Dave Mustaine's Darkest Song | Megadeth's Skull Beneath The Skin

Dave Mustaine's Darkest Song just may be Megadeth's "Skull Beneath The Skin." This track details the origins of band mascot, Vic Rattlehead. A symbol representing censorship....an increasingly relevant topic in our world 🌍. We'll be watching a live performance of Skull Beneath The Skin recorded in London... the year is 1990. Get on Dave Mustaine's level of musicianship and songwriting with my full course below. You can also join my metal brotherhood on patreon to untap your TRUE potential. Get your videos posted for feedback on your sound while learning music theory.
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[@tieukhavu8832]

You’re right. The live performance is from 1990 (Like you say), Rust in Peace was released in that year, And was the first one with Marty (Friedman) on lead guitar.

[@dbmdrums1105]

5:32 As a "MegaDave" , I cannot act "Megadeaf" ! No sir those vocals are no way better than James . Maybe better than the current Axl Rose but no way better than James . But man that freaking riff !

[@johnnyfountainS]

In my darkest hour.

[@JA51711]

The musicianship of the band is incredible and Dave's solos impressive

[@Tomithy]

as incredible as dave is and i can't stress it enough he is so fucking incredible you can't forget about people like marty and kiko who are music theory solo lords

[@АлексейСидоров-щ2д]

His solos are actually simple. No match for Poland's or Marty's.

[@nasbukhari696]

@@АлексейСидоров-щ2д No, Dave's solos are better for the more thrashy songs than either of them. Marty is better at the more melodic stuff.

[@lucasmiguel4734]

​@@АлексейСидоров-щ2д Yeah, more or less. His solos are more into the fastness than complexity

[@marissaortega1386]

Solos like no other

[@mackenroll6914]

This is literally my favorite Megadeth song. The entire KIMB is a masterpiece, sucks he doesn't play much of it live anymore, if any. This song is so underrated

[@phantomlord5707]

BEST DETH ALBUM

[@mackenroll6914]

@@phantomlord5707 I agree man!

[@phantomlord5707]

@@mackenroll6914 hell yeah man 🤘

[@And_Justas_For_All]

Agreed that it's underrated. I personally would also go with songs from So far so good album like Set the world afire.

[@StewMain6]

@@And_Justas_For_Allwhole third album is underrated. Love Set the World Afire

[@Guitarnivore]

Man, the bass lines on that album are incredible. I don't think Jr. gets nearly enough credit. Now most everyone only knows him for noodling his D string.

[@lukeduke9803]

Noodling his D String for A Minor

[@realmusiciswithinstruments9915]

Yeah beacause Dave wrote the parts :D

[@HughRBA]

First album is heavily underrated. Looking down the cross/chosen ones are obscenely good if you can get over Dave's weird phase

[@KimoFest]

It's a shame there are no too many good quality lives of this song from the 90's more than this one, and, since is a song Dave may not sing again because of the high notes or the lyrics, there is no live of this song in the modern era. Still, Skull Beneath the Skin is such a masterpiece from KIMB, together with Looking Down the Cross and Last Rites/Loved to Deth. Good Mourning/Black Friday is a song you should make a video about it, the intro has so much stuff going on that will blow your mind.

[@maxzapom]

up

[@jacobgarcia2660]

Dave’s first two albums were so good and raw. The rhythm guitar tracks are actually the tighter on the album peace sells compared to rust in peace. I’m a big fan of Dave’s early stuff especially when played live with the peace sell’s lineup, they were untouchable when they weren’t too messed to play

[@doc1912]

Killing Is My Business is such an underrated album. Could you do Looking Down the Cross next??

[@ejv.96]

my favorite megadeth song

[@jettnovak2076]

Good mourning/Black Friday darkest song I can think of right now

[@TheRealJoeNathan]

Killing is my Business is my favorite Megadeth album. It's raw, it's short and sweet; all the songs and riffs are fun and memorable. Rust in Peace and Peace Sells aren't far behind though.

[@paolongong]

Yeah, please react to Good mourning, black Friday! That's the real masterpiece! It maintains such an amazing tension from the plucking part at the beginning to the super fast riffs at the end topped with the best solo from Chris Poland

[@KlaustheViking]

Hearing this song with the Rust In Peace lineup is awesome.

[@cking8310]

One of my favorite Megadeth songs

[@user-sz6lr8pi8e]

LOL i was literally just listening to this song and was wondering if you would ever react to it. Will you do more stuff from KIMB? or even just older megadeth songs like stuff from peace sells or so far so good so what?

[@logangilchrist4354]

I want him to react to into the lungs of hell or hook in mouth

[@user-sz6lr8pi8e]

@@logangilchrist4354 I think mary jane would be a good song for him to react to too

[@logangilchrist4354]

@@user-sz6lr8pi8e liar

[@_ProTrax]

Dave in 1990-1991 was the greatest rhythm player ever as far as I'm concerned

[@Rextum]

Killing is my business is my favorite Megadeth album. True, the production is not great, but the songs and especially the speed and fury are unmatched by anything.

