Megadeth je američki heavy/trash metal  bend iz Los Angelesa, koji se uz bendove Metallica, Slayer i Antrax smatra “velikom četvorkom trash metala“. To su bendovi koji su najzaslužniji za kreiranje, razvoj i popularizaciju trash metala.

Grupu se 1983. godine osnovali Dave Mustaine (vokal, gitarista) i David Ellefson (bas gitara, prateći vokal), nakon što je Mustaine otpušten iz Metallice. Kroz bend je prošlo ukupno 20 muzičara, te su od začetka benda jedino Mustaine i Ellefson ostali kao stalni članovi, s tim da je Ellefson 2002. napustio bend, no vratio se 2010. godine. Bend je do sada izdao trinaest studijskih albuma, a najpoznatiji su Rust in Peace iz 1990., te Countdown to Extinction iz 1992., koji je bio nominovan za Gremi. Glavne teme njihovih pjesama, koje uglavnom piše Mustaine, uključuju politiku, rat i zavisnosti. Bend je nakratko bio prekinuo s radom 2002. kada je Mustaine doživio težu povredu ruke, no nakon opravka 2004. nastavlja s radom. Njihov naredni studijski album Super Collider biće objavljen 4. juna ove godine i biće prvi album iz Mustainove izdavačke kuće (Tradecraft) jer je bend raskinuo ugovor sa Roadrunner Records-om.

Članovi benda

Trenutni članovi

•   Dave Mustaine – lead vocals, guitar (1983–2002, 2004–present)
•   Dave Ellefson – bass, backing vocals (1983–2002, 2010–present)
•   Shawn Drover – drums, percussion (2004–present)
•   Chris Broderick – guitar, backing vocals (2008–present)

Bivši članovi

* Greg Handevidt (guitar)
* Dijon Carruthers (drums, percussion)
* Lee Rausch (drums, percussion)
* Kerry King (guitar)
* Gar Samuelson (drums, percussion)
* Chris Poland (guitar)
* Mike Albert (guitar, touring member)
* Chuck Behler (drums, percussion)
* Jeff Young (guitar, backing vocals)
* Nick Menza (drums, percussion, backing vocals)
* Marty Friedman (guitar, backing vocals)
* Jimmy DeGrasso (drums, percussion, backing vocals)
* Al Pitrelli (guitar, backing vocals)
* Vinnie Colaiuta (drums, percussion, session only)
* Jimmy Sloas (bass, session only)
* James MacDonough (bass)
* Glen Drover (guitar, backing vocals)
* James LoMenzo (bass, backing vocals)



Megadeth 2013 (s lijeva na desno) : Chris Broderick, Shawn Drover, Dave Mustaine i Dave Ellefson.

Diskografija

Studijski albumi

•   Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985)
•   Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? (1986)
•   So Far, So Good... So What! (1988)
•   Rust in Peace (1990)
•   Countdown to Extinction (1992)
•   Youthanasia (1994)
•   Cryptic Writings (1997)
•   Risk (1999)
•   The World Needs a Hero (2001)
•   The System Has Failed (2004)
•   United Abominations (2007)
•   Endgame (2009)
•   Thirteen (2011)
•   Super Collider (2013)

Live albumi

Rude Awakening (2002)
That One Night: Live in Buenos Aires (2007)
Rust in Peace Live (2010)
The Big 4 Live from Sofia, Bulgaria (2010)

Kompilacije

Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years (2000)
Still Alive... and Well? (2002)
Greatest Hits: Back to the Start (2005)
Warchest (2007)
Anthology: Set the World Afire (2008)

Demo albumi

Last Rites (1984)

Video albumi

Rusted Pieces (1991)
Exposure of a Dream (1992)
Evolver: The Making of Youthanasia (1995)
Behind the Music (2001)
Rude Awakening (2002)
Video Hits (2005)
Arsenal of Megadeth (2006)
That One Night: Live in Buenos Aires (2007)
Rust in Peace Live (2010)
The Big 4 Live from Sofia, Bulgaria (2010)

EP-ovi

Maximum Megadeth (1991)
Hidden Treasures (1995)
Cryptic Sounds: No Voices in Your Head (1998)
Breadline (2000)

Singlovi

"Wake Up Dead"   
"Peace Sells"   
"Mary Jane"
"Anarchy in the U.K."
"In My Darkest Hour"
"Hook in Mouth"
"Liar"   
"No More Mr. Nice Guy"
"Holy Wars... The Punishment Due"
"Hangar 18"   
"Foreclosure of a Dream"
"Symphony of Destruction"   
"Skin o' My Teeth"
"Sweating Bullets"
"Crown of Worms"
"Train of Consequences"
"A Tout le Monde"
"Angry Again"
"99 Ways to Die"
"Trust"   
"Almost Honest"
"Use the Man"
"A Secret Place"
"Crush 'Em"
"Breadline"
"Insomnia"
"Kill the King"
"Moto Psycho"
"Dread and the Fugitive Mind"
"Die Dead Enough"
"Of Mice and Men"
"The Scorpion"
"Gears of War"
"À Tout le Monde (Set Me Free)"
"Sleepwalker"
"Washington Is Next!"
"Never Walk Alone... A Call to Arms"
"Head Crusher"
"The Right to Go Insane"
"44 Minutes"   
"Sudden Death"
"Never Dead"
"Public Enemy No. 1"
"Whose Life (Is It Anyways?)"

Spotovi

"Peace Sells"   
"Wake Up Dead"
"In My Darkest Hour"
"Anarchy in the U.K."
"No More Mr. Nice Guy"
"Holy Wars... The Punishment Due"
"Hangar 18"
"Go to Hell"
"Foreclosure of a Dream"
"High Speed Dirt"
"Symphony of Destruction"   
"Skin o' My Teeth"
"99 Ways to Die"
"Sweating Bullets"
"A Tout le Monde"
"Reckoning Day"
"Angry Again"
"Train of Consequences"
"Trust"   
"Almost Honest"
"A Secret Place"
"Insomnia"
"Crush 'Em"
"Breadline"
"Moto Psycho"
"Die Dead Enough"   
"Of Mice and Men"
"À Tout le Monde (Set Me Free)"   
"Never Walk Alone... A Call to Arms"
"Head Crusher"
"The Right to Go Insane"
"Public Enemy No. 1"
"Whose Life (Is It Anyways?)"

Izvor

CD covers

Spotovi

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