story of megadeth

Megadeth
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
After he left Metallica in 1983, guitarist/vocalist Dave Mustaine formed the thrash metal quartet Megadeth. Though Megadeth followed the basic blueprint of Metallica's relentless attack, Mustaine's group distinguished themselves from his earlier band by lessening the progressive rock influences, adding an emphasis on instrumental skills, speeding the tempo up slightly, and making the instrumental attack harsher. By streamlining the classic thrash metal approach and making the music more threatening, as well as making the lyrics more nihilistic, Megadeth became one of the leading bands of the genre during the mid-'80s and late '80s. Each album they released went at least gold, and they continually sold out arenas across America, in addition to developing a strong following overseas. By the early '90s, they had toned their music down slightly, yet that simply increased their following; all of their proper '90s albums debuted in the Top Ten.Throughout Megadeth's many lineup changes, the two core members were bassist Dave Ellefson and guitarist/vocalist Dave Mustaine (b. September 13, 1961), who was the band's official leader. Mustaine grew up in the suburbs of Southern California, where he was raised by his mother in a broken home; frequently, his mother left him to be raised by aunts and uncles, who never encouraged his musical inclinations and often belittled him for his fondness for heavy metal. In 1981, he formed Metallica with James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich. Mustaine spent two years with Metallica, developing a strong cult following in California's underground metal scene, before he was kicked out of the group in 1983, allegedly over his substance abuse. Immediately following his firing, he formed Megadeth with Ellefson, Slayer guitarist Kerry King, and drummer Lee Rauch. This lineup was extremely short-lived, and Mustaine and Ellefson soon recruited guitarist Chris Poland and drummer Gar Samuelson.For the next few years, Megadeth toured and gained a following, signing with the independent label Combat in late 1984. The following year, the group released their debut, Killing Is My Business...and Business Is Good!, which received strong reviews, not only in metal-oriented publications, but also in mainstream music magazines. The album sold very well for an independent release, which attracted the attention of major record labels. By the end of the year, the group had signed with Capitol. Megadeth's first major-label album, Peace Sells...but Who's Buyingnull, was released in the fall of 1986. Like its predecessor, Peace Sells was greeted by strong reviews and sales; it eventually went platinum.Although the band's fortunes were on the upswing, Mustaine was beginning to sink deeper into drug abuse, specifically heroin. Soon, his addictions began to affect his work. Many stories concerning his erratic behavior were circulating within the metal community, and they seemed to be proven correct when he fired both Poland and Samuelson before the recording of the band's third album; they were replaced by Jeff Young and Chuck Behler, respectively. The new lineup debuted on So Far, So Good...so What!, released early in 1988. So Far, So Good peaked at number 28 on the charts and also eventually went platinum (despite less enthusiastic reviews); it also featured a notorious cover of The Sex Pistols' "Anarchy in the UK," with incorrect lyrics.In the years immediately following the release of So Far, So Good...so What!, Mustaine was impaired by his drug addictions. In early 1990, he was arrested for driving under the influence and entered a rehabilitation program. By the end of the year, he was not only sober, but he had reconvened the band; firing Young and Behler and replacing them with guitarist Marty Friedman and drummer Nick Menza. This lineup recorded Megadeth's fourth and most progressive album, Rust In Peace. The record peaked at number 23 on the American charts and went platinum. 1991 saw Metallica break through to the mainstream, and sensing the possibility for similar success, Mustaine followed suit in stripping down the band's sound, though it remained as technically perfectionistic as Rust In Peace. The result, Countdown To Extinction, was released in 1992, entering the charts at number two; the record went double-platinum and became the band's biggest hit, confirming that they had retained their audience in the wake of grunge. Now one of the most popular metal bands in the world, Megadeth moved farther toward the mainstream with Youthanasia in 1994, which entered the charts at number four and, like its predecessor, went platinum. The following year, the group released Hidden Treasures, a rarities collection which featured some of the soundtrack tunes that had helped expand the group's MTV audience in the early '90s. 1997's Cryptic Writings found Megadeth fully embraced by album rock radio, which formerly would never have touched the band. Ex-Suicidal Tendencies drummer Jimmy Degrasso signed on in 1998, in time for the following year's Risk. In 2000, following the release of the best-of Capitol Punishment, Marty Friedman followed Nick Menza out the door; he was replaced by former Savatage and Alice Cooper guitarist Al Pitrelli. After signing with the BMG subsidiary Sanctuary, Megadeth debuted its new lineup on 2001's The World Needs A Hero.While on break from touring, Mustaine suffered a serious injury in January 2002 while staying in Texas. He was diagnosed with having radial neuropathy shortly thereafter, a condition that prevented him from playing guitar. The compressed radial nerves in his left arm and hand were strained, leaving Megadeth little recourse but to disband in April 2002, after almost 20 years in the music industry. During his time off, Mustaine prepared an elaborate reissue campaign, remastering each album and reissuing them all with bonus material. This campaign set the stage for a Megadeth revival, which came in 2004-2005 with a surprising comeback album, The System Has Failed, and some heavy touring. Capitol released a new best-of, simply titled Greatest Hits, just as Megadeth hit the summer concert circuit, headlining Mustaine's own Gigantour festival.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

