MEGADETH解散的声明
愿上苍保佑Dave...保佑MEGADETH...一幡不倒的金属大旗...
DAVE MUSTAIN--金属先锋MEGADETH创立者，主唱，吉他手，因为严重伤病宣布暂时离队。
在20年后乐队宣布暂时解散。
以下是DAVE的话：
在2002年1月的一个星期，那时MEGADETH正在德克萨斯的HIATUS，我一直在经受着伤痛，我的左手和左臂遭受了神经损伤。我被诊断为桡骨神经系统损伤，具体的说就是“压迫性桡骨神经损伤”。我的医生告诉我，在我能接受的情况下，我需要用一年的时间进行恢复。甚至到现在，我还不知道以后会怎么样。现在我在一个很优秀的医疗组和物理治疗组的帮助下开始恢复工作。愿上帝保佑我，能再度拿起吉他。
在对我的手臂进行恢复的期间，我要重新估价我的事业和我的未来。在我决定离开MEGADETH的时候，我会在其他领域进行探索，我也许会在一些不需要弹琴的方面做一些贡献。
在我做为MEGADETH成员的时候，我拥有很多美好的时光。我对我们曾获得的金唱片，白金唱片，双白金唱片奖而感到自豪。我不知道该如何感谢你们—曾经支持和还在支持我们和歌迷，感谢你们多年的忠诚和热爱。
我的近期目标是做一些我能做的有价值的事，毕竟这是个特殊的时期。首先我想利用这个机会多和我的妻子Pam，我的两个孩子Justis和Electra在一起。Pam在我做为一个不太称职的丈夫和父亲时承担了家庭的很多工作，她做的很棒。因为我无法把全部的精力用于照顾他们，因为我总是在不停的巡演，录音。想做好个好父亲，我还有很长的路要走，我希望从现在开始努力。
最后，我想用几句美妙的法语做结束语，我曾经把它们写在“YOUTHANASIA”专辑的一首歌中："A tout le monde, a tous mes amis, Je vous aime, Je dois partir."（给全世界，给我所有的朋友，我爱你们，我不得不离开）
Dave Mustaine 2002年4月3日
During the first week of January, 2002, while Megadeth was on hiatus, in Texas, I suffered an injury which caused severe nerve damage to my left arm and hand. It was diagnosed as Radial Neuropathy - specifically, a "compressed radial nerve." My doctors tell me it will take about a year to make as complete a recovery as I can, and even then, we don't know how complete that is going to be. I am working hard with a great team of doctors and physical therapists daily, and God willing, someday I hope to play guitar again.
In the meantime, while I work on rebuilding my arm, I will take this opportunity to reappraise my career and my future. For the time being I have decided to exit Megadeth, and explore other areas of the music business where I might make a contribution without being able to play my instrument.
I have had a terrific time singing and playing for you while I was in Megadeth. I am truly grateful for all of the numerous Gold, Platinum, and Multi-Platinum Records I have been awarded, as well as the many International Record Awards. And I can never thank you, our fans past and present, enough for your loyalty and affection over the years.
My immediate goals now are to do what I can to make something good come out of this terrible situation. First and foremost, I want to use this opportunity to devote more time, energy and attention to my wife Pam and my two children, Justis and Electra. Pam has done a wonderful job carrying the load while I was a long-distance husband and father in the studio or criss-crossing the world on tour, but in terms of being a Gold or Platinum parent, I have a long way to go, and I'm eager to get started.
In closing I would like to depart with the beautiful French words I wrote on the record 'Youthanasia': "A tout le monde, a tous mes amis, Je vous aime, Je dois partir." (To all the world, to all my friends. I love you, I have to leave)
Dave Mustaine April, 3rd, 2002
Megadeth's career has been one of the most spectacular and musically innovative in the history of heavy metal. For nearly 20 years, U.S.-based Megadeth soldiered on under the extraordinary vision of founder, vocalist, lead guitarist and principal songwriter Dave Mustaine. Most recently, the achievements of Mustaine, bass guitarist David Ellefson, lead guitarist Al Pitrelli and drummer Jimmy DeGrasso have occurred as an integral part of the Sanctuary Records Group Roster. For the past two years, Megadeth has undertaken a grueling, worldwide tour and promotion schedule.
2001's 'The World Needs a Hero' was Megadeth's Sanctuary Records debut, and it marked a bold return to the band's powerful style after a few albums of controversial experimentation. The successful world tour generated Megadeth's first-ever live album; the double live CD 'Rude Awakening' was just released on March 19, 2002, and the accompanying DVD and VHS home video hits store shelves on April 9, 2002. Both the 'Rude Awakening' CD and DVD include 24 songs spanning Megadeth's entire career, including everything from classics like "Hangar 18" and "Symphony of Destruction" to 'The World Needs a Hero' highlights like "Dread and the Fugitive Mind" and "Burning Bridges." Last year, Megadeth was the subject of an episode of VH1's enormously popular
"Behind the Music" series, and an expanded edition with more than one hour of bonus footage was released on DVD and VHS. "Behind the Music" examined Mustaine's well-documented drug addiction, which he ultimately beat.
