Megadeth

Released: May 12, 2001

Songwriter: Dave Mustaine

Producer: Bill Kennedy Dave Mustaine

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]
And today, I leave you
But I'll be back someday
And as I fly away
My hope is that we'll meet again
I'm off to my home away from home
I will miss you
But I know
I know you know

[Chorus]
I'm coming home to Arizona
I'm coming home to Arizona

[Verse 2]
I'll take you everywhere I go
I'll show you everything I see
And as we say "So long"
I know your tears wish me well
It won't be long 'til I'm back again
We will meet again
We will meet again
You will see, oh

[Chorus]
I'm coming home to Arizona
I'm coming home

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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The World Needs a Hero (2001)
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