Talk:Megadeth

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Progressive Metal?

Megadeth is NOT progressive metal, that's all.

WTF

Why do people keep vandalising this page? It seems like it happens a lot. Blizzard Beast ^$ODIN$ 19:13, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Because they want to? Whst the fuck do you expect, the vandals to come say why? they dislike megadeth, so they vandalise the page. common fucking sense. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.162.183.13 (talk) 14:33, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Whoa, pal, watch your WP:CIVIL there unlees you wanna get blocked. I do of course realize the vandals are'nt gonna talk about it. I'm not an idiot. I figured another user might say something about the why. It was basically a rhetorical question, though. Blizzard Beast ^$ODIN$ 17:59, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

I was just pissed because I answered your question 3 times, and all 3 answers were erased. I thought it was you, so I decided to get pissed off. Oh, how can you block me, btw? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.162.192.250 (talk) 20:35, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Please calm down. A Wikipedia talk page is not for insults and rants. You shouldn't be cussing at someone on here. He cannot block you but he can get somebody to for him due to you not being civil.
Thank you,
Burningclean _{[Speak the truth!]} 22:06, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Don't worry, it's been discussed. He didn't mean any harm by it. Blizzard Beast ^$ODIN$ 22:09, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Take note:... any/all comments/edits from any 142.162.X IP don't require a response and can be deleted as they are just trolling from blocked user Mark753. Any edits by this user to any article or talkpage on Wikipedia can be removed. 156.34.222.133 (talk) 22:20, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Possible Slipknot reference as well?

As I looked through the page for a couple of days ago, I found a text about a tribute to Megadeth in the film School of Rock, starring Jack Black, where his role figure's former band is called "MaggotDeth". However, could this also be a reference to the American nu metal band Slipknot, as well? I'm concerned that many of you metal fans know that the term for a hardcore fan of the band is nicknamed a "maggot", so... Could it be a reference, anyone? You know, like in a jokingly hating sentence like "death to the Maggots"? 84.217.18.180 (talk) 10:17, 21 December 2007 (UTC)A Powerful Weakness

Oh shit, looks like the entire talk page got erased. (Not that I did it, though - What the hell would I win from doing something that extreme?!) A Powerful Weakness (talk) 19:11, 22 December 2007 (UTC) A Powerful Weakness

I archived the page, it was getting too long. Go towards the top of the page there is a box that says "Archive box" to see past discussions click on the links. The most recent archive says "May 2006—December 2007"
Thank you,
Burningclean _{[Speak the truth!]} 20:25, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

It could also be a reference to the drill sgt. term "maggot" as well. There's a lot of uses for words, so it's not a reference to Slipknot per se. It would make more sense to me that it would refer to Megadeth, seeing as how there's the "deth" part in the name and the film crew isn't going to outright name the in-movie band "Megadeth", so they probably just got creative with words. --Rattlehead (talk) 10:03, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

missing albums

What happened to the other 3 or four albums megadeth did after countdown in the bio? did they forget. the article goes straight from countdown to the system has failed. it mentions all the albums in the discog though. i would put it in but i'm a terrible writer.--Katholmetal (talk) 02:09, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Ummm... Megadeth#Youthanasia, Megadeth#Cryptic Writings, Megadeth#Risk, Megadeth#The World Needs a Hero. —Burningclean _{[Speak the truth!]} 02:43, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

Eras - lets bracket the years after them

I did this before twice and both times it was needlessly edited out. Bands, artists, wars, political histories....most historical things do this. I mean, it makes it easier to read the contents and that's about it. Why not change "Formation, early days" into "Formation, early days (1983-1984)" for instance? (The Elfoid (talk) 05:58, 23 December 2007 (UTC))

