When Dave Mustaine looks back on making Countdown to Extinction, the 1992 album that propelled Megadeth into the mainstream, he’s thankful for his clarity of mind at the time. After years of alcohol ...

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Megadeth went heavy on songs from 1992’s iconic “Countdown to Extinction” when the Destroy All Enemies Tour hit Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre on Thursday, Aug. 8, with special guests Mudvayne and ...

“It was one of those songs where you play the riff, and all of a sudden, something inside you just perks up,” Dave recalls.

Megadeth Bonus Track: http://youtu.be/HNMbzTMSByc 1. Skin O' My Teeth 00:00 2. Symphony Of Destruction 03:17 3. Architecture Of Aggression 07:26 4. Foreclosure Of A ...

"And I didn't hear anything for three or four days." "Dave sent me a cassette with all the demos for Countdown. And I listened to them. I listened to them for days and days, and I had no idea what to ...

In the latest episode of Jonathan Montenegro's "My 3 Questions To," bassist David Ellefson named the Megadeth album that was the most demanding and, no, it wasn't the tech-thrash masterpiece Rust in ...

It’s hard to cope with a natural decrease in popularity, especially when you get booted from Megadeth for jerking off and end up covering Megadeth in a band called Kings of Thrash, which you play in ...