Disc two begins with material from the Youthanasia release and ends with the forgettable Risk years. There are three interviews from 1994. One revolves around the controversial cover of Youthanasia, one is about how "A Tout Le Monde" is not a suicide song, and the last is basically a lead-in for the "Reckoning Day" video. Did you know that MTV refused to air the video for the later song because they believed it was about suicide? Night of the Living Megadeth is a long sought after special that Megadeth did for MTV for Halloween in 1994. Too bad you only get one performance out of it.
Cryptic TV is part of Megadeth’s electronic press kit for the Cryptic Writings release. Dave’s brief appearance from The Drew Carey Show in 1998 is included, as well as a video for “Insomnia” from Risk. Now mind you, Megadeth doesn’t appear in the video at all, and most of it is made up from the same clips they used in the commercials for the release. The collection concludes with two Megadeth performances from Gigantour 2005.
The Bad
Um, wait a second. Megadeth weren’t on Capitol in 2005. Somehow it doesn’t seem right to have the Gigantour stuff on this release. I can think of at least two more things they could have had instead of it. I believe there was a video for “Crush ‘Em.” I know Mustaine hates the song, but they did make a video for it. They could have also tried including their live performance of “Crush ‘Em” they did for World Championship Wrestling when they were using as Bill Goldberg’s theme. It would have been nice to have a Dave Mustaine commentary.
The Verdict
A MUST HAVE for Megadeth fans! I know you’re still out there…hiding.
Did You Know?
Megadeth’s longtime mascot Vic was recently revamped for Megadeth’s future endeavors. The character was based on the Megadeth.
Rating: 4.5 out of 5
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