Go for it, I don't think it should be deleted. I have a featured article and it has years, I also have a soon FAC with them. (Godsmack, Alice in Chains)
Thank you,
Burningclean _{[Speak the truth!]} 06:04, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Well I was just about to when I noticed the eras got changed anyway. It would look silly if we just dated album releases. Before Early Days covered 83-85 with a section on the first album as a sub-paragraph. Having sub-paragraphs for each album, this continued with one on the band's rise to fame from 86-91, major success from 92-98, Mustaine's return to form (beginning with his failed attempt to get Capitol to release a heavier album in which led to be compilation instead) until the breakup, The System Has Failed and Blackmail the Universe, then United Abominations/recent events. That split things up nicely:

• 1983-1985
• 1986-1991
• 1992-1998
• 1999-2002
• 2004-2006
• 2006-present/recent events

Right now the page is horribly broken up and just a swampy mess of data. It deserves FA status I think still, but can be tightened up. (The Elfoid (talk) 17:20, 27 December 2007 (UTC))

Opening of history has line-up errors

I recently read Metal: The Definitive Guide by respected author Gary Sharpe-Younge. He states that although the line-up presently listed as first came together quickly, it was not the first group Mustaine tried out; see Megadeth band members. I can get citations if required. (The Elfoid (talk) 17:12, 27 December 2007 (UTC))

Chris Broderick?

Anyone have a source for this, nothing I have found has shown that this has actually been made official yet. Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. Until it is official Glen Drover should remain listed as a member.--E tac (talk) 02:21, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

The band's official website has stated him as a member for going on a week now. Glen left Megadeth for family reasons. It's official. Dark Executioner (talk) 16:03, 21 January 2008 (UTC)Dark Executioner

I added a part about what kind of addition Dave Mustaine thinks Chris Broderick will be to the band. As far as I can tell from the concert youtube videos (as terrible quality as they are), Chris Broderick seems like he can play these solos extremely well, and Dave Mustaine thinks that it's like when Ozzy Osbourne found Rhandy Rhoads. — ^talk § _Arsenic99_ 09:57, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Why use remastered samples?

Hey, what's the deal with showing off how Megadeth sounded 20 years ago with having clips of the remastered versions from 2004? The remastered versions differ much from the original ones, and on So Far So Good.. the vocal is even rerecorded. Maybe I missed something? To me it seems that if this is done without any kind of copyright issue or other problem, a choice is made to have these recordings as they sound more "fresh" than the originals, thus an attempt to make it seem to a newcomer/first listener etc that they sounded better in the past than they really did. Especially as the sound clips are placed in these time period sections that most of the article consists of, making it seem more like this is how it sounded when it came out (I know it still says "remastered in 2004.. but still). And as newcomers/first listeners don't have anything to compare with, all this seems very biased as it shuns the old (maybe inferior) recordings. (WP:NPOV anyone?). I strongly object having it this way. Grinder0-0 (talk) 12:11, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

Hi, I uploaded mostly the remasters because they are now the "official versions" - with the originals out of print. I thought that having the old ones up may cause some kind of legal issue... Dave re-recorded the vocals only on the song "Take No Prisoners" and the MD.45 album, because both vocals were missing, but not on SFSGSW. I agree that using the old version samples makes sense for the old songs, but those were what I had on hand when uploading at the time. I can try and add some of the older ones soon. Skeletor2112 (talk) 11:19, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for replying. Hmm you're probably correct about SFSGSW, but you get the point ;) Yes, it would be great if you could upload the original versions! But would it really be any difference copyright wise? I'm not an expert on copyright, but isn't both the originals and remastered ones released under Capitol Records (and Combat, don't really get that), making it no difference? Grinder0-0 (talk) 11:10, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

hard rock should be a genre too

ever listened to risk is a hard rock album so im putting that up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.225.25.37 (talk) 22:09, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Well, this is a very minor genre, appearing only on a single album, and disgraced later... Metallica got Hard Rock on their page bacause they keep playing it for more than ten years and three albums span, but here - it's a different story. You see, many bands had releases with hundreds of subgenres, even a different genre for each song, but that rarely should be placed on their generic description page. 195.238.190.244 (talk) 12:07, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

