Megadeth

Released: June 17, 1997

Songwriter: Dave Mustaine

Producer: Dann Huff Dave Mustaine

[Verse 1]
Anonymous existence
Rendered useless to mankind
Destroy the logic volume
In the confines of the mind
Enmassed and purposeless
Marching in a perfect line
Neo-neuro torture
Mental meltdown, a heinous crime

[Chorus]
Mastermind, I tell you what to think
Mastermind, I tell you what you need
Mastermind, I tell you what to feel
Mastermind

[Verse 2]
Invade the core of souls
To wipe the lives away
Design vacant beings
Welcome the inhuman race
Encrypted horror codes
Directive psyche overwrite
Processing brains to pabulum
Delete and format living drives

[Chorus]
Mastermind, I tell you what to think
Mastermind, I tell you what you need
Mastermind, I tell you what to feel
Mastermind, I tell you what's real...

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
Hail to the power age
Lest the viral hour comes
Raise the flag of voltage
Bow to circuitry unknown
Kneel before the processor
Lords of static laugh
Electrons in submission
You must know who I am

[Bridge]
I tell you what to think
I don't care what you thought
I tell you what to get
I don't care what you got
I tell you what to think
I don't care what you thought
I tell you what to get
I don't care, I don't care what you got

[Outro]
Mastermind, I tell you what to think
(I don't care what you got)
Mastermind, I tell you what you need
Mastermind, I tell you what to feel
(I don't care, I don't care what you got)
Mastermind, subject!

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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