The arsenal of Megadeth

[dancerjodi]

I don't own a Megadeth t-shirt, but they are one of my favorite metal bands so this must be rectified (its the same for Maiden, but I'll fix that next week).

I was going to fix this at Friday's show, but the women's style shirt is $35! Its cool:
http://www.fanfire.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/fanfire.woa/wa/product?sku=MDT39538 . But its $35. Given that I give myself a $50 'fun stuff' budget each week, that takes a big chunk out of it.

Other shirts they have include last year's:
Scorpion $20: http://www.fanfire.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/fanfire.woa/wa/product?sku=MDT36733
Explosion $15: http://www.fanfire.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/fanfire.woa/wa/product?sku=MDT37040

And, I'd be paying something for shipping on top of that.

The angel shirt *is* cool, but I think I'd prefer a baby doll. The image on the scorpion shirt is neat (and I do like that song), but So Far So Good So What is my favorite Megadeth album ever, and the explosion shirt goes with that.

What do you other metalheads think? If I go with the explosion shirt assuming $5 for shipping, that still gives me $30 to play with this weekend. It would mean I could also get the Delovely soundtrack from iTunes, and the new CVB Book http://comeinsidekitty.com/

I think I may have answered my own question. A metal shirt, music and a cool gothy kid's book is a much better deal than just a metal shirt!

Comments

[jhimm.livejournal.com]

music pricing is getting out of hand.

a woman at work is trying to sell off some Tool tickets she can't use.
she paid something like $130 per seat
and they aren't even great seats.

$35 for a band shirt?!


oy.


as a lover of Metallica
and as someone of the age
to have been in high school during "the feud"
i can't comment on, advise
or in any other way condone supporting Megadeth,
but if i were to make an exception,
i'd go with the explosion shirt.

The feud

[dancer.livejournal.com]

The feud - heh!

The two of them were both my favorites back then. I'm not happy with what Metallica has done with itself over the years post that period, hence why I'm a bit more of a Megadeth fan now.

Did you see Some Kind of Monster? I'm curious what your take on the interviews with Dave was . . .

Re: The feud

[deadwinter.livejournal.com]

I think when my place is cleaned up I'll have a viewing party. sleepyworm has to see it for the schaudenfrade value alone.

I've said it before: St. Anger is the final nail in the coffin. Even if The System Has Failed were not as good as it is, Dave would still win by forfeit.

Re: The feud

[tk7602.livejournal.com]

at this point dave could start doing polka and still be more bad-ass than metallica.

Re: The feud

[stormcloud9.livejournal.com]

dave could start doing polka in a mime outfit and still be more bad-ass than metallica. which is really, really, REALLY sad.

Re: The feud

[jhimm.livejournal.com]

i try to pretend everything after the black album doesn't exist.
(no i haven't seen the film. probably won't bother)

i get what people below are saying
about how "dave wins" or dave is now more bad ass,
but he sure came off like a whiney prat in the 80's.

and since i live in the past about everything else,
i see no reason not to do it about this, too :)

i listen to Master of Puppets, and i curse dave,
and i am happy ;)

Re: The feud

[dancer.livejournal.com]

"i listen to Master of Puppets, and i curse dave,
and i am happy ;)"

I can see that.

I was pretty ignorant about why they had the feud back then (I knew Dave was booted, and knew it was something about him being an asswhole alcoholic, but I also knew they were all big drinkers back then). I just let the music speak for itself, which was why I liked both of them (though, I leaned heavily in the Metallica direction).

Post the Black album, things definitely shifted. :)

I think you may be amused by Some Kind of Monster. Amused in that watching a train wreck, but still amused. As a die hard Metallica fan I felt like I needed to see it. In the end I really wanted to believe in them, and wanted to like them again (what they are doing now), but still couldn't bring myself to it.

I hear they've been in the studio again and are making music that sounds like the original stuff . . . we shall see! Either way, I think Megadeth's most recent album though different and more evolved from older stuff was quite kick ass (and I'm looking forward to hearing the newest album that comes on 10/31). I also like that they continue to be politically aware, and their songs reflect that. Metallica - I've heard the newer stuff, and can't quite tell you what its about (my opinions of their sound aside).

Re: The feud

[jhimm.livejournal.com]

silly interpersonal drama aside,
i never really could get my head around early Megadeth.
like,
they always billed themselves
as top shelf speed metal
and yet somehow
it was way slower to most everything else i was listening to.


politically aware is good, though.
i'm still struggling to find the right idiom,
but i've been pushing hard to get (lisp) onto more "meaningful" territory
in terms of lyrical topics.
we did one "relationship" song (that i'd already written)
but beyond that,
we're trying to keep the songs more about life or society
rather than the more typical (for me) "i'm so sad because you left me"
type of song,
which frankly are too easy to write and a bit of a cop out.

anyway.

enjoy the show!

Re: The feud

[darthwk.livejournal.com]

It was the difference between "asshole alcoholic" and "alcoholic, but not an asshole while drunk." Dave was the former.

As far as Some Kind of Monster, the documentary, my eyes bugged out and I stopped being able to take them seriously when they showed they were paying $40,000/month for a band therapist.

The bass player auditions were pretty cool, though. Rob Trujillo is an excellent choice (saw him jam with Suicidal Tendencies during the Live Shit tour with, ironically, Metallica), and I shudder to think how Twiggy Ramirez from Marilyn Manson would have fit into the picture.