I hope this doesn't happen again. May I ask, where did we decide that one album's sub-genre defined the entire fan. So Friedman played in a more pop direction for about half of a concept album? I don't understand your base. I asked for protection to keep the n00bs out, but evidently, I guess not... -MetalKommandant (talk) 18:47, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Bah. So they had one not so good album in their 20-something (can't think of the exact amount currently) year career. One album out of...a lot...doesn't make a band apply under a different genre. Megadeth is metal, now and forever. --Rattlehead (talk) 10:02, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Adam9393 (talk) 03:46, 29 September 2008 (UTC) Megadeth is not Hard Rock and never has been Hard Rock, and neither is Metallica. Both of them are Thrash Metal and always have been Thrash Metal.

If "Hard Rock" shouldn't be added as a genre at the top of the article, why is it listed as a category at the end? Well... it was. I've just taken it out. Not my opinion, just keeping the article consistent. IainP (talk) 21:42, 8 November 2008 (UTC) and dont give me that, i am not a "noob" ive been a Megadeth fan since i was 5 my mum listened to the in their ealy days she always said they were hard rock. 71.17.159.25 (talk) 23:16, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

There thrash metal and speed metal u idoits (Seth4000 (talk) 16:04, 22 January 2009 (UTC)) Seth4000

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@ Adam9393

That's the problem. As long as there's people trying to add relevant and accurate information to an article, there's always gonna be morons that screw around with the same articles. By the way, no one called you a "noob". Just chill, man.

@ Seth4000

Hey, there's no need to call people names. I agree that they're Thrash Metal, but seriously. Not cool, man. -- Rattlehead (talk) 06:26, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Album Capitalization

I noticed that several Megadeth-related articles have ellipses in them, such as Peace Sells… But Who's Buying?, Killing Is My Business… And Business Is Good!, Still Alive… And Well?, "Holy Wars… The Punishment Due" and "Never Walk Alone… A Call to Arms". Notably, these articles capitalize the words 'and', 'the', and 'a'. However, according to WP:MUSTARD, these words should not be capitalized, as there does not appear to be a rule that allows the capitalization of these words after ellipses. So, should the articles be changed to Peace Sells… but Who's Buying?, Killing Is My Business… and Business Is Good!, Still Alive… and Well?, "Holy Wars… the Punishment Due" and "Never Walk Alone… a Call to Arms"?

-Xnux the Echidna 01:45, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

I support! Burningclean _[speak] 02:02, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Okay, the changes have been made. Yay for meticulous capitalization! Xnux the Echidna 21:06, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

Reflist

GAH! What happened the the references? Bulbous (talk) 21:33, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

• Fixed- there was a "/" missingJeffStickney (talk) 21:56, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

popular culture- Cape Fear mention

In the movie Cape Fear when Danielle's wall is shown, she has a "Rust in Peace" album poster on her wall. I previously added this and it was deleted as unsourced. I re-added it, and cited the movie itself as the source. Sources do not have to be internet based, as books are acceptable. Since the only fact I am verifying is that the poster was shown, the movie should suffice as the source to that fact. There is no ambiguity as it was shown clearly enough to read. The poster can first be seen at 1:14:04 and is most visible at 1:14:42 JeffStickney (talk) 18:31, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Major fucking vandalism

Some little fucker changed all the band member names to swing singers so it needs a revert but i have no clue how to do that.71.17.159.25 (talk) 02:21, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

Click the "edit this page" tab up at the top of the article, and change it in there. I thought that this was relatively simple knowledge. Guess that's what I get for thinking. --Rattlehead (talk) 10:01, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Albums

Somebody is editing the Megadeth albums (Notably Peace Sells and Countdown to Extincion), and saying that they were made by "Heavy metal band" Megadeth. Megadeth are definitely Thrash metal. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.103.218.17 (talk) 16:13, 23 August 2008 (UTC)

Question. Who is it hurting? No one. Why don't we just all not edit the genres, and say that we didn't. --Rattlehead (talk) 10:02, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

I noticed that too.--Kamikaze14 (talk) 00:31, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

Hard Rock?

