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Public Enemy No. 1Megadeth

Released: September 13, 2011

Songwriter: Dave Mustaine Johnny K

Producer: Dave Mustaine Johnny K

[Verse 1]
Public enemy number one
Jailbreak and a smoking gun
You won't believe the things I've done
And the killing is just for fun
Public enemy number one
A stolen car and I'm on the run
Through the night till the rising sun
And the trouble has just begun

[Pre-Chorus]
Roses on your grave, I'll be on my way
There's no time to stay with the enemies I've made

[Chorus]
I'm invincible
You might say despicable
Punishment's reciprocal
Public enemy number one
I'm unbeatable
My mind is untreatable
Crimes unrepeatable
Public enemy number one

[Verse 2]
Public enemy number one
Watch the authorities come undone
With every stand-off that I've won
Flirting death just for fun
Public enemy number one
Born a fugitive father's son
Another heist of a bank is done
And the trouble has just begun

[Pre-Chorus]
Roses on your grave, I'll be on my way
There's no time to stay with the enemies I've made

[Chorus]
I'm invincible
You might say despicable
Punishment's reciprocal
Public enemy number one
I'm unbeatable
My mind is untreatable
Crimes unrepeatable
Public enemy number one

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]
The posters say I'm wanted "dead or dead"
Anyone who's tried got a bullet to the head

[Chorus]
I'm invincible
You might say despicable
Punishment's reciprocal
Public enemy number one
I'm unbeatable
My mind is untreatable
Crimes unrepeatable
Public enemy number one

[Outro]
Public enemy
Public enemy
Public enemy
Public enemy

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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