What Happened To Megadeth? 

Dave has had an extremely difficult life. As a recovering alcoholic/addict myself, I know this with full conviction deep in my bones. Therefore, I am full of compassion and empathy for him. For anyone who has never dealt with the sheer horror and misery of addiction, consider yourself blessed beyond belief. And if you’ve asked yourself lately if you might be floating the line, do what it takes to stop NOW. It WILL be difficult, but nowhere near as terrible as it will be if continued. It leads to only 3 places: death, prison or institutionalization. God bless, fellow metalheads!

I was a limo driver in Nashville in 1994/1995. Drove Dave one time. No talk. No tip. Behind sunglasses. Was thinking heroin at the time.

In my opinion, all of megadeths albums are actually quite unique from each other, yea some similar political lyric themes, but musically the albums are each unique

Saying that all of their songs have the same theme...shows me how little of thier catalog you have fully experienced.

Megadeth right now at this moment is rising from the downfall. Saw them last week live and they were amazing, new album coming and the performance and RU-vid channel of Kiko also helps.

Bro, set the world afire absolutely slaps

I don't think Megadeth is falling, in fact I think it's still rising. I've recently seen their fanbase highly increase lately. Their channel even gained a bunch of subscribers. I think the new generation is starting to get into metal, so I believe they'll rise in popularity soon enough. Plus, the newer generations include my own, and as someone who recently got into metal 4-5 years ago, I can say that its true--that newer generations still like metal.

At one point in time my aunt saw Dave Mustaine after a concert and she wanted a picture with him he refused and only took pictures with men and literally took a picture with her male friend instead a few years later they meet again and I’m guessin this is when Dave got his shit together my aunt got a picture with everyone else and when Dave asked why she didn’t want one with him he said because he was a dick about it the first time and Dave apologized and said he was on drugs and what not.

Dave mustaine talking about being kicked from Metallica reminds me of uncle rico talking about being kicked from his football team.

The Mustaine Gibson V the Glen Fricker got had Dave's silhouette on the back of the headstock, which shows him clearly playing a Jackson Flying V.

Discovered your channel by the malmsteen video, as both a megadeth and malmsteen's music fan i enjoyed your perspective on these topics, but i disagree with at least 80% of your video, you made very few points of why this was the actual downfall of megadeth and it's funny that you mention their new track as a rip off of themselves, what they've been praised on for years. being consistant with their music, even in the comments of the same video. sure they did some questionable stuff but each one was unique if you give the time to appreciate these albums, clearly you didn't, it seemed like you didn't even wanted to be there in the whole video, and i'm not saying this to attack you in any way, but compared to the malmsteen video, this is just a clickbaity lazy effort to "prove" a few points that didn't needed to be proved at all and not that important, but i was really expecting you mentioned diana, since she inspired many tracks to this day, and maybe why some of the band members were actually out, amongst other things, i feel like you didn't even do your proper research before trying to make this video, this is day and night compared to the malmsteen video sorry, unsub

If you’re in a band for this long there has to be lineup changes and it is obvious every musician are not the same. How ever the lineup changes has resulted in different tones , styles and compositions. I don’t think that Megadeth are falling apart they are still touring and writing. There are rarely people doing metal music this long.

I really liked "The System has Failed". There are a lot of catchy tunes on there, and having some Chris Poland was a big plus

WHAT!?? Endgame is easily MD’s best album since the 90s!

Wow this is the worst review on Megadeth ever, who are you and what have you done ?

I grew up listening to Megadeth so they hold a special place in the dark deep depths of my blackened heart.

