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No More Mr. Nice Guy (Music, lyrics: Alice Cooper, Michael Bruce) I used to be such a sweet, sweet thing 'Til they got a hold of me I opened doors for little old ladies I helped the blind to see I got no friends 'cause they read the papers They can't be seen with me And I'm gettin' real shot down And I'm feeling mean No more Mister nice guy No more Mister clean No more Mister nice guy They say he's sick, he's obscene I'm not hard to get along with I'm impossible! My dog bit me on the leg today My cat clawed my eye My mom's been thrown from the social circle My dad's had to hide I went to church incognito When everybody rose, the Reverend Smith He recognized me And punched me in the nose He said, "No more! Nice guy!" Not to say I was ever nice in the first place, You know

Alice Cooper's Billion Dollars Babes This track is a cover of a Alice Cooper song. It was recorded for Shocker soundtrack, released in October 1989. It was originally featured on Alice Cooper's Billion Dollars Babes album, released in 1973. This song was recorded after Dave Mustaine got out of rehab, and before Rust in Peace came out. Jeff Young and Chuck Behler had been recently ejected, and there were many rumors of Megadeth's collapse. At the time of its release, this was Megadeth's "poppiest" song ever, and therefore provoked a lot of criticism and raised many doubts as to the band's abilities (of course, all doubts were destroyed with the release of Rust in Peace). This track is also the only song with Megadeth as a three-piece band. "We will never play that song live. We recorded it 'cos Alice Cooper asked us to. Due to the common problems we have, Dave and me had a really good thing going with Alice. At the beginning they asked Alice himself to record a new version of the song for the film 'Shocker' but he had to tour and asked us whether we wanted to do a cover version. One thing led to another and at once there was the single, a video and a hit in England. It got completely out of hand and we didn't plan it that way. The hardcore Megadeth fans thought we had wimped out, but of course it's stupid to apologise for the fact we scored a hit!" (Ellefson, 1990) "I've always liked the thought of people cooking in electric chairs, so when I heard what the movie was about, it kinda struck a nerve in me. I would say that it really shocked me, but that would be a little bit of a pun! I just thought it sounded like a good movie, and Alice Cooper had requested that I do it, because he felt I was the only person that could be 'No More Mr. Nice Guy.'" (Mustaine, 1990)

Breakpoint (Music, lyrics: Mustaine, Ellefson, Menza) Make up the rules for me to live by Rules you break and just let it slide You try and find you inside of me Be as great as you want me to be Hypocrite, the word that fits Do as you say Not as you do You're pushing me to a breakpoint Pushing me to a breakpoint Pushing me to a breakpoint Pushing me, push, push me to a breakpoint Self esteem you seem to lack Point the finger There's three pointing back Control's the illusion with all good intent Bad times are contagious You laugh and infect Criticist, the word that fits Put me down to lift you up Watching pain's your only pleasure Fascination for sick disaster Suffering since you were born Mess with the bull and you get the horns. Misery, the word that fits Times are good when times are bad "In my opinion as a professional I recommend we straight-jacket the son of a bitch, lock him in a rubber room, sedate him, heavily, and when he wakes up, if he wakes up, we'll see if he can be a nice boy" "Well... I don't know... It's gonna hurt me more than it's gonna hurt him" "Let's do it!" "Sedate me? Cool! a straight jacket? Hey, hey, let go of me!" You push me to a breakpoint Push me to a breakpoint Push me to a breakpoint Don't push me, you piece of shit!

This song was originally featured on Super Mario Bros soundtrack, released in May 1992.