Why is Hard Rock listed as a genre? Risk was an experimental album --; —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.236.184.42 (talk) 23:34, 26 September 2008 (UTC)

I keep asking that. And when people come here saying that, I wonder where that discussion was to put hard rock up there, as well as pretty much every album. There was one, apparently. Can't seem to find it, unsurprisingly enough. -MetalKommandant (talk) 18:40, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

I tried to fix it back, but wikilibs and somebody else keep changing it back. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.236.189.168 (talk) 21:17, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

The hard rock on the main page came before someone "fixed" all post-90 albums to say hard rock, which, if you know Megadeth's style and read the articles here, that's a contradicting fact. Mainstream heavy metal can exist without being hard rock. There is a big difference between all post-RIP albums compared to Risk. I've tried to explain this several times.

Still, I was told there was a discussion (and this had to have been within the past month) to make a consensus to add hard rock as a genre. When the hell was this; I can't find that. -MetalKommandant (talk) 17:25, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

I don't know how you can possibly call The system has failed, and United Abominations Hard Rock... rofl. Risk and cryptic writings could be considered hard rock, but it was 2 out of how many Megadeth albums? Anyways, I put Speed Metal before Hard Rock for accuracy.AlanZhan (talk) 23:16, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

I'd like to see a new discussion on this, since of the "Hard Rock arguments I have seen, one is based on iTunes (LOL), and another is based on 1 album. AlanZhan (talk) 23:23, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Countdown to Extinction, Cryptic Writings, The World Needs a Hero, The System Has Failed, and United Abominations should just be "heavy metal, thrash metal". Note between Cryptic and Risk that, for one, Friedman is pretty much playing his own version of Load and ReLoad out of Hammett's book. And Dave's growl is mostly nonexistent after about "Crush 'Em." That mainstream heavy metal is a big part of Cryptic Writings, but that's not hard rock. Youthanasia has that same concept. Heavy metal can be mainstream without being hard rock.

Heavy metal is a subgenre of hard rock. The description of the album is devolving when you put "heavy metal, hard rock." Mainstream metal and hard rock aren't synonymous. -MetalKommandant (talk) 02:42, 4 October 2008 (UTC)

There is an overwhelming recent edit history from editors in Wales and England and the United States and New Zealand that support the inclusion based on the the post Countdown to Extinction releases that have been primarily traditional hard rock and heavy metal. These albums have very little thrash metal on them and so the ancestoral genre origin takes precedence on the bands description. They are more hard rock than thrash metal and have been that way for almost 20 years. 165.228.66.170 (talk) 21:33, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

I believe that the band is just as much hard rock as they are anything else. They(Mustaine) haven't been a thrash band for a quite a while although their last 2 albums were close to the Rust in Peace style. But with a more traditional hard rock sound. 24.67.64.107 (talk) 22:10, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

The fact that there is an overwhelming recent edit history from editors does not have any pull in saying what their genre is. The fact of the matter is, they should speak their mind on this talk page before making blind edits regarding disputed facts without taking other editors into account. Additionally, their nationality has nothing to do with their credibility regarding Megadeth's genre. The general consensus on the article's OWN TALK PAGE has overwhelming support, if anything, to leave it off. Explain to me how there is not a consensus to leave "hard rock" out of their genre listing. Just read the two sections regarding this issue. --Almosthonest06 (talk) 04:58, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

No, Risk is traditional hard rock. You're confusing hard rock with heavy metal, and there's no evidence. Heavy metal is more specific than hard rock. Countdown to Extinction was more mainstream, but heavy metal can still be heavy metal (that album still has thrash metal, not seeing your hard rock) without being just rock. Growling and thrash metal solos are not hard rock.

