Megadeth - Bad Omen (Live In Des Moines 1987)

[@Ryan-hi9dm]

In Mustaine's autobiography, he talks about one show in which Gar dropped his drum sticks and didn't bring a spare pair, so he lost his for a minute under the drum kit. Mustaine cited this show as one of the reasons he fired him.

[@f4lc0n15]

yeah that was when they had a big explosion cued for one of the songs but they had taken some quaaludes before the show and forgot about it, didn't even tell Gar about it and he got jumpscared by it and dropped his sticks so he spent like a whole minute looking for them as he didn't have any spare sticks left, probably because he pawned them for heroin cash

[@ConanObrien22]

@@f4lc0n15 I heard about Gar selling some of the band's kits but for a pair of stick lmao

[@infectedvoice4670]

You can be high as much as you can, but that was so unprofessional.

[@sabbathbeast1322]

​@infectedvoice4670 dude they ve gotta make a biography movie man

[@akidk1499]

David Ellefson might have some other worldly skillet for never screwing up live even while being wasted on cocaine and heroin.

[@devinreed2003]

Bass is easy

[@MaybeHarvey]

2:48 Chris just like “what was that”

[@davemustaine8700]

LMAO I must have been pissed

[@fellipereigado9982]

Hahahahaha what a great time

[@zDialecticChaos]

The best lineup in Megadeth history period. RIP Gar 🐐

[@ChrisY2JJ]

Hoo boy. The song still sounded great, but the drummer Gar Samuelson was all over the place. In the first minute or so, Mustaine, Poland, and Ellefson are chugging away on their rhythm parts after Chris' solo. Where are the drums? For some reason, Gar has missed his cue and joins in with them a few seconds late. You can see Dave and Chris looking over their shoulders at Gar and then turning back to their instruments when Gar finally starts drumming. Then, midway through the song, when it's time for Dave to play that big blazing solo, Gar doesn't start playing when he should, nearly bringing the whole song crashing to a halt. He again joins in late. Dave is glaring at Gar and Chris looks at Gar, making a "dude, what's up with you?" gesture. For the rest of the song, Gar looks like he's about to fall out of his seat. Man, what a mess he was here. Still a brilliant drummer, but a mess.

[@danmetallica2973]

This is 1987 Chris Poland and gar Samuelson were not in this

[@danmetallica2973]

Although that doesn't look like Marty friedman, my bad

[@ChrisY2JJ]

Dan Metallica Hey Dan. Chris Poland and Gar Samuelson were in Megadeth until July 1987. I believe this show was in late Winter or Spring of 1987.

[@zzzhuh]

Haha, right at 2:48 Chris is like "WTF?"

[@MrEyebrowz]

Chris J This was definitely Chris Poland dude. You can tell by his solo at 1:00. Haha that IS Chris Poland's playing, trust me I listen to Chris Poland almost everyday. Plus you can tell by the way Chris looks.

[@zzzhuh]

I agree. This was probably one of those shows where Gar wasn't there until literally 5 minutes before they went on which means him and Poland are destroyed during this. Poland still did flawless on that solo at 1:00 tho.

[@antisciaf]

2:43 Mustaine turns to glare at Gar "what the fuck, why didn't you come in?"

[@phantomlord5707]

We can all agree here that Junior NEVER fucks up. The most responsible and locked in Megadeth member. Dave is lucky to have him. Dave to me seems fine here in this show but in other live shows with the original lineup, he played too sloppy from being high or drunk. Chris may have been a bigger junkie than Dave but was always flawless. This really shows how much more skilled of a guitarist Chris was. Chris Poland’s phenomenal soloing and live playing in these days saved Dave from sounding like shit. Although Dave’s singing and timing of his singing was spot on; plus he has to play crazy difficult guitar AND sing so RESPECT. Gar, like Cris was a top tier musician with next level talent and is my favorite Megadeth drummer. But this one was on Gar. Shows how important the drummer’s role is in music. A drummer carries and signals the band in order for everyone to be in sync. Gar slept on them more than once, but it was funny seeing them turn to him and just waiting like “please drum man”. Rest in peace Gar.

[@igna2255]

Oh boy

[@phantomlord5707]

@@igna2255 this did not age well

[@ConanObrien22]

Well he did something sloppy now

[@BegetterVIIEVEN]

And then he made Bust In Peace.