Woah, I gotta disagree with you on So Far So Good So What . Set The World Afire, Liar are better than the Anarchy cover and I really like that cover. Hook in Mouth is an incredible song and one of the best complete thrash songs of all time. I love the part where he turns freedom into an acronym and who else has ever said “manure” in a song ? Dave is quite modest when you consider he never claims to have invented rap metal or “ new metal “ when he clearly raps in Liar . Lol . Seriously though you should give SFSGSW another chance and listen to the original not remastered version with the bass jacked and reverb all over it. There’s some cool riffs and in my opinion classic thrash songs. I actually probably prefer it over Killing and Peace Sells. I think the two albums should’ve been one keeping the best tracks from each and loosing the lessee tracks. Yeah I’m a big Megadeth fan and I’ll admit it. I also think during their peak the extra songs that were on soundtracks were excellent as well. Angry Again, Go to Hell, 99 Ways to Die come on ? Those songs are better than many other bands whole side of their classic albums. Music isn’t a competition I know and I won’t defend some of their modern albums. I happen to appreciate Dave outspokenness and habit of not sugar coating things. I don’t necessarily agree with everything but now days if you don’t agree with someone you can be labeled as a hater or worse. That is one of our biggest problems in my opinion, learning that you can disagree with someone quite drastically on any issue and that’s ok, respect their opinion as you would want yours to be respected, I have friends that I fundamental disagree with on many issues political ect, but we understand we’re not going to change each other’s mind and are still friends. I’m sorry I just don’t think something someone said or did 25 or 30 years ago should dictate the rest of their life nor dug up to destroy it. I got way off topic there. Back to Dave, he didn’t do himself any favors constantly blaming his other thrash band and measuring his success with their ruler . Dave also asked Dime to join Megadeth before Marty did and I feel confident he would’ve gladly accepted a donut from Dime . Ahem he he weak on ahem RIP, Dawn Patrol, but it’s a cool bass riff or intro maybe Dawn Patrol isn’t a song. She Wolf has one of Dave’s best lyrical hooks it’s almost a pop ear worm.

Dave Mustaine is still out touring and Killing it try going through all the shit he went through and see how it works out for ya Bro,Dave Mustaine and Megadeaths music will stand the test of time.

Ehh Washington Is Next is more about King Nebuchadnezzar’s dream from The Book of Daniel. Also gotta disagree with Megadeth being anti religious when they have several biblically inspired songs and one of them being how Dave feels about Jesus, Never Walk Alone.

I'm unsure if Dave Mustaine is entirely in charge of his own mind/in touch with reality these days(however you want to phrase it). There's an interview I read where he was talking about Kiko and he said "Yeah so Kiko was just playing like bars and clubs before he joined Megadeth" which is untrue as Kiko was in Angra until 2015.

I’m glad you see KIMB in such good light, its my favourite of their albums bar none, I just love the sound of it and the raw angry energy of it all. And those guitar solos are ridiculous

1:07 You forgot Diana. Some of the best songs like, Wake Up Dead, Last Writes/Loved To Death, In My Darkest Hour and Tornado Of Souls are about her.

Only soyboy redditors say yikes unironically, go outside

Typical youtube content a non-fan crashcourse googling then spewing all over.

So far, so good... so what! is still one of my favorite albums from Megadeth. It likely has a lot to do with the fact I was 13 when the album came out. Personally, I love the congested, suffocating & bass-heavy production. Much better than Metallica, Slayer or Anthrax's sounds in 1988.

What band changes significantly in 40 years? How many bands last 40 years? How many bands should be around for 40 years.

So glad you mentioned KIMB as being that good, but I am personally appalled at your reaction to So Far So good, it’s my favorite album and every song is a 10/10 😂

Endgame is the best behind Rust in peace to me, so under appreciated :(

I'm convinced dave saw nft's and thought "oh, this is like, digital trading cards."

Seen them live a few months back and all I could think was that it might be about time that they retire. Was almost embarrassed for them having to go on after Lamb of God that night with how tight LoG played vs how sloppy they played. I think the highlight of Megadeth's set was just waiting to see what insane political conspiracies Dave would rant about between songs.

I think this is a really bad way to listen to a band's discography. I used to be a big Megadeth fan, not as much anymore, but many of the albums I would never have listened to at the same time as one another, so listening to them back to back just guarantees you won't be in the right headspace for most of the albums. For example, I also think St. Anger is an underappreciated album, but it's not something I would just listen to casually, I need to be in the right space mentally and emotionally to enjoy it. Otherwise, it's shit.

Love Megadeth and Mustaine is an amazing guitarist. I think the current line up and the last album was great and looking forward to the new album.

They write about more than what you tried to box them into.

I like your channel, but I’m kinda put off by this video. Outside of the obvious missteps, a lot of us Megadeth fans never really complain about them like maybe an Yngwie fan would.

Let's hope Dave Mustaine is not the second coming of Yngwie Malmsteen :D

Oof, no mention of Trust? The semi-saving grace of late 90s Megadeath. At least we can all agree Mustaine had the most glorious mane of all. *waiting for the Claudio hair is godtier replies lol

I thought 2009's endgame was great. Bass player James Lomenzo did great work in that album.

You raise some good points but I still adore Megadeth. Bar non my favorite band and Marty is the reason I picked up guitar.