Youthanasia was, like Countdown, a traditional heavy metal album. And the same goes for Cryptic Writings, which has the same slow-melody as Youthanasia and thrash elements on The Disintegrators and She-Wolf. And The World Needs a Hero follows that same formula.

The System Has Failed and United Abominations have been repeatedly referred to, even on Megadeth's site and reviews, as returns to the old pre-'91 style, though some basic heavy metal elements remain. You cannot honestly tell me that there is no difference between Risk (album) and United Abominations? Your "consensus" has gone, I think, a bit too far. People I have talked to have also wondered where this imaginary consensus came from to completely alter the Megadeth genres. What I have just said has come from the actual articles. By these edits, the actual Megadeth articles have been contradicted. Please read them and you'll see what I mean. Risk (album), as Wikipedia can tell you itself, was the only commercial album that can be labeled as hard rock, and one concept album cannot label the whole band, AS WELL as Dave Mustaine's actual page. -MetalKommandant (talk) 02:44, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

They have been a hard rock/heavy metal band from Extinction up to today. Their albums have heavy metal songs. But they also contain songs that aren't heavy metal they are just hard rock styled. Especially their singles. 203.97.49.128 (talk) 10:51, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, on Risk (album), that's true.-MetalKommandant (talk) 16:38, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

Risk and maybe Cryptic were the only "hard rock" albums. You don't see the kind of lyrics in Youthanasia or Countdown in hard rock. Hell, Youthanasia and Countdown are faster than just about all the Hard Rock albums. You don't see the solos in System and United Abominations in Hard Rock. I don't see how a band can have a major genre on maybe 2 out of their albums. Metallica, I can see where the hard rock came from, but Megadeth? come on. Mainstream != hard rock.AlanZhan (talk) 22:25, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

That's probably the funniest part; the post-Risk albums are supposedly the same style as Risk, apparently. The World Needs a Hero still has some melodic elements of Youthanasia and Cryptic Writings, but Risk (album) is really in its own boat; songs like Breadline and Crush 'Em are severely different even from the more traditionally heavy metal songs like Sin, Promises, Elysian Fields, and Something That I'm Not. But, where on The System Has Failed and United Abominations do we even a suggestion of hard rock? Name one song on these albums, please, that can be labeled as hard rock. I'm eager to see that especially on United Abominations, since every song has a thrash solo, pretty much. -MetalKommandant (talk) 02:49, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Somebody put Hard rock on again... People need to actually read the discussion :/ AlanZhan (talk) 21:00, 23 October 2008 (UTC)

There is a consensus among more editors to keep the field accurate. The band's output since Countdown to Extinction has been hard rock and heavy metal with very little thrash metal and no speed metal. Persistent pov reverts by only 3 editors against 17 others results in this. 202.174.177.40 (talk) 01:36, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Where is the 17? From previous discussions, there was only a guy who claimed itunes was a source, and another one that said "I think...". Not reliable.AlanZhan (talk) 03:12, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

Why is everybody adding Hard Rock to all the Megadeth albums from the 90s and onwards?? I dont get it, seems like its only been done because the 80s thrash era was considered over after 1990. Ok they only really tended to have that sound in Risk most prominently, some of Cryptic Writings aswell maybe. dont know about World Needs a Hero though because ive never gave it a listen. They arent really a hard rock band besides elements those two albums.86.164.41.167 (talk) 00:04, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

That IP up there, by the way, is MetalKommandant socking. Anyway, I don't know why you're all discussing what specific albums sound like because it's a moot topic. None of you can choose the genre. Back it up with sources, please. Scarian^{Call me Pat!} 15:26, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

