Megadeth's Rust In Peace Full Album Was A Stroke of Pure Genius

[@Daiv-l9g]

Nobody could touch early Megadeth at that time. I remember when RIP came out. I was completely blown away. It's such an adventurous and solid album.

[@guitarmeetsscience]

That was definitely their golden era!

[@MrClassicmetal]

I remember people being surprised by the addition of Friedman to the band, because he was known as a Shrapnel shredder. He turned out to be the perfect fit, and the album became a bona fide classic.

[@mcathawk1490]

You have to be the best if you want to be in Megadeth. Dave is a genius. He doesn’t settle for unworthy musicians.

[@Cugelclever]

I bought Rust In Peace in 1990, my first Megadeth album. It still holds up today, along with Peace Sells. Great vid.

[@guitarmeetsscience]

@@Cugelclever Right on man - thank you so much I'll let you enjoyed it!

[@jameswoods4406]

Jeff Loomis auditioned for Megadeth when he was 16 years old. Dave Mustaine was impressed by Loomis's fast playing, but decided that Loomis was too young to join the band.

[@BillyTobin-r6n]

Seen this line up and was BLOWN AWAY. RIP NICK

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Had to have been pretty damn awesome live!

[@BillyTobin-r6n]

@@guitarmeetsscience Not to Bragg as I hate Egos but I seen Dave twice. Once was New year's Eve w Pantera and black sabbath bout97-98. Love em all man.

[@guitarmeetsscience]

🤘🤘

[@josephlalock8378]

saw this lineup twice.. in small venues no less. rip nick.

[@BillyTobin-r6n]

@josephlalock8378 we were at the right place at the right time..Ol' school

[@douglasdbs7139]

Well, I am simple man, I see Rust in Peace, I click on the link. All seriously though, give me a black board and I can spend a full day talking about Rust in Peace. From Marty's gorgeous off-note bends, suspended chords, riff texture perfection, articulation masterpiece.... to lyrics, how crazy it is to have a song about a pair of nuclear missiles from the 1980s, that are grabbing to each other about their destructive powers (such an anthropomorphic shit that in a poetry or book would be considered high art), while a groovy-blues thrash influenced riff is playing in the background like the two weapons were chatting in a bar. Yes, Rust in Peace is that crazy, poetic, great and immortal. Just give me a black board and 24 hours of your time :)

[@guitarmeetsscience]

High five and one big blackboard!! 🤘🤘

[@EvilForgemaster]

Even though I enjoy the darker tone and composition of Peace Sells a little more, I can't not say that Rust in Peace is an album that will forever stand in the top. The aggression, the complexity, the ideas, the variation from track to track is a lightning in a bottle. Megadeth were hell bend on creating the best album ever, and they succeeded!

[@derangedhermit2879]

The album sits at the pinnacle peak of my favorite Heavy Metal back to back albums: Black Sabbath’s Black Sabbath & Paranoid. Master of Reality & Volume 4. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath & Sabotage. Ozzy’s Blizzard of Ozz & Diary of a Madman. Metallica’s Kill ‘em All & Ride the Lightning. Master of Puppets & In Justice For All. Slayer’s Seasons in the Abyss, & Decades of Aggression. Sepultera’s Arise & Chaos A.D., Pantera’s Cowboys from H£ll & Vulgar Display of Power. Megadeth’s Rust In Peace & Countdown to Extinction, & Suicidal Tendencies’s How Will I Laugh Today When I Can’t Cry Tomorrow & Lights…Camera…Action…🤟🏼

[@brooklyn_geek]

Hands down my favorite Megadeth album and the lineup on it is imo the quintessential lineup for the band...not a single throwaway song, Menza doesn't get enough credit for the sick playing and lets not even start talking about the Tornado of Souls solo from Marty❤ RIP forever

[@KarmaNDuality]

Rust In Peace is still my #1 thrash metal album, only because of its technicality... Love that album.

[@e-train765]

Time for my favorite Megadeth album; Youthanasia 🤘 I'm a diehard MetallicA fan but I love me some Megadeth 🤘🤘Both bands have been huge influences on me as a guitarist/musician.

