Megadeth - Soundcheck in Birmingham (1990)

Megadeth's soundcheck in Birmingham, England where the band plays a bit of Lucretia (October 13th, 1990).
More footage from the same soundcheck:
• Megadeth - Five magics...

[@MistermookS]

These guys are the reason why i bought jackson guitars. this lineup is the golden age of megadeth

[@jeffmora9832]

Chris Poland put MEGADEATH on the map as musical juggernauts not ur average thrash band.

[@jeffmora9832]

But I love all of Dave's lead guitarists over the years

[@southsidemichael386]

I agree. Dave, Junior, Marty, and Nick was indeed the golden age for Megadeth. Shit, those four made Rust In Peace, their best album IMO. But you have to admit, this lineup in 2020 is pretty damn good. Kiko and Dirk fit right in. MEGADETH FOREVER!!!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@asfolshah768]

Same goes to me 👍

[@wesleyb1458]

I think the killing and peace sells era is amazing as well. But I did the exact thing with the guitars! Got the Jackson V. Marty and Dave just look so signature on stage with those Jacksons

[@Peashant2142]

Firedman plays so fucking well you can't never say when is he improvising or playing a real song...fuck!

[@ingleringlet-snipps3rd449]

Like all Masters, he makes it look easy!

[@javiergutierrez4733]

Did you just make a sneaky joke with his name or is it just mispelling?

[@Peashant2142]

@@javiergutierrez4733 LMAO it was misspell but I see why you'd think otherwise

[@clavicol6875]

@@Peashant2142 bro tf 12 year old comment yet you still replied hahhaahha

[@user-yw5ct1px3x]

@@clavicol6875 damn!

[@SamaelVR]

David Ellefson: Don't mind me, just casually tapping

[@matteomirri114]

He was actually playing the little solo from "take no prisoners"

[@cynthiarhodes1910]

Q

[@Maggiethegsd]

This aged very well

[@HaziqNR]

I love Nick's drum kit sound. So much punch. RIP :'(

[@jonatanhedlin3992]

Drum kit is nice and all, but those sweet sounds are probably mostly derived from his killer playing.

[@bobtompkins825]

Phenomenal drummer!!

[@brooks2198]

@@jonatanhedlin3992He’s a jazz drummer, it mixes in perfectly

[@douglasblackwell5704]

That's the way drums should sound great drummer miss Nick

[@MitsuMetal]

THE LINE UP!!!

[@90lxfox3]

+Shinra Kazuya it really is the best lineup but lets see what the new guitarist has to bring to the table hes pretty good

[@OldNick00]

Hell YES!!!

[@titmusspaultpaul5]

Yep... probably the best, although the current line up is up there too.

[@saredodevil]

@@90lxfox3 kiko is a beast, listen those hybrid picking

[@Speedster1977]

2:11-2:15 - these few seconds show Marty's real genius. He is a natural born lead guitarist.

[@SlickEnz]

I think the question is what's wrong with everyone else's hand? Clearly Marty is playing the right way and all the rest of us are playing wrong. Marty is legendary.

[@Thomohawk21]

14 years and this still holds true 🤣 Amazing comment !

[@goosefukulardeath7300]

Marty is as good as the band he plays in

[@anglesupremacy123]

@@goosefukulardeath7300fucking legendary and top of the top?

[@reav3rtm]

Wow that Marty's lick at 2:12 is genius.

[@Speedster1977]

Same thought here.

[@Nightwishfann]

Beste Megadeth line up to date: Dave Mustaine Marty Friedman David Ellefson Nick Menza

[@brianlandis9866]

Kiko is AMAZING!

[@kaixooaeri5392]

Of course

[@jaumvituu3500]

Holy crap, he is the mr obvious

[@azathoth0820]

2nd best lineup: Mustaine, Poland, Ellefson, Samuelson.

[@jima6545]

Tied for best.

[@evalex71]

Marty's technique was razor fucking sharp here

[@sweetmelody4610]

david ellefson is underrated.

[@julienverveer748]

+The Chratheostic he's one of the best bassists of all times!

[@vibonacci]

+Julien Verveer he always does sound great and he's mixed properly on the albums (unlike bassists from some other bands ;))

[@lethargicastengah572]

+vibonacci And he makes it a much easier job due to how evenly he plays

[@sweetmelody4610]

fuck is this comment how long ago i first watched this video? shit i'm getting old.

[@poostring94]

ELLEFSON IS GOD!!!!