When Megadeth was promoted to a FA, it had no Hard Rock genre on it. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll has no mention of "Hard Rock", and even add Progressive Metal as a 'style'. I can't find a source that claims Hard Rock. AlanZhan (talk) 00:34, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

I'm choosing what's already there. The IPs are the ones throwing up hard rock with no source or real reasoning other than their imaginary secret agreement they had on it. on Wiki's consensus page, it says that at this state a compromise must be reached since the edits were changed. The moderators have been acting like 'hard rock' has been on the pages since the albums came out. No, they've only been recent, challenged additions. Like AlanZhan said, you won't find a source that says Megadeth or any non-Risk (or maybe Cryptic Writings, I'll give you that small margin as a compromise) because like I said, you're confusing hard rock with traditional heavy metal. When I see more mainstream heavy metal albums from artists such as Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, and Judas Priest as "hard rock", then you can label Megadeth's '90s era as hard rock. There has to be some consistency here. I've said repeatedly, Countdown through Cryptic were more regular heavy metal albums but not hard rock... there is a big difference between Youthanasia and Load (album)!!!

It is 100% wrong that anything after Risk (album) would have hard rock blatantly added to it. Unless the genre vandalism has seeped into the articles themselves, The World Needs a Hero (even more so with The System Has Failed have been marked as huge returns to the old thrash metal style. Listen to "Return to Hangar" and "Kick the Chair" if you think that hard rock is the dominant genre here. And if think United Abominations is only hard rock, then I'm surprised the vandals haven't tried to put that on Death Magnetic yet... -MetalKommandant (talk) 13:31, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Hard Rock? I've never heard so much bollox - 'scuse my language. Do people actually realise what Heavy Metal is? So what if a few elements of the risk album have sounds commonly seen in hard rock. Killing is my business had a cover of a country song. shall we add that on the list too?? Megadeth on every album have bordered between thrash metal and speed metal (speed metal being speeded up heavy metal). Thrash metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal (speed metal is speeded up heavy metal - Helloween sound like a speeded up Iron Maiden do they not?). Megadeth are heavy metal as in it is the over-riding genre that the sub-genres contribute to but they have always maintained their element of speed & their characteristics of thrash metal. Its like when I heard some young fan slating Metallica trying to say they weren't even metal. Metallica have always been metal. they just lost their status as a thrash band for a while. Young fans think heavy metal is all about extreme metal such as death metal & black metal as thats all they've known. They do not realise the making and appearance of heavy metal and what the other musics were like at the time. They need to actually listen to early heavy metal groups like Black Sabbath or NWOBHM bands like Diamond Head etc to understand Heavy Metal is not actually that heavy in comparrison the the more modern extreme metal genres of today. They should follow the evolution of metal (such as the appearance of thrash metal and how it was a new thing and it took the metal world by storm) to truly be able to comment. Metal is not about being able to list a hundred or so silly genres. Its about appreciation for the music and actually being able to relate to it and where it came from. Its like new fans saying Venom are the same as these new groups like Mayhem & Immortal that were inspired by Venom. Musically the two are eras and styles apart. One uses death metal style vocals and sounds similar to death metal and the other was part of the NWOBHM and at the time was not taken that seriously. Metalosaurus (talk) 18:38, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

I've got a real quick question (and no one ever seems to check the individual album pages to see). Since we've agreed Megadeth is not hard rock with the exception of Risk, why is still unacceptable to remove the hard rock tags? Those were added with no source and should therefore be removed. I know the moment I remove them the moderators will start in again... Can we please have consistent accuracy now? -MetalKommandant (talk) 04:01, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Why is Lyrical Themes seperate from Controversy?

I think it would make more sense if Lyrical Themes was a sub-headline under Controversy since the Lyrical Themes headline talks about how the lyrics in Megadeth songs are often controversial and misunderstood. Along with that where it talks about Dave Mustaine's controversy I think that should be a sub-headline titled "Dave Mustaine". Adam9393 (talk) 06:10, 11 October 2008 (UTC)

"Tour with Mercyful Fate" in.... 1987?

