Megadeth - VH-1 Behind the Music Extended

Megadeth - VH-1 Behind the Music Extended

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Movie Review: Megadeth fans, this is a must-have!
Summary: 5 Stars

The story begins with Dave's time with Metallica in the early 80s. James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, and Ron McGovney are on hand to talk about their experiences together, and the problems that eventually led to Dave's expulsion from the band. Shortly after that, Mustaine hooks up with David Ellefson (the story of how they met is pretty funny), and the rest is the history of one of the greatest bands metal has ever seen.

Anyone even passingly familiar with Megadeth's history will know that Mustaine has fought a constant battle with drug addiction over the years, and that is explored quite a bit here: how their lifestyle of drug abuse affected Dave and his bandmates, how it affected the band as a whole, and how bad the whole situation really got.

There is a lot of interesting commentary given along the way, mostly by Mustaine and Ellefson, but also by several former members of the band, including Al Pitrelli and Jimmy DeGrasso, who were with Megadeth when the band broke up; Marty Friedman, their lead guitarist for ten years; Jeff Young, who was with the band briefly in the late 80s; and Chris Poland, the band's original lead guitarist. Chuck Behler and Nick Menza do not appear, and of course Gar Samuelson passed away some years ago. Alice Cooper even shows up for awhile, talking about his relationship with Dave.

Of course, Megadeth broke up in early 2002, after this documentary was shot, so the injury Dave sustained that stopped him from playing guitar is not covered. As of the time of this writing, Dave is healing up according to the doctors' projections, and so who knows what will happen in the future? Perhaps the mighty Megadeth will rise once again to take their place at the forefront of metal.

This is one of the best "Behind the Music" episodes that VH-1 has done, and the DVD gives us the extended version that we couldn't see on TV. Also included is some extra commentary from many of the people involved, and the video for "Moto Psycho." This is definitely worth the purchase for any Megadeth fan.