Megadeth

Released: August 31, 1999

Songwriter: Dave Mustaine

Producer: Dann Huff Dave Mustaine

[Verse]
I see Chronos
His eyes are on fire
He holds my life
And I see my time expire

[Chorus]
Beat the clock, beat the clock
Beat the clock, beat the clock
Beat the clock, beat the clock
Beat the clock, beat the clock
My head starts to spin, my head starts to spin
My head starts to spin, my head starts to spin
Tick-tock, tick-tock
Tick-tock, yeah, yeah, tick-tock
I can't let time win, I can't let time win
I can't let time win, I can't let time win

[Instrumental Outro]

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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