Dave's grunting is actually the result of a rift in time when, in the year 1986, a young Dave Mustaine, fresh off the success of Peace Sells, was drinking at a bar when a wormhole appeared. Through said wormhole came the sound of "Crush 'Em." All the younger Mustaine could do was grunt in disgust at the sounds he heard, and when he found out the responsible party was in fact HIS OWN BAND IN 13 YEARS, he growled in anger. And with that, the wormhole closed. Either that or he ate some Taco Bell too fast and got the shits.
You know what's a better Megadeth alt-metal album? Cryptic Writings. Seriously, like that album has that very 90's flair to it, with some slower tracks like "I'll Get Even" and some big ballads like "Trust" and "Use the Man". But it also knew when to let loose and just be ball-crushingly heavy, like on "She Wolf". And the material is top to bottom much more engaging.
I do agree. I really enjoy Cryptic Writings. I do wish they would have went with a heavier sound on songs like "Mastermind" and "The Disintegrators" and "Have Cool Will Travel".
5:28 "My victims are young or old... rich or poor... strong or weak... I cause millions of accidents..." Hang on. Is this about the Prince of Darkness, or is this a PSA about texting and driving?
+Rocked Seriously, tho, that's one of my all-time favorite South Park gags XD Any time a cheesy trailer comes on, my husband or I will go, "Rob Schneider is ... THE STAPLER!"
Dave had mentioned in an interview that the next album would be a return to Peace Sells' style. Then Lars made that comment and Dave pulled a 180. Thanks Lars. Ruining Metallica just wasn't enough...
I think the thing that made risk so... alternative(?) was Marty Friedman. he left after a year of this album being out to venture into more alternative music...J-Pop.
Woukd rather listen to Marty's solo stuff. When he tries something poppy, it works, and he still knocks out a lot of bangers. So, the exact opposite of Risk.
@MrRantingRandy Totally agree that Dave must bear some fault here. Dave fired a lot of band members before. If he hadn't been into "Marty's idea," I can't imagine he wouldn't have just dropped Marty and found a new guitarist. This is the work of someone who really doesn't know how to write alt rock but who really wants that alt radio money, not someone who wants to make a good metal album in spite of his sideman's bad ideas.
5:47 - Dave listening to the line, "This is not about sex! SEX!" and groaning in horror and confusion. 5:51 - Dave having gone back to make sure he actually heard the line, "This is not about Sex! SEX!" and groaning again, knowing that this drivel will be featured in the same stores as Peace Sells...But Who's Buying? And then realizing that even HE bought that album, and wanting in on that sweet, sweet mediocrity dough. That's right. Scott Stapp is responsible not just for Weathered, but Risk. You can panic now.
Scott stapp was a musical genius. 40 years ahead of his time. His riffs blow daves out of the water. He created his own prison....he had a dream he could fly and he can take you higher were them blind men see.
@@MRSludgedude But the people who criticize him doesn't look at him when they shoot a bullet through his head , and none of his friends got his back then, and he had to make his sacrifice , to write his lullaby.
@@jaodasilva7993 I don't hate creed honestly but to me it's ok background noise. Out of all those bands nickleback is the worst . And the first two albums were not bad at all. They got really bad on that album this is how you remind me. They started as a grunge band then turned buttrock on there 2nd major lable album. Most of it was lable contracts and demands for all those Seattle wannabes to get soft and clean.
@@MRSludgedude i agree. I was just continuing the trend of make Creed's songs names into a joke. Regarding Buttrock , to me the worst was that trend of putting hip hop crap on metal. Like Fred Durst , Linking park and whatever ... ewww the early 2000's were tough.
@@jaodasilva7993 yea music died in general fully around 2000. I think alice in chains, nirvana, soundgarden were the last great bands. I do like a small amount of nu metal but it's mainly crap.
Great review, Luke. As a Megadeth fan, I can understand why a lot of fans hated this album a lot, but I found it intriguing (despite its big flaws). Well done! :) And also, the new intro is awesome too!