Go to Hell (Music, lyrics: Mustaine, Ellefson, Friedman, Menza) Now I lay me down to sleep I pray the Lord my soul to keep If I should die before I wake I pray the lord my soul to take I'm not going to wake up today They've pulled my plug the picture fades And as my body decays Mold begins to fill my grave The smell of death permeates The silk within my coffin lays Go to hell! As they bury me now Six feet there my body lies Still feel like I'm going down I hear a distant wailing cry God something must've gone wrong And much too late I realize Go to hell! I saw my funeral that day I know who didn't show to mourn My judgment was life in hell Pillars of pain and thorns My only friend's the goat With 666 between his horns Go to hell! Place all your trust here in me Rest assured these things I know And as Charon sails the sea Your journey too shall end below Ah yes, you're all sitting ducks It's true you reap what you sow Go to hell! Now I lay me down to sleep Blah, blah, blah my soul to keep If I die before I wake I'll go to Hell for Heaven's sake

This song was originally featured on Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey soundtrack, released in July 1991. "We did this for Interscope and they said that the first version of the lyrics was too tame so I got very pagan for this one." (Mustaine, 2001) References: "Charon, in Greek mythology, is the boatman who ferries the dead across the river Styx to Hades. Though old and gray, Charon is strong and sturdy. Dressed in a short cloak, he chooses his passengers from among the multitudes of the dead that crowd the shore. Only those properly buried in the world above are chosen, and then only if they have the fare - a silver coin placed in the mouth of the corpse before burial." (Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia)

Angry Again (Music, lyrics: Mustaine) The more of you that I inspect The more of me I see reflect The more I try to read your lips The more the mask you're wearing rips But when I seek out your voice My ears are overcome with noise You show and tell with greatest ease Raving impossibilities Engaged in crime I grasp my throat Enraged my mind starts to smoke Enforce a mental overload Angry again, angry again, angry owe! And when the story takes a twist If folds like a contortionist Slight of hand and quick exchange The old tricks have been rearranged Engaged in crime I grasp my throat Enraged my mind starts to smoke Enforce a mental overload Angry again, angry again, angry The searing of the sinew My body fights for air The ripping of the tissue My lungs begin to tear Gravity's got my bones It pulls my flesh away The steam finally dissipates I make out my sweaty face Association that I choose Game I inevitably lose Governed by laws set up by me Fracture it's jaw to let me be A cut-out cardboard condo maze Filled with an insubordinate race Irrational youths stop to stare As music rubber hosed the air Engaged in crime I grasp my throat Enraged my mind starts to smoke Enforce a mental overload Angry again, angry again, angry again And again and again, again Engaged in crime I grasp my throat Enraged my mind starts to smoke Enforce a mental overload Angry again, angry again, angry owe!

This song was originally featured on Last Action Hero soundtrack, released in June 1993. Despite it's high budget, the movie was a box-office disaster. The soundtrack, however, was highly successful, partially due to this song, as well as tracks from AC/DC, Anthrax, and Queensryche. "Angry Again" was recorded during the Countdown to Extinction tour. When Dave wrote the song, he was angry with his band, promoters, and a lot of different parts of the organization. He was also having some problems with drugs again. Dave was just pissed off to hell, and this song captures that. "I had written the music in one day. The lyrics I wrote while half asleep to the Clash's 'should I stay or should I go now' melody and it is about Nick Menza lying to us saying that he got maced by some French people outside of a McDonald's in Paris. That night I made a big speech about how brave he is for playing after being maced. It turned out later that night our security guard came up to me at the hotel after the show and said that they had lied and that they got maced in the red light district trying to get booze and other 'stuff'." (Mustaine, 2001) This song was nominated for a "Best Metal Performance" Grammy in 1993, but lost to Ozzy Osbourne's "I Don't Want to Change the World."