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no matter how much i like or dislike her, i'll haunt anyone who tries to hurt her, except for myself!

it's sick.
not knowiung someone and then talk all the shit about him/her. it's just disgusting.
i feel rage towrads these peopleb and i will get them if i ever get to know any of them. they deserve to be tortured for life.

woman
wolfmother

woman, you know you're woman
you got to be woman
i got a feeling of love
when you're talking to me
you see right through me
i got a feeling of love

she's a woman
you know what i mean
you better listen, listen to me
she's come to set you free

you kind looknig at me
like i got to set you free
you can't be nobody

she's a woman
you know what i mean
you better listen, listen to me
she's come to set you free

friday was the the best night in dubai so far. hooked up with frineds at my place, drank, have eaten, and then of to faithless concert. the ones that i just met for the first time at my place! though they seemed tough to connect with before, after a drink or two, it was all fine!
and faithless was simply awesome. i never thought i could enjoy his music this much. seeing a proper band on stage for an electronic music was a great experience, although armin van buuren was turn-off after faithless, still a great party.

i still enjoy this song as much as i did the first time some 18 years ago

rocka rolla - judas priest

man eatin' momma, steam driven hammer
sorts the men out from the boys
takes no messin', all in wrestlin'
is one of her pride and joys

she a classy, flashy, lassy
imitation sapphire shine
two faced liar, full of fire
but i know the flame is mine

rocka rolla woman for a rocka rolla man
you can take her if you want her
if you think you can
rocka rolla woman for a rocka rolla man
you can take her if you want her you can

she's a grip and choke ya
heavy smoker
wrong side of the law
midnight shady
good time lady
heavy, ready show you what for
barroom fighter
ten pint a nighter
definite ninety-nine

diamond cluster
knuckle duster
feline on the borderline

rocka rolla woman for a rocka rolla man
you can take her if you want her
if you think you can
rocka rolla woman for a rocka rolla man
you can take her if you want her you can

mojo - by peeping tom

those haunting rhymes are keeping the time,
but they'll never get through to me
it's my party, but i'm waiting for someone to start it
it's my party, there's no one but me in the corner

gotta get my mojo runnin', engine hummin', don't i?

now roll it up and smoke it again
now light me up and snort it again
now fix it up and shoot it again
i can't believe i did it again

keep haunting me, taunting me,
but they'll never get through to me

it's my party, but I'm waiting for someone to start it
my party, there's blood on the ceiling, the carpet

gotta get my mojo runnin', engine hummin', don't i?

now roll it up and smoke it again
it's bottoms up and drink it again
now fix it up and shoot it again
i can't believe I did it again

i'm readin' the signs, makes me wonder why
they're getting through to me

gotta get my mojo runnin', engine hummin', don't i?

now roll it up and smoke it again
it's bottoms up and drink it again
now fix it up and shoot it again
i can't believe I did it again

the cowboy song
faith no more

tears fall
they scarred your innocent teens
love's fool
the company you envy
leaves fall
the seasons pass you by
and you think, that maybe you can fly
serious fool
relate your mind to a girl
crowds form
but think, smiling, of his peril
beautiful
the pavement isn't there
but whats the last thing that goes through your head?

