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Megadeth Megadeth
a Thrash Metal band from San Francisco, CA, USA   flag

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Last Update: November 07, 2009

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Megadeth was formed by guitarist Dave Mustaine after his well-publicized departure from Metallica, with early lineups featuring guitarists Kerry King (Slayer) and Greg Handevidt (Kublai Khan) among others. The lineups have changed much over the years, with the early changes no doubt due in part to Mustaine being rather hard to work with. But he has mellowed a bit over the years, and as a result Megadeth have carved a pretty nice career for themselves, gradually moving from early thrash beginnings, to power-thrash in their prime (Rust In Peace, arguably their high point), to a slightly more mainstream sound (but still heavy) on their later material. This seems to have divided their fan base a bit, as some wish a return to their more aggressive early days, while others like the current direction. Nonetheless, Megadeth remains an important band in the history of heavy metal, and the many accolades awarded them have been well deserved.

In April of 2002 Mustaine abruptly announced his departure from the band, and thus the dissolution of Megadeth, after nearly 20 years with the band. The triggering event was an arm injury suffered earlier that year, forcing him to stop guitar playing for an extended period and reassess his and the band's situation. But a year later, Dave was back, his injury cured thanks to physical therapy, and Megadeth was back in business. With his relationship with longtime bassist Dave Ellefson strained, Mustaine set about finding a new lineup to record with, eventually hooking up with new recruits Jimmy Sloas and Vinnie Colaiuta, along with a surprise performance from none other than early Megadeth guitarist Chris Poland. With this lineup, Megadeth recorded and released The System Has Failed, an album that predictably has generated all sorts of wide-ranging opinions, though Mustaine has clearly opted for at least a partial return to the glory days of mid-career Megadeth rather than the more experimental sounds of the last couple of albums. The album now released, Dave has put together yet another lineup, and looks set to continue the Megadeth saga.

Recent album: Endgame, released September 09, 2009.

members
current lineup:
Dave Mustaine
   vocals/guitars (M.D.45, Metallica)
Chris Broderick
   guitars (Jag Panzer)
James Lomenzo
   bass (Black Label Society, Pride & Glory)
Shawn Drover
   drums (Eidolon)
 former members:
Chris Poland
   guitars (Damn The Machine)
Jeff Young
   guitars
Marty Friedman
   guitars (Cacophony, Hawaii, Tourniquet, Vixen)
Al Pitrelli
   guitars (Savatage, Vertex)
Glen Drover
   guitars (Eidolon, King Diamond)
Dave Ellefson
   bass (Killing Machine, Temple Of Brutality)
Jimmy Sloas
   bass
James MacDonough
   bass (Iced Earth)
Gar Samuelson
   drums (Fatal Opera)
   RIP: July 14, 1999, died of liver complications
Chuck Behler
   drums
Nick Menza
   drums
Jimmy DeGrasso
   drums (Alice Cooper, Killing Machine, M.D.45, Suicidal Tendencies, Y&T)
Vinnie Colaiuta
   drums
discography
Killing Is My Business
1985 Combat

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• Internet Top Ten Album
     Track Listing:
  1. Last rites/loved to death
  2. Killing is my business...and business is good
  3. Skull beneath the skin
  4. These Boots
  5. Rattlehead
  6. Chosen ones
  7. Looking down the cross
  8. Mechanix
Lineup:
  • Dave Mustaine
  • Chris Poland
  • Dave Ellefson
  • Gar Samuelson

Peace Sells, But Who's Buying?
1986 Capitol

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• BNR Top Ten Album
• Internet Top Ten Album
     Track Listing:
  1. Wake Up Dead
  2. The Conjuring
  3. Peace Sells
  4. Devil's Island
  5. Good Mourning/Black Friday
  6. Bad Omen
  7. I Ain't Superstitious
  8. My Last Words
Lineup:
  • Dave Mustaine
  • Chris Poland
  • Dave Ellefson
  • Gar Samuelson

So Far, So Good, So What
1988 Capitol

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• Internet Top Ten Album
     Track Listing:
  1. Into the lungs of hell
  2. Set the world afire
  3. Anarchy in the U.K.
  4. Mary Jane
  5. 502
  6. In my darkest hour
  7. Liar
  8. Hook in mouth
Lineup:
  • Dave Mustaine
  • Jeff Young
  • Dave Ellefson
  • Chuck Behler

Rust In Peace
1990 Capitol

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• Internet Top Ten Album
     Track Listing:
  1. Holy Wars...The Punishment Due
  2. Hangar 18
  3. Take No Prisoners
  4. Five Magics
  5. Poison Was The Cure
  6. Lucretia
  7. Tornado Of Souls
  8. Dawn Patrol
  9. Rust In Peace...Polaris
Lineup:
  • Dave Mustaine
  • Marty Friedman
  • Dave Ellefson
  • Nick Menza