True story, I was once blasting Spotify radio on my phone while I was working in the basement at work, and SOMEHOW I got I'll Be There. My co-worker who's in his 60s comes down and hears it, and he says "Hey, is this that band 3 Doors Down?" And that my friends, is how you know Megadeth dun fucked up. When you can compare one of the kings of thrash metal to 3 Doors Down... that's not a good sign.
Cryptic writings (97) - soundtrack to my favorite summer ever. Had a hot gf, drinking in the woods with my best buds who also rocked this cd the whole summer. This album reminds me of being on top of the world. Risk (99) - father diagnosed with cancer. Hot gf gone and best buds never bought the album. One of the worst times of my life. A good Megadeth album could have got me through it, but no, it was the soundtrack for misery.
IMO, and I am speculating, two things happened that resulted in this album. A) the 90s. It was a hard decade for metal. With the rise of grunge, glam metal literally died overnight and became instantly uncool which didn't help the over all metal genre. And then as hip-hop and alternative music became mainstream, it was even harder for the genre which seemed old. Only the best of the rock and metal bands survived this decade, and even for them it was a decade of uncertainty. I can see why they wanted to try new things. B) Dave let Marty Friedman indulge his artistic ramblings with this album. Now we all know Marty is a bad ass guitar player, but he has even said "Megadeth is gun metal gray, and there's more colors out there." But like many virtuouso class musicians, they don't always excel in the composing of songs that people want to hear.
I've got to be honest, I haven't listened to a full Megadeth album since high school, or much thrash metal in about a year or so, but I'm very happy that my introduction to Megadeth was Rust in Peace, if this is what I started with, I would laugh at anyone trying to tell me they made good music, it's just bad.
+Sergent Harker ('Stonetooth') It took me a while to understand you xD I thought you were saying that Rust in Peace sucks. But now I get you xD
My first exposure to Megadeth was during my first year of college and hearing "Peace Sells" on the college radio station's Friday night metal show. But it was a long time before I bought one of their discs - and the first one I bought was Rust In Peace.
I am a hardcore Megadeth Listener and have been listing to them since 1985. I have no problem with RISK, in fact I really think it is a fantastic record. I don't really understand why so many people hate it, unless they can only listen to trash and nothing else. If this record was released by another band it would have gotten killer reviews...
1: I didn't mind this song, but it really drags on and on.... Not a good start for this album, I'm afraid. 2: Yeah, this song is pretty bad. 3: Okay, this _does_ lead to something interesting. However..... 4: .....it shoots itself in the foot. I can't believe they used this to promote Universal Soldier: The Return. Not to say that the movie was any good to begin with. 5: This song was terrible. It's monotonous and bland. 6: I have no words for this... 7: It's boring and forgettable. 8: Ditto for this track. 9: I think I'm gonna need some ecstasy for listening to this. 10: Great. A reminder of St. Anger. 11: Yeah, I almost fell asleep on this track, too. 12: Alright, this could've worked. But, it was wasted potential. Megadeth's Risk was anything _but_ a risk. It was too boring to be enjoyable, even in an ironic sense. While I personally like Megadeth (Dystopia was a great example), but Risk was something I willingly wouldn't go back to.
The second you mentioned wrestling and Hanson, I was waiting for a clip of The Young Bucks. You did not disappoint. If you still watch, I’m curious who some of your favorite current wrestlers are.
You can judge me all you want, but I love this album. I love every single Megadeth record for a simple reason. They're all different and unique. I always hear people complaining about the guitar work on this album but honestly it's pretty good, especially when played on an acoustic guitar. The melodies are interesting, the vocals are pretty good, the bass gives a lot of depth and the whole album has this atmospgere that just appeals to me. I really do see why people dislike this album, but personally I really enjoy it. Diversity, in my opinion, is what makes Megadeth so good. Their tracks never sound the same. They all have interesting ideas in them. Some bands really lack this, and that's why I can never listen to them for a long time. Some famous examples include AC/DC and Cannibal Corpse. (Also, Dream Theater, not quite on the level of the previous bands, but still really repetetive.)
like this is miles worse than St. Anger. At least S.A. maintained some form of metal. This is a new genre entirely. Thankfully this was the last one they did like this.