Mustaine formed Megadeth in 1983, after he was fired from Metallica. This would have been a setback for most people, but not Mustaine. He was determined to start his own group. The music would be uncompromisingly heavy with intricately precise guitar lines, and the lyrics would take an unflinching look at serious subjects like the dark side of humanity and politics.
Megadeth's impressive discography follows:
1985 - Killing Is My Business ... And Business Is Good!
1986 - Peace Sells ... But Who's Buying?
1988 - So Far, So Good ... So What?
1990 - Rust In Peace
1992 - Countdown To Extinction (reached # 2 on the Billboard album charts)
1994 - Youthanasia
1995 - Hidden Treasures (songs collected from soundtracks and tribute albums)
1997 - Cryptic Writings
1999 - Risk
2000 - Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years (greatest hits)
2001 - The World Needs A Hero
2002 - Killing Is My Business ... And Business Is Good! (remixed/expanded)
2002 - Rude Awakening (live)
Megadeth alumni include lead guitarists Chris Poland, Jeff Young and Marty Friedman and drummers Gar Samuelson (who has since passed away), Chuck Behler and Nick Menza.
The musical legacy Megadeth has left behind is impressive. Even mainstream music critics couldn't deny the quality of Megadeth's output, and this respect resulted in seven Grammy Award nominations for Best Metal Performance between 1990 and 1997.
These Grammy nominations include:
1990 - Rust In Peace
1991 - "Hangar 18" (track from Rust In Peace)
1992 - Countdown To Extinction
1993 - "Angry Again" (track from 'Last Action Hero' soundtrack)
1994 - "99 Ways To Die" (track from 'The Beavis and Butt-head Experience')
1995 - "Paranoid" (track from 'Nativity In Black - A Tribute To Black Sabbath')
1997 - "Trust" (track from Cryptic Writings)
For lovers of heavy metal worldwide, the demise of Megadeth is sad, but they will have nearly two decades worth of music to enjoy for the rest of their lives, and future generations of music fans not yet born will experience the thrill of discovering Megadeth.
MEGADETH的是在重金属历史上最有影响力和创新能力的乐队之一。在过去的20年，组建于美国的MEGADETH担负起惊人的使命，当然作为乐队的灵魂人物，主唱，吉他手，主创的Dave Mustaine功不可没。近几年，在Dave Mustaine，贝斯手David Ellefson，主音吉他手Al Pitrelli，鼓手Jimmy DeGrasso的共同努力下，乐队为Sanctuary 唱片公司赢得的荣誉。过去的两年中，MEGADETH一直承担着繁重的巡演和其他工作。
"Behind the Music"专辑是对MEGADETH的一个扩充介绍，它会让大家知道一些在以前发行的一些DVD 和VHS中没有的事情。"Behind the Music"让大家知道了DAVE曾经对毒品的迷恋，和最后他如何成功克服这些。
DAVE在1983年被METALLICA开除后组建MEGADETH。这对于大多数人来说都是个不小的挫折，但对于DAVE来说并不是。他用他的坚定组建了自己的乐队。伴随着复杂的吉他技巧，他的音乐是那么坚决，他歌词中融合了果断不退缩的精神，并且抨击了人性和政治的黑暗面。
1985 - Killing Is My Business ... And Business Is Good!
1986 - Peace Sells ... But Who's Buying?
1988 - So Far, So Good ... So What?
1990 - Rust In Peace
1992 - Countdown To Extinction (reached # 2 on the Billboard album charts)
1994 - Youthanasia
1995 - Hidden Treasures (songs collected from soundtracks and tribute albums)
1997 - Cryptic Writings
1999 - Risk
2000 - Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years (greatest hits)
2001 - The World Needs A Hero
2002 - Killing Is My Business ... And Business Is Good! (remixed/expanded)
2002 - Rude Awakening (live)
Megadeth的这些专辑中包括的成员有：主音吉他Chris Poland, Jeff Young和 Marty Friedman ，鼓手Gar Samuelson (已故)，Chuck Behler 和 Nick Menza。
Megadeth为我们留下的音乐是感人至深的。主流音乐的乐评人都不能否认他们的音乐质量，同时在1990-1997年中他们获得了七项葛莱美最佳金属表演的题名。
以下是他们获得的奖项:
1990 - Rust In Peace
1991 - "Hangar 18" (track from Rust In Peace)
1992 - Countdown To Extinction
1993 - "Angry Again" (track from 'Last Action Hero' soundtrack)
1994 - "99 Ways To Die" (track from 'The Beavis and Butt-head Experience')
1995 - "Paranoid" (track from 'Nativity In Black - A Tribute To Black Sabbath')
1997 - "Trust" (track from Cryptic Writings)
对于重金属的支持者来说，MEGADETH的解散是令人悲伤的，但他们有很多音乐可以让我们欣赏，在未来，一些新的重金属的支持者还能受到MEGADETH的震撼和激励！