RU-vid needs more shredders on youtube with your sense of humor and knowledge. Glad I found your channel bro. Came here after KDH featured you on his channel.

I like a little bit of Megadeth, I believe I bought a cassette tape in 1984 when I was in the Navy. Not sure if its their first album. Anyway, right now Dave and Kiko are hitting it off really well. I think Kiko is a great guitar player and person. Need to really put out an album together that will be a smash. They are Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame material now.

Just goes to show you how much personal taste factors in to these things. I think “Warheads on Foreheads” is a pretty good name for a thrash metal compilation. With more and more metal adopting abstract lyrics or lyrics that are “humorous” I think Megadeth lyrics feel fresh again. Respect your opinions and channel though.

My top 5 Megadeth albums: 1. Endgame. Their masterpiece. I love every song and the production is killer. 2. Peace Sells 3. Rust 4. United Abominations 5. Dystopia

Found your channel a little while ago from KDH's coverage of your Yngwie Malmsteen video. I have to say as a new(er) creator I am liking your content quite a bit. Nice job with the breakdown here. I grew up in the 80's with thrash metal and it pains me to see a light shed on it like this with Megadeth - but, can't dispute the points you raise here. I will say that the addition of Kiko is one of the best additions to the band in awhile, love Kiko's great attitude and guitar playing. Great job on the video here, looking forward to the next one.

Great video man, but one advice I'd give you is increase the volume on your video, because compared to other videos is very silent. Otherwise, amazing job on the research, editing and etc. Keep on doing what you are doing.

It's odd that you say their lyrics are about anti religion and politics and that's pretty much it. While that is a strong amount, there's a whole other side. Trust. Tout lemond, She wolf. Ashes in your mouth. In my darkest hour. I could go on and on with songs not related to religion or politics. Washington is Next has literally played out in front of our eyes. They do attack the family and the church and do keep the public undisciplined. It's 100% spot on. So not really singing about conspiracies. And songs that sound alike. Gee 16th notes and metal? Adler was a fill in. He was never a regular member. Come on dude. You're 100% right that 13 and Super Collider were boring. I've tried. Both lack substance. So I'll give you that. It happens. 40 years? A few stinkers, with Risk being thrown in. You are however, so wrong on United Abominations. That and Endgame. Head crusher and This day we fight? How much more metal can you get?

Great video. Genuine question, does Anthrax have actual fans? I know almost nothing about them and I don't know anyone who listens to them. Why are they in the Big 4?

You raise good points but I can’t help but think some of Dave’s remarks hit you in your feelings and it happened to seep out in the form of criticisms with no backing other than “it’s my opinion”

Bro are you serious S.F.S.G.S.W is a masterpiece ! There isn't a bad song on it ! It is their most aggressive album to date ! Hook In Mouth is one of their best songs !

I like Megadeth in theory, yes the early albums were good and have a legacy, but the last album I thought was original was the system has failed. Sure it has all the classic tropes but it's good, the drumming was amazing on that album too.

Vortex is probably the one song i like in Cryptic Writings that makes it actually good. Other than that i really like the So Far So Good album, it's one of my favourites, idl why.

I love this series. Any hints on who you will cover next?

not often does a video I disagree with engage me so well, for that my man, you get a sub

This video was worse than anything on Risk. Dude just dumping on great albums and songs in a pathetic attempt to gain notoriety and subscribers.

What happened to megadeth: "nothing, they are good"

You don't understand how high school was in the'70s and '80s and the early 90s and how people talked, fagget fag homo the n word came out as much as the word fuck, metal was a hard ass white thing and grandparents kept saying all the n words were taken over and there was a lot of prejudice. I would like to think us '90s kids put an end to most of that by interracial dating and stuff and cleaning up our mouths and generally not being an asshole to people. It's pretty bad today but the 1980s were the Pinnacle of self-centeredness.

i would recommend you to relisten the SFSGSW album, in my darkest hour one of the best MD songs for me, mary jane, pretty much every song on this album is good. Really dug this drug atmosphere, especially you can hear it in hook in mouth

Let's try this again. Do you happen to have a favorite Megadeth guitarist? Was also surprised how much you hated "So Far... So Good... So What", I never enjoyed the cover, but always loved "Hook in Mouth" and "Set the World Afire" and loved Jeff Young's playing, just found out last week he went to GIT, it shows.

Megadeth has an incredible history peace sells and rust in peace are 2 of the best albums of all time.

