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Megadeth - Rude Awakening Actor: Megadeth Number of Items: 1 Format: Explicit Lyrics Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Running Time: 107 minutes Studio: Bmg Distribution (VI Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2002-04-09 Buy from Amazon

Customer Reviews: Total numer of reviews: 59 Average rating: 4.5 "More, please, MORE!!!" What took Megadeth so long to release something like this? The live show captured here is best summed up in one word; amazing. For all the diehard 'Deth fans that lost track of the band during the Risk days and loss of Nick Menza and Marty Freidman, you need to check this out. The musicianship showed here is unreal. Top notch performances all around. The set list is terrific. Highly recommended. "Wow" I usually review stuff that's not very good. But this is so awesome that I have to bring this one up. Mustaine and company have mastered their instruments and few can dare to challenge such precision. Just so I can bash something else, don't get that St. Anger piece of crap that came out a couple years ago. Metallica owned up until that album and had they not put that out, maybe Metallica would still be more favored than Megadeth in my book. This DVD shows that some bands can stand the test of time and still kick some ass. "Intimate and Extreme Performance" Megadeth has easily endured the test of time and keep making brutal riffs and articulate lyrics in their music (pick up THE SYSTEM HAS FAILED). In this dvd, Megadeth was supporting their THE WORLD NEEDS A HERO album (which was ok, but had only one really good song, DREAD AND THE FUGITIVE MIND, which is what they open up with on this dvd). The whole band shreds it up big time on this album, as they welt out their classics one by one, kicking everyone's ass each time. Watching the dvd, you actually feel as you are there (I know it sounds cliche, but you really do). So if you're just a casual fan, or a die hard fanatic, I highly suggest that you pick this up. "Boring DVD!" I love Megadeth,but I don't like this DVD.There are many things wrong with it.First off,lame song selection."Burning Bridges" should have been replaced with "Moto Psycho",and "1000 Times Goodbye" is a decent song,but they should have put some more old stuff on it.Second,BORRRRRING version of "She-Wolf".The drum and guitar solos in this version are endless.Third,they should have let the concert run straight through instead of putting 5 songs as "bonus tracks".Fourth,Dave has almost no interaction with the crowd.He used to give great stage raps,and now he doesn't.Fifth,They should have done a live DVD along time ago with Marty Friedman and Nick Menza,the best 'Deth lineup.Only get this if you are a die-hard fan.Otherwise,look around for some bootlegs. "Not the Same Mustaine Anymore..." Megadeth with Dave Mustaine in vocals is one of the best things I'll ever know. The first album by Megadeth I have ever heard was "Countdown to Extinction" and since I've been a true Megadeth fan. This DVD has been filmed after "The World Needs a Hero" and so it doesn't give the best possible picture that Megadeth had to give. Most of the songs like "Hook in Mouth" and "Holy Wars" aren't as aggressive as before. Megadeth has had a long carriere and it is also noticable that there aren't all the great songs but I am quite satisfies with this set list...sure "Last Rites/Loved to Death", "The Conjuring", "Set the World Afire" etc. would have been cool but it is important they can play also the newer stuff from "The World Needs a Hero". Some of those songs are quite good, some are OK. I like especially the songs "1000 Times Goodbye" and "Dread And the Fugitive Mind" but the songs "Return to Hangar", "Burning Bridges" are quite average Megadeth and why there's no songs from "Risk"? "Prince of Darkness" and "Insomnia" would be great played as live. This live DVD is quite great if you notice that Dave Mustaine have to both sing and play guitar...there's somthing in Megadeth that makes this a great DVD. The other gig (underground gig) is black and white and is a little worse than the main concert. 1)Dread And Fugitive Mind 2)Wake Up Dead 3)In My Darkest Hour 4)She Wolf 5)Reckoning Day 6)Devil's Island 7)Burning Bridges 8)Hangar 18 9)Return to Hangar 10)Hook in Mouth 11)1000 Times Goodbye 12)Mechanix 13)Tornado of Souls 14)Ashes in Your Mouth 15)Sweating Bullets 16)Trust 17)Symphony of Destrction 18)Peace Sells 19)Holy Wars BONUS: 1)Kill the King 2)Angry Again 3)Almost Honest 4)Train of Consequences 5)A Tout Le Monde