Megadeth - Symphony Of Destruction (Bangin' With MTV 1992)

Megadeth - Symphony Of Destruction
"Bangin' With MTV"
July 14, 1992

[@ArgentinaLibertaria]

I like the fact that the bass is that loud

[@birkganze2977]

Yer, but they could put more low end in his sound.

[@robotman7945]

bass steel sound

[@zeroinifnite5730]

This song makes Lars ears bleed

[@CarsonVMNTX]

it could also be their mixing for tv. would hire him 100%.

[@aomana4357]

@@robotman7945 That's exactly what I was thinking is missing from other live vids. I like the bass steel twang

[@eugenekolb9622]

The bass is like a slap in the face for the "Justice" album

[@hmpz36911]

If they were smart, they'd scoop him up now that he's out of Megadeth.

[@hmpz36911]

@@whataboutthesituation1273 What do pedophiles have anything to do with this conversation?

[@hmpz36911]

@@whataboutthesituation1273 Ellefson has nothing to do with pedophilia.

[@pottergeist]

Imagine if Newsted had joined Megadeth after the departure from Metallica.

[@ThommyofThenn]

They're talking about the non-event where he was talking to some fangirl who was well over 18. Apparently she was saying some flirtatious things to him and then leaked the screenshots. He didn't really do anything but people tried adding their own gross fantasies to it cause they can't go 2 seconds without dragging their mind through the gutter

[@fevgomeli1951]

Sometimes you just wish musicians like these stay young forever.

[@piercelawless2654]

They still sound just as good

[@ThommyofThenn]

Being immortal would ultimately drive you mad. Unless we had time to research how it would affect people's minds in the long term

[@lonelylove9735]

💔

[@alidemir9897]

Dave sounds great... that angry voice type of singing is just his thing... 2 seconds and you know it's him

[@cheetodustenthusiast3619]

Yea but the Worst part is he is Just So numb the whole tirm he needs to move a bit more

[@Fuhgawz102]

@@cheetodustenthusiast3619 hes RIPPING guitar lmao

[@Merknilash]

It’s amazing and he still sounds good unlike James

[@nekropsyyyyyy]

@@Merknilash so ur saying dave is a better singer than james LOL sure dude

[@Merknilash]

@@nekropsyyyyyy now? Yes In the 80s? No of course not

[@silentbeep]

The bass is so loud I love it. They were one of the few metal bands that were still doing well during the grunge era. Nirvana had come out a year before this performance. I have so much respect for them not compromising musically during that time.

[@stephaniecothren2702]

Dave looks so hot here

[@rambobrown9661]

i loved the way he sing "watch him become a god"

[@csototascon]

Rambo P. Brown me too

[@morgangraffiti2298]

Same🤟🏼

[@fishexploits5264]

Dave’s propaley high

[@metalhammer5]

Layne Stayley liked that.

[@DavidRattlehead]

00:58 Omg... The power in his voice.

[@leonozuna3242]

I thought the same, that must have hurt him xD

[@karynsheer4304]

I love David's backing vocals. They go well with Mustaine's voice.

[@Rvench]

You can barely here him sometimes they need to turn his mic up more because in a lot of live shows the guitars drown out his voice but in this video everything is at that perfect volume

[@23chopperrob]

Dave Jr. most underrated metal bassist!!!

[@christinaharrison5692]

So true!

[@elijahwhistler4795]

Sad I won’t be seeing him play in September..

[@JoeGibb]

I couldn't hear the solo over how awesome Dave Ellefson is.

[@hergang71]

I love that bass sound.

[@a.f.169]

At one point in the history of humanity a little danish drummer got Hetfield, Mustaine and Burton all together in his band.

[@BobGolob]

The best live session of Symphony Of Destruction ever.

[@Dethkingvjackson]

Junior’s voice sounds so youthful here wow .

[@sleevelessace]

only true fans know who ur talkin about!!! hell ya brother!!!!

[@Ciscoguy30]

Nicks Drums: “Please don’t hurt me” Nick:”Yes”

[@tabithasmith8302]

My big brother used to play this song a lot in the 90s. I liked rap back then. But after listening to my brother play Megadeath . I quit listening to rap music and started listening to Megadeath. As well as other heavy metal bands. ☝️😜

[@JESNnsej]

Tabitha Smith megaDETH

[@jimmywatson5961]

do u still listen to Megadeth? I do : )

[@Lemmi7810]

Good boy! 😎 fuck this shit rap music. Is it even music? 😂

[@brandonchurch2094]

@@Lemmi7810 yes

[@lovrestosic1451]

Great decision!

[@toyotakoala]

0:20 Whatch him become a God...lol i love his staring off

[@simonpate6775]

I think Ellefson had a word with the sound engineer beforehand. Turn the bass and my mic up to 11

[@mojamoja9690]

No one talk about the drummer, he doing best at his side

[@openheimer968]

Nick Menza & David Ellefson destroying pair 👍

[@chad509]

What a very tame crowd... i know its mtv and all and not real venue. But damn, it's fucking Megadeth!

