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 …