Megadeth

Released: October 9, 2007

Songwriter: Paul Cook Steve Jones Glen Matlock John Lydon

Producer: Kevin Flaherty

[Part 1: Anarchy]

[Intro]
Right now

[Verse 1]
I am an Antichrist
I am an anarchist
I know what I want and
I know how to get it
I wanna destroy passerby

[Chorus]
'Cause I wanna be anarchy
In the city

[Verse 2]
Anarchy for the U.S.A
It's coming sometime maybe
I give a wrong time stop a traffic line
Your future dream is a shopping scheme

[Chorus]
'Cause I wanna be anarchy
In the city

How many ways
To get what you want?
I use the best, I use the rest
I use the enemy, I use anarchy

[Chorus]
'Cause I wanna be anarchy
It's the only way to be

[Part 2: Problems]

[Chorus]
Problem
Problem, have you got a problem?
Problem

[Verse 1]
Too many problems, oh why am I here?
I need to be me, 'cause you're all too clear
And I can see there's something wrong with you
Oh, what do you expect me to do?

[Bridge]
Bet you thought, you had it all worked out
Bet you thought, you knew what I was about
Bet you thought, you'd solved all your problems
But you are the problem

[Chorus]
The problem is you
So, what you gonna do?
It's a problem, I'll leave it to you
Problem, the problem is you
You got a problem
So, what you gonna do?

[Verse 2]
Is this the MPLA?
Or is this the UDA?
Or is this the IRA
I thought it was the U.S.A
Or just another country
Another council tenancy

[Chorus]
'Cause I wanna be anarchy
In the city

[Outro]
'Cause I wanna be anarchy
'Cause I wanna be anarchy
You know what I mean
'Cause I wanna be anarchy
Anarchist
Destroy

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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