[@DavnerMelodian]

Such a heavy bass sound. I love it!

[@noemivega5524]

Marty's look at th beginning of the song!

[@technoir1119]

+Noemí Vega Blue Steel

[@thesunshineminority4738]

The bassline composition and the bass sound are nothing more than genius. It makes the hair on my arms stand up.

[@marianinasaenzdeugartediaz1752]

2:40 That hair omfgg

[@talearingo248]

Maria Nina Saenz de Ugarte Diaz hes so fucking beautiful here Jesus Christ!!

[@sherry8894]

I love Dave's hair that long!❤

[@LIGORBT]

1990-1998 the golden years

[@talearingo248]

I love how they always sync up with their head banging and hair flips during the solos 🤘🏻

[@MACHETICO7]

Beautiful bass sound

[@SpaceAudio]

I like how they sounded here. That bass! Pa- - bam-bam, pa- -bam-bam, pambam bam bam bam bam 😂😎

[@eamsumati3348]

this must've been the best looking line-up in metal during the 90s. Nick, Marty, Dave and Dave had talent, hair and looks.

[@ThommyofThenn]

Dave is undeniably a capable guitarist but imo his voice is his true gift

[@akeltv]

Bass so good

[@oldfriend327]

The bass guitar is really audible in this mix. *Just don't tell Lars please, seriously.* Megadeth sound so friggin cool here in this performance with David's bass cutting through like that.

[@intotheabyssoftheunknown4479]

Dave's Ballad of Destruction is one which he created and he never ceases to illustrate his amazing talent! Bravo!

[@peanuts666]

Jr's so loud here. I love it! 😂

[@archibaldmeatpants814]

The entire video is my favorite part but a couple things in particular....hearing Nick's snare come back to life when the tech fixed it and being able to watch Dave 's fingers on the fret board...especially coming out of Marty's solo...pure gold to me lol

[@JoseJr1977]

This is insane!!!!

[@hotjones81]

That bass!!!👌

[@jeffersonaraujoelcristiano]

We will miss you, Junior.

[@sebastianrie7943]

He was loaded with substances here, but being high he was the BEST, such a wild monster! Best rhythm guitarist and songwriter in metal history for sure!!! Sometimes drugs promote creativity!

[@deepcreep98]

Ever done drugs before? Ii doubt it.

[@veganskillz]

He’s the best regardless! A monster regardless! Natural artistry and intensity turned up to 12!

[@Nestorglass]

he was allegedly sober in 92

[@ernestolopez23]

BASS of destruction

[@jackbrown4697]

go on Megadeth! you gave us one of the best MTV perforrmances I have ever seen!

[@adidaz0018]

2021 and i recently picked up my guitar again after hearing this song and this killer ass fucking riff. so good and I miss these days

[@lordberly]

dat bass sounds doe

[@JohnDoe-ij7et]

Dave I know it must of hurt so bad being kicked out of Metallica. And being in the shadows of there profound success and global exposure while u were in “shadows”. But it truly was one of the greatest gifts to the metal world. Imagine no megadeth? And just Metallica. No peace sells, tornado of souls, symphony, trust. Like fuck. And if u didn’t form megadeth the world probably would of never been blessed with Marty’s outrageous guitar solos.

[@yakuzaohtani3631]

What about Nick’s insanely powerful and unique drumming, I feel like Nick doesn’t get enough credit, Dave was such a bastard asshole to Nick, treated him like shit and fired Nick way worse than James n Lars fired Dave, then he becomes a chronic liar saying Marty left Megadeth because Dave wanted to make a heavy album after Risk and Marty wanted to go do “j-pop” Marty Left cuz Risk was Dave’s lame idea. And after Nick Was fired the band honestly fell apart, all was Dave’s fault. The only albums that could stand up to Tallica was Rust in Peace, Countdown, Youthanasia, Cryptic Writings, everything else doesn’t come close to Metallica, fuck Dave!