[@Angelo-cq9gn]

Love the beginning Solo in this song too bad can't hear well in the live video

[@Vulcan5911]

Man, I haven't heard this in about 36 years. Thanks for the memories 😊

[@cashway0420]

I asked the guy at guitar center how to clean my 69" strat, he said just use a soft cloth and spray it down with a little WAP juice...

[@zackmano]

5:30 - "It's even harder than what Papa Het does!" Yeah, that pretty much sums up Dave. 🤘🏼😉

[@RETIREDAMATUER]

Wow.. James making fun of Dave’s voice in that one clip was really on point.. his voice is my mom after smoking 3 packs of Virginia slims back to back with a respiratory/sinus infection. I once tweeted Dave years ago asking “if he missed his days in Metallica” he did not take kindly to that and tweeted back to ask him wide questions if I’m gonna ask any at all lol

[@cycomiles4225]

His voice is hit or miss live, as the show goes on ,even on early shows, his voice just breaks into nasal infested screeching with every decade but tbh, i wouldnt have it any other way lmao and i think that in 1990 he still smoked cigarettes, while getting clean off of everything else. But it is true, someone with a better trained singing voice would have added more flavour live.

[@ri9p3r89]

Daves voice is just undeniably unmatchable let's be real

[@SpaceWarlock]

3:30 some slammin fukin thrash right there

[@joebloggs8900]

Shred I love your video style so much. Dont change a thing very unique and always entertaining

[@cat_bicycle12]

Dave is a master song writer, the first album proves such

[@Scorpion54092]

Darkest song? I’d say “Family Tree” is their darkest song.

[@matthewvoss7365]

Did you ever see the t-shirt they made for that song? If not run a search on it.

[@Scorpion54092]

@@matthewvoss7365 are you talking about the babies?

[@curtwehrmeyer124]

Dave is at a different level for sure. Good Mourning Black Friday will drop you, I had to read the lyrics several times to make sure what I read was what was being sung.

[@MrHostile12]

4:55 even though Nick didn't play those constant 16th notes on the bass drum the section still is just bad ass

[@Leatherface123.]

I wouldn’t say his mouth is stapled shut More like Being welded shut by brutal cold steel hooks torn deep into the jaw, silencing something that shouldn’t be deafened

[@ProdBanks-el9nn]

Rattle head me this, machanix 😈or the 4 horsemen😎. Love watching your reactions to Megadeth’s insane performances!

[@MelodyMaker218]

Love Megadeth and man I need to look up the old lyrics cuz those were some wicked lyrics

[@TheSuperSnake313]

Epic song, Killing is one of my favorite Megadeth albums. So much energy, that driving force through the songs and then there's Dave 🤘🔥🤘🔥🤘 Muahahahaha

[@DjDown1984]

Dude, good mourning/black Friday.......

[@megadeth8592]

Favorite song off the first album! The whole album is a banger with amazing riffs.

[@Baraka_Obama_]

I love Dave's guitar tone on Killing is my business it's the same tone he used in Metallica

[@wannabe_D7000]

I think KIMB is more meaner than what he did in metallica .. just my opinion

[@HeavyMetalShredder]

Dave Mustaine lyrics are fucking incredivke

[@davidk05]

Great track and great video

[@hotdogsauce]

dave is a master musician and songwriter.

[@6lb8ozbabyjesus]

No WAP juice???

[@daveweaver8088]

Playing and singing is the ultimate superpower. I can do one or the other, but not both.

[@christineschreiner1584]

Love when you pick Megadeth. When are you going to review something off the new album?

[@vicratthead9460]

Thanks for clearing up the misconceptions about me

[@TheNothing6]

Rattlehead is my favorite off of KIMB...ABIG.

[@EmoDKTsuchiya]

Proper head banger

[@ricobonifacio1095]

Dude the stuff you say is hilarious, love watching your videos. Plus you know your stuff so that's even better.

[@tylermarin1362]

The skull beneath the skin is about the formation of vic rattlehead

[@bryangutierrez6371]

This masterpiece and Killing is my business and business is good, are my favorite songs from that album, but the whole thing is heavy 👌🤘

[@newwaveinfantry8362]

I think Beginning Of Sorrow is the darkest Megadeth song, actual chills. Family Tree is about children raped by their parents, also very disturbing.

[@ElBrunno12]

They should play back this song nowadays.

[@DM-kl4em]

As an engineer, I have to say it would be impossible to install the rivets depicted on the eye plate. The rivets shown in the album cover are solid rivets. They would have to be compressed from both sides (the head side and the tail side), and a closed skull would not have access to the tail side for the solid rivet installation tool. This is a case where (I'm sorry to torture you with such a HORRIBLE pun) it would be necessary to use BLIND rivets instead.

[@mariano.tiberi]

My favorite album EVER is killing is my business

[@ValSchnitzel]

I always felt like Metallica was inspired by Vic when they wrote ‘One’, about being totally sensory deprived.

[@ValSchnitzel]

Which also makes sense not just because of the content of the lyrics, but also Metallica’s tendency to draw ideas from Dave.