[@guitarmeetsscience]

You read my mind, it's been on my bucket list - I cranked that one so much back in the day. Great album... Megadeth really delivers! 🤘🤘

[@redhex628]

I never knew Chris played on some of the demos. His soloing style sounded great on them. He’s always got that jazzy alien vibe.

[@guitarmeetsscience]

I really dig Chris's style

[@Yessssz]

Appetite and Rust in Piece are my two desert island records

[@dustink2763]

Great work on the vids man! Super fun to watch

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Thanks so much, I appreciate it!

[@DanielAspajo9930]

Tornado of Souls is such a timeless song

[@guitarmeetsscience]

@@DanielAspajo9930 oh yeah!

[@deathmagneto-soy]

The first time I heard anything off this album was when the 'Holy Wars ...' single was released and a local DJ played the first half of the song before cutting away to some other top 40 slop. I spent a week trying to find out who the band were and then months and months practicing every spare minute trying to learn the songs off the album. Every song on the album is complex timeless magic and it's as good today as it was back then. A truly flawless album.

[@guitarmeetsscience]

DJs - truly an annoyance to any dyes in the wool metal fan. Glad you found it 🤘🤘

[@robthomson1327]

im lucky enough to have seen them live when they toured this album. one of the best days of my life still

[@susanbowman-f8l]

Love getting to know the history of my favourite albums😃🎸 great video

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Thank you so much Susan!! 🙏

[@JD.202]

My buddies and I are in a band together, we have been playing for 6 years, and I have been playing guitar for longer, but we still have not gotten near that playing any of those songs. Especially Hanger 18. 😳 we’ll get there eventually, but it just shows the insane amount of effort out into rust in peace. It’s truly a beautiful work of art

[@z7846]

Awesome Story. Megadeth 👍 🤘

[@srh361]

SFSGSW wasn't a flop!

[@ahf5471]

Rust In Peace is perfection.

[@RobertPeters-s9r]

THIS WAS THE BEST LINE UP MEGADETH EVER HAD IF YOU ASK ME. SPECALY WITH NICK AND MARTY.❤

[@MrClassicmetal]

Legendary line-up for sure.

[@williamdelabrue5157]

Megadeth recording at Captain & Tennille studio is everything!

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Haha Right? It ended up fitting perfectly for them

[@andrewmilesbroughton8222]

This album got me into Metal back in 91. 'Holy Wars' is still state of the art.

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Oh yeah! These guys really did their own to kick metal into high gear

[@mickhofman]

RIP is the greatest metal album of all time... fight me....

[@m5mtbchannel708]

I'll fight along side with you man :D

[@guitarmeetsscience]

🤘🤘

[@Metalbass1979]

I have no fight in me against that statement.🤘

[@joshuagibson2520]

It's the best album of all time. No qualifiers needed.

[@user1703-j4f]

Master of puppets is better

[@VARVIS_]

Great Vid man!

[@guitarmeetsscience]

@@VARVIS_ Thank you bro I appreciate it!

[@christyler6234]

This album is the top thrash album for me. I remember seeing it in the BMG and Columbia House catalogs back in the day and thinking that the album had to be something out of this world with the artwork. I heard Symphony of Destruction and when I found out that it was the same band got both albums immediately and never looked back. Youthanasia came along afterwards and Megadeth replaced Metallica as the best metal band. I still think Megadeth is better to this day.

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Pretty damn cool take Chris!! I remember those Colombia house deals lol, I got in trouble for ordering those a couple times 🤣 one penny - you can't beat it lol

[@joshuagibson2520]

I listen to many genres of music. RIP isn't just the best metal album cover to cover it is THE BEST album of them all.

[@kyzzxyx]

thank u for these videos 🙏🏾 these are awesome to watch

[@guitarmeetsscience]

@@kyzzxyx Thank you! I'm really glad that you enjoy them. That makes my day!

[@jcmmnx]

Top 3 metal album of all time maybe my #1.

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Totally burns from start to finish

[@LaurieValdez-zk3dy]

Sometimes it works out.