[@JohnDoe-ij7et]

Yakuza Ohtani I didn’t know that about nick n Dave. But I agree with u, there’s a lot of young idiots who just get on board this Metallica sucks megadeth rules, Metallica sold out, megadeth is so thrash. It’s just like reallly? Megadeth stayed thrash, wtf was risk and the world needs a hero? They changed up there style just like Metallica did, only not so good. Load n reload r great albums if u just appreciate them for what they r, hard rock. Not thrash. N yeh I had no idea Dave did that to nick, what a shame, band was so tight with him. N yeh how many guys has Dave fired? Haha

[@thalamusDecimation]

@@yakuzaohtani3631 Dude you good? I used to be like you, not liking Megadeth and saying Peace Sells was shit and whatnot. Then i actually LISTENED to Peace Sells. The album, not the song, dumbass. I bet you haven't even listened to a single Deth album in its entirety. James and Lars could NEVER, NEVER write a musical magnum opus like, basically, almost all the songs on Peace Sells. The closest they were to accomplishing it was with Orion, Call of Ktulu and maybe TLiTD but even that song was partially written by Burton. If you take a closer look to all Metallica songs, they are all more simple and follow a basic structure, like they don't want to throw away the verse and the chorus. But Megadeth songs? Like what, 6 different ideas on a single song? Specially Peace Sells. Best examples i can think of, Wake Up Dead and Good Mourning (Black Friday). Peace Sells is actually the most rudimentary song in the album. The rest introduce new and interesting ideas at every section. Dave Mustaine's solos were very creative at the time, also, and Poland was an absolute beast. 100000x better than Kirk, in terms of phrasing, taste and technical skill. And don't even get me started on Rust in Peace. Now of course, Rust throws away this idea of introducing new riffs at every second because i'd say it's more COMMERCIAL. The shit they did in Peace Sells was almost Progressive Rock levels of giving the song a new direction, you know, tempo changes mid-song, weird time signatures, different motifs and colors for every section, etc. They just did that occasionally in Rust, for instance, the transition to D Phryigian Dominant on Hangar 18 (Marty's solo) or the thrashy riff at the end of Five Magics, but now that i think of it that song as a whole is very proggy. But the general composition of the album is PURE MUSICAL RICHNESS. Metallica NEVER did something like that. They'd just have their few musical bits and that's it. The rest of the songs were usually very monotone, and to be honest, Kirk's solos always sounded like crap to me. Now don't get me wrong, Metallica is good, but Megadeth is GOD-LIKE in terms of musicianship. I appreciate you're open minded enough to like Load and Reload, but you should learn to appreciate Megadeth a bit too. Post 1997 Megadeth tho? That shit whack. It's like they threw away their whole musicianship for the money. Not to mention Friedman didn't even want to be in the band anymore. He did want to make j-pop, that's one of the reasons he left the band. He stated "when you make metal your music has to be gunshot-grey, and i like to paint my music all yellow's and red's" or something like that.

[@hunterwinn3335]

And worst of all, no holy wars

[@JohnDoe-ij7et]

@@thalamusDecimation Dude wtf r u talking about, megadeth is barely a band. Killing is my business was a great 80’s thrash album, peace sells was a great album. N rust in peace was a great album, megadeth was barely a band, just an angry guy who could barely sing hiring the best musicians he could to write songs that should have mostly just been instrumentals. MetallicA was afraid to throw away the verse chorus, wtf r u talking about, the majority of their songs from lightning to justice was full of epic intros n barely followed verse chorus at all, all the songs r fool of melodic break downs, interludes, guitar bridges, riff deconstruction at different tempos, they r nothing like megadeth, they r a rhythm focused band, u can listen to there first five albums write through without a single bad song. Dunno how u think they were afraid to move away from the verse chorus concept, I struggle to think of a song from their first 4 albums that follows verse chorus structure at all. I find it harder to think of a song that doesn’t have guitar bridges, melodic break downs and interludes. Get off ur bad internet trend of megadeth va Metallica

[@sushilshrestha6109]

Rest in peace NICK MENZA 😢 !!! The best drummer of megadeth \💀/

[@guillermo5066]

I love this lineup

[@leticianoronha7219]

d. ellefson no baixo é tudo, dá pra ouvir essa porra kdkdkdkd

[@ancaprural674]

Essa é a melhor performance da formação clássica, sem dúvidas...

[@leticianoronha7219]

@@ancaprural674 total

[@emon66666]

How crispy that bassline was!

[@Bet-vx3fg]

best lineup ever

[@oldfriend327]

Thank you so much for this. This was a great performance to introduce the world to this epic album. It has been slightly over thirty years since I last saw this no joke. I can still remember the one and only time I saw it when it came on at my friend's house who had MTV that summer of 1992. This lineup for some reason and I can't pinpoint why is still my favorite lineup of Megadeth. Every lineup though Megadeth has ever had has really been phenomenal. Dave really knew how to pick great players to continue this band for so long. Megadeth truly are one of the great heavy metal bands of all time.

[@kroll-li8zx]

What a Megadeth WoW

[@daisypagan3535]

Cry for Nick menzas R.IP

[@aquileshernandez2977]

I MISS YOU NICK 😭 the best Drummer of megadeth

[@therockvolution9597]

I was 17 and my neck was in pain from the lot's of headbanging 😀🤘🤘🎸

[@deepak12992]

LOve the Bass...Rock on Ellefson..

[@jesussotelo4775]

Deepak Chandhok Dave Ellefson was always Megadeth secret weapon

[@canela8343]

Man, that bass...

