GUNS N ROSES (Saturday/Sabtu), & a small matter of Megadeth two incoming shows in KL and Kallang.

Guns (side English) 

& Roses (side Bahasa Melayu)

Zillion years ago at school.

When I first heard "Estranged", I like it so much.

I read the lyrics at the cassette tape inlets,

"Old At Heart But I'm only 28

I'm Much Too Young 

To Let Love Break My Heart".

I was going ""28??!!!!"" "Fuck that is so long from now."

Time flies. And how time really flies...

And now, I am much much older than 28.

And I still love this song and even more so. Beautiful song and lyrics, complete with dolphins sounds.

If ever the reason why Axl Rose & Slash must reunite, this is it!! LOL!!

And I hope they play it this Saturday.

So it will be lots of emotions when the songs will be played.

I will endure the Chinese Democracy tunes and I am sure they will play a few maybe I like it enough after hearing some tunes played live to finally buy the album.

There is this techno song "better"?? nice....

But any songs from the Appetite For Destruction, Use Your Illusions 1 & 2, Spaghetti Incident, Lies.. albums??

No problem, any songs.

I will love them all. LOL!!

Surely many of the songs I have not heard for a long time.

But I am confident, all will come back to me, the lyrics and the way the songs goes and the solos and all that. Just like Metallica a few weeks back, or any other rock band show that I attend.

These songs never disappear from your head, they will reappear once you see these bands starts to play the songs no matter how long how many years you never hear those songs. All will come back start to finish.

Moving on,

So, another small matter of a DOUBLE HEADER OPPORTUNITY of Megadeth playing both Singapore & Malaysia early May.

Ohh shit its very close to my intention of backpacking all over for Iron Maiden UK Tour.

So I guess I'll skip that, unless an opportunity arises for either show or both LOL!!!

Certainly, the Malaysia Kuala Lumpur show will be a blinder.

Megadeth have problems before playing in Malaysia so the first time will be a killer.

It will be a revenge time.

I am sure extra songs will be played for the Kuala Lumpur show.

The Singapore show? Well.. Megadeth have been to Singapore at least twice but this is the first time it will be indoors, and I have never seen Megadeth indoors come to think of it. NOW, this is an excuse for me to see Megadeth this coming May?? Because I have never seen them play INDOORS ever?? LOL!!! and both Singapore & Malaysia shows are indoors? hmmmn.. (giggles).
(now lets see my working shifts schedules for both days LOL!!)

Dystopia Tour was and surely is still great, I saw them play Donington last year with a bunch of the new songs they played and they even got additional time to play an extra song and they bring out Nikki Sixx to join in for ANARCHY IN UK.

What a choice. Donington. And Queen Elizabeth Birthday Celebrations Period in the UK. LOL!!!

Really slot in well with old ones.

So I think it will be enjoyable for those able to attend either of these shows.

Oooohh

GNR show in Singapore will be held at the "not so easily accesible" by public transport besides the coastal sea side Changi Exhibition Hall.

So its easier to get the special bus services provided,

or I'll end up sleeping on the beach till morning. LOL!!

Even the special bus service ticket looks cool for Guns N Roses.

Ooohh..

I was going thru some Donington footage for Megadeth last year..

This is simply a HILLARIOUS FUNNY VIDEO CAM showing the crushing situation in front.

From the video, I think its difficult to breathe let alone move. 

Fans are compressing in front early to get the best spots for Black Sabbath The End later. LOL!!

I was much further back for Megadeth because I want to peacefully enjoy the new Dystopia songs that day. And its flooding mud rivers the whole main stage area. 
Scary like hell sometimes these situations. 

The ending of this video was the best with the CAM guy was ESCORTED OUT BY SECURITY thru the front. LOL!!

Check out this video start to end from someone way up in front, it was a Saturday the day Megadeth plays on Main Stage. Nikki Sixx was on stage, two bassist during this song. Legs all over. 

OKAY... apa nak cakap eh...

Guns N Roses.

Macam aku cakap kat atas, korang tahu Estranged kan? Terbaik dari ladang lagu ni..

Boleh menangis ok kalau dengar kesedihan lagu ni, dan ayat ayat puitis lirik lagu punye la menyentuh perasaan. Siap dengan bunyi bunyi ikan dolphin yang kiut.

Tapi kan masa lagu ni keluar macam kan lirik dia cantik sangat kan, siap ada umur lagi...., "Ala...apa ni cinta2 ni semua? 28 tahun?? siak ah!! tu tua siak!!"..

cam gitu la kan sikit lebih kurang fikir kalau masa baca lirik..

Then.. hah kau dah terover rabak rabak nya..
Dan still, masih aku minat giler lagu ni, makin aku minat...

Jadi kenangan mengusik jiwa lagu2 Guns N Roses, aku harap sikit2 dah la main album Chinese Democracy...
aku harap Better dan This I Love.  Cukup... lain lagu, aku tak cerewet.. Apa2 pun boleh...
Zaman Appetite, Illusion Satu dan Dua, Lies, Spaghetti Incident pun...
Semua aku boleh hadam...

Drummer baru ni cam menarik perhatian aku, so ada sesuatu aku nak cek out jugak.

Harap tak hujan. HAHAHAHA. Mampos siak, tempat terbukak tepi laut lagik... Dugaan ok.
Ohhh, dorang dah sediakan perkhidmatan bas lebih elok dari Metallica nye show 2013.
Berapa ramai korang tido tepi laut? haha..
OK, aku ada beli tiket bas, ada berapa tempat boleh pilih untuk khidmat bas malam tu, tak semua tempat la, berapa tempat je tapi at least ok la, boleh keluar dari TEMPAT JIN BERTENDANG TU.

OK, harap boleh pergi, aku off tiga hari hujung minggu ni.. so satu malam hurray hurray... sekali2 ok la kan? haha...


Oooohh Megadeth...  WAHHHH Ijau dah tayang tiket ok...

GERAAAAMMMM aku tengok haha..