[@RathOfficial]

God, I love the bassline in Lucretia. It's like a complete song of it's own. Ellefson

[@lethargicastengah572]

Holy shit. The way Marty picks...

[@Oilid]

Still the best line up, best chemistry, best period.

[@gtyrone83]

Dave's vocals were vicious back then!

[@Rvench]

Agreed he had a great voice during the 90s too bad in the lives you can hardly here it because the instruments are so loud

[@pathstix]

3:48 The greatest guitar tone of all time.

[@dannelleabajar4703]

Wish they make an entirely new song with that riff aside from lucretia.

[@ConanObrien22]

​@@dannelleabajar4703is that from Lucretia? That sound different

[@dannelleabajar4703]

@@ConanObrien22it is from Lucretia, played slower and heavier in this vid.

[@dougncc7542]

3:30 Turn Down for What-Nick Menza

[@4572dk]

Underatted comment

[@shaya550]

Marty, just too good. Too too good.

[@gtrriffs]

He is awesome. Just like your pic🙋‍♂️😜

[@irti_pk]

@@gtrriffs great move, guy.

[@Johnuao]

@@gtrriffs the super simp is here ma friends

[@sibulat]

I always love to see professional band sound check...because sometimes they play a full song better than the concert it self...

[@lucasmegadethrock1459]

in 1:48 is a birth of Ashes In Your Mouth the first version

[@infectedvoice4670]

1:15 It's a kind of Addicted to Chaos.

[@M374LM4N]

I miss that line up so much!

[@louiealva723]

RIP NICK MENZA A MUSICAL GENIUS

[@coolbron2597]

4:40 sounds so jazzy and salsa-ish if that makes any sense, the way the hi hat comes in after that first breakdown 👌🏼🔥🔥🔥Nick Menza was so special man

[@ElDuderino502]

R.I.P, Nick Menza. Gone, but never forgotten.

[@MrMegadavewright]

RIP Nick Menza. A giant personality behind the kit... The black 'MEGADETH' guitar that became the silver guitar on Countdown. I remember when that was auctioned off... If only I had 30 grand.

[@mikebarrett7154]

Nick recorded my band back in 2010 at his house in his home studio I think in Burbank.., his son was literally crawling on the mixing desk lol it was a real chill guy. I spent about an hour in his drum room which didn't even have any kids set up they were all in different massive drawers. I think I counted just under 50 full drum kits. I was one of half a million people that told him that rest in peace made me want to start playing. It was definitely not the first time he had heard it. I was playing bass on that recording for that band. We never released it. We did that a lot

[@michael7v6]

David Grohl before he became The David Grohl.

[@kultiras4978]

insert David ellefson is underated coment here--------->

[@JohnnyV_Val]

You 1 of those guys that nobody ever reads or answers your lame comments. So you put crap like that up "fishing for comment" truly SAD

[@kultiras4978]

JohnnyV Val what? Hahaahaha just go fuck your self everyone is seeing the monster ellefson was and comenting, i mention it in a funny way but theres always that virgin guy like you

[@nunya3272]

@@JohnnyV_Val wow you're stupid

[@sanharris2739]

Amazing Guitars tunes

[@RiffRock51]

and amazing guitar tones!

[@jacobgarcia2660]

Marshall stacks with a Marshall preamp rack unit and old Jackson guitars (pre fender) is the tone. I can't tell if Dave is using a Duncan jb or stock Jackson pickup in the bridge but he does have a bill lawrence l500xl in the neck

[@markjohnston3790]

I was there Birmingham N.E.C arena UK it was Clash of the Titans Tour,absolutely Outstanding show Megadeth / Slayer / Anthrax / Testament / Suicidal Tendencies damn the decades just fly I was only 21 I'm now 49 year's old Metalhead to the grave Bang your head til it bleeds Rattlehead! 🤔 🤙👍🤘☺

[@phildempsey9197]

i was there too, anthax didnt play on this tour in the uk.

[@leoevs441]

Hell yes I was there, 45 years old now, hell of a gig but sorry Anthrax weren't there, they didn't do the European leg of the tour..... 🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@nickyg687]

I was there as well it was an awesome gig

[@enter666once]

RIP Nick. Will always be missed 😢

[@Peanutz996]

Martys rythm tone is so godlike. And this is like the one of the only two clips of him playing five magics.

