Megadeth

Released: June 4, 2013

Songwriter: Dave Mustaine

Producer: Johnny K Dave Mustaine

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]
When things were good
I knew you would always be there for me
Yes, it's true
Friends like you are few and far between
I wish I may, I wish I might
The things you do ain't quite right
Just ain't right

[Chorus]
And still we try to pretend
That you will be here in the end
The best advice that I can lend
Don't ever turn your back on a friend

[Post-Chorus]
Don't turn your back...

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 2]
When things were bad
You always had something else better to do
It's just a lie to think that
I could ever mean anything to you
You steal what's mine then help me look for it
How many times do I pay for it?
How many times?

[Chorus]
And still we try to pretend
That you will be here in the end
The best advice that I can lend
Don't ever turn your back on a friend
Don't ever turn your back on a friend
And still we try to pretend
Don't turn your back on a friend
The best advice that I can lend
Don't turn your back on a friend

[Outro]
Don't turn your back...

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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