Tapi harap semua gi enjoy la, aku terus terang cakap kalau aku, pilih dua show, aku akan gi KL nye show berbanding Kallang,
hanya kerana aku fikir Dave Mustaine mesti berdendam kesumat nak beraksi di Malaysia.
Jadi dia akan pastikan Megadeth all out ,
dan aku tak terkejut KL dapat lagu2 extra berbanding tempat lain.

Dystopia, masa album ni dibuat, dengan Kiko join Megadeth..
ni semua cerita dua tiga tahun lepas lagi kan..

Memang dua tiga tahun lepas, menaikkan semangat aku kembali sebagai pendengar lagu2 mereka..

Mula2 aku dapat peluang tengok Angra beraksi di Hellfest, Angra is KIKO (&Rafael), dan KIKO(& Rafael) is Angra.

Lepas tu terus berita keluar Dave Mustaine panggil Kiko join Megadeth, 
dan last year aku dapat tengok dorang main tour baru ni kat Donington,
siap lepas dorang main , TRIPLE H  dari WWE naik stage kasi Dave Mustaine apa award entah.

(tu video atas tu aku jumpa kat youtube, kelakar.. aku paling suka ending video atas ni, aku takdelah depan2 gitu.. tak boleh bernafas ok, aku diri belakang diam diam sudah... haha, tapi aku plan nak gi tengok Iron Maiden rasa satu dua show aku nak try depan2, kaki tak jejak lantai nya depan.. TAKUT siak!! haha).

So memang la bara lama terbakar kembali gitu... dan Dystopia pun seronok.
So enjoy, sapa pergi show...

aku rasa aku tak gi la... baca ulasan show korang je la.... Wahhh Speedrider awal2 dah sms aku HAHHA.
K kalau aku gi aku bilang kau.

ok ok... Aku stop.. Bye..

Oh Kiko

Hai Hai Hai semua.. Semoga semua sihat sejahtera...

Terkejut beruk aku, masuk internet ..nk baca news pasal perkembangan muzik rock omputeh,
eh?? si Kiko Loureiro masuk Megadeth? Biar betik... dah basi ke berita ni??

Apasal? Kenapa??? April Fool ke?? Aku akan paling curious nak dengar cammana Kiko ni ngan Megadeth... 
Kiko ngan Dave Mustaine??!!! bukak pintu bukak pintu.. ada anjing gonggong kami yeahhh.. tak sabarrrr....
Aku rasa bukan aku je berharap Andre Matos masuk balik Angra.. tapi makin parah nampaknya si Kiko pulak dah join band lain. So dia dah tak ngan Angra lagi kot? Oh dear me...

Dulu2 late 90s gitu kot? Aku ada penpal dari Argentina. Walaupun dia Argentina, tapi dia minat Angra haha.... sampai hantar aku CD Angra ok. Tak pernah pulak dia hantar aku cd band Argentina. hmmm...
Siap dia cakap kat aku nanti pergi rumah dia kat Argentina. Baik budak tu... Aku sampai sekarang masih simpan foto2 mamat Argentina ni dia hantar aku, dia pergi bandar besar Buenos Aires gitu, tengok Iron Maiden. Lama dah lost contact. Tapi aku tetap hargai dia punye hantar2 CD kat aku.

So dari mamat ni la aku tahu apa tu Angra. Dan memang waktu tu pun gossip internet cakap Andre Matos antara mereka yang shortlisted untuk ganti Bruce Dickinson dalam Iron Maiden waktu Bruce buat hal dulu2, walau dia takkan dapat punya pasal Steve Harris dah umumkan pengganti Bruce mesti seorang British.

So lepas Andre Matos keluar dari Angra, aku terus kureng dan kureng dan terus dah tak follow Angra. Pasal tu jam Shaman nye lagu2 sedap. So aku lagi minat Shaman.

Tapi akhirnya, masa Hellfest 2014 kebetulan Angra ada. Tak silap aku dorang main Sunday.  Happy la aku dapat akhirnya menengok band ni walaupun dah takde Andre Matos.

Memang kira rare la ada peluang tengok Angra buat persembahan ye tak?

Sudah tentu aku dah berstandby ikut jadual waktu.  Memang clash hebat ngan band2 lain aku nak tengok kat pentas2 lain,  tapi aku tetap nak tengok Angra pasal aku tahu susah nak tengok ni band la kan.
Tapi aku kureng la penyanyi Angra hari tu. Ye la, sapa boleh ambik tempat Andre Matos ye tak?
Panas giler ok masa Angra main. Dahsyat... Bomba kena spray air kat penonton. Aku pun distracted la dah kena air bomba...

Ni foto aku ambik, cewahhhhhhh, ...
satu Angra nye formation main hari itu, dan lagi satu Kiko ngan Rafael, Rafael baju putih.. Ni dua tunggak Angra la kira.

Above and below photos by yours truly....~~

THe new Megadeth guitarist is on the left to the left to the left...

Ni video hari tu, Pro-Shot Angra @ Hellfest 2014,
kira terbaru jugak la kan kalau korang peminat Megadeth nak tengok Kiko main live...
Angra main 2nd Stage hari tu,  Masih awal jugak, panas giler betul2 Hell gitu, pentas2 lain pun band2 hebat main, tapi Angra tetap ramai penyokong dan peminat... Dorang kalau live album ke, b-sides live ke, kalau Europe nanti rekoding macam selalu kat France je. Dorang memang popular jugak kat Peranchis gitu.



(logo Angra tu lepas kejap nanti hilang, so biarkan)

Aku harap kejap je la si Kiko main ngan Megadeth. Aku harap lepas ni dia ngan Andre Matos kembali semula, dan semua duduk diam2 dalam Angra....

Sapa tak pernah dengar Andre Matos nye band lain, ni contoh... Shaman - Fairy Tale. Relakkk je lagu ni...   Piano dia memang memorable. Handsome barger Andre Matos ni..

Aku rasa ramai tahu lagu ni, cuma tak tahu ni sebenarnya Andre Matos nye band lepas Angra. Shaman. Lupa lak band2 pun ada jugak. Entah la dekni buat apa sekarang, ada kat youtube dia nyanyi lagu2 Iron Maiden kat club ke hapa ntah... Ntah la dah lupa......