[@Purplemetall007]

DM looks so beautiful I can't stand it.

[@unknownrealm1802]

Great and perfect snare..

[@Jerry-nu2rs]

Rest in peace Nick 💗

[@satanlaffing]

the show was called "HANGIN' WITH MTV'. it used to come on @ 3 or 4 pm. daily. I guess you can say it was kinda like trl before trl. I remember this episode, they also did "skin o' my teeth after this.

[@Mssmaimone]

Nice performance, one of the best I've heard, really like Ellefson backing vocals. But can someone answer me something, what's the song playing at the very end of the video? (The guitar solo that's been played, and is it Slash playing?)

[@killride69]

greatest sound of megadeth man!!!! even tho i wish they could re do their sound with gar and poland rip NICK!

[@simoflatout8912]

insane bass sound!

[@NCordova316]

El mejor Line Up de MEGADETH

[@shorthealthfacts3699]

This is priceless man! Best deth line-up!

[@NickolausPacione]

This track is fucking nasty live. I was late when it came to picking up this album as I found it in 2002 when I picked up Iced Earth's Alive In Athens. This album Megadeth was fully collaborative as the entire band took turns writing tracks.

[@figarofeegarrooooo2782]

I love the headbanging during the solo

[@daisypagan3535]

Love Dave Mustaine cute

[@BlueSkyCrystals]

That solos must be hell to play because I've seen many live vids on here and I haven't seen one yet where other Megadeth guitarists or even Friedman does the solo 100%.

[@brandonchurch2094]

They are. But Dave nailed The Conjuring solo live in Normal '93

[@hepe71]

Dave Mustain for President of USA!

[@wagnerlima7670]

This bass is killing millions, omg

[@Thomohawk21]

Definitley! The Big 4 Sofia Bulgaria, Chris nails this one, Holy Wars, Hanger 18, and Peace Sells :D

[@hotjones81]

Every day👌

[@Diegoogle]

what the hell was that f*cking weird solo at 4:08 ????

[@metalhammer5]

Was that Slash?

[@fatdomgomiello720]

Idk but it was awful

[@PeterVenkman_666]

He gets lost without his Les Paul

[@dat5ngon]

best performance ever

[@hotjones81]

Love it 👌

[@DavidWhite-rr9em]

This Is Awesome.

[@hmpz36911]

"Guys, wear a flannel. Grunge is the new thing."

[@jacobgarcia2660]

2:15 that note marty hits is something else

[@openheimer968]

Ellefson hard plow that bass 👍👍👍

[@daviddougher8637]

saw them the same year in November 1992///stone temple pilots opened for them

[@marionschubert1272]

If rather be Absent from the Body & present with the Lord

[@oxacillinneomycin]

1:13 you try to take his baAaAlllllssss

[@ravenwing361]

MTV used to be cool.

[@Ripp.n]

Megadeth & SLASH

[@sabbath995]

MEGADETH MEGADETH AGUNANTE MEGADETH!!! YOU TAKE A MORTAL MAN

[@hotjones81]

Go bass!

[@mutilasijelangkungmelodeat2286]

Dave mustachein

[@gosiasamosia7796]

I miss this Team.... very much but OK had to change.... sorry that David doesn't play no more But..... afterall I wait to see and heard Heard and see first time after my first cd meeting MDLive in Katowice this year 🤘😝

[@fatimaalmeida1831]

AÍ. QUE. BELEZURA. O.VOCALISTA LOURAÇAS. DO. CARALHO,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,.,,, Portugal 🇵🇹

[@redsoxfan0428]

Nick Menza

[@54youcyan]

VERY GOOD"

[@allansouza3563]

Good old days when Kirk Hammet played drums for Megadeth

[@Faks.09]

I suprised you didn't mention that he's better than Lars

[@samschossig334]

Load and ReLoad No need to. Lars fucking sucks. Everybody is better than Lars 😂

[@smansaga0752]

LOL.. haha.. but please respect Nick... cheers..

[@MyFlippinValentine]

The mixer must have really liked Dave Ellefson

[@Mssmaimone]

When it comes to backing vocals, David Ellefson is THE name!

[@arkantos0513]

Nope, Jason Newstead is way better...

[@underworldguardian6694]

@@arkantos0513 I like his energy,but his voice is not beautiful, Junior tho has a pretty voice ,even while speaking

[@notimeforjokes.3570]

Fuck yes

[@MarcoAntonioEnnioRoberto]

Wonderful performance by James Labrie

[@DarkOakGenerated]

💀

[@Rainy-Bass]

Geez, those last two bands were like a scissor scraping a metal plate. Megadeth was way more metal!!!!

[@daisypagan3535]

Dave Mustaine cute hair cute face cute beutiful 😄 sexy body like much

[@rocker77i]

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