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Gears of WarMegadeth

Released: May 15, 2007

Songwriter: Dave Mustaine

Producer: Andy Sneap Jeff Balding Dave Mustaine

[Intro]
Gears of war, gears of war
Gears of war, gears of war
Gears of war, gears of war
Gears of war, gears of war

[Verse 1]
Ethnic cleansing with no defending
These acts of genocide
A fatal ending with no surrendering
To cover up the crimes and lie

[Chorus]
Smart bombs, precision guided armament
A more sophisticated way to end up dead
Still we search and invent such intelligent weapons
They kill each other like the gears of war

[Post-Chorus]
Gears of war, gears of war
Hoo-rah
Gears of war, gears of war

[Verse 2]
When you ride (when you ride) with thieves
Then you die (then you die) with thieves
Cross my heart (cross my heart)
And hope that you die (that you die)
When the smoke (when the smoke) has cleared
The Devil's (the Devil's) in the mirror
And you see (and you see) his warheads paint the sky
Now you die!

[Chorus]
Smart bombs, precision guided armament
A more sophisticated way to end up dead
Still we search and invent such intelligent weapons
They kill each other like the gears of war

[Instrumental Outro]

Megadeth

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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