I love Peace Sells and Rust in Peace. And I like Killing is my Business. And hate everything else.

At least they didn't went the Metallica path tbh, Metallica now basically became kiss and collab with yousician is just stupid. But Megadeth is getting better I think?

It's also worth noting that the remasters for a lot of their albums sound like absolute shit. They cleaned up the older albums WAAY too much. I much prefer the original KIMB and SFSGSW as well as Youthanasia (The drums sound so much better in the original mix). For the longest time I felt something was off with those albums and the second I heard the original CD my jaw dropped and now I really enjoy those albums. I've especially grown a new appreciation for SFSGSW.

when you mentioned they reused the riff it reminded me of The Ocean. They have many times have reused the same ideas sometimes verbatim on multiple songs on the same albums.

Last new Megadeth I listened to was World Needs a Hero so when someone showed me We'll Be Back I honestly thought that riff sounded more like Judas Priest's Metal Meltdown.

I recently got into Megadeth after listening to rust in peace for the first time. I wasn't expecting it to like it at all considering how picky I am with metal but it was a banger from start to finish. Dave should get all the credit for writing some amazing riffs and songs. For me though, Nick Menza and Marty Friedman stole the show. I've never been fascinated by a player's note choices and general playing since I got into EVH and Randy Rhodes. I've even heard some of the stuff Marty is doing in Japan and he still has the chops and sounds just as incredible. I knew Dave is known to be a bitter man but holy shit this is on another level.

Oh btw Kahler (spelling?), since you correctly realized Marty Friedman's positive contributions to Megadeth, check out Marty's collaboration project with Jason Becker in Cacophony, released on Road Runner Records I believe. This is probably where Friedman first came to Mustaine's attention, around 1990 or '91 as I recall. Cacophony is a Killer guitar album

Being the biggest megadeth fan ever some of these people commenting and even the video are definitely going to piss me off but I do agree that after the 90s… the quality and my interest goes down. Stay in 80s and 90s megadeth and you’re solid. Notice too how people hate on this band when it is the second most popular metal band of all time and (maybe I’m wrong) but I to this day have not seen any band try to replicate their tone amongst the sea of metallica, slayer, and modern trash metal clones. Show real people megadeth (even chicks, I’m in my 20s and go to college in southern GA so use those type of girls for reference) and they will start banging they’re head and fucking with it. NEVER let any type of RU-vidr, poser, or modern metal junkie mold your opinion on your taste. I let this happen to me and I hated metallica for awhile cause I dick rode mustaine too hard… so not cool. BUT in conclusion this is my opinion and I only say this cause megadeth pushed me through so much shitty times I can’t even count in this fucked world. I love this band so goddamn much it pushed me to pick up guitar in an age where most of my friends made fun of me for it and only listened to atlanta trap music. Everyone has their fav band and although I vehemently disagree with this dude I respect the opinion. Not everyone likes the same stuff! Good day folks!

Endgame is probably my favorite Megadeth album. Sound is great, solos are sick, very energetic overall.

This is crazy cuz I’m currently working on Angry Again…mostly to learn Marty’s solo…God bless you for listening to all those albums…I can’t imagine how painful that was…rock on my brother!!!

Yeah most of their songs are about criticism about religion and the government but they have other songs about life/death, magic, killing, and other themes… Wake Up Dead, Tornado of Souls, The Conjuring, Good Mourning/Black Friday, Five Magics, My Creation, etc etc… I get they are associated thought with “I hate the establishment” but they also have songs that branch out from that topic.

I actually love "The System has failed". Perhaps that's why my mum calls me special.

Dave becoming an InfoWarrior aside, I think Megadeth have hit a period a lot of long running bands end up in. They just simply have run out of ideas. Even if they can do decent music they're probably not going to do anything to the level as their great. They're like the Rolling Stones past the 70s. Not necessarily bad just unessential. Dave's near constant pissy ass attitude just makes it hard for me to really care.

Good video, funny enough when you got to Cryptic Writings I tried to think about it and had nothing to say 🤣. I will say some points I don’t agree with, I personally love Endgame, Untied Abominations, So Far So Good So What, and Youthanasia but I had fun watching this 🤘

Hook in Mouth is one of Megadeth's absolute bests. No question. No argument. I shat myself today.

