The resulting album is today held up as one of the greatest thrash metal records of all time. They eventually found Marty Friedman on the recommendation of their management company.Ĭlick to load video One of the greatest thrash metal albums of all time Pantera’s Dimebag Darrell, too, was offered the job, but he came as a package deal with his brother, drummer Vinnie Paul, and Mustaine remained loyal to newly recruited Menza.

As Slash described in his autobiography: “We’d hang out… and come up with major heavy metal riffs, just f_king dark and heavy as hell.” Ultimately, however, he didn’t have the heart to leave GNR. “We’d hang out and come up with major heavy riffs”Įarly contenders for Young’s spot had included Slash, who had enjoyed productive jamming sessions with Mustaine and Ellefson before Guns N’ Roses’ Appetite For Destruction took off. With longstanding bassist Dave Ellefson completing the quartet, the “classic” 1989-98 line-up of the band was in place. Coming off the back of one of the many line-up changes that have defined different stages of the band’s career, it saw the first appearance on a Megadeth record of both drummer Nick Menza (who’d been brought in on the So Far, So Good… So What!touring cycle, replacing the departed Chuck Behler) and guitarist Marty Friedman, who took Jeff Young’s place in the band. Rust In Peace marked the dawn of a new era for Megadeth – one that could have reshaped metal as we know it.

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