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Megadeth - VH-1 Behind the Music Extended Number of Items: 1 Format: Color Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: Bmg/Sanctuary Records Group Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2001-10-09 Buy from Amazon

Customer Reviews: Total numer of reviews: 34 Average rating: 4.5 "Megadeth fans, this is a must-have!" Megadeth was one of the first bands I got into when I first discovered heavy metal so many years ago, and to this day they are one of my favorites. This DVD provides a revealing and intriguing look into the band's past, and specifically into that of its frontman and mastermind, Dave Mustaine. The story begins with Dave's time with Metallica in the early 80s. James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, and Ron McGovney are on hand to talk about their experiences together, and the problems that eventually led to Dave's expulsion from the band. Shortly after that, Mustaine hooks up with David Ellefson (the story of how they met is pretty funny), and the rest is the history of one of the greatest bands metal has ever seen. Anyone even passingly familiar with Megadeth's history will know that Mustaine has fought a constant battle with drug addiction over the years, and that is explored quite a bit here: how their lifestyle of drug abuse affected Dave and his bandmates, how it affected the band as a whole, and how bad the whole situation really got. There is a lot of interesting commentary given along the way, mostly by Mustaine and Ellefson, but also by several former members of the band, including Al Pitrelli and Jimmy DeGrasso, who were with Megadeth when the band broke up; Marty Friedman, their lead guitarist for ten years; Jeff Young, who was with the band briefly in the late 80s; and Chris Poland, the band's original lead guitarist. Chuck Behler and Nick Menza do not appear, and of course Gar Samuelson passed away some years ago. Alice Cooper even shows up for awhile, talking about his relationship with Dave. Of course, Megadeth broke up in early 2002, after this documentary was shot, so the injury Dave sustained that stopped him from playing guitar is not covered. As of the time of this writing, Dave is healing up according to the doctors' projections, and so who knows what will happen in the future? Perhaps the mighty Megadeth will rise once again to take their place at the forefront of metal. This is one of the best "Behind the Music" episodes that VH-1 has done, and the DVD gives us the extended version that we couldn't see on TV. Also included is some extra commentary from many of the people involved, and the video for "Moto Psycho." This is definitely worth the purchase for any Megadeth fan. "This whole wannabe thing.." Funny.. he's a wannabe? well... he was previously in metallica. and so its more of a "wasaone" You can't blame dave for making/joining a new band, music is what he loves. so he did the next best thing, and made a more talented band. guitar wise and drum wise, megadeth was 100x better then metallica. So don't go and call him a wannabe. "Wannabe?!!" To the poor misguided soul from Medfield, MA. What are you some high school kid? I hope so because that's the only excuse for running your mouth about something you obviously know nothing about. If you're a Metallica fan since "The Black Album" I guess I'll let you slide too. Sure Mustaine is jealous of Metallica's success after throwing him out. He's human. And, he co-founded the band. If you look at the writing credits of the first two Metallica albums, you will see that the songs with the best guitar work have Mustaine's name on them. Plus, if you ever heard any of the Metallica recordings with Mustaine still in the band, you would notice that the leads Kirk Hammett plays are exact copies of the leads Mustaine wrote originally. Sure, I'm no fan of drug addicts and drunks, but we all have our demons. The man is no loser. The only member of Metallica that even has any talent left anymore is Hammett. They're the ones who should hang it up. Even their own bass player couldn't stand their music. Besides, Metallica has to have the all time heavyweight title for wimping out, selling out, turning from greatness to crap, whatever you may call it, than any other band in history.Have you heard their newest album? Need anyone say anymore? When's the last time you heard Lars move both of his legs behind the kit before that one? Sounds like a failing attempt to gain a shred of respect from true metal fans to me. At the very least, for their fans' sake, they should employ a new singer.In my opinion, Metallica has never put out an album that matches Peace Sells or Rust In Peace except Master Of Puppets. Coincidentally, their first album with no Mustaine songs on it. If only Cliff Burton had lived. "MEGADETH - BEST BAND ON PLANET" This dvd was awsome. Any megadeth fan needs this dvd. It covers the history of megadeth starting with the earliest years when mustaine was kicked from metallica to the most recent years . IT HAS AWSOME EXTRAS. THIS IS A GEM. AND DAVE MUSTAINE IS A GREAT TALENT. He is intelligent, cool and his lyrics are the most thought provoking intelligent amazing lyrics ive ever heard. I met him - his personality is awsome and his attitude. He is a great man and he has been through some hard times but has done many good things with his life and career also that came outa it. He can sing with the passion ive never heard anyone else sing with , he can write like a genius, he can play guitar as good as anyone in metallica and he is a force in metal. He is one of a kind- even through all the line ups of band members over the years the band never lost its power and skill and its because of mustaine and ellefson and thier amazing talents. Dave mustaine is brilliant and i hope megadeth gets back together in the future. "crap" i think we all know dave mustaine is retarded and is a metallica wannabee. he took all the metallica ideas and formed this wanna-be-metallica band. megadeth is and allways will be a terrible band. dave, quit the band and go do some more heroin.