Otter Limits

I did one of these for Metallica recently and I have always thoughts that for the most part Megadeth was a better band so I can’t leave them out.

Killing Is My Business…And Business is Good
Released in June 1985 by Combat Records.
Produced by Dave Mustaine and Karat Faye.
Band lineup:
Dave Mustaine – vocals, guitar; Chris Poland – guitar; David Ellefson – bass, backing vocals; Gar Sameulson – drums.
Tracks: 8
Highlights:
“Killing is My Business and Business is Good”

Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying?
Released in November 1986 by Combat / Capitol.
Produced by Dave Mustaine, Randy Burns and Andy Somers.
No lineup changes.
Highlights:
“Wake Up Dead” and “Peace Sells”

So Far So Good…So What!
Released in January 1988 by Combat/Capitol.
Produced by Dave Mustaine and Paul Lani.
Lineup changes:
Chris Poland was replaced by Jeff Young and Gar Sameulson was replaced by Chuck Behler.
Tracks: 8
Highlights:
“In My Darkest Hour”

Rust in Peace
Released in September 1990 by Combat/Capitol.
Produced by Dave Mustaine and Mike Clink.
Lineup changes:
Jeff Young was replaced by Marty Friedman and Chuck Behler was replaced by Nick Menza.
Tracks: 9
Highlights:
“Hangar 18″ “Lucretia” and “Holy Wars”

Countdown to Extinction
Released in July 1992 by Combat/Capitol.
Produced by Max Norman and Dave Mustaine.
No lineup changes.
Tracks: 11
Highlights:
“Symphony of Destruction” “Foreclosure of a Dream” and “Sweating Bullets”

Youthanasia
Released in November 1994 by Capitol.
Produced by Max Norman and Dave Mustaine.
No lineup changes.
Tracks: 12
Highlights:
“A Tout le Monde”

Hidden Treasures
Released in July 1995 by Capitol.
Prduced by Max Norman and Dave Mustaine.
No lineup changes.
Tracks: 8
Highlights:
“No More Mr Nice Guy” “Angry Again” and “99 Ways to Die”

Cryptic Writings
Released in June 1997 by Capitol.
Produced by Dann Huff and Dave Mustaine.
No lineup changes.
Tracks: 12
Highlights:
“Trust”

Risk
Released in August 1999 by Capitol.
Produced by Dann Huff and Dave Mustaine.
Lineup changes:
Nick Menza was replaced by Jimmy DeGrasso.
Tracks: 12
Highlights:
“Breadline”

Capitol Punishment
Greatest hits album released in October 2000 by Capitol.
Various producers.

The World Needs a Hero
Released in May 2001 by Sanctuary Records.
Produced by Bill Kennedy and Dave Mustaine.
Lineup changes:
Marty Friedman was replaced by Al Pitrelli.
Tracks: 12
Highlights:
“Disconnect” and “Return to Hangar”

Rude Awakening
Live album released in March 2002 by Sanctuary.
Produced by Bill Kennedy and Dave Mustaine.
No lineup changes.

Still Alive…and Well?
Compilation album released in September 2002 by Sanctuary.
Produced by Dave Mustaine and Bill Kennedy.

The System Has Failed
Released in September 2004 by Sanctuary.
Produced by Dave Mustaine and Jeff Balding.
Lineup changes:
Marty Friedman and Nick Menza returned on guitar and drums, respectively for this album.
Tracks: 12

Back to the Start
Greatest hits album released in June 2005 by Capitol.
Tracks: 17

Gigantour
Live album released in August 2006 containing songs by Megadeth, Dream Theater, Anthrax, and others.
Band lineup:
Dave Mustaine; Glen Drover – guitar; backing vocals; James MacDonough – bass; Shawn Drover – drums.
Megadeth Tracks: 3
“She-Wolf” “A Tout Le Monde” and “Kick the Chair”

United Abominations
Released in May 2007 by Roadrunner.
Produced by Dave Mustaine, Jeff Balding and Andy Sneap.
Lineup changes:
James MacDonough was replaced by Lames Lomenzo.
Tracks: 11
Highlights:
“Never Walk Alone” “Gears of War” and “A Tout Le Monde”

That One Night
Live album released in March 2007 by Image Entertainment.
Produced by Shalini Waran and Michael Sarina.
Lineup:
This was recorded while James MacDonough was still playing bass for the band.
Tracks: 23 (2 discs) + a 20 track live DVD.