99 Ways to Die (Music, lyrics: Mustaine) If I see the morning hours I'll have one more yesterday I take life from tomorrow Cause I've burned out my today If I get up to the top I know I'll just go back downhill I've gotta' terminal future And it's time to write my will I down another glass of courage And a shot of thorazine Were not ready to see you yet 99 ways to die We're not ready to see you yet Gotta' short between the earphones Wringing my hands in dismay A more efficient maniac With two feet in the grave Ain't got no last words to say Yellow streak right up my spine The gun in my mouth was real And the taste blew my mind In a black tie and straight jacket Man I'm gonna try again Were not ready to see you yet 99 ways to die We're not ready to see you yet Perhaps a demitasse of arsenic Try on this tie Never mind the straight-jacket There is only death and danger In the sockets of my eyes A playground of illusion No one plays they only die There's a prison in my mind And the bars are gonna break I'm as mad as a hatter And strung out just the same Taunting rigor mortis I feel it draw me in

This song was originally featured on Beavis and Butthead Experience soundtrack, released in November 1993. "Megadeth's '99 Ways to Die,' the lead track and video from The Beavis and Butthead Experience, was an MTV mainstay that strongly supported the need for gun control, just as the Brady Bill was passing Congress." (1993) This song was nominated for a "Best Metal Performance" Grammy in 1994, but lost to Soundgarden's "Spoon Man." References: Thorazine is a drug used in treating psychotic disorders, depression, alcohol withdrawal symptoms, intractable pain, and senility. A demitasse is simply a cup, and arsenic is a highly poisonous metallic element. Rigor mortis is the muscular stiffness of the body following death.

Paranoid (Music, lyrics: Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Bill Ward, Ozzy Osbourne) Finished with my woman 'Cause she couldn't help me with my mind People think that I'm insane Because I'm frowning all the time All day long I think of things But nothing seems to satisfy Think I'll lose my mind If I don't find something to pacify Can you help me? Are you for my brain? Oh yeah, hell yeah I need someone to show me The things in life that I can't find I can't see the things that make true happiness, I must be blind Make a joke and I will sigh And you will laugh and I will cry Happiness I cannot feel So love to me is so unreal And so as you hear these words Telling you now of my state I tell you to enjoy life I wish I could but it's too late "Nick, Nick, Nick!" "Fuck... me... running!"

Black Sabbath's Paranoid "The Ozzfest was another coup for us! You know, Ozzy evidently didn't like the 'Paranoid' cover! I liked it, though!" (Mustaine, 1998) This song is a cover of the popular Black Sabbath original. It was recorded for their tribute album, Nativity in Black, released in October 1994. It was originally featured on Black Sabbath's 1970 release of the same name. "When I was in my formative years as a guitarist, musician and all around rock dude, Black Sabbath was the gauge by which me and my friends measured the 'heaviness' of any music that came out. of course, there could be none heavier than Black Sabbath." (Friedman, 1994) This song was nominated for a "Best Metal Performance" Grammy in 1995, but lost to Nine Inch Nails' "Happiness in Slavery."

Diadems (Music, lyrics: Mustaine) Sacrilege and blasphemy set the stage today The more insatiable the sex, The more swelled our tongues became As prehistoric as this seems, this is now, today Talkin' about no vision, Talkin' about no dream The harlot puddles for her lies From where she speaks I look above And see entrails in the sky This one ain't over Until the fat lady dies One man rules the earth And rides a seven headed beast Ten Diadems to crown them all World religion at his feet Dreams are told of dreams of old This day would surely come So run my child and hide your face Once you've been marked you're finished, one You've become one! You're mine! You're one. I saw a new earth today, I saw a former pass away I saw a new earth today, I saw a former pass away Vengeance is mine! Vengeance is mine! The Netherworld and Sheol and never satisfied So the eyes of man are never satisfied I saw a new earth today, I saw a former pass away