Breadline is a great song in my opinion. It's not heavy metal, but has great lyrics, storyline, and is melodic and catchy. My family and I went through tough times economically for many years, so the song has always resonated with me.
What I particularly enjoy about these videos is seeing how Luke consistently seems to be getting better, writing, editing and just the overall quality is getting better with each video. It's lovely to see someone grow like that.
I hated it for years. It grew on me. To me “Seven” is the worst track. I really like a few of them. As a one time kind of album I appreciate it. I’m glad they went back to their metal after this of course
You are entitled to make this your favorite album and nothing wrong with that. I was in line to see Black Sabbath when Tony Martin was singing (yes, I paid to see Black Sabbath without Ozzy or Dio singing...it was awesome) and talking with another fan. He told me he had a friend who's favorite Sabbath album was 7th star. I've met people who said Turbo was a great album. Just because an album is maligned doesn't mean a person can't find it enjoyable. Hell, the Motorhead album I'm most likely to break out is Another Perfect Day.
They did a signing at Tower Records and gave away free merch as promotion for the Risk tour, and I think there were maybe 30 people in line. And this was in Philly!
If I remember correctly "Crush 'em" was on the Universal Soldier sequel OST which is why not only Stone Cold makes an appearance in the video but Jean-Claude Van Damme makes one too.
I've been waiting for you to rip this one apart. I'm a huge Megadeth fan and I feel that it has to be acknowledged just how awful this album is. It just makes the really good Megadeth albums like Rust in Peace and Peace Sells look that much better.
Watched this video several times since it came out, and only now- only TODAY -did I realize the wrestlers for the Hanson bit were the Young Bucks. I feel amazingly dumb and unobservant now.
Its funny. As much shit as Metallica gets for "selling out" and being radio rock nothing they have done comes close to the pop record that Risk is. Actually, when I go back and listen to Load it isn't something I would expect from a band that was forcibly trying to sell out in the 90s. You would think you'd hear more nu-metal, pop-punk, post grunge, etc. Instead there's lots of mid-tempo, blues flavored tracks. And quite a few are long. Hell, even its first single, "Until it Sleeps", is not an obvious "hit".
Megadeth was also coming off a hot streak of albums. Maybe "Crush 'Em" wasn't as good as what was off the recent albums, but of course the rest of the album could be this bad. I saw Megadeth on this tour and I'll never forget Dave trying to get a mosh pit going during Crush 'Em. It didn't work.
Im proud to say (i know im alone in this) but this is my favourite megadeth album, this album inspires my music and i give a thumb to megadeth to have the brave to try something different, that is something too much bands dont do and if the album is good or bad thats an individual music taste matter
Holy crap, I was literally typing out as the review went along that Risk was my first taste of Megadeth and then you say it was yours LOL I was just getting into metal at the time, Metallica first and then learned of Megadeth. Picked the album up at random at a store, was disappointed, and a bit later after that I grabbed Rust in Peace, realized the error of my ways, and was hooked ever since. I've come to appreciate Risk as a "Not-Megadeth" album over the years, but it is still at the very bottom of the discography for all of their albums alongside Super Collider and Cryptic.
It's that sound you here when that epic taco bell pig out becomes self aware in your gastrointestinal tract, right before it fights its way to freedom.
The reason Goldberg looked like that in the video for Crush 'Em (and why Jean-Claude Van Damme is also it it) was because the song was part of the soundtrack to Universal Soldier: The Return. The movie isn't all that good by the way.
you have got to be a fan from the beginning and a musician to dig his groove man.everything he's done is genius and he did risk for himself.every one of his albums shares with his fans his journey through life,changes in his tastes,experimenting with his craft etc. I personally love all of his music.
