Megadeth

Released: October 9, 2007

Producer: Kevin Flaherty

[Interviewer]
Megadeth songs have had dark themes to them
Is this a good representation or is this a reflection of Dave Mustaine's personality?

[Dave Mustaine]
I think it's just another facade of my insanity personal experience
It's what's life like in our everyday world
There's a lot of stuff that has to deal with death
A lot people don't like that
But to me without death, life will be meaningless

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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