[@jacobgarcia2660]

1:43 that tone

[@ClutchboyzHQ]

6:30 "and your friends all say dave your mental anyway " ... "hey." "dundendunle"

[@MBrowser-yh1qp]

I caught them on tour in the late 80s. For one song Dave played a chrome Flying V. It was dark in a fairly small venue and they put a spotlight on Dave and the light reflected off the chome guitar like a spotlight itself, the reflected beam of light shining every which way as the guitar moved as he played the song. Great experience for my teenage self.

[@jcdenton616]

This whole soundcheck could be a song, it's incredible!!

[@suhijo]

Nick with a Misfits T-shirt, cool.

[@H1JV3PV74]

Do you know what band the t-shirt that Dave Ellefson had was from?

[@dansababa857]

such a giant line up. there's nothing like the touch of Marty

[@H.E.M.]

6:30 the way he says hey reminds me of James mocking Kirk when he said “fighting” when they were practicing Seek & Destroy.

[@disposabledeth]

Unfortunately I only have 3/9 parts... would love to get my hands on the rest some day.

[@337camo]

It's scary how good they are.

[@mayordhanak5346]

This is the best line up! Not just of MD but of all the thrash bands at that time!

[@muriloninja]

Mustaine is incredible...his riffs are intricate as hell! \m/

[@wvClifton]

Check out Marty's right hand gallop at 1:50 ... jaw dropping!!

[@mprogger5476]

Its a normal galloping lol

[@gbirdo4718]

Motter 6667 yea lmao I can do that I’m a drummer who fucks around with his band mates guitars.

[@Rvench]

@@gbirdo4718 but can play like Marty.

[@jesussoto6855]

We guitar players gallop all time

[@BravoWellnessAndRecovery]

they have the best live sound ever. daves bass si so great through my headphones. fucking amazing.

[@flannelsykes0]

I was at this gig as a mullet haired 10 year old Brummie with my brother and my old man and it really was an awesome night with chairs and all sorts being thrown into the mosh pit.

[@jazzyb4656]

I was there as a 13 year old. My mum took me and we were at the back of the mosh pit. Don't remember any chairs being thrown. This was the NEC right? How many nights did they play there? Alice in Chains were support.

[@edoslacker]

The best era of Megadeth caught on tape!!

[@winterkhan]

Menza never stops, even playing in bed.As Dave said at the end of Paranoid;"Nick.. Nick.. Niiick" RIP

[@davidbrothers3788]

Fuck me runnin!

[@jeffkerr807]

Ya that always irritated me. Dave yelling at nick

[@Pussinator.69]

This lineup was Truly Amazing. At the peak of their prime ❤

[@jazzyb4656]

I went to this concert as a 13yro. My mum took me and we were at the back of the mosh pit. Great gig. Alice in Chains was one of the supports.

[@jbohler33]

Wow watching Marty play makes me feel so discouraged to continue playing guitar.

[@Swampster70]

IT should encourage you to play better.

[@cobaingrohlnovo]

Watching Dave play and sing at the same time should’ve discouraged you lmao

[@360icon]

I got to see them play in a really small old theatre - we were about 10 feet back from the front… it was something i will always remember

[@aaronsteiding4568]

Best megadeth lineup in my opinion. I respect all musicians who has played with megadeth, but I would like to see the old crew play again.

[@nemesis6014]

Darn! I thought Jr was gonna start playing "Dawn Patrol" 3:11. I wish they played it more often live. It would sound perfect as an intro to tornado of souls or polaris.

[@9erMatthew]

0:16 - Ready?... 0:18 - Set?!... 0:20- GOOOO!!! I love how Marty totally kicks on like super speed there.

[@rogerklotz8]

ellefson is hilarious at the end..."dave your mental anyway, hey"

[@NewGamer101]

I find it facinating that I enjoy watching soundcheck videos.

[@grumpycricket]

Hands down, the best iteration of this band!

[@jaimeandrespertuznieto4555]

The megadeth's golden epoch...

[@smif7t3]

I went to the Manchester gig of this tour. It was amazing. Great to be reminded, thanks

[@sullybiker6520]

I went to the Apollo gig slightly later in March '91. Can't believe it was so long ago.

[@smif7t3]

Just realised it was the Apollo gig I went to, with Alice In Chains supporting - thought it was the same leg of that tour, sorry. So we were both there lol. Cheers

[@nonbass]

Love these guys!

[@hoosierdaddy2308]

Very cool and those Jackson guitars just rock. ♥️🤘

[@user-fe5vk3zf2f]

3:15 pink panther theme

[@shaya550]

Ellefson's bass tickles me in a naughty place and he told me he's glad he get to tickle me. Yes, my life was made that day.