Drama Korea pun pakai lagu Fairy Tale ni kot...?





OK dah tu je......  Viva Le Brazil....

Cehhhh aku macam betul je...hahah.


p.s - Aku kalau band Angra ni, ada satu lagu unik sangat aku suka..

Lagu STAND AWAY..  Andre Matos nye zaman.





tahun lepas or what, ANGRA sambut berapa tahun nye anniversary,
dorang main lagu ni..

TARJA ex NIGHTWISH yang nyanyi lagu Stand Away ngan Edu. Edu kot? Aku tak tahu sangat la haha.

Ada DVD dia...  Tarja ok nyanyi lagu Stand Away ni..  Sesuai la kan. Sapa lagi boleh nyanyi kan? haha.




all the fields...the dying ember soils...


ok ok, aku cuma nak luahkan perasan terkejut beruk aku KIKO masuk Megadeth, tapi dah melalut borak pasal Angra lak. haha.

Tapi ok la... Kiko (dan Rafael) is Angra pe..

Baju dan Bendera hari ini dalam sejarah

Aku tengah kemas2 sikit, maklum hari sabtu ni raya (ahahahahaha!!) , sorry lawak bodoh..

abis aku terjumpa balik baju ni, so tarikh peristiwa hari ni dalam sejarah pun dekat2, so layan la aku bebual kons ok.

 

Pada aku Pengsi la walaupun dah lusuh, tu pasal aku tunjuk. Pecah2 dah, bukan nye proper material pun, saje je.

Tu jam Megadeth pertama kali nak main kat Singapura, wahhh semangat sey...
semangat ngiap sayot, taming sari, jembatan besi gunung ledang, hati nyamuk tujuh dulang semua dah meresap satu badan dah..,

maklum tu jam aku dah start dengar Megadeth balik, dah start suka Megadeth semula, pasal aku suka album "system has failed"setelah lalui zaman kehampaan,
tapi tu jam pun Dave Mustaine baru pulih dari lumpuh kan jari2 kiri dia, urat saraf dia masalah, dia cakap pasal dia main gitar kan, tapi korang semua bebaik, ni boleh kena kat sapa2 tak yah main gitar pun, korang terketuk kat siku , ada terhentak antara bahu dan leher tu pun jari2 korang boleh lumpuh jugak...

Tapi kan, siksa la, kena gi theraphy lama ulang2, siap lalukan elektrik karen (current) untuk hidupkan dan stimulate urat2 saraf yang rosak tu..sebijik cam katak dah mati, kita lalukan karen dia lompat2 kan? hah cam gitu la, macam cerita Frankenstein gitu, ..Aku tahu pasal aku dah kena...siksa tu jam, Allah je tahu perasaan. Memang rasa takut tak yah cakap la, tu jam lepas makan angkat pinggan pun pinggan jatuh....tak seram?
Tapi insyallah boleh recover as per normal , bila wayar urat saraf semua recover kot dalam tangan kita..
Nanti la lain kali, kalau berkesesuaian aku cerita... (cehhhhhhhh berkesesuaian sey melayu aku).

Balik pada baju ni, aku kan dah warning, aku berbual kons ni post,
Siap pergi PERTAMA COMPLEX sey... buat baju ni on the spot semua pakaliao.
Kawan aku pun semangat, tapi dia buat kat PENINSULA shopping center.
Boleh? Plan sama2 buat tshirt nak meraikan kedatangan Megadeth, tapi satu gi Pertama kat KL, satu gi Penin kat Singapore haha buat lain2 hal masing2, kira dalam hati lantak kau la! janji baju aku siap.. haah.. Selenger sey dua2 tak pakat bermuafakat.

OK so buat la...bukan nye pakai pun, saje je s.s - syok sendiri  ...semangat gitu. Last2 buat datok dalam almari.

Nanti la, satu hari nanti, kalau aku nak mula semula nak minat betul2 bukan minat posseur untuk "Megadeth baru" ni balik, (ahahahahaa!!), lain kali dorang main kat Singapore atau Malaysia aku buat lagi satu baju baru cam gini...
Nak pakai material betul2 sikit....Baru cun.

Tu hari second time dorang datang pun tak gi....Tu jam nak raya puasa, giler!!
Bulan puasa lagi!! apa la korang!!..cehhhhhhhhhhhhh... cam real aku.
Padahal SLAYER main expo ,
sapa bukak puasa makan Burger King expo???
angkat tangan? haha.

Takpelah cerita lama gitu kan. 

Yang penting, kita........ fill in the blanks la sendiri2. .

Anyway, memang dahsyat Megadeth, tu jam bulan mengambang...maklum Fort Canning Taman Larangan dorang main.
Aku tahu dorang main extra song , ada nasik tambah dari Thailand kan dan show Asia lain tak salah, dan malam tu Dave Mustaine bual kons banyak, pasal tu jam kawasan rumah dia tengah terbakar ,
California punya hutan rimba semua kan terbakar besar besaran kawasan nye tu jam, rumah si Dave Mustaine kat situ la. Tapi rasa rumah dia selamat kot?
Kalau tak mesti dah masuk Blabbemouth. cewah.

Paling best giler kan? Main She-Wolf kat taman2 gelap pokok2 malam2 ngan bulan mengambang. Best giler!!!
Tunggu je cik pon keluar aha.

Korang bayangkan kalau Dave Mustaine nampak Pontianak malam tu, terus dia nyanyi lagu Enjet Enjet Semut.

Aku pun tunggu je Dave Mustaine start main Lady Of The Valley ke, When The Children Cry ke, ahaha...
tengok la bassist Dave Mustaine pakai sapa siot zaman tu...hebat si Lomenzo tu atas pentas. ..sukaaaa aku tengok.
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Tapi kan korang, aku masih ingat besok malam nye kan Black Sabbath's Heaven & Hell nye turn main..
Pehhhh......tak yah cakap la Ronnie James Dio, Toni Iommi, Geezer Butler, Vinnie Appice pukul abis la..... Monsters abis la dorang. macam takde benda langsung dorang 4 ni terngangah mulut aku. HAHA. Tapi kalau Ronnie James Dio cakap hello goodbye sekalipun je, pun tetap mulut aku dah terngangah la jugak haha.
Dilema kan kalau tengok line up contoh macam gitar/bass Toni Iommi/Geezer Butler cam gini, tak tahu nak diri kiri ke diri kanan.


