Megadeth

Released: August 30, 1999

Songwriter: Marty Friedman Bud Prager Dave Mustaine

Producer: Dann Huff Dave Mustaine

[Intro]
"Daddy, daddy, the doctor's calling"

[Verse 1]
The doctor is calling
The doctor is calling
Something's going wrong
Nowhere do I belong
I listen to the voices in the dark room
Something's going down
But I can't make a sound
Looking past the bars of my mind

[Chorus]
The coat of arms falling
I hear the doctor calling
The family crest is falling
I hear the doctor calling

[Verse 2]
Always sharing trips
Remove me from your lips
Sight and mind still and never go away
One too many tantrums
Deviated symptoms
Better lock the phantom away...

[Chorus]
The coat of arms falling
I hear the doctor calling
The family crest is falling
I hear the doctor calling
I see the chalk line crawling
I hear the doctor calling me away

[Bridge]
This place is my home
My mind still runs free
The doctor's prescription
Less for you and more for me

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
The coat of arms falling
I hear the doctor calling
The family crest is falling
I hear the doctor calling

[Outro]
I see the chalk line crawling
I hear the doctor calling me away
A merciful embalming
I hear the doctor calling me away...

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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