[@leonshreds]

honestly big facts

[@arvearve8784]

Gar fell asleep twice.....

[@basskeeper6699]

One of them is sober and it threw off the other 3😊✌️

[@floridianthrasher5426]

I can't tell which ones sober

[@geraldlz5827]

@@floridianthrasher5426 yep😂

[@yorkellic]

@@floridianthrasher5426 same

[@atlhunt47]

Poland started the rhythm riff at the same time, though, as did Ellefson. You can hear the chugging on the E note start right when Dave hits his first note of the solo. I think this one was on Gar.

[@thrash-xw6kn]

Yes is gar

[@Gmanrushfan]

That's a shirt Mustaine wore at that time...but, look closely, it has one of those 'Ghostbusters' circles around the swastika meaning it's an anti-Nazi shirt.

[@federicomontenegro9148]

The most badass line Up by far

[@daviru02]

I was 90 miles from that concert and had no idea it was even going on. So many missed opportunities

[@swaggypanda1808]

2:48 Hahahah Chris getting pissed off at Gar

[@chinito398]

Shits pretty sad... Gar is high on heroin... the thing that would eventually kill him.

[@killer92173]

You can tell everyone was pissed at Gar, and i don't blame them. Drums are the most important part of the song, and if the drums mess up, the whole thing comes crashing down.

[@megadethbass]

ELLEFSON !! BEST BASS LINE

[@jimbothompson6540]

How i wish they're were better quality footage from this era, my fav lineup

[@CMFL77]

I now understand Dave's stance on the drugs in Megadeth during this era. Completely blasted Dave could still pull off a flawless performance and didnt hock his equipment to get by. His bandmates.... well, just watch this vid to understand. Gar nods twice and Poland has trouble keeping in time. Dave was no fan of looking like amateurs so I see now why he went the way he did I guess

[@Ae0liann]

Chris Laib Chris was on tempo

[@EyexXx05]

It was just Gar who almost ruined the whole performance

[@Ae0liann]

3:52 Dave going to kick Gar’s ass hahahaha

[@youngtevanced8818]

see you at the back stage hahaha 😂

[@irmasil3]

1:30 When Dave (after a "beer" session) looks at Chris (who is almost playing another song) who looks at Gar who looks at Dave who looks at Gar with a "are we still playing the same song guys???can we try to synchronise here???" look....LOL!! Completely wasted band who manages to pull off one of the hardest songs around....

[@sleepyblade]

LOL the band in that time was a joke, u should watch another concerts and u'll see a lot of fails and strange things

[@tricky92x]

They crushed it in the studio, though. Easily the band's best line-up and best songs.

[@Ryan_Thompson_Guitarist]

Chris came in too early for the main riff

[@Walamonga1313]

+Ryan Thompson Guitarist Actually Chris was on time, it was Gar who was screwing up. And Dave, who was somewhere else entirely lol.

[@Ryan_Thompson_Guitarist]

Don't do drugs basically

[@shovelest6861]

Gar was nodding from heroin..cool dude respect!

[@youngtevanced8818]

Even Gar was a mess still the baddest line up you can still the energy, wish only Gar was sober here

[@sleepyblade]

What a funny concert look at this: 1:21 2:40 3:51 like "gtfo cya"

[@SINC0MENTARI0S]

Haha, yeah. At 2:49 Chris is like telling Gar "what's your problem dude?"

[@sleepyblade]

Lol yes

[@chinito398]

Dont do heroin

[@TheJvmiranda]

Gar's screwing up at 2:40 haha

[@FaTaLKoNcEpT]

1:27 Dave has to check on Gar. Man they were fucked up in this concert.

[@Max-eg7nx]

Someone threw something at Gar at 3:10 :(

[@matthoranofficial]

Dave Mustaine was probably the most functional addict I've ever seen. Gar on the other hand, well... His drum set will tell you all you need to know.

[@steveriddle8789]

I love this shit. A sloppy, drug induced mess. But ruthless when they are on. The friedman/menza era is cake and ice cream compared to this. They were always sober and played on time, it sucked.

[@shovelest6861]

+Steve Riddle I'm with you on this one....Poland and Samuelson era just ruled period.

[@zDialecticChaos]

not saying anything bad about nick and marty, also RIP nick, but the lineup with chris/gar was just on another level, I feel like the first two albums cant be beat...