Lagi satu...tarikh berdekatan, hari ni dalam sejarah.. ni benda ni.
aku suka kan tengok2 jersey team bola club dan negara merata dunia, aku suka baca tempat2 lain, so aku taruk la peta negara2 ni...
Biar betik, ada negara aku tak pernah dengar pun siot....

Apapun, welcome to life inside the electric circus....cehhhhh Rock siot.

Aku tahu la benda2 gini bukannya tepat pun dia punye unique individual tu....
Tapi rasanya dalam masa yang sama takkan la seratus peratus tak tepat jugak ye tak...
fun la taruk benda gini....
yang pelik2 rantau benua afrika tu semua, carik pasal "pemain2 Islam dalam liga EPL" gitu la sikit lebih kurang...

So dah tiga tahun dua hari la dah taruk benda ni....nanti la aku borak lagi... kalau tak berhenti, mampos aku bual kons tak ingat dunia nanti...

Megadeth returns etc etc etc etc

Few things..firstly,

Megadeth is back again in South East Asia.. at last.
I am not up to date on their latest music. So it would mean some exploration on the internet haha. But the song 13 is slow and nice. I just dont have the motivation to really listen to the rest, just some browsing thru when their new cd comes out last year.

Megadeth Singapore 2007 United Abominations Tour 26th October 2007 was very interesting cause its the first time I saw them live so I dont know what to expect.
Its just that they were very good but Black Sabbath Heaven And Hell the following night were just so superior to me that the memory of that few days belong to Ronnie Dio, Toni Iommi, Geezer Butler and Vinnie Appice.

I got to search back the bootleg I taped for that show. I dont where I put all the old tapes. Maybe I throw away everything...

The Megadeth Singapore Setlist for 2007 was this plus She Wolf which was a surprise and of course Mechanix was inside Holy Wars ...


oo some memories from that night from my old blogs. I think I got a bad memory, so its good I have a blog haha.

"Good Evening, alrite it is such a priviledge to finally be here playing for you tonite.
When we're flying in this morning I was looking out the window of the airplane, and I was looking at the ground and I was looking at the buildings, I was looking at everything here and I thought fuck this is a beautiful country.
You know Megadeth is one of those bands that will play anywhere so if the promoters will bring us there and we've played some places that are pretty much disaster areas.
Coming in to town today, I want to tell you something, I feel like I am right at home.
I do want to say one thing before we go any further, for those of you that have heard we're going to cancel because of the fires thats in California, in San Diego. The fire's thats in San Diego, my home, James's father home, is in San Diego. The fires are ok and as you can tell with me standing here in front of you, we did not cancel.
And one thing you got to know about me, and about Megadeth, is its going to take more than my house burning to the ground, to ever cancel for you..."


" Man, I wish for one second that you can standhere with me and see how beautiful you look.
And I want to tell you something, so far since we left United States and came over here, we played Thailand and Indonesia, and we did not play She Wolf for them so you got an extra song. And I was talking to the boys backstage and I said - you know what, I got a feeling this could be one of those nights and we probably will play some extra songs tonight, ( cue - mega cheers from the audience ) ......... and of course they say no. ( cue - mega depression from the same audience LOL! )

I'm just kidding, so I dont want to fuck around anymore, I dont talk a lot in concert because I dont think you pay to comr here for this concert and listen to me talk. I think musicians who stand up here and waste your time by talking are fucking losers. So we're going to play as much as we can right now. We got about six more songs and then its off to the hospital "


DM - "I have a really really silly question to ask you - did any of you ever seen Megadeth before?

DM - Where?

Audience - You Tube!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "





So Megadeth Singapore 2012 would be a nice welcome return. And this time Dave Ellefson is back so its nice to see him in action in the songs that originally feature him and especially peace sells.., and the new guitarist Chris Broderick, so it would be a thriller to see Hangar 18 solos if I go. If I dont go...then too bad not thrill at all haha.


oo and check this out.. Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherihan and Billy Sheehan and Toni MacAlpine in Singapore.
So whats its going to be like...? I am sure some Dream Theater / Mr Big songs and MacAlpine instrumentals will be played.




OK the second part of the M.

I was searching some bootlegs for the Metallica current tour where they play the whole Black Album.
I am so liking it. The Rock Am Ring bootleg was absolute beautiful.
So I was wondering...why I really like the whole Black Album live. I guess because its been very long since I hear the Black Album..since the cassette tape first come out I guess in 1991? or something like that.
Or maybe when live the songs are so much better. Or maybe the whole setlist for Rock Am Ring was the first five albums? hohohoho.
Anyway, for the first time in a very long time I am so excited for Metallica.
The Orion Festival will be so anticipated for the first bootlegs to come out.
The Whole Ride The Lightning album. wooohooo.

Sigh. I hope to get the complete Metallica XXX all four nights soon.

review: Megadeth *Warchest* boxset

Ulasan saya~ review and photo spread of my Megadeth's Warchest boxset.
(click to enlarge photos)


Megadeth's Warchest ni released Oktober lepas, tapi aku takde niat nak beli pasal konpem mahal. Dah la bungkusan cantik, dalam lak ada 4 cd dan 1 dvd, tapi aku memang teringin nak especially cd 4 dan dvd dia ( dua2 live audio/video zaman Rust In Piece/ Countdown To Extinction - aku suka era time ni ngan classic lineup waktu tu. So tu hari aku gi Gramaphone yang depan entren City Hall MRT, aku jumpa boxset ni $65, erk?! salah taruk harga ke? so aku pun sambar ler hehe.



