

“If you are a good entertainer, people will appreciate that you’re trying hard, instead of going out there self-aggrandizing and thinking you are the (expletive).” “If we go to a city that’s starved for live music, it doesn’t matter if it’s metal or if it’s hard rock, they’ll still have a great time,” Mustaine said. Megadeth also recently performed in Japan, where it has sold 200,000 albums. Much of the band’s continued success stems from its popularity in other countries. It is known for thrasher hits such as “Symphony of Destruction,” “Tornado of Souls” and “Peace Sells” It is considered one of the “Big Four” American metal bands from the 1980s underground scene to achieve mainstream commercial success, along with Metallica, Slayer and Anthrax.

Megadeth has since sold about 38 million records worldwide. Alan Cranston, D-California, that read “The arsenal of megadeath can’t be rid no matter what the peace treaties come to.” The term stuck with him, and he aspired to form his own band that was “more metal than a band that had metal in its name.” While riding the bus back home to Los Angeles, he found a pamphlet by former Sen. It wouldn’t take long for him to find purpose.
