Line-ups |
Year: |
Vocalist/Guitarist: |
Bassist: |
Drummer: |
Second Guitarist: |
19841 |
Dave Mustaine |
David Ellefson |
Lee Raush |
Greg Handevidt2 |
1984-1986 |
Dave Mustaine |
David Ellefson |
Gar Samuelson |
Chris Poland3 |
19871 |
Dave Mustaine |
David Ellefson |
Chuck Behler |
Jay Reynolds |
1987-1989 |
Dave Mustaine |
David Ellefson |
Chuck Behler |
Jeff Young |
1989-19904 |
Dave Mustaine |
David Ellefson |
Nick Menza |
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1990-1998 |
Dave Mustaine |
David Ellefson |
Nick Menza |
Marty Friedman |
1998-2000 |
Dave Mustaine |
David Ellefson |
Jimmy DeGrasso |
Marty Friedman |
2000-2002 |
Dave Mustaine |
David Ellefson |
Jimmy DeGrasso |
Al Pitrelli |
1 no official recorded appearence recorded by this lineup
2 it was Kerry King of Slayer who played guitar at the first Megadeth concert
3 temporarily replaced by Mike Albert for a few months in 1985
4 the only official recorded appearence by this lineup was "No More Mr. Nice Guy" cover
Grammy Nominations |
Year: |
Track or Album: |
Category: |
The Winner Was: |
1990 |
Rust in Peace |
Best Metal Performance |
Metallica's "Stone Cold Crazy" |
1991 |
Hangar 18 |
Best Metal Performance |
Metallica's Metallica |
1992 |
Countdown to Extinction |
Best Metal Performance |
Nine Inch Nails' "Wish" |
1993 |
Angry Again |
Best Metal Performance |
Ozzy Osbourne's "I Don't Want to Change the World" |
1994 |
99 Ways to Die |
Best Metal Performance |
Soundgarden's "Spoon Man" |
1995 |
Paranoid |
Best Metal Performance |
Nine Inch Nails' "Happiness in Slavery" |
1997 |
Trust |
Best Metal Performance |
Tool's Aenima |
"The first time we got nominated it was exciting. But each subsequent time it becomes less so. It got to the point where people that were in our category weren't even in the same genre." (Mustaine, 1997)
Albums |
Title: |
Producer: |
Line-up: |
Label: |
Year: |
Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good! |
Dave Mustaine and Karat Faye |
Mustaine, Ellefson, Poland, Samuelson |
Combat |
June 1985 |
Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? |
Dave Mustaine and Randy Burns |
Mustaine, Ellefson, Poland, Samuelson |
Capitol |
November 1986 |
So Far, So Good... So What! |
Dave Mustaine and Paul Lani |
Mustaine, Ellefson, Young, Behler |
Capitol |
January 19, 1988 |
Rust in Peace |
Mike Clink and Dave Mustaine |
Mustaine, Ellefson, Friedman, Menza |
Capitol |
October 2, 1990 |
Countdown to Extinction |
Max Norman and Dave Mustaine |
Mustaine, Ellefson, Friedman, Menza |
Capitol |
July 14, 1992 |
Youthanasia |
Max Norman and Dave Mustaine |
Mustaine, Ellefson, Friedman, Menza |
Capitol |
October 31, 1994 |
Hidden Treasures |
Max Norman and Dave Mustaine |
Mustaine, Ellefson, Friedman, Menza |
Capitol |
July 18, 1995 |
Cryptic Writings |
Dann Huff and Dave Mustaine |
Mustaine, Ellefson, Friedman, Menza |
Capitol |
June 17, 1997 |
Risk |
Dann Huff and Dave Mustaine |
Mustaine, Ellefson, Friedman, DeGrasso |
Capitol |
August 31, 1999 |
Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years |
Dave Mustaine and Bill Kennedy |
Mustaine, Ellefson, Pitrelli, DeGrasso |
Capitol |
October 24, 2000 |
The World Needs a Hero |
Dave Mustaine and Bill Kennedy |