Ni aku cerita sikit, disc by disc, sapa tahu ada korang peminat atau pendengar Megadeth pun nak tahu lebih pasal boxset ni..
Packaging boxset dia memang lavish dan paling important nampak bleh tahan lama due to the external plastic box tu.
Aku suka cover yang bahagian peluru tu dia berlengkuk lengkuk memang ada sikit nampak cam tali pinggang isi peluru gitu.
Content dia:
CD1,CD2,CD3 - kumpulan lagu2 dipilih Dave Mustaine untuk boxset ni termasuk unreleased tracks, demos, live versions, dua interview singkat, soundtracks etc.
CD4 - live recording Wembley, London 16/10/90, ni aku memang nak official live release dia pasal ni yang tour Clash Of The Titans Megadeth join Slayer dan band2 thrash lain yang famous2, jadi dorang memang kena top-form dan rekoding live ni pada aku Megadeth memang awesome dan suara Dave Mustaine power giler.
DVD - Aku memang nak official live release on dvd the classic line up Mustaine/Friedman/Ellefson/Menza, so ni dari 1992 Hammersmith nye gig.
Buku - 36 mukasurat full color high quality book with a Megadeth essay, photos and discography.




Full details dia dan apa aku suka sangat..
Disc One
1. Killing Is My Business…And Business Is Good!
2. The Skull Beneath The Skin
3. Peace Sells
4. Wake Up Dead
5. Devils Island
6. Set The World Afire
7. Into The Lungs Of Hell
8. Anarchy/Problems [session take] * - Anarchy tapi kat tengah masuk Problems sikit
9. Hook In Mouth
10. Liar
11. In My Darkest Hour
12. No More Mr. Nice Guy - lagu ni cover version Alice Cooper
13. “dark themes…” * - yang ni Dave cerita2
14. Holy Wars…The Punishment Due [Casey McMackin demo] * - liriks lain
15. Tornado Of Souls [demo] *
16. Five Magics [demo] *
17. Hangar 18

Zaman mula2 1985 gitu sampai zaman Rust In Peace 1990. Aku bukan peminat setia Megadeth, tapi aku enjoy their songs, cuma aku pikir kalo ada lagu Nancy Sinatra nye These Boots Are Made For Walking ke, Mechanix ke, lagi best ek..
Holy War demo tu liriknye berlainan, cam kekok lak dengar pasal ni 1st time aku dengar demo dia, dan bila liriks kita biasa singalong dah bertukar, weird gitu.
Dave Mustaine is nice by replacing the Rust In Piece album songs, ( I always type Piece instead of Peace as I am so used to Maiden's Piece Of Mind ) with the demos and its the same with some of the Countdown To Extinction songs being replaced with live versions. I am speaking from the point of view of a constant listener who really love those two albums and everything else from that classic line-up, not a huge fan who should already have most if not all versions in their collection.



Disc Two
1. “keeping score…” * - Dave Mustaine borak2 lagi
2. Symphony Of Destruction
3. Go To Hell
4. Foreclosure Of A Dream
5. Architecture Of Aggression [demo] ^
6. Skin O’ My Teeth [live at Alpine Valley, East Troy, WI 5/23/92]
7. High Speed Dirt [live at Alpine Valley, East Troy, WI 5/23/92]
8. Ashes In Your Mouth [live at the Cow Palace, S.F., CA 12/4/92]
9. Sweating Bullets [live at the Cow Palace, S.F., CA 12/4/92]
10. Breakpoint [session take] * - ni soundtrack ntah wayang apa ntah, walt disney nye wayang ke Mario Bros, ntah kot.
11. Angry Again - feberet, soundtrack Last Action Hero
12. Train Of Consequences
13. Reckoning Day
14. New World Order
15. The Killing Road
16. Strange Ways - cover version lagu KISS
17. Paranoid - cover version lagu Black Sabbath
18. Diadems
19. A Tout Le Monde

ni lak zaman MTV dorang ler pada aku hehe, zaman Megadeth banyak lagu2 "pop". Tapi aku suka.. 1992 gitu ke 1994 gitu.
Diadems - pertama kali aku dengar lagu ni kat cd Hidden Treasures, suka siak lagu ni aku. Lain dari yang lain.
Paranoid Megadeth korang smua mesti tahu ler si Nick Menza tu terlajak drums dia, bukan sengaja buat2 , tapi memang dia sambung main, ntah cammana ntah bleh terlajak. Betul kot yang Dave Mustaine pekik " NICK!! NICK!!! " suruh dia stop hehe.
Yang lain2 semua korang mesti tahu dah kat kaset2, cd2 Megadeth korang, tapi live versions tu semua gerek ler. Tapi demo Architecture of Agression memang sedap. Aku dari 1992 zaman kaset dengar album Countdown To Extinction ni, aku suka lak lagu ni satu ni.



Disc Three
1. Trust
2. Almost Honest
3. Use The Man
4. She-Wolf
5. A Secret Place [live at Woodstock, NY 7/25/99]
6. One Thing ^
7. Duke Nukem - soundtrack wayang
8. Insomnia
9. Crush ‘Em
10. Kill The King
11. Dread And The Fugitive Mind
12. Never Say Die
13. Moto Psycho
14. 1000 Times Goodbye
15. Coming Home ^
16. Kick The Chair
17. Of Mice And Men

Disc 3 ni aku rasa janggal sikit, bermula lagu2 zaman album Cryptic Writting tahun 1997, aku masih ingat, bila keluar je cd dia, aku beli ngan penuh konfiden pasal aku tahu mesti best. Dan memang best giler. Aku pernah baca satu ulasan sebut ni album sebagai " POP THRASH ", dan aku setuju. Disintegrator, FFF, She Wolf, vortex, disintegrators, smua lagu laju tapi melodic giler. Dan aku suka packaging Cryptic Writing ni. Lawa. Ni album memang classic pada aku. Secret Place, ooo how can I forget this song.
Anyway back to Disc 3 ni, lepas je Crytic Writting, aku terus skip Megadeth, Risk aku langsung tak dengar, dan lepas Nick Menza ngan Marty Friedman keluar aku malas nak dengar studio albums dorang lepas tu, kecuali live versions bootlegs dorang aku suka kumpul, lagi2 tu jam zaman Al Pitrelli ( dekni rupanya pernah main Savatage kejap eh ) dorang banyak main Accoustic. Korang try pegi carik bootleg tv broadcast Megadeth kat Canada, main accoustic kat studio, best siot. Ni Disc 3 ends with the comeback album System is down, oppss system has failed hahaha.



