Megadeth

Released: July 18, 1995

Songwriter: Paul Cook Glen Matlock Steve Jones John Lydon

Producer: Max Norman Dave Mustaine

[Verse 1]
Too many problems, oh why am I here
I need to be me, because you're all to clear
And I can see there's something wrong with you
Oh, what do you expect me to do?
At least I got to know what I want to be
Don't come to me if you need pity
Are you lonely, you got no-one
You got your body in suspension

[Chorus]
That's a problem, problem, problem
The problem is you

[Verse 2]
Eat your heart out on a plastic tray
You don't do what you want and you fade away
You work for me, you're working nine-to-five
It's too much fun of being alive
I'm using my feet for my human machine
You work for me, living for the screen
Are you get lonely, all needs catered
You got your brains dehydrated

[Chorus]
Problem, problem, problem, the problem is you
Oh what, what you going to do, problem, problem

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
Problem, problem, problem, the problem is you
Well, what you going to do with your problem
The problem is you, problem

[Verse 3]
I'm not death trip, but I'm not automatic
You work for me, just stay ecstatic
Don't you give me any orders
To people like me, there is no order
Bet you thought you had it all worked out
Bet you thought you knew what I was about
Bet you thought you'd solved all your problems
But you are the problem

[Chorus]
Problem, problem, problem, the problem is you
What you going to do with your problem
I'll leave it to you
Problem, the problem is you
You got a problem
What you gonna do?

[Verse 4]
They know a doctor, gonna take you away
Thay take you away and they throw away the key
They don't want you and they don't want me
You got a problem, the problem is you
Problem, what you gonna do?
Problem, oh, you got a problem
Problem, you got a problem
Problem, problem

[Outro]
Problem, problem, problem, problem
Problem, problem, problem, problem
Problem, problem, problem

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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