What’s the 4-1-1?
To continue the 20th anniversary celebration that began with the release of Megadeth’s remastered and remixed back catalog, Dave Mustaine and Capitol Records team up again to bring you a double DVD collection of Megadeth’s music videos and more.
Genre
Heavy metal/hard rock
The Good
Finally, all of Megadeth’s music videos are available on one DVD collection! As a long-time Megadeth fan, I have seen most of these videos on the home video releases that preceded this release. The transfer to DVD makes them easier to navigate, plus adds more material that was never available before. I guess you could say that disc one highlights the early years. Most people seem to think that Megadeth’s first album Killing is My Business…and Business is Good! was a Capitol release, but that’s not the case, so you get nothing from that period.
The Peace Sells…But Whose Buying era is where they begin. To run down every video would be a waste, because they’re all here. If they made a video for it, you’re going to see it. Most of them are live performances anyway. I will touch upon some of the material that has never been released. The 1986 interview is kind of neat, because you get to see the band at their earliest. Same goes for the So Far, So Good…So What interview. The promo commercials for Rust in Peace and Countdown to Extinction are sure to take you back.
The video for “No More Mr. Nice Guy” features Mustaine all by his lonesome, intertwined with movie clips from Shocker. A couple of nuggets are thrown in from the Rust in Peace era; clips from the Clash of the Titans Tour, Mission Megadeth from MTV’s Headbanger’s Ball, and Megadeth’s Rock the Vote spot. A Day in the Life of Hollywood is an interesting inclusion to say the least. There are a few hidden items on disc one (and two) that you’re going to have to find on your own.
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