Disc 4 and the DVD, by itself je dah worth the value of this boxset.
Disc Four
all tracks recorded live at Wembley Arena, London, England 16/10/90
1. intro/Rattlehead
2. Wake Up Dead *
3. Hangar 18 *
4. Hook In Mouth *
5. The Skull Beneath The Skin *
6. The Conjuring *
7. In My Darkest Hour *
8. Lucretia *
9. Devils Island *
10. Take No Prisoners *
11. Peace Sells *
12. Black Friday *
13. Holy Wars…The Punishment Due *
14. It’s Electric *
15. Anarchy In The U.K. *

A very good live official recording pada aku, drums dia punye kuat sound, dan Dave Mustaine punye suara 1st class, clear giler. Zaman Megadeth ngah top form baru realease album Rust In Peace. Lagu Its Electric tu lagu Diamond Head ( Am I Evil )dan recording live ni guest vocals lagu ni ialah the Diamond Head nye singer. Best la ni recording!! Aku rasa, cd 4 ni ialah paling precious untuk peminat2 Megadeth pasal akhirnya ada full official documentation untuk live line up zaman tu playing at their best.


My only favourite Megadeth line up hehe..Dave Mustaine/Nick Menza/David Ellefson/Marty Friedman ( 1990-1998 )

Disc Five [DVD]
all tracks recorded live at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England 9/30/92
1. intro/Holy Wars…The Punishment Due *
2. Wake Up Dead *
3. Hangar 18 *
4. Lucretia *
5. Sweating Bullets *
6. In My Darkest Hour *
7. Tornado Of Souls *
8. Ashes In Your Mouth *
9. Peace Sells *
10. Anarchy In The U.K. *

Kan best kalo dorang release seluruh rakaman video konsert ni, tapi takpelah, dapat 10 lagu pun best ler. Ada la macam2 angle jugak, nampak macam dari mana2 tv broadcast lama gitu tapi dah dipolish jugak kot untuk dvd so memang clear. Waktu Encore, Megadeth empat2 orang bukak baju hehehee.. kelakar lak aku nengok. 15 tahun dulu bleh la bukak2 tshirt berlengeng, skarang mesti dah tak nye la eh? hehe Tapi memang best ler ni official dvd, dan aku emphasise official pasal ni live video memang ada versi dvd bootleg hohoho. Lagu In My Darkest Hour ( tribute to Cliff Burton ) memang gerekkkk starting dia. Megadeth - " the world's state of the art speed metal band " hehe.

Serious bebual, terkopak siak beli boxset ni, tapi errmmm , puas hati pasal dapat harga murah. Dan memang best giler walau aku wish ada lebih demos dan live versions dari studio versions.


You've Been Great, We've been Megadeth.

Sekian to all. akhir sekali..






You're my everything
The sun that shines above you
Makes the bluebirds sing
The stars that twinkle way up in the sky
Tell me I'm in love
When I kiss your lips
I feel the rolling thunder to my finger tips
And all the while my head is in a spin
Deep within, I'm in love \m/
- Santa Esmerald bukan Santa Claus ho ho ho

Review gig: MEGADETH 26/10/2007

My full review and "Ross Halfin tak jadi" N73 photos of the finest "World's State Of The Art Speed Metal Band".

Megadeth - United Abominations Tour Of Duty 2007
Fort Canning Park, Singapore
26/10/2007
Janji Melayu start kul 8.40 gitu.


dah pakai henpon, tangan wa goyang, malam lagik, so tak best sangat..


Setlist
Sleepwalker
Take No Prisoners
Wake Up Dead
Skin O' My Teeth
Washington Is Next
A Tout Le Monde
In My Darkest Hour
Hangar 18
Gears Of War
She Wolf
Kick The Chair
Tornado of Souls
Ashes In Your Mouth
Never Walk Alone
Symphony Of Destruction
Trust
Peace Sells

Holy Wars..The Punishment Due/Mechanix


Ni lak setlist khemah mixing desk, so as you all can see, ada ubah2 masa show tu, Megadeth tambah She Wolf dan Mechanix impromtu kot

Setlist salah!!

So ni ngah relaks skarang wa ngah playback hi-md sambil type ni.
Crowd about 3000++ kot, pasal Megadeth gig kat Jakarta dan Bangkok so lesser kalo cam tu hari Slayer cuma gig kat sini outside of Japan so orang Thailand ngan Indon ada.
Fort Canning ni taman terbuka tau, dia cam padang sloping down gitu, so kalo korang diri mana2, kat belakang pun masih bleh nampak clear jugak..

view if you are on the Legend's steps..


So kita datang star karatz, kul 8.30 sampai relak kejap terus gig start. Aku cakap kat mybetterhalf, dulu aku nengok Deep Purple kul 5 dah Q, pasal nak rebut front railing sebelah Steve Morse nye side, nak nengok Search kul 9, aku magrib dah depan stage kat Larkin, ah! zaman muda mudi dulu hoho. So mbh duk kat Legend steps sebelah mixing tent, aku kejap depan kejap belakang ler, maklum dah tua, tak larat diri lama2, zaman "nodding donkey" rempuh2 kat depan dah lepas dah zaman tu semua hahaha.

Intro cam dalam album latest, lepas Sleepwalker terus masuk Take No Prisoner ( Take No SHIT!! ), gerek ah, teringat masa time Rust In Peace dulu beli kaset dia dan trying to decipher liriks album ni, actually kan, a bit of trivia, president John F Kennedy pernah cakap something like, " dont ask what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country", tapi Dave Mustaine lain sikit wakakaa.



Then masuk lagu Wake Up Dead, sorry aku tak familiar ni lagu sangat, aku bukan biggest fan of Megadeth pun, aku minat mendalam dorang nye teeny boppers pop hits je hohoho.