[@guitarmeetsscience]

You got that right Laurie

[@DudeGuy-gp9kg]

In the fall of 1990, I bought FLICK OF THE SWITCH album on cassette tape. It's AC DC. When i bought the cassette home, put it in the stereo, it was actually RUST IN PEACE album. What happened? I had no idea at the time who it was but I couldn't stop listening to it. I went for a few good months not even knowing who it was. My friends were not even sure at that particular time. Everything on the cassette tape was labeled as if it were AC DC "FLICK OF THE SWITCH" album.

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Hahahahaha what a "flick of the switch" hahaha awesome story!!! 😂

[@DudeGuy-gp9kg]

@guitarmeetsscience yes and no internet to check it. Total 1990.

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Haha yep

[@BillCoz]

Nick Menza had some floppy damn cymbals.

[@iranrevolutionpinkfloyd2022]

The greatest thrash metal album of all time. Rust in Peace

[@JPR-78]

It's THE best thrash album.

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Definitely quintessential when it comes to thrash for sure!

[@doanepoole6640]

I was right in high school when this album came out. Jaw on the floor then. Jaw on the floor now. Mustaine had never been able to recapture that magic.

[@guitarmeetsscience]

There was just something about that album where it's like the planets aligned

[@doanepoole6640]

​@guitarmeetsscience I agree, I think as the years have gone by its my favorite metal album to this day. And I'm not even a Megadeth fan boy or anything. I think Mustiane is pretty much a jacka$$ egomaniac I'd never ever want to hang out with😂. Just a great great album, can't be denied!

[@doanepoole6640]

​@@guitarmeetsscienceThey were friggin tight, loud, and heavy as a live act too. I didn't see them on the RIP tour but saw them on the CDTE tour and they were one of the best live metal bands I ever saw.

[@guitarmeetsscience]

@doanepoole6640 so true - I wouldn't exactly want to hang out with him either (apparently James, Kirk, Lars, and Cliff when he was alive would agree with us both too lol) but damn he has made some great music over the decades. 🤘🤘

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Damn....I can imagine!!!

[@MulletJoe368]

Could you imaging Megadeth with Dime! Gave me chills thinking about it!

[@guitarmeetsscience]

That would be a wicked lineup!

[@MulletJoe368]

Oh no doubt! I seen dime play live on the 101 proof tour! Phil was a wreck, but dime was on it!

[@guitarmeetsscience]

I could see that..... But Dime always brought the goods!

[@darkkrenaissance42]

I still fantasize about what Rust in Peace with Dime and Vinnie might have been like

[@guitarmeetsscience]

That would have been incredible! That could have changed history in a lot of ways, and who knows - because of that Dime May have still remained with us. Will never know.

[@sim7409]

the thrashmaster mustaine is on another level

[@Mr-Foad]

great video about one of the greatest albums ever !

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Thank you so much!!! 🙏

[@dimebagdave77]

Man i just put this one on the turntable yesterday 🤘🤘🤘🤘 blasted the $hit out of it too...

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Hahaha Right on Dave!!! One hell of a burning album 🤘🤘

[@susiedyer3260]

In my personal opinion the best line up 4 Megadeth is Dave mustain. Dave ellefson. Marty Friedman And Nick menza

[@hugololein5950]

Great video!!!

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Thanks man, I appreciate it! 🙏

[@hearpalhere]

Probably my favorite Megadeth album... it's perfect from beginning to end! I got my liner notes signed by Mustaine, Friedman and Ellefson during the Risk tour. Jimmy Degrasso was playing drums for them then, hence why Menza didn't sign. Have you ever seen the soundcheck video that's up on youtube from the Rust In Peace era? It's absolutely killer... so much fun... definitely check it out if you get a chance Jimmy! Let me know if you can't find it (didn't want to paste the link in case the comment gets flagged).

[@guitarmeetsscience]

I actually have - and it is very cool! I found it a while back and I'm pretty glad that they actually have the whole thing out. Very solid lineup!!!

[@hearpalhere]

@@guitarmeetsscience Yeah, Menza was killer too! I always loved the interplay between Marty and Dave's guitars. I saw them live after Marty had left too... with Al Pitrelli. Al was really great too but definitely Marty had his own kind of special vibe.