Countdown To Extinction
1992 Capitol

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• Internet Top Ten Album
     Track Listing:
  1. Skin O' My Teeth
  2. Symphony Of Destruction
  3. Architecture Of Aggression
  4. Foreclosure Of A Dream
  5. Sweating Bullets
  6. This Was My Life
  7. Countdown To Extinction
  8. High Speed Dirt
  9. Psychotron
  10. Captive Honour
  11. Ashes In Your Mouth
Lineup:
  • Dave Mustaine
  • Marty Friedman
  • Dave Ellefson
  • Nick Menza

Youthanasia
1994 Capitol

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• Internet Top Ten Album
     Track Listing:
  1. Reckoning Day
  2. Train of Consequences
  3. Addicted to Chaos
  4. A Tout le Monde
  5. Elysian Fields
  6. The Killing Road
  7. Blood of Heroes
  8. Family Tree
  9. Youthanasia
  10. I Thought I Knew It All
  11. Black Curtains
  12. Victory
Lineup:
  • Dave Mustaine
  • Marty Friedman
  • Dave Ellefson
  • Nick Menza

Hidden Treasures (compilation)
1995 Capitol

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     Track Listing:
  1. No More Mr. Nice Guy
  2. Breakpoint
  3. Go To Hell
  4. Anqry Again
  5. 99 Ways To Die
  6. Paranoid
  7. Diadems
  8. Problems

Cryptic Writings
1997 Capitol

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• Internet Top Ten Album
     Track Listing:
  1. Trust
  2. Almost Honest
  3. Use the Man
  4. Mastermind
  5. The Disintegrators
  6. I'll Get Even
  7. Sin
  8. A Secret Place
  9. Have Cool, Will Travel
  10. She-Wolf
  11. Vortex
  12. FFF
Lineup:
  • Dave Mustaine
  • Marty Friedman
  • Dave Ellefson
  • Nick Menza

Risk
1999 Capitol

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• Internet Top Ten Album
     Track Listing:
  1. Insomnia
  2. Prince Of Darkness
  3. Enter The Arena
  4. Crush 'Em
  5. Breadline
  6. The Doctor Is Calling
  7. I'll Be There
  8. Wanderlust
  9. Ecstasy
  10. Seven
  11. Time: The Beginning
  12. Time: The End
Lineup:
  • Dave Mustaine
  • Marty Friedman
  • Dave Ellefson
  • Jimmy DeGrasso

Capitol Punishment (compilation)
2000 Capitol

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     Track Listing:
  1. Kill the King
  2. Dread and the Fugitive Mind
  3. Crush 'Em
  4. Use the Man
  5. Almost Honest
  6. Trust
  7. A Tout le Monde
  8. Train of Consequences
  9. Sweating Bullets
  10. Symphony of Destruction
  11. Hangar 18
  12. Holy Wars...The Punishment Due
  13. In My Darkest Hour
  14. In My Darkest Hour
  15. Peace Sells

The World Needs A Hero
2001 Sanctuary

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• Internet Top Ten Album
     Track Listing:
  1. Disconnect
  2. The World Needs a Hero
  3. Moto Psycho
  4. 1000 Times Goodbye
  5. Burning Bridges
  6. Promises
  7. Recipe for Hate...Warhorse
  8. Losing My Senses
  9. Dread and the Fugitive Mind
  10. Silent Scorn
  11. Return to Hangar
  12. When
Lineup:
  • Dave Mustaine
  • Al Pitrelli
  • Dave Ellefson
  • Jimmy DeGrasso

Behind The Music (Extended Version)   
2001 Steamhammer/SPV

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Rude Awakening (2-CD live)
2002 Sanctuary

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     Track Listing:
  1. Dread And The Fugitive Mind
  2. Kill The King
  3. Wake Up Dead
  4. In My Darkest Hour
  5. Angry Again
  6. She-Wolf
  7. Reckoning Day
  8. Devil's Island
  9. Train Of Consequences
  10. A Tout Le Monde
  11. Burning Bridges
  12. Hangar 18
  13. Return To Hangar
  14. Hook In Mouth
  15. Almost Honest
  16. 1000 Times Goodbye
  17. Mechanix
  18. Tornado Of Souls
  19. Ashes In Your Mouth
  20. Sweating Bullets
  21. Trust
  22. Symphony Of Destruction
  23. Peace Sells
  24. Holy Wars
Lineup:
  • Dave Mustaine
  • Al Pitrelli
  • Dave Ellefson
  • Jimmy DeGrasso

Rude Awakening   
2002 Sanctuary

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Still Alive ... And Well?
2002 Sanctuary