Then masuk Skin Of My Teeth, ah ni favorite zaman Megadeth Countdown To Extinction. Pun tu jam aku masih sekolah lagi kot? tak abis2 lagi wakakaaka, maklum wa repeat student/dropout.

Then Dave Mustaine nye big speech pasal datang Singapura, kawasan rumah dia kat Amerika semua terbakar teruk yang masuk tv, sokkabar tu semua.



"Good Evening, alrite it is such a priviledge to finally be here playing for you tonite.
When we're flying in this morning I was looking out the window of the airplane, and I was looking at the ground and I was looking at the buildings, I was looking at everything here and I thought fuck this is a beautiful country.
You know Megadeth is one of those bands that will play anywhere so if the promoters will bring us there and we've played some places that are pretty much disaster areas.
Coming in to town today, I want to tell you something, I feel like I am right at home.
I do want to say one thing before we go any further, for those of you that have heard we're going to cancel because of the fires thats in California, in San Diego. The fire's thats in San Diego, my home, James's father home, is in San Diego. The fires are ok and as you can tell with me standing here in front of you, we did not cancel.
And one thing you got to know about me, and about Megadeth, is its going to take more than my house burning to the ground, to ever cancel for you..."

Lepas poignant speech ni yang make people happy, terus masuk lagu Washington Is Next. Apsal eh, apsal? aku dengar lagu2 Megadeth baru, macam masuk telinga kiri keluar telinga kanan? age catching up kot.

Then Dave Mustaine cakap pasal nak cakap Thank You then cakap " Here's a surprise for you, I can speak a little French too ".

A Tout Le Monde, dulu kan masa Youthanasia keluar ( tu jam aku ngah full time NS ), kawan aku cakap " eh, ni lagu kan lagu semayang orang ( bukan islam ) nak mati tau " siot ah?
abis? tak bleh nyanyi ke? macam2 eh dulu.., otak jalan jauh. Tapi at least, lagu ni ajar aku how to speak a few French sentence, sapa tahu, besok aku jumpa Thiery Henry ke, Matthieu Flamini ( aku suka dekni dari 2-3 seasons back, workrate dia tinggi, mintak2 dia stay long term kat Arsenal ) ke, Patrick Vierra ke, William Gallas ke, Arsene Wenger ke, bleh aku speaking " atoutlemonde atoutlesamie jevousaime jevourparte " ewah!! translate dia something like "kepada dunia, kepada kawan2 ku, aku sayang korang semua, tapi aku kena pergi sekarang) wahahahaha. Sakit perut siak aku ketawa sorang2 berangan ni. Mesti dorang smua ingat aku giler.
Audience participation yang band stop main hulur mikropon tu sekali je, aku rasa kalo Megadeth seret singalong lagu ni sampai 20 minit pun aku alrite je, feberet part aku everytime dengar live versions lagu ni.

A tout le monde nye ending

Then lagu In My Darkest Hour, ni yang so far so good so what nye album. Aku nak ke halaman rindu kejap, pernah aku jumpa kawan aku ngan kawan dia yang aku tak kenal, it was long back many years ago. So kawan aku tanya aku " amacam? semua ok? " kawan tanya kan, so aku jawab " ok, so far so good ". Biasalah kan, abis kawan dia ntah mana nye melayu bukit, terus cakap kuat " so far so good, so what?? " alamak, wa tu jam ngah otak tak betul cam nak campak kerusi je la, pada aku kalo dia nak rock pun, tak kena tempat. Badigol nye bukit!! no manners.

Terus korang tahu lagu apa? HANGAR 18!!! aku sebenarnye nak buat gempak nak pakai tshirt Hangar 18 buat sendiri nye design hantar kedai, tapi tak sempat nak collect kat Pertama Complex sampai skarang!! nanti ah buat pakai konsert lagi sekali Megadeth datang. Lagu ni aku cuma nak cakap " perfect 10 ". You all got to see for yourself dia punye ending tukar2 solos tu... Exciting giler!!
Bila ada solo yang take turn, spotlight ikut dan satu gi belakang..cam gini gitu..Selalu nengok kat dvd je , ni nengok live lak





Then Dave Mustaine cakap pasal komputer game , then lagu Gears Of War. Sorry tak kenal sangat lagu ni hahaa.

Then lagu yang aku gurau dedicate kat mbh. Lagu " She Wolf ".
Aku ada satu bootleg Megadeth dia intro lagu ni , dia tanya audience, " How many of you here have dated an evil woman? " so audience semua cam jawab2 la gitu pekik2, sekali tu Dave Mustaine tanya lagi " How many of you here are those evil women? " terus audience yang pompuan semua cam cakap yes gitu. Kelakar siak.


during she wolf
my favourite photo, ada bulan mengambang, kena siak Megadeth main lagu ni backdrop bulan mengambang.
Personally aku suka album Cryptic Writting, kalo la semalam Megadeth main lagu FFF ngan The Disintegrator. Heaven siot, tapi yelek, bo liao haha. Aku suka lagu2 Megadeth yang jenis speed gitu, yang laju2 nye gitu..

Seterusnye, Kick The Chair. Ni yang System is Down nye album lepas Dave Mustaine sembuh tangan kiri dia terpeleot nerve problem. Dead Enough takde, aku suka ah lagu tu dari album yang sama ni.

Then Tornado of Souls, tak bleh lari la eh, Rust In Peace is perfect album eh, mesti kena main banyak lagu dari album ni, tapi Polaris takde lak.