[@pickboy7]

Imho the best thrash metal album of all time

[@captainshiner42]

Reb Beach would have been NUTS in Megadeth.

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Haha yep he would!

[@Demonico-j7x]

Criterion worthy thrash record, no two ways about it.

[@icarus1416]

By far top 3 best albums of that era. And still.. Nothing comes close to match that energy or technicalities. A true genre defining album.. love or hate dave... Megadeth. To overlook this is. Polaris.. A song.. From the warheads point of view

[@TotoDG]

From The Onion: “Humanity Still Producing New Art As Though Megadeth’s ‘Rust In Peace’ Doesn’t Already Exist”

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Hahaha Love it

[@aSaDitTy]

After a certain amount of 7 point beers I will literally fight anyone who doesn't agree that this is the best thrash album ever. And if you're a Tull/Crimson/etc boy, this record was probably a father figure for you. I'm one of you. I know you.

[@napesdrk1174]

If Fox Mulder was in metal he would be Dave

[@SonicGrace]

Oh Yeah !!!

[@guitarmeetsscience]

🤘🤘

[@mr.timebombman2230]

Funny how Dave always says he's jazz influenced, which he's really not. The only one's that were that were Poland and Samuelson. Then maybe Nick, but otherwise Dave is not a jazz player by any means. He just wanted to sound like he was. If you notice, after Peace Sells, that hint of jazz went after he fired Chris and Gar.

[@guitarmeetsscience]

You're right I share the same sentiment. I could hear ever so slight hints of it sometimes creeping its way into his soloing, though I can't definitively say it's a jazz influence - may be a bit of dizzy Gillespie wildness 🤘🤘

[@leogolive]

I started playing guitar in 2001. I used to listen to a rock station that had a segment called Mandatory Metallica that they did at night where they’d play like three or four of their songs in a row. Learning guitar I’d been listening to some Metallica and liked some of it. Well one night they flipped the script and did Mandatory Megadeth because Megadeth was about to drop a new album. I hadn’t heard Megadeth before but I knew of the band. I always thought the name was cool and the mascot, and they explained that Dave Mustaine had been a member of Metallica. They played Hangar 18, Peace Sells, A Tout Le Monde, Almost Honest and a new song Return to Hangar. The next day I went to Best Buy and bought three Megadeth albums. I stopped listening to Metallica and been a fan of Megadeth since. 💯

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Haha mandatory Metallica - love that title! That is a pretty cool story man

[@ludvig5597]

say what you want about Dave, but NOBODY puts on clothes quicker than he does 8:58

[@guitarmeetsscience]

🤣🤣🤣 good catch lmao

[@freddiekirschman4933]

Jay Reynolds auditioned for so far so good record and got it but wanted Jeff young to play the leads who was his guitar tech at the time which made Mustaine can reynolds. Point is Reynolds’s didn’t audition for RIP

[@guitarmeetsscience]

@@freddiekirschman4933 yeah I kind of figured that sadly after I did this one. But I did cover it on so far so good nevertheless. Thanks for pointing that out

[@justinjames2436]

imagine if dimebag joined megadeth

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Man..... Who knows, he might be around today. That would have been intense though!

[@Hamchickenfinger]

Imagine megadeth with the abbott brothers tho

[@somethingelse04]

Thank god they didn't join Megadeth. Nick Menza and Marty Friedman are way better than those two

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Man that would have been insane!

[@dimebagdave77]

Many thanks as always Guitar Meets Science

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Thank you bro - I'm glad you dug it! 🙏

[@johnwarboys7516]

You don't even mention Five Magics, they don't play the same thing twice. Every lick is different, even solo's genius!

[@guitarmeetsscience]

You nailed it - totally my bad!

[@Bl00dwerK]

Make sure you get the original recording, not the remastered version (vocals were re-recorded due to originals being lost or stolen).