[@jefferwine1840]

If I remember correctly, Alice Cooper opened for Megadeth at this concert. My seats were almost the same view in this footage.

[@90lxfox3]

+Jeff Erwine you where there ?

[@Nghilifa]

It was the other way around. Megadeth wasn't a headliner then.

[@michelannvendettijr5705]

RickyboyH wats that mean?

[@michelannvendettijr5705]

RickyboyH wats that mean?

[@TheNewBerser]

Megadeth were supporting Alice, they didn't do headliner tours till late peace sells.

[@joeraich2076]

Lmao at Chris shaking his head and hand at Gar

[@Gmanrushfan]

Right!! It's hard to make out with the grainy footage. I've seen some professionally shot pics of him wearing that shirt. That's sort of how I knew.

[@mattgardner20]

At 2:46 , classic, Dave looks at Gar, who fell asleep 😂😂😂

[@김요셉-p1w]

Oh man...He drunk?

[@MrRainandThunderrelaxingsounds]

Damn, where do you get these recordings from? You can't possibly have filmed them all by yourself!

[@SINC0MENTARI0S]

Guy told girlfriend: I'm gonna rock, you stay put holding the camera ok?

[@swaggypanda1808]

@@SINC0MENTARI0S hahahaha \,,/

[@vicrattlehead6386]

The difference between Dave and the other guys while doing booze... Dave could still do his part fine while being as high as a kite but the other guys were just a mess.

[@MySamurai77]

It's strange how i find this entertaining despite it's obvious flaws. It's like seeing Usain Bolt run the 100 meters whilst fucked up on several different chemicals.

[@migueldefreitas1999]

Gar just had to ruin the best part of the song.

[@jackdaniel8098]

Bloody blasphemy

[@guilhermeng4334]

@@jackdaniel8098 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0

[@emitallica8549]

Pure anger..

[@Amadeus-ms9lt]

Supposedly messed up but still sounded incredible!

[@richardcurtis1912]

Even fucked up, missing que's, and nodding off, Gar still keeps better timing than Lars! LoL

[@BikerProfesor]

the least ´professional´ show I´ve seen of Megadeth

[@chinito398]

Jesus christ Gar is high as fuck... hes basically nodding during the entire song. He legit stops playing like 3 times during the first half of the song

[@jmtims1]

Gar was just probably trying to piss Mustain off…

[@leonshreds]

amazing I LOVE THIS SONG UNDERRATED GEM GAR SAMUELSONS DRUM GOD GENIUS FUKK YEAAAAAA

[@dalhyeong]

damn drum n guitars

[@timstanzione1741]

i think gar is high!!

[@flow3R5_]

Chris came in early and confused everybody haha

[@Walamonga1313]

Eye Sees You Actually Chris was on time throughout the whole song (probably by following Jr.). It was Dave's fault for having a beer then forgetting they were playing a song and Gar's for coming in late twice.

[@flow3R5_]

Oh, you're right!!!! Chris didn't come in early! Yeah, I noticed that Gar just randomly stopped for prolonged amounts of time. Hahaha

[@Walamonga1313]

Eye Sees You Yeah, you can even see Chris do the "What the hell man?" hand gesture at 2:48

[@flow3R5_]

Walamonga 1313 Yeah I can relate with Chris. I've had a lot of those moments playing with my older brother haha

[@Walamonga1313]

Eye Sees You Lucky, I wish my brother would play would me

[@infectedvoice4670]

Idk what the hell is going on (I guess someone is high as hell) because the drums messed up the whole thing and the guitars are also a little bit off, like it was unplugged or some weird echo behind it.

[@simonmasutti9052]

Jajaa estan re drogados

[@PitchKucks]

Indeed, anyway no doubt Mustaine isn't a Nazi. But the video is old and therefore the quality doesn't help much

[@latrellmitchell348]

Megadeth the best thrash metal band andim not metallica fan and like doom metal . And classical .

[@jeffbozo7826]

If looks could kill ... Dave Mustaine.

[@PitchKucks]

Wtf is this svastika on mustaine's t shirt

[@FaTaLKoNcEpT]

If you could open your fucking eyes/ It is marking the Swastika out with red.

[@ec29w]

you gotta be half blind to not notice that its crossed out? And its a dead kennedys shirt

[@thrash-xw6kn]

Wtf with gar