[@megashock1319]

@@ValSchnitzel good try but nah

[@ValSchnitzel]

@@megashock1319 No better argument than “nah”? Your coping mechanism is weak.

[@megashock1319]

@@ValSchnitzel how am I coping?

[@megashock1319]

@@ValSchnitzel like im not even mad or upset lol

[@clip_county]

You should look at the music theory of Conquer or Die I’d love to see it

[@horppymehu]

Plot twist Vic rattlehead is the guy from one

[@mandarbamane4268]

5:33 yup harder that what papa het does lol Even harder are: Holy wars, Poison was the cure, Good mourning black friday, Kick the chair... just a few of them

[@kamilziemian995]

I want to buy this music theory course for metal fans, but I will never sell you my soul. Dolars, yes. Soul, no. Period.

[@metalhammer5]

Black Friday is Megalife's darkest song...

[@ronpaul1082]

Poland had the first 3 solos on rattlehead , the last solo on the song kill ing is my business and the guitar work on the these boots cover and every other solo on the first record is Dave's

[@henrybowman7637]

Dave Mustaine..Fuckin love em!

[@mrbrocephus3849]

The water was different back then. Wtf !!!!!!!

[@beauford731]

Man they're playing so tight in that video

[@FFF502]

Great

[@RA-gy1ft]

This was golden

[@Nissardpertugiu]

One of my favorite song

[@BuggritHall]

A brilliant song, with probably my favourite intro to a Megadeth song (especially on the Final Kill remix) but I'd say The Conjuring is their darkest song.

[@gummixx6885]

conjuring nudges peace sells just barely over rust in peace imho

[@Cssisabeautifulthang]

Darkest hour

[@doncarlossr.]

Awesome!!🤘🏼🔥🔥❤️

[@robinmichaels5600]

I think GM Black Friday is maybe darker...but still a great song/album.

[@metalngames509]

God this song is so fucking heavy!!!!

[@dennisperin2989]

Always thought it was a newer version of Ed! Maiden started the mascot thing, ( one of the first anyway) thrash version of Eddie. Two of the best known rock mascots of all time, Honorable mention, The inflatable Rosie ACDC…How bout Rattlehead to go with Rattlehead?

[@metalwrath4]

Mega life!

[@mauriciomillman1149]

For a live version i would choose the '91 Rock in Rio. The audio is little bit better.

[@robertmoutardier1003]

Have you ever listen to Megadeths hook in mouth?

[@mikeokhurtz2152]

Best album from megadeth

[@ziragg]

Shred dude, have you any opinions on the first Sacramentum LP? Cheers!

[@user-lj2cb2pj8j]

That song made Marty and Poland rhythm guitarists

[@man66iac]

I think this song has hardest solo from dave

[@dancobb3006]

do one of these videos on lorna shore- into the earth or to the hellfire

[@adamvigil8320]

Sweet,Shred

[@dwill1970]

Hey shred3:30 in the video badess megadeth riff ever recorded it is uncompromising

[@MariUSukulele]

insane!

[@sbsykifyk]

Go to hell is megadeths darkest song

[@embracerodusk2537]

I would like you to check out a song called "Masked Jackal" from a band called Coroner. It's the right thing to do.

[@reneprusseit8236]

Megadeth always wins. Ever

[@steezorteez9829]

Dude this song Rips!!! 👽🙈🙊🙉😈

[@gorntozgoggteeest]

rad \m/

[@tammosachs7367]

Ever heard of the bands GAS CHAMBER and CYCLONE B ... ?!

[@SvartElric9]

Dave is a monster, I mean his voice is much worse now, and he's not the best lead guitar by no stretch of the imagination... But on rhythm+singing he's a machine, and he writes some cool, interesting and catchy riffs. I feel like out of all the "legacy" thrash bands, Megadeth is the best, also because Dave's always been good at choosing the right musicians to complement his songwriting and the feel of the band.

[@thunderbirdbrown3002]

🤘🏿👹🤘🏿😎🤘🏿

[@zDialecticChaos]

kimb and peace sells is best, the ultimate megadeth, they birthed megadeth

[@ottomansat4464]

Why no wap juice consumption? What is this? Dry July?

[@kickyourfaceandlaugh607]

You’re fucking hilarious man 😂 love killing is my business. But I have a question. What is the first thing to learn on a guitar? I have one but never attempted to play it.

[@uroboric]

did you start playing?

[@kickyourfaceandlaugh607]

@@uroboric nah man. Getting into is going to be expensive

[@magdachlebicka3895]

You ever heard of Family Tree?

[@mrbrocephus3849]

69 years ago 😂🤣

[@ozyycrazy8898]

Algun Metalero que ayude a su camarada Jahaja no entiendo Sorry el resumen el español asi sea corto Pliss?

[@FuckYoutubeCensorship]

Dave's voice was so bad in 1990, all that coke really fucked his nasal passage up hardcore.

[@TenzisL]

Metalladeath😂😂😂

[@gabeJones-m3n]

tahs just another way of singign about a guy calld eddi the heaed, witch is really a guy i know named gabe jones