Megadeth

Released: June 17, 1997

Songwriter: Dave Mustaine

Producer: Dann Huff Dave Mustaine

[Verse 1]
Mamas pack their lunches, kiddies pack their guns
Wishing it will go away, but nothing's getting done
A shot heard 'round the world, when a mother's baby dies
We the people, point our fingers, blame, and wonder why

[Verse 2]
Face it and fight, or turn high tail and run
'Til it comes back again, just like the rising sun
Say they do "all they can", it's just another lie
The answer's plain to see, nobody, nobody wants to try

[Chorus]
Ooh, there's no recess and no rules in the school of life
If you listen very closely, you'll see what it's like
Have cool, will travel

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
Ooh, there's no recess and no rules in the school of life
And if you listen very closely, you'll see what it's like
Tell myself it ain't true, they just cannot see
Grown up or sewn up, the medicine's worse than the disease

[Outro]
I have cool, will travel
Here we go, have cool, will travel
Have cool, will travel

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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