[@terryleeslaughter4611]

Prefer Megadeth over Metallica

[@MrBonified66]

Everything about this album is a 10.. except there's something not quite right with the production. Guitars are just a little bit buzzy. Compare it to Reign In Blood for example. It's still probably the greatest thrash album of all time. I guess we can't have perfection in this world :)

[@MulletJoe368]

Dave actually helped another band go to the top. You ever heard of Metallica? 😂😂😂

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Metallica? Aren't they that polka band from the Poconos? 🤣

[@MulletJoe368]

@guitarmeetsscience 🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭

[@guitarmeetsscience]

🤘🤣🤘

[@FortressofShred]

🤘🏼

[@guitarmeetsscience]

🤘🤘

[@Audfile]

If only Dave wasn't such a all around, world class F up, they would have really rivaled Metallica, I mean in overall impact, sales, legacy. Might have even overshadowed them if he'd been a cool person, and then hired a lead vocalist. Dave's voice is divisive. I personally can't stand it.

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Definitely I love it or hate it thing with Dave, and I think most people including their most diehard fans more or less tolerate his voice. Sometimes especially the later work he kind of struck me as sort of how I sound when I'm a bit constipated in the morning. But I certainly love his vibe and playing style as well as his writing of course. One thing nobody can deny: through every iteration that band has always brought personality to it.

[@leonshreds]

can you make a video on peace sells and killing is my business since they are better than ru st in peace

[@guitarmeetsscience]

I plan on it eventually Thank you

[@rjc7289]

An absolute heavy metal masterpiece, until Metallica's infamous black album came along the following year and totally eclipsed it.

[@cbr9914]

i loved this record when it came out. when i listen to it now, it just sounds sterile, overproduced and the cut/paste production really glares. this is where megadeth lost me. rustain was WAY more fun when he just shouted about casting spells and killing people. those first 3 records (especially the first 2) sound like they're on the verge of falling apart at any second, but they never do. there was a vibe to them.. gar completely reinvented metal drumming.

[@yoshipopthelemur]

Really enjoying the videos but I feel like there’s a disconnect between the writing and the way it’s read. Between the frequent mispronunciations, the weird emphasis of certain words and syllables, and the sort of bored sounding delivery it sounds like you payed someone who knows nothing about metal or guitar to read it. Again, really enjoying, I’m literally mid-binge but I’ve felt inclined for the last like 4 videos to say something so here we are

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Oh man.... I freaking died laughing reading this comment. And no I'm not laughing at you, I really relate with what you say. I have a bad speech impediment and it comes through, but I keep marching on. Even with all of that I love telling the stories, but when I read this comment out and my wife was sitting there we both totally lost it and started cracking up saying "yes finally - that's what I have been telling you all along" lmao. I'm always on the path to improvement, but man is definitely a hard road. I appreciate your honesty and candidness, and I also appreciate you checking out multiple videos that's really cool! Thank you! 🤘🤘

[@NJDVLS9500]

I'm so glad Dimebag didn't join. I don't know why everyone thinks he or Pantera was any good.

[@guitarmeetsscience]

Different strokes for different folks

[@terryleeslaughter4611]

Metallica can on wish to make an album as good as Rust In Peace

[@user1703-j4f]

Why do you think they wish to make one when they literally have millions in their bank account? What did dave get by making RIP? Kirk is 10 richer than him and he isn't even the richest member of Metallica. And if ur gonna tell me that Metallica became successful by using his songs, then tell me which riff in enter sandman was written by dave? They became what they are by making the black album, which has nothing to do with dave

[@EzraDarrow]

Peace sells was and is the most overrated Megadeth album in existence. It's not as great as people make it out to be. So far so good was way better and had more memorable songs. The first 3 in general had horrible production but So far had better songs in general. Nothing comes close to Rust In Peace though. That is their pentacle. That's not opinion either, it's 😅fact, yo! Destroy hip hop and rap...long live real music.

[@guitarmeetsscience]

🤘🤘

[@lt_johnmcclane]

Wtf is a pentacle

[@somethingelse04]

Go talk BS about Peace Sells somewhere else

[@richarddean1453]

You need to understand time, genre, ability and talent. If the music is good, it doesn't matter. Listen to UFO and you will hear why.