I think Risk is underrated. I’ve been a massive Megadeth fan since I was 19, and there are just outstanding songs here. They are not towards the beginning of the album, they’re buried secretly at the end. I think “Risk” gets sold short a bit too much.
I actually like this album, it's incompareble to "rust" so if that's what you expect you will be dissapointed. However just on it's own, its a really fun album.
+Gonzo Lewd Not even close lol Super Collider, as disappointing as it was, at least it has a couple actually good songs. It has some terrible ones like Super Collider, Burn, and the vocals of All I Want (I really like the main riffing), but it's leaps and bounds better than Risk. Both are near the bottom though in terms of Megadeth albums for sure..
A couple of the songs maybe, but Kingmaker? Don't Turn Your Back? It has an actual pulse to it compared to Risk, even with the hard rock songs. Not denying the hard rock stuff, it's a big part why I don't like the album, but it's hardly as dull as Risk. This is really not disputable, there is simply a lot more going on with the album in comparison lol
The first time I heard Megadeth was on a WCW CD when I was like 7 years old. My dad promptly picked up a Megadeth compilation to set me right. Been droogin' ever since. I still love that song though
It would be a total under statement to say that they sold out, but that’s exactly what they did on Risk. Also, you made that joke about Lulu, but I do think that that would make a really good Regretting the Past Episode. I hope you decide to do one on that album at some point.
When Dave is groaning he is either trying out to be an extra for the Walking Dead, purring like a cat, or trying to replicate the noises you make when you wake up.
13:23 Does anyone think that the intro to Wanderlust sounds similar to the intro of ‘I’ll Be There For You’ by Bon Jovi? Despite they are slightly different instruments, they have that same sort of tone.
I can appreciate what they were trying to do with Crush 'Em, it makes sense to want a sports anthem, and it is better to see it that way than to see it as a Megadeth song. The real problem with Crush 'Em is how the producer made the 'crowd' vocal sound, it kills the purpose of the song with the effects because it doesn't sound like an actual crowd. 'We Will Rock You' has a multitude of human voices chanting the chorus that sounds like a multitude of human voices, as does 'Rock You' by Helix and other songs created specifically to be stadium chants. The chanting makes the actual crowds at the stadium feel like they should chant. The Crush 'Em crowd vocal sounds like a digital effect trying to sound like a crowd, by not sounding like an actual crowd it's not going to have the same effect on an actual crowd.
The best part about this video , is whenever we go over a song without a music video... You play live footage of the classic lineup playing WAY better songs... That's definitely why I was never able to fully sit through this while driving ... I just end up putting on Peace Sells or Rust..
Crush 'Em and its music video wasn't just for Goldbergs entrance. That was just a side thing. The song was used in the film Universal Soldier: The Return, which not only came out the same you as Risk, but also starred Goldberg along side JCVD. I'd have thought that was pretty obvious from the cyborg style make-up/costume used in the music video.
Hey there Mr Luke. I am a new subscriber to your channel and I truly enjoyed all of your "regretting the past" series videos. I am putting this comment here to just make one clarification on this specific video for the megadeth risk album; the song "crush em" was also part of the "universal soldier 2" soundtrack and that's the reason why Goldberg and Jean-Claude Van Damn were in the video. Mustain wrote this specific song for his son's hockey team as an "arena anthem". Just letting everyone know. Keep up the awesome work with your videos and stay heavy!
Like some dude bellow said, the album with this formula and style that actually worked perfectly was Cryptic Writings This one was Friedman in charge of most of the creative process. Which resulted in him being kicked out 😬
That moment when you get excited for a Regretting the Past episode until you see it is for an album you kind of liked. I have lost faith in you Bandana Goatee Guy. ...naaaah, I still like ya.
Recently went to a guitar shop and flipped through their sheet music. They had two copies of tablature for this album! Who the fuck wants to learn these songs?
You should mentioned Dave jump from the comercial direction of Cryptic Writings to... Risk cause Lars Ulrich is an evil genius and told him he should take more Risks in his music
