chorus]
Crushing down, caving in our will to live
Getting rid of man's mistakes
To take a lost life, lock it up, break it down
How much more can we take?

[Chorus]
Fight for freedom, fight authority
Fight for anything, my country 'tis of me

[Verse 2]
Cry for absolution, it's not the end for me
A last minute pardon, one final reprieve
Resist the war machine, don't get in it's path
Fight to die a free man and reap the aftermath

[Pre-Chorus]
Crushing down, caving in our will to live
Getting rid of man's mistakes
To take a lost life, lock it up, break it down
Don't know how much more I can take

[Chorus]
Fight for freedom, fight authority
Fight for anything, my country 'tis of me

[Instrumental Break]

[Outro]
Fight, fight, fight, fight, fight
Fight for freedom, fight authority
Fight for anything, it's my country
Fight for freedom, fight authority
Fight for anything, my country 'tis of me

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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