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Encyclopedia > Rude Awakening (Megadeth album)
Rude Awakening
Rude Awakening cover
Live album by Megadeth
Released March 19, 2002
Recorded November 2001
Genre Thrash Metal
Length 2:02:43
Label Sanctuary
Producer(s) Bill Kennedy, Dave Mustaine
Professional reviews
Megadeth chronology
The World Needs a Hero
(2001)		 Rude Awakening
(2002)		 Still Alive... And Well?
(2002)

Rude Awakening, Megadeth's last album before the band was broken up for the first time in 2002, was released by Sanctuary Records in 2002. (The band was 'restarted' in 2004, with only Dave Mustaine remaining from the previous lineup.) Image File history File links Megadeth-RudeAwakening. ... A live album is a musical recording containing recorded concert performances. ... Megadeth is an American thrash metal band led by founder, frontman, and songwriter Dave Mustaine. ... March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Look up November in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music, one of the extreme metal subgenres that is characterised by its high speed and aggression. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... William P. Bill Kennedy is the former editor-in-chief of A+ Publishing, including MacComputing, A+ and PC Games magazines. ... Dave Mustaine (born David Scott Mustaine on September 13, 1961 in La Mesa, California, United States) is a guitarist, songwriter, and singer. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 3_stars. ... Megadeth is an American thrash metal band led by founder, frontman, and songwriter Dave Mustaine. ... The World Needs a Hero is an album by Megadeth, released in 2001. ... ‹ The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... Megadeth is an American thrash metal band led by founder, frontman, and songwriter Dave Mustaine. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...


The album was going to be recorded live at a concert in Argentina, but due to the September 11, 2001 attacks, the band decided to record it live in the United States. A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly...


The album was a near total rejection of much of Megadeth's 'softer material' (such as the album Risk, which had no songs featured) and was seen as a return to their heavier, more 'metal' days of the 1980s and the very early and very late 1990s. (much of the material, if not all, were hand-picked by many Megadeth fans who voted for the line-up on megadeth.com) Risk is an album by the metal band Megadeth released in 1999. ...


Tracks on the album and DVD are taken from two live concerts, performed two nights in a row in November of 2001. The first night was at the Rialto Theater in Tucson, Arizona, followed the next day by an almost identical performance (To ensure clean audio and video footage, and for a variety of editting options), at the Web Theater in Phoenix, Arizona. The Rialto Theatre is a performance theatre and concert venue located in downtown Tucson, Arizona. ...

Contents

Track listing

Disc one

  1. "Dread and the Fugitive Mind" – 4:12
  2. "Kill the King" – 3:50
  3. "Wake Up Dead" – 3:26
  4. "In My Darkest Hour" – 5:28
  5. "Angry Again" – 3:22
  6. "She-Wolf" – 8:17
  7. "Reckoning Day" – 4:24
  8. "Devil's Island" – 5:06
  9. "Train of Consequences" – 4:30
  10. "A Tout le Monde" – 4:49
  11. "Burning Bridges" – 4:56
  12. "Hangar 18" – 4:45
  13. "Return to Hangar" – 3:54
  14. "Hook in Mouth" – 4:40

Disc two

  1. "Almost Honest" – 3:57
  2. "1000 Times Goodbye" – 6:14
  3. "Mechanix" – 4:36
  4. "Tornado of Souls" – 5:47
  5. "Ashes in Your Mouth" – 6:04
  6. "Sweating Bullets" – 4:38
  7. "Trust" – 6:46
  8. "Symphony of Destruction" – 4:50
  9. "Peace Sells" – 5:22
  10. "Holy Wars...The Punishment Due"/"Silent Scorn" – 8:51
  • There is an 11th 'special bonus track' called "Peace Sells Medley" which includes songs that 'morph' into other. Peace Sells into Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" into Sex Pistols "Anarchy In The U.K." back into "Peace Sells" starting with the'Can you put a price on peace?' bridge intro.
  • This is the only Megadeth album which does not include the band logo or title on the immediate cover. It is located on the side bar of the album instead.
  • Dave Mustaine dedicated the performance of A Tout Le Monde to the victims of the September 11th attacks and mentions this before performing it.
  • The DVD features the tracks "Kill The King, Almost Honest, Angry Again, Train Of Consequences & A Tout Le Monde" separately from the main program in the extras Underground Live Concert menu. They are also of a lower quality than the rest of the show. It also featured the bonus track "Silent Scorn" in the main program.

Credits

Dave Mustaine (born David Scott Mustaine on September 13, 1961 in La Mesa, California, United States) is a guitarist, songwriter, and singer. ... David Ellefson (born November 12, 1964 in Jackson, Minnesota) is a bass guitar player who is currently a member of Temple of Brutality, F5 and Killing Machine, but is best known as a former member of the thrash metal/speed metal band Megadeth. ... Al Pitrelli (born September 29, 1962 in New York, NY) is a guitarist, best known for his work with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Megadeth, Savatage, Blue Öyster Cult and O2L. // Al Pitrelli attended Berklee School of Music in Boston in the early 80s where he studied with other notable... Jimmy DeGrasso (born March 16, 1963 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) is a American heavy metal drummer. ...

Charts

Album

Year Chart Position
2002 The Billboard 200 115
Megadeth
Dave Mustaine | Glen Drover | James Lomenzo | Shawn Drover
Former members: David Ellefson | Chris Poland | Gar Samuelson | Jeff Young | Chuck Behler | Nick Menza | Marty Friedman | Jimmy DeGrasso | Al Pitrelli | James MacDonough
Discography
Studio albums: Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good! | Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? | So Far, So Good... So What! | Rust in Peace | Countdown to Extinction | Youthanasia | Cryptic Writings | Risk | The World Needs a Hero | The System Has Failed | United Abominations
Live albums: Live Trax | Live Trax II | Rude Awakening | Still Alive... And Well? | Unplugged In Boston | That One Night: Live in Buenos Aires
Compilations: Capitol Punishment | Back to the Start
Extended plays: Hidden Treasures | Cryptic Sounds
Videos and DVDs: Rusted Pieces | Exposure of a Dream | Evolver: The Making of Youthanasia | Rude Awakening | Video Hits | Arsenal of Megadeth | That One Night: Live in Buenos Aires
Songs
Mechanix | Peace Sells | In My Darkest Hour | Holy Wars... The Punishment Due | Hangar 18 | Tornado of Souls | My Creation | Skin O' My Teeth | Sweating Bullets | Go To Hell | Train Of Consequences | A Tout Le Monde | Trust | Breadline | Something That I'm Not | Gears of War
Other
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