The "Peace Sells..." section states: In February 1987 Megadeth was added as the opening band on Alice Cooper's Constrictor tour, followed by a brief tour supporting Mercyful Fate in the US.
However, Mercyful Fate did not exist in 1987 - this band broke up in 1985, and did not reunite or tour again until 1992-3.
If anyone knows who the headlining band really was - please fix this error...
77.125.83.83 (talk) 03:24, 18 October 2008 (UTC)

Deliberate Misspelling

does anyone know why they deliberately misspelled their name?

"The name Megadeth is a deliberate misspelling of the word megadeath"

also doesn't this need a source? Coolpizza84 (talk) 07:09, 21 October 2008 (UTC)

Yes, it needs a source. I can't remember where I heard why they did it. I believe it made it symmetrical for one thing. Also interesting, Pink Floyd was originally The Meggadeaths. DrSatan (talk) 01:03, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

Well, you know how Wikipedia is ran... the IPs can add whatever they want... but when we try to revert that back to what it was, it starts an uprising. -MetalKommandant (talk) 12:14, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

new album in 2009!?

"Dave also mentioned he expects the album to be done by January 2009"

Don't you think that's way to quick to work on a new album? Not that i'm doubting the band or anything (I love megadeth) It just seems too good to be true....because look how long it took UA to come out.

Is there a source on that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.239.44.204 (talk) 06:22, 26 October 2008 (UTC) |

SOURCE FOR HARD ROCK

http://www.jimmydegrasso.com/bio.html there, their former drummers website, im readding it and im adding my source. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.17.159.25 (talk)

Please sign your comments with four tildes, and no - that's not a reliable critical unbiased source. It's written by the webmaster, and could just aswell have said heavy metal. Not acceptable. Erzsébet Báthory_{(talk|contr.)} 10:49, 16 November 2008 (UTC)

And it's also about six years out of date-- "The demise of Megadeth". -MetalKommandant (talk) 07:50, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

It is an opinion; biased, and he can say anything he wants. AlanZhan (talk) 20:32, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

Bring back protection?

Now when just about every other edit is for the purpose of adding something to the effect of "Dave Mustaine/Megadeth is gay" just about every 12 hours, I think it would be easier to just lock the page? -MetalKommandant (talk) 20:55, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

Wishful thinking, MetalKommandant. I agree; At least semi-protection. I doubt it'll happen anytime soon, though. -- Rattlehead (talk) 08:23, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

New DVD Live

Megadeth got a new DVD called "Blood in the water" Can someone check that please? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.132.194.90 (talk) 03:22, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

What exactly should we be checking for? -- Rattlehead (talk) 08:13, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

new album?

is megadeth really coming out with a new album and can som1 find wat date it will come out (Seth4000 (talk) 20:50, 25 January 2009 (UTC)) Seth4000

Of course they are, they're freakin' Megadeth! Eh, sorry. Got a bit carried away. According to the band's official Myspace blog, the drum tracks are done. Also, Dave says that the release date (which is TBA) that he was shooting for is unlikely. Call it wishful thinking, but I'd say at least sometime in May. -- Rattlehead (talk) 08:21, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

New Song

Search in megadeth page in the part of february news, and you will see that the title says February 24, 2009 - SONG NAME REVEALED: "THE HARDEST PART OF LETTING GO". O and yeah they are preparing a new album for summer 2009.--Dethmyname (talk) 22:30, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Hail!

I've found something of interest. Apparently, former Megadeth members David Ellefson and Jimmy DeGrasso are both participating in a collaboration with Tim "Ripper" Owens and Andreas Kisser, called Hail!. If anyone needs a source, here is the link: [1]. I'm not going to add this to the article YET, but does anyone else think that we should? 98.174.219.194 (talk) 18:47, 17 March 2009 (UTC)