Megadeth

Released: January 9, 1988

Songwriter: Dave Mustaine

Producer: Paul Lani Dave Mustaine

[Intro]
Pull over, shithead. This is the cops!

[Verse 1]
Full tank, pockets lined with cash
Full throttle, gonna rip some ass
Drive all day, and through the night
Romance the road, winding left to right
The stars above guide me, the moonlight is free
A feeling inside me and the whole world to see

[Refrain]
Driving fast makes me feel good
The speed of light trapped under my hood
Breaking laws 'cause there's nothing to do
Driving the interstate, I'm stopped for a 502

[Verse 2]
Hundreds of miles rolled off today
Signs lose their meaning, minutes tick away
Dirt roads to interstates, I must have drove them all
Cigarettes and burgers, caffeine and alcohol
Drive until daybreak, always on the go
Life on the freeway, night shift 'til dawn patrol

[Refrain]
Driving fast makes me feel good
The speed of light trapped under my hood
Breaking laws 'cause there's nothing to do
Driving the interstate, I'm stopped for a 502

[Bridge]
Stopped for a 502
Next time it's gonna be you!

[Outro]
Stars above guide me
This feeling inside me
I drive until daybreak
Life on the freeway is Hell
Is the Hell...
I'm coming through...

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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