Then Ashes In Your Mouth, then dia cakap-
" Man, I wish for one second that you can standhere with me and see how beautiful you look.
And I want to tell you something, so far since we left United States and came over here, we played Thailand and Indonesia, and we did not play She Wolf for them so you got an extra song. And I was talking to the boys backstage and I said - you know what, I got a feeling this could be one of those nights and we probably will play some extra songs tonight, ( cue - mega cheers from the audience ) ......... and of course they say no. ( cue - mega depression from the same audience LOL! )

I'm just kidding, so I dont want to fuck around anymore, I dont talk a lot in concert because I dont think you pay to comr here for this concert and listen to me talk. I think musicians who stand up here and waste your time by talking are fucking losers. So we're going to play as much as we can right now. We got about six more songs and then its off to the hospital "



lepas tu lak Never Walk Alone, lagu baru jugak. Then terus Symphony Of Destruction. Lagu yang paling gerek live.
OK ni another trivia, korang tau, tak salah aku fans kat Argentina yang mula kan, dorang singalong kat guitar parts lagu ni yang " Me-ga-Deth!! " Me-ga-Deth " tu kan, korang tahu tak sebenarnye the words tu ialah " Aquante "
Sorry aku belum cek out what is the meaning of this word. Maybe Spanish, maybe portugis aku tak tahu, tapi its actually yang singalong tu kan sebutan dia ialah
" Mega-deth! " " Mega-deth! " " Aquante " " Mega-deth ". Correct me if I am wrong, but this is how the singalong suppose to be masa riff dia.
Another " notalotofpeopleknowthat " nye info.

Lepas lagu ni ada surprise!!! Trust!! tak sangka siak ada lagu ni, pada aku ni lagu lirik dia cam lagu love song gitu eh, kira cam lirik jiwang la pasal kepercayaan kat kawan ke, mambang ke wakakaka. " We lied to each other so much, in nothing we trust " something like that la, another track from Cryptic Writing nye album.
Sesuai lagu ni suasana live. Lagu yang I think semua orang bleh get into. Walaupun non fans or non heavy rock fans.


time intro peace sells.. ex bassist white lion ngan drummer je
Tunggu jugak kot ada lagu When The Children cry hehehe

Lagu ni style - " peace sells!! but whos buying?? " peace sells!! but whos buying?? " hohoho

Lepas tu kan dorang hilang kejap
then Dave Mustaine keluar then cakap ni " I have a really really silly question to ask you - did any of you ever seen Megadeth before?

Kelakar nye ramai angkat tangan siak. then Dave Mustaine tanya " where? "
budak2 jawab " YOU TUBE!!! " wkakakakakaka. Klassik siak, paling kelakar, great joke!!, aku tak rasa Dave Mustaine dengar, tapi for me, its the joke of the night.

" So as you can tell, I'm real and so are you, and our love for you is very real."
So then introduction band members,


Dave Mustaine introduce diri sendiri as " you know my name, this song is called Holy War "


Holy War nye lighting effect

Feberet of the feberet " Dont look now to Israel it might be your homeland ", lawa siak ni liriks.

Surprise last sekali... Lepas yang " upon the podium... " nye part tu terus masuk Mechanix. Kalo sapa korang tak tahu, this is the original version of Metallica nye lagu The Four Horsemen.
Lepas tu masuk balik Holy War nye yang belen2 tu ..The Punishment Due, then terus the end.
Aku suka siak ending dia yang lagu instrumental slow tu waktu band members acknowledge the crowd gitu, then Dave Mustaine kasi speech tu, very the majesitic gitu kan muzik dia ngan speech dia. Last kopek cam biasa dia cakap-

" You've been great, we've been Megadeth!! "




thats it, reviews and photos2 "ross halfin tak jadi" aku. Hope you all like it, i know my boss dont like it pasal aku kat keja type benda ni hahaha. Takpe hari minggu pun. Nanti wa dapat upload gambo wa post.

Tapi kan korang, kalo aku ingat Megadeth dah best... esok nye kan, yaitu semalam kan, Heaven and Hell, lagi 10x gempak!! Champion abis..
tu nanti ah wa ceta.

p.s officially kasut sport wa guna untuk gi reservist pun terkopak tu malam..memang nak tunggu time je pun hohoho. Kasut yang banyak berjasa walau IPPT tak pernah akan pass.

straits time 24/10/07 dah rasa warm up sikit dan berangan kejap

entah aku ngah occupy diri aku ngan bermacam2 aktiviti, tu la langsung tak fikir atau excited sangat pasal nak nengok Megadeth dan Heaven & Hell ( especially Ronnie James Dio ) hari jemaat dan sabtu ni.
tapi nari nye sokkabar, tiga color pages on these two bands, local reporters interview dorang. Kalo aku yang interview kan lagi best. Reporters ni semua tahu ke sapa dan pasal apa dorang interview? atau not all reporters tahu topik apa dorang interview? dorang interview pasal tu periuk nasik dorang. Kena buat. Bukan passion pasal Black Sabbath Dio Years, Megadeth atau certain individuals in these two bands.
Ni gambo2 sorry aku snap asal boleh tak clear so kalo korang enlarge, tak bleh baca, sorry ek..





Anyway kalo aku dapat interview Dave Mustaine for Straits Times, aku tanya dia
- what is your current views on Iraq developments?
- do you still hope to play in Malaysia after all the MegaDEATH ( snigger ) & black metal ( more sniggers ) controversies?
- Do you say never to a Dave Mustaine/Marty Friedman/Nick Menza/Dave Ellefson classic lineup reunion?
- Given a chance, will you return to Metallica to rescue that once glorious band from their current songwriting style?


Kalo aku dapat interview Ronnie James Dio lak, aku cuma nak cakap
- Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio solo years, you are the soundtrack of my life. What mixture you drink to make your voice so melodious?
- Will you please seriously try to reform Rainbow with Ritchie Blackmore?. Even without the late Cozy Powell?
- Will you please come to my humble home? You may have to sit on the mat, but it would be great honour to have you.
- Please come back to Singapore again ok? As your DIO band or with Heaven & Hell or maybe Rainbow.
Lepas tu aku nak ambik gambo ngan Dio, sambil buat ni sign \m/

Ah.........berangan..

berita - DVD Megadeth live kat Argentina

Ni cover depan DVD live baru Megadeth, release 6/3/2007. lama lagi...
nama dia That One Night: Live In Buenos Aires
Rekod kat Argentina 9/10/2005
Tapi aku rasa mesti cam siot, pasal aku rasa tak smua lagu masuk dalam DVD ni.
nanti tunggu final confirmation.