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No More Mr. Nice GuyMegadeth

Released: October 27, 1989

Songwriter: Michael Bruce Alice Cooper

Producer: Dave Mustaine Desmond Child

[Intro]
No more Mr. Nice Guy
Me, a Nice Guy?
Damn right!

[Verse 1]
I used to be such a sweet, sweet thing
Until they got a hold of me
I opened doors for little old ladies
I helped the blind to see

[Pre-Chorus]
I got no friends 'cause they read the papers
They can't be seen with me
And I'm getting real shot down
And I'm feeling mean

[Chorus]
No more Mr. Nice Guy
No more Mr. Clean
No more Mr. Nice Guy, they say
He's sick, he's obscene

[Post-Chorus]
I'm not hard to get along with
Ha! I'm impossible!

[Pre-Chorus]
I got no friends 'cause they read the papers
They can't be seen with me
And I'm getting real shot down
And I'm feeling mean

[Chorus]
No more Mr. Nice Guy
No more Mr. Clean
No more Mr. Nice Guy, they say
He's sick, he's obscene

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 2]
My dog bit me on the leg today
My cat clawed my eye
Mom's been thrown out of the social circle
Dad's had to hide
I went to church incognito
And everybody rose
The Reverend Smith, he recognized me
He punched me in the nose
He said... no more, Nice Guy!

[Chorus]
No more (no more) Mr. Nice Guy
No more Mr. Clean
No more Mr. Nice Guy, they say
He's sick, he's obscene

[Chorus]
No more (no more) Mr. Nice Guy
No more Mr. Clean
No more Mr. Nice Guy, they say
He's sick, he's obscene, yeah

[Outro]
Not to say I was ever nice in the first place, you know?

Megadeth

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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