Megadeth began their world tour in support of So Far, So Good… opening for Dio in Europe in February 1988, later joining Iron Maiden’s Seventh Son of a Seventh Son summer tour in the US. Noticing problems developing with drummer Chuck Behler, Mustaine brought drummer Nick Menza in to act as Behler’s drum technician. As with Gar Samuelson before him, Menza was to be ready to take over for Behler in the event that he could not continue with the tour. In August 1988, Megadeth appeared at the Monsters of Rock festival at Castle Donnington in the UK, alongside Kiss, Iron Maiden, Helloween, Guns N’ Roses, and David Lee Roth, performing to an audience of more than 300000 people. The band was soon added to the “Monsters of Rock” European tour, but dropped out after the first show. Shortly after that appearance, Mustaine fired both Chuck Behler and guitarist Jeff Young, and canceled their scheduled 1988 Australian tour. “On the road, things escalated from a small border skirmish into a full-on raging war” he later recalled, “I think a lot of us were inconsistent (on the 1988 tour) because of the guy we were waiting for after the show”. In July 1989, Nick Menza was hired to replace Behler on the drums. Unable to find a suitable lead guitarist in time, Megadeth recorded a cover version of Alice Cooper’s “No More Mr. Nice Guy” as a three piece band. The version later appeared on the soundtrack to the 1989 Wes Craven horror movie Shocker. While the band was holding auditions for the …
#1 by rarebanana on June 26, 2010 - 11:18 am
THIS SONG IS OUT FOR TIGER WOODS
#2 by mikem376 on June 26, 2010 - 11:43 am
Pshh. Yeah I can see it now.
YOu can really tell he was fucked up in the Peace Sells tour.
and all of them like you said haha.
#3 by ThrashinAllAround092 on June 26, 2010 - 12:32 pm
thats what jeff said, and i certainly believe that dave is fucked up all the time back in the day, but judging from this it didnt really impair him much.
#4 by mikem376 on June 26, 2010 - 1:09 pm
Why did they have to bury his guitar and vocals?
Was he too doped up?
#5 by mikem376 on June 26, 2010 - 1:40 pm
Ha.
Yeah.
I was talking to a friend and school and he said it took him 2 years to get it the way he had it.
And that wasnt even as long as Dave’s in this one.
O.o
#6 by suspence89 on June 26, 2010 - 1:46 pm
it’s been about 3 months since I started letting my grow out. sure is taking awhile!
#7 by mirikam8 on June 26, 2010 - 2:33 pm
They spelt Megadeth wrong! >:(
Amazing material, for sure though
#8 by mikem376 on June 26, 2010 - 2:51 pm
I want hair just like Dave’s in this video.
But brunette.
I sure hope i get it when i grow it out.
#9 by penPONG1230 on June 26, 2010 - 3:14 pm
Amazing!
#10 by ThrashinAllAround092 on June 26, 2010 - 3:54 pm
and jeff young said they had to bury daves guitar and vocals… they sure seem to punch right throughto me. he also said the spotlight was on him, but i literally couldnt care less that hes on the stage haha
#11 by powermud1 on June 26, 2010 - 4:34 pm
fucking awesome takes me back to 88 when i was crushed at the front at manchester & birmingham ….happy days.
#12 by beserker1912 on June 26, 2010 - 4:56 pm
lol every performance ive seen of this dave always walks off to his left when his solo at the beginning starts lol.
#13 by Selvester777 on June 26, 2010 - 5:40 pm
WOW talk about amazing quality video for 1988!