Mustaine, Ellefson, Pitrelli, DeGrasso |
Sanctuary |
May 14, 2001 |
Rude Awakening |
Megadeth and Bill Kennedy |
Mustaine, Ellefson, Pitrelli, DeGrasso |
Sanctuary |
March 19, 2002 |
Still Alive... And Well? |
Dave Mustaine and Bill Kennedy |
Mustaine, Ellefson, Pitrelli, DeGrasso |
Sanctuary |
September 10, 2002 |
Singles |
Track: |
Released on: |
Album: |
Year: |
Wake Up Dead |
12," 7" |
Peace Sells... |
December 1986 |
Anarchy in the UK |
12," 7" |
So Far, So Good... So What! |
February 1988 |
Mary Jane |
12," 7" |
So Far, So Good... So What! |
May 1988 |
No More Mr. Nice Guy |
CD, 12," 7" |
1 |
January 1990 |
Holy Wars... The Punishment Due |
CD, 12," 7" |
Rust in Peace |
Semptember 1990 |
Hangar 18 |
CD, 12," 7" |
Rust in Peace |
March 1991 |
Symphony of Destruction |
CD, 12," 7" |
Countdown to Extinction |
June1992 |
Foreclosure of a Dream |
CD |
Countdown to Extinction |
October 1992 |
Sweating Bullets |
CD, 12" |
Countdown to Extinction |
January 1993 |
Skin O'My Teeth |
CD, 10," 7" |
Countdown to Extinction |
1993 |
Train of Consequences |
CD, 12," 7" |
Youthanasia |
October 1994 |
A Tout Le Monde |
CD |
Youthanasia |
February 1995 |
Trust |
CD |
Cryptic Writings |
June 1997 |
Almost Honest |
CD |
Cryptic Writings |
September 1997 |
Use the Man |
CD |
Cryptic Writings |
1998 |
A Secret Place |
CD |
Cryptic Writings |
1998 |
Crush'em |
CD |
Risk |
August 1999 |
Breadline |
CD |
Risk |
2000 |
Moto Psycho |
CD |
The World Needs a Hero |
April 2001 |
1 non-album single
1 instrumental version
Covers |
Track: |
Relesead on: |
Originally Relesead on: |
Year: |
These Boots1 |
Killing Is My Business..., Dudes soundtrack |
Nancy Sinatra's Boots |
1966 |
I Ain't Superstitious |
Peace Sells... |
Willie Dixon's I Am the Blues |
1970 |
Anarchy in the UK |
So Far, So Good... So What! |
Sex Pistols' Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols |
1979 |
No More Mr. Nice Guy |
Hidden Treasures |
Alice Cooper's Billion Dollar Babies |
1973 |
Paranoid |
Hidden Treasures |
Black Sabbath's Paranoid |
1970 |
Problems |
Hidden Treasures |
Sex Pistols' Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols |
1979 |
Never Say Die |
2 |
Black Sabbath's Never Say Die |
1978 |
1 Megadeth re-recored "These Boots" for Dudes soundtrack in 1987
2 not released on any Megadeth album
1 not released on any Megadeth album
"We had Trent Reznor remix some singles for us. That was kind of the 'in' thing to do at the time: put out these industrial mixes of songs. We figured, "Hey, let him do it and see what happens." (Menza, 1995)
Why are there always bonus tracks on the Japanese editions of Megadeth albums?
"The reason for this is that in Japan, you can rent a CD, take it home and completely record it before returning it. This happened about 8-10 years ago and has crippled the Japanese music industry. In fact the overall sales for Japan went down 30% for the entire country in all. The bonus track is to induce the Japanese fan to buy Japanese product and thereby support commerce in their country. I have found that it doesn't really matter anyway, because the die hard fans get it no matter where they live or no matter where it comes from." (Mustaine, 2001)
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