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     Track Listing:
  1. Time/Use the Man
  2. Conjuring
  3. In My Darkest Hour
  4. Sweating Bullets
  5. Symphony of Destruction
  6. Holy Wars
  7. Moto Psycho
  8. Dread and the Fugitive Mind
  9. Promises
  10. The World Needs a Hero
  11. Burning Bridges
  12. Return to Hangar
Lineup:
  • Dave Mustaine
  • Al Pitrelli
  • Dave Ellefson
  • Jimmy DeGrasso

The System Has Failed
2004 Sanctuary

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• Internet Top Ten Album
     Track Listing:
  1. Blackmail The Universe
  2. Die Dead Enough
  3. Kick The Chair
  4. The Scorpion
  5. Tears In A Vial
  6. I Know Jack
  7. Back In The Day
  8. Something I'm Not
  9. Truth Be Told
  10. Of Mice And Men
  11. Shadow Of Deth
  12. My Kingdom Come
Lineup:
  • Dave Mustaine
  • Chris Poland
  • Jimmy Sloas
  • Vinnie Colaiuta

Video Hits   
2005 Capitol

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Greatest Hits - Back To The Start (compilation)
2005 Capitol

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     Track Listing:
  1. Holy Wars...The Punishment Due
  2. In My Darkest Hour
  3. Peace Sells
  4. Sweating Bullets
  5. Angry Again
  6. A Tout Le Monde
  7. Trust
  8. Kill The King
  9. Symphony Of Destruction
  10. Mechanix (2002 Remix)
  11. Train Of Consequences
  12. Wake Up Dead
  13. Hangar 18
  14. Dread And The Fugitive Mind
  15. Skin O' My Teeth
  16. She-Wolf
  17. Prince Of Darkness

Arsenal Of Megadeth   
2006 Capitol

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United Abominations
2007 Roadrunner

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• Internet Top Ten Album
     Track Listing:
  1. Sleepwalker
  2. Washington Is Next!
  3. Never Walk Alone... A Call To Arms
  4. United Abominations
  5. Gears of War
  6. Blessed Are the Dead
  7. Play for Blood
  8. À Tout le Monde (Set Me Free)
  9. Amerikhastan
  10. You're Dead
  11. Burnt Ice [view lyrics
  12. Out on the Tiles (Japanese bonus track)
  13. Black Swan (special edition bonus track)
  14. The Bodies Left Behind (special edition bonus track)
  15. Special Live Track (special edition bonus track)
Lineup:
  • Dave Mustaine
  • Glen Drover
  • James Lomenzo
  • Shawn Drover

That One Night: Live In Buenos Aires
2007 Roadrunner

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     Track Listing:
  1. Jet Intro
  2. Blackmail The Universe
  3. Set The World Afire
  4. Skin Of My Teeth
  5. Wake Up Dead
  6. In My Darkest Hour
  7. Die Dead Enough
  8. She Wolf
  9. Reckoning Day
  10. A Toute Le Monde
  11. Angry Again
  12. Hangar 18
  13. Return To Hangar
  14. I'll Be There
  15. Tornado Of Souls
  16. Trust
  17. Something That I'm Not
  18. Kick The Chair
  19. Coming Home To Argentina
  20. Symphony Of Destruction
  21. Peace Sells
  22. Holy Wars
Lineup:
  • Dave Mustaine
  • Glen Drover
  • James MacDonough
  • Shawn Drover

Set The World Afire (compilation)
2008 Capitol

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     Track Listing:
  1. Mechanix
  2. Rattlehead
  3. Peace Sells
  4. Wake Up Dead
  5. Devils Island
  6. Anarchy in the U.K.
  7. Set the World Afire
  8. Into the Lungs of Hell
  9. In My Darkest Hour
  10. Holy Wars ... The Punishment Due
  11. Tornado of Souls
  12. Hangar 18
  13. Take No Prisoners
  14. Go To Hell
  15. Sweating Bullets
  16. Crown of Worms
  17. High Speed Dirt (Demo)
  18. Skin O' My Teeth
  19. Ashes In Your Mouth
  20. Breakpoint
  21. Angry Again
  22. Train of Consequences
  23. Reckoning Day
  24. A Tout Le Monde
  25. The Killing Road
  26. New World Order
  27. Trust
  28. She-Wolf
  29. Insomnia
  30. Prince of Darkness
  31. Kill the King
  32. Dread and the Fugitive Mind
  33. Foreclosure of a Dream
  34. Symphony of Destruction (Live)
  35. Peace Sells (Live)

That One Night: Live In Buenos Aires   
2007 Roadrunner

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Deep Cuts
2009 

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     Track Listing:
Lineup:

Endgame
2009 Roadrunner

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     Track Listing:
Lineup:
  • Dave Mustaine
  • Chris Broderick
  • James Lomenzo
  • Shawn Drover