This song was originally featured on Tales From the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight soundtrack, released in January 1995. "We recorded it when we did the record [Youthanasia]... As we started to put the sequence together for the record we began to realize that some of the songs weren't fitting in with the scheme of things. It wasn't like 'these are duds and leftovers' and we weren't gonna use them, they weren't fitting in with where the record was headed... This was already there and it worked out good." (Ellefson) References: A diadem is a crown or headband worn as a sign of glory. The Netherworld and Sheol are both synonyms for Hell. Like "Crown of Worms," this is another psuedo-religious song that was left off of Youthanasia. I found a lot of similarities between the song and the Biblical book of Revelations. They are as follows (lines from the song are in white, lines from the Bible are in blue): "One man rules the earth and rides a seven headed beast, Ten Diadems to crown them all" "Then I saw a wild beast come out of the sea with ten horns and seven heads; on its horns were ten diadems." (Chapter 13) "World religion at his feet" "The beast was allowed to wage war against God's people and conquer them. It was likewise granted authority over every race and people, language and nation." (Chapter 13) "So run my child and hide your face, once you've been marked you're finished." "It forced all men, small and great, rich and poor, slave and free, to accept a stamped image on their right hand or their forehead." (Chapter 14) "I saw a new earth today, I saw a former pass away" "Then I saw new heavens and a new earth. The former heavens and the former earth had passed away." (Chapter 21)

Problems (Music, lyrics: Glen Matlock, Johnny Rotten, Paul Cook, Steve Jones) Too many problems, oh why am I here? I need to be me, 'cause you're all to clear And I can see there's something wrong with you And what do you expect me to do? At least I gotta know what I wanna be Don't come to me if you need pity Are you lonely, you got no one You got your body in suspension It's a problem, problem, problem The problem is you Eat your heart out on a plastic tray You don't do what you want then you'll fade away You won't find me working nine-to-five It's too much fun just being alive I'm using my feet for my human machine You won't find me living for the screen Are you getting lonely, all needs catered You got your brains dehydrated Problem, problem, problem, the problem is you Oh what you gonna do, problem, problem Problem, problem, problem, the problem is you Well, what you gonna do with your problem The problem is you, problem It ain't death trip, but it ain't automatic You won't find me just staying ecstatic Don't you give me any orders To people like me, there is no order Bet you thought you had it all worked out Bet you thought you knew what I was about Bet you thought you'd solved all your problems But you are the problem Problem, problem, problem, the problem is you Oh, what you gonna do with your problem? I'll leave it up to you, oh problem The problem is you, you got a problem Oh what you gonna do? They know a doctor, gonna take you away They take you away and throw away the key They don't want you and they don't want me You got a problem the problem is you, Problem, well, what you gonna do? Problem, have you got a problem? Problem, well you got a problem. Problem

Sex Pistols' Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols This song is a cover of the famous Sex Pistols song. It was included on A Tout Le Monde single, released in February 1995. It was originally featured on Sex Pistols' Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols album, released in 1979.

New World Order (Music: Mustaine, Ellefson, Friedman; lyrics: Mustaine, Menza) Where hath the apostles gone? Joining hands with wicked ones Revelation has come to pass New World Order will hold the mass A book written my the man Used to control and command All rights will be denied, Without the mark you shall die No confession, all is known New World Order, you shall be shown Monitoring all wages New World Order comes in stages Currency is obsolete, Feel the agony of defeat Symbol of society today, A must have or you shall pay As human flesh leads the mind, Just a pawn, the last martyr dies

This song is available only on the Japanese release of the album. Zoetrope's Mind Over Splatter This song was originally given to the Chicago-area thrash band, Zoetrope, and is featured on their 1993 album, Mind Over Splatter. "We gave a song to a band which was a suggestion from our management. It was a song that Nick actually wrote a major portion of..." (Mustaine) This demo song was recorded during the Countdown to Extinction era and remixed by Max Norman in 1995 for inclusion on the "A Tout Le Monde" single. References: Popularized, but not defined, in a speech by then-President George Bush, the New World Order is the name many give to the repressive and powerful one-world government that will supposedly rule the earth before the Apocalypse. This government is described in the book of Revelation in the following passage. You will find that it has many similarities to the song's lyrics: "It was granted authority over every race and people, language and nation... It forced all men, small and great, rich and poor, slave and free, to accept a stamped image on their right hand or their forehead... putting death to anyone who refused... Moreover, it did not allow a man to buy or sell anything unless he was first marked with the name of the beast or with the number that stood for its name... The man's number is six hundred sixty-six."