4:00 Respect to Mustaine for being able to keep a band going for 40 years and provide a good wage for so many musicians, all of whom were more successful after Megadeth than before. Megadeth was never going to be a band of muskateers, Mustaine did a good job and even if they didn't grow and evolve with every album , they never became a tribute act to their former years like almost every band. and i'm not even a Megadeth fan!

Six Feet Under is just Death Metal megadeth. After watching both your videos on them, this is pretty obvious

I grew up listening to this band..they will always have a special place in my Heart

I think Megadeth will get even Higher....because People recognize the Old Bands more and more and Megadeth is here since the 80ties and a Iconic Band. The New Album creates alot of Hype over the Borders of the Trash Scene. There is also an Thing going on...were People dont necessarly like the Music but Respect the Iconic Brand. + mEgadeth touched many Subjects in their Lyrics younger Generations Resonate with . Political they will earn even more Recognition as One of the Bands that Touched certain Topics early and at all. Countdown to Extinction f.e. Dawn Patrol etc etc.

You should do this series your doing here on the big 4 and turn it into a big 4 series that would be super cool!

Awesome channel man. I've seen all your videos. Keep the good work!

I really think Megadeth are in the best spot they've been musically since the 90s. Dystopia and tstdtd are chock full of great riffs and solos, and if it wasn't for the more modern production and daves aging vocals, i don't think anyone would be able to tell they weren't from their glory days. I think even quite a bit of their 2000s material is worth listening to. Endgame is almost on par with some of their classic albums imo.

Musically, their days are behind them IMO. As a live band, it's still pretty cool, Mustaine's multiple misadventures don't help with his lackluster performance but the rest of the guys are on fucking point

Rust in Peace is a great album. I remember when it came out in '90 and all my shredder friends tried in vain to play Marty's parts. I like every album through Youthanasia. I agree with you regarding my least favorite of this era which has to be So Far, So Good, So What, which is just very blah. I can hardly think of Megadeth as a band but rather as MegaDave, as he's always been running the show. It's his project as much as Whitesnake is the project of another Dave. Yes, Megadeth songwriter leaves something to be desired. There is a general sameness to it. What may have sounded awesome when I was fourteen doesn't sound so cool by the time you graduate high school. I found that Maiden always found new subjects for their material and Steve Harris and Co. still writer excellent material. I can't say the same for Megadeth.

I thought they where doing aight

Saw them live in 2013, with a good friend of mine and the concert was awesome. 😁 This video did open my eyes to some of the shortcomings of the band and the NFT stuff is just hilarious. Love the videos, keep it up. 🤘

The sixstringtv looney liberal channel. Nice!

They got old, it happens to everyone. They have aged pretty gracefully considering their history

I’ll say you have a skill for entertaining. Keep it up

I was expecting a $MEGMA joke (Ola Englund intensifies) when you talked about Megadeth's NFTs 😂

I must have seen at least three different videos on NFTs, and I still have no idea what the fuck an NFT is or how it works...

Not sure if anybody else said it, but you forgot about Al Pitrelli who’s in the trans Siberia orchestra. He played on “the world needs a hero” album

while I do agree that mustaine has a bit of an ego(much like malmsteen) he has certainly become more humble over the past few years

He got kicked out of Metallica btw. Dont know if he mentioned that. Also, im a fan of Cryptic Writings

Could u talk about these things saying guitars are toxic amps cause cancer emf waves etc the fender brand has the proposition 65 warning on all there products and it’s very concerning I’m still very confused you seem like you would be able to help

i enjoy their early stuff, they werent all political either, 502, devils island, my last words, wake up dead, the list goes on, i do like so far so good so what, when you can get past the horrible production, i love into the lungs of hell, i love the intro to set the world afire, i think mary jane is one of my favourite metal songs, theres plenty to like, rust in peace is of course amazing but i also love peace sells, however thats where it ends for me, when i heard symphony of destruction, that song really rubbed me up the wrong way, i think its because how poppy it sounds, although the lyrics are pretty profound especially now.

Finally subbed. This is a good channel.

Dave is my favorite artist ever

Give that boy a draft notice. And toolbelt workbooks pink hardhat

Broke my little Cryptic Writings heart 😭, great vid tho 👏👏

I must say something about Chris Poland, I see no EQ setting on that small Jackson, Dude, and I don't know if Joe Strummer already had pox. I don't know. Namastè.

I liked Super Collider. It's also been years since I listened to it & I'm also a weirdo. But on a more serious note, I think you were a little harsh on the band, but I really do appreciate the speedy discography reviews.