Warchest
Box set released in October 2007 by EMI/Capitol.
Produced by Kevin Flaherty.
Tracks: 5 Discs.
Disc 1 – 17
Disc 2 – 19
Disc 3 – 17
Disc 4 – 15
Disc 5 – live DVD w/10 tracks.

Set the World Afire
Greatest hits album released in September 2008 by Capitol.
Tracks: 35 (2 discs)

Endgame
Scheduled to be released September 2009 by Roadrunner.
Line up changes:
Chris Broderick plays guitar on this album.
Tracks (confirmed): 11

I didn’t realize that Megadeth had so many best of and compilation albums. Talk about milking it!

Videos!

This one is a live video of the song “In My Darkest Hour.” It was recorded in Phoenix, AZ in November 2001.

This one is a video of the song “Hangar 18″ from the album Rust in Peace. This song is probably my all time favorite Megadeth song.

zTruth posted this article about a man who forced to cover up his tee shirt because it has Arabic writing on it.

Apparently this guy sued the airline and won $240,000.

I say good for him and good for the ACLU.

That is just ridiculous. Making someone remove their shirt because it has foreign language text on it? Come on! Serves the airline right for that crap!

Let’s look at this from the other side of the coin. How would you feel if, as an American, you were visiting, for example, Saudi Arabia and upon trying to board a plane back to the states were told to remove your tee shirt because it said something like God Bless the USA or something to that effect? You would be screaming for some one’s head.

I say if an Arab-American is proud of his heritage and wants to wear a tee shirt in support of that heritage, NOBODY has the right to tell him otherwise. And the whole thing about making the others on the plane feel uncomfortable, those morons just need to get over themselves!

On this day in history in…

1845 – Texas is annexed by the United States and admitted as the 28th state.

1851 – The first YMCA opens in Boston, Massachusetts.

1937 – The Republic of Ireland adopts its constitution.

Happy Birthday To…

John Voight – born in 1938.
Ted Danson – born in 1947.
Dexter Holland – born in 1965.

Seattle Mayor Greg Nickel wants to make guns illegal on city property. This includes making it mandatory for those with concealed weapons permits to surrender their weapons at places like City Hall. Law enforcement officers will obviously be exempt. This announcement by Nickles was prompted by a recent shooting at the Northwest Folklife Festival where 3 people were injured. Sounds to me like Nickles is trying to act like one of those mayors or sheriffs from the old wild west days that you see in movies. You know, the ones that post big signs on the entrances of their cities that say you can’t carry a gun in town. Part of me applauds Mayor Nickles for having the courage to stand up to the state that tells him that he is not allowed to do that. The other part of me thinks he is being a little naive in thinking that banning guns on city property is going to keep guns off city property. It’s the old argument: you outlaw guns and only outlaws have the guns. A person that wants to walk into City Hall and shoot someone bad enough does not care that guns are not allowed in City Hall. If the world were a perfect place, we could outlaw gun ownership and reduce crime. If the world were a perfect place, banning guns would keep guns out of the hands of criminals. But if the world were a perfect place, there would be no such thing as guns. Any thoughts?

I am disgusted by the way people take shopping so seriously, especially the day after Thanksgiving.

Recent events of this past “Black Friday” shopping, is the great epitome of how badly people are more concerned with things like shopping and getting a “good deal” on something they really don’t need than they are with how they treat another person.

Here is one example:

As it details in this article, a Wal Mart employee was literally trampled to death by eager shoppers as he opened the door to the store Friday morning.

What is even more sickening is that as he was trampled and other employees were injured while trying to rescue him, is that when the store announced it was closing due to the death, several customers complained that they were unable to finish their shopping and when asked to leave they yelled about how long they had been standing in line and refused, continuing to shop.

People are scum.

Crap like this almost makes a person want to outlaw Christmas shopping. What a wonderful way to celebrate the birth of Christ (well, that is what Christmas means to some people still anyway). Let’s go shopping and beat the crap out of someone trying to shop for the same stuff we are.

So up here in the Puget Sound area where I live, gas is still above $2 a gallon.

I don’t actually watch the show but I thought this was fairly amusing.

This is one of the funniest things I have seen in a long time.  

What? Really?!? Is this really allowed? The government can just come in and close down your business? What is that about?

Read the article.

“Faith cannot exist without doubt. Without doubt it would simply be knowledge.”