You take the elevator to the top
the next thing you know,
there you are standing on the edge
and all the flashing lights and futile cries
their left with you now
just close your eyes and take that final step

wasteful
they dampen your will to live
dice fall
release pleasure that you give
you fall
and take the whole world with you
and will you even bother to look down?

you take the elevator to the top
the next thing you know,
there you are standing on the edge
the victors there to turn you inside out
so he can hide me,
before you find out what's inside your head!

you take the elevator to the top
the next thing you know,
there you are standing on the edge
whats left is left and turns you inside out
so it can hide me
before you find out what's inside your head
and all the flashing lights and futile cries
their left with you now
just close your eyes and take that final step

hail to the thieve

it's a pity that the political situation had been turning so bad that now i have be thankful and happy that iranian government had resume the talks with EU to resolve the nuclear issues.
the fact that i feel happy when i read ali larijani's comment on "being close to a united view" on bbc, is not very pleasant but i guess i have at least come to terms with the enemy!

the cowboy song

by faith no more
...
you take the elevator to the top
the next thing you know
there you are standing on the edge
...
just close the eye and take that final step!

trying to tracking down
a simple somethnig in this misty life
hoping for an invitation to the otherside

carpe diem baby

The moment that the very brutal truth of the relationship and her low existence hits her, she’s already sunken into whirl of illusions about her intelligence, left in her ever deepening misery of regrets. It’s only then that she will open her eyes, but there’s no light to see.

easy - faith no more (cover of lionel ritchie)

know it sounds funny but i just can't stand the pain
girl i'm leaving you tomorrow
seems to me girl you know i've done all i can
you see i begged, stole and i borrowed

that's why i'm easy
easy like sunday morning

i wanna be high
so high
i wanna be free to know the things i do are right
i wanna be freeJust me,

that's why i'm easy
i'm easy like sunday morning

father into your hand i commend my spirit
why have you forsaken me? in you r eyes, thoughts & mind

trust in my self-righteous suicide
i cry when angles deserve to die

opportunity

living in dubai might seems easy but it's really not. it's comfortable but not easy. truely a cosmopolitan city, but nt really a cosmopolitan culture. discrimination is quite visible, which makes it not fun living here.
in the mean time it makes me realise how fortunate i am to be in this position that i am in right now. it makes me appreciate my being and the effort i put in, to get where i was. working for 40 dollars a month offshore, had definitely paid off.

Would?
Alice in Chains
Music/Lyrics:

know me broken by my master
teach thee on child of love hereafter

into the flood again
same old trip it was back then
so i made a big mistake
try to see it once my way

drifting body its sole desertion
flying not yet quite the notion

into the flood again
same old trip it was back then
so i made a big mistake
try to see it once my way

am i wrong?
have i run too far to get home?
have i gone?
and left you here alone
if i would, could you?

it's it

you want it all but you can't have it
it's in your face but you can't grab it
(faith no more)

love u - hate u

friends will be friends, so said queen.
it's really strange. they love you and they hate you. they care about you but they hardly wanna see you live another day!
great friends.
being far from your home is hard no matter howmuch money you make. somethings are irreplacable. and something within me, never changes.

Main Entry: con·fes·sion
Pronunciation: k&n-'fe-sh&n
Function: noun
1 a : an act of confessing; especially : a disclosure of one's sins in the sacrament of reconciliation b : a session for the confessing of sins
2 : a statement of what is confessed : as a : a written or oral acknowledgment of guilt by a party accused of an offense b : a formal statement of religious beliefs : CREED
3 : an organized religious body having a common creed

in general, all the dictionaries, encyclopedia, bishops agree on teh definition of confession and in religion they go a bit further to:

Praised be Jesus Christ, who in the power of his resurrection, filled the Apostles with his Spirit and gave them authority to forgive sins.
" ‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you.’ When he had said this he breathed on them and said, ‘Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them. Whose sins you shall retain, they are retained.’ "

(http://www.ewtn.com/library/BISHOPS/PENANCE.HTM)

"In the Sacrament of Penance the faithful, confessing their sins to a legitimate minister, being sorry for them and at the same time proposing to reform, obtain from God forgiveness of sins committed after baptism through the absolution imparted by the same minister; and they likewise are reconciled with the Church which they have wounded by sinning."

well good news everyone, go fuck the world and then confess to your fuck up. no need to be a so called man or let say no need for being responsible for your deed, at the end of the day you'll be forgiven. ask holy (or better to say hole-ly) mr. gibson.

experience

the new job that i took up had been really good for me. first that got much much easier life, learning a lot of new things, diverse and inclusive work environment, as well as getting the first hand experience of queen's land influence all over the place and see how rotten people can be. fortunately, i still have an non-inclusive attitude, meaning that i would not judge the people on a trend.

sad but interesting i learnt is that the stupidity of few of people is endless. drama queens, is exactly the word for these few three four people. man they are master of fuck ups. things that could be of help few months back, thanks to these, are bottle necks of the project. it is hilariously sad.