[@shaya550]

Gets*

[@catastrovision]

The fuck.

[@shaya550]

I spoke to him, thats how part of the conversation went.

[@pelangatun199991]

Shahd Al Abdullah oh now i see

[@Euzifyy]

Gave u tha jimmies or what?

[@jelloz]

marty always played like that, for some reason he holds his pick in that weird way everytime he solos/shreds and plays chords normally.

[@brendanwoodcock2833]

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEW LOVE YOU GUYS TILL THE END OF TIME!!!!! Just magnificent musicians that are so down to earth.........or.........if they weren't then they sure are now.......SUPERB!

[@louiealva723]

LOL David Ellefson at the end!!

[@inkodavenenus7463]

Yamaha drums are one of the most underrated drums in the metal scene. This sound is over the top for playing thrash metal

[@rubelahmed8099]

Wonderful sound checking.

[@timpadleki8384]

Pure awesomeness.

[@voodooglowskull]

dam' it, man; this kind of footage was so hard to get during the 80s and 90s; bloody Hel....cool stuff.

[@jacobgarcia2660]

I love Dave’s rhythm tone very tight and crunchy. Stock Marshall with a bogner preamp rack unit and Jackson king v with a stock Jackson pickup I believe

[@cocaccount1914]

this is gold

[@jimmesser568]

Its really cool seeing them play stuff from countdown long before it was realesed.

[@trevorbender2307]

Tear😥 Nothing that's so perfect can last forever!!! I miss these days and Line-up!!!🤘☢️🤘

[@cnarro890]

marty is the happiest guy on earth

[@joshuahutchison3657]

lol this is the best Megadeth line up. RIP Menza

[@eamonahern7495]

Love it

[@ingleringlet-snipps3rd449]

"Lean and hungry." General Maximus

[@slaytura]

awesome video!

[@XFunkWizardX]

"the bassist" hes a very well respected bass player in the metal scene. You should know who Dave Ellefson is.

[@s0ulfire]

ha ha playing catch and megadeth live in the background PRICELESS!!

[@korkingg]

Looking at Mustaine’s arm at 4:56 you’ll notice how really he feels playing guitar, moving at the rhythm of those fast riffs.

[@_ProTrax]

Dave has the best right hand in thrash if you look past just how fast you can downpick shit

[@miktamis175]

Name of the song?

[@alluringskull2133]

​@@miktamis175Lucretia

[@jdsk8914]

Crazy rhythms!!

[@garybanbury]

Went to this gig at the NEC ! Great day’s 👍

[@phrydoom]

Awesome video!

[@jorozco13yearsago40]

1:53 that left hand movement tho and that Gallop

[@thaflowman1]

what is this song??

[@jorozco13yearsago40]

@@thaflowman1 idk

[@lg.2000]

Must be one of the BEST music videos on the platform ..!

[@eon14873]

Wow. I went to this clash of the titans gig. October 13,1990. Classic

[@brianhall3300]

Badass footage

[@drums5050]

0:42-0:53 what a cool beat

[@dpwaslayer1]

god i miss this line up oh well atleast i got to see em all live a few times

[@PEDROCLASSIC]

Marty is heaven sent!!!

[@The90sGamingGuy]

It is amazing what people on the internet can provide for one another. Which makes me wonder what happened to all the old posts Megadeth did back in 1997 on their official website.

[@shotgunndunn]

AWESOME video!!!! Dude the audio from that camera is WAAAAY better than most of todays consumer cams. The stereo separation is unbelievable. Thanx for this post. shotgunn

[@MoshPitZombie]

really nice post!

[@titmusspaultpaul5]

Great stuff.

[@stringscutter2]

ohhhhh meeeenn i lovee megadethhh and all dave's creationsss

[@martycarter3306]

That was the first time I saw megadeth in 1990...with slayer. Anthrax and Alice in chains....damn good concert!!!!....

[@automotiverenderings]

I can't even fathom that show with so much talent haha 😎

[@leifericson923]

i like the little conversation that jr and the camera guy have at the end

[@Schnitwagon]

Thanks Disposabledeth! This is awesome! Haha, David Ellefson is so cool. "HEY!"

[@ChannelEleven59]

Love watching Marty play

[@victorserna9039]

Is increíble fun what exist in thqt moments fr all those guys my nick neza RIP marty, david and dave never will be the same without this music . i love it the best edges 1980 to 1990