Rude Awakening (Megadeth album)
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Rude Awakening is a live album by American heavy metal
band Megadeth
. The album was released by Sanctuary Records
in 2002, the last release before the band broke up in 2002. It was released in both CD and DVD formats.
The album was originally 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.
Tracks on the album and DVD are taken from two live concerts, performed two nights in a row in November 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 editing options), at the Web Theater in Phoenix, Arizona. Dave Mustaine dedicated the performance of "À Tout le Monde
" to the victims of the September 11th attacks and mentions this before performing it. Two previously unreleased tracks from the concert, "The Conjuring" and "Time: The Beginning"/"Use the Man
" were released on Still Alive... and Well?
(which also features "In My Darkest Hour
", "Sweating Bullets
", "Symphony of Destruction
" and "Holy Wars
"). "Silent Scorn" can be heard as a tape outro for the band during "Holy Wars
".
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. The album's cover was designed by Storm Thorgerson
and Peter Curzon.
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
band Megadeth
Megadeth
Megadeth is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California which was formed in 1983 by guitarist/vocalist Dave Mustaine, bassist Dave Ellefson and guitarist Greg Handevidt, following Mustaine's expulsion from Metallica. The band has since released 13 studio albums, three live albums, two...
. The album was released by Sanctuary Records
Sanctuary Records
Sanctuary Records Group Limited was a record label based in the United Kingdom and a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. Until June 2007, it was the largest independent record label in the UK and the largest independent music management company in the world...
in 2002, the last release before the band broke up in 2002. It was released in both CD and DVD formats.
The album was originally going to be recorded live at a concert in Argentina, but due to the September 11, 2001 attacks
September 11, 2001 attacks
The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th or 9/119/11 is pronounced "nine eleven". The slash is not part of the pronunciation...
, the band decided to record it live in the United States.
Tracks on the album and DVD are taken from two live concerts, performed two nights in a row in November 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 editing options), at the Web Theater in Phoenix, Arizona. Dave Mustaine dedicated the performance of "À Tout le Monde
À Tout le Monde
"À Tout le Monde" is the fourth song on Megadeth's sixth studio album Youthanasia, released as a single in 1995. In 2007, a re-arrangement titled "À Tout le Monde " featuring Cristina Scabbia of Italian band Lacuna Coil was released as the second single from the band's album United...
" to the victims of the September 11th attacks and mentions this before performing it. Two previously unreleased tracks from the concert, "The Conjuring" and "Time: The Beginning"/"Use the Man
Use the Man
"Use the Man" is the third song as well as the second single of Megadeth's seventh studio album Cryptic Writings. The song went up to the 15th position in the U.S. Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks....
" were released on Still Alive... and Well?
Still Alive... And Well?
Still, Alive... and Well? is a Megadeth compilation album released on September 10, 2002 and is the last Megadeth release with bassist and co-founder David Ellefson until his reunion with the band 8 years later...
(which also features "In My Darkest Hour
In My Darkest Hour
"In My Darkest Hour" is a song by American thrash metal band Megadeth. It was the second single from Megadeth's third album, So Far, So Good...So What! . According to the liner notes of the remastered album, band leader Dave Mustaine wrote "In My Darkest Hour" in one sitting after learning of the...
", "Sweating Bullets
Sweating Bullets (song)
"Sweating Bullets" is a song by the American heavy metal band Megadeth. It was released in 1993 as the third single from their fifth album, Countdown to Extinction. The song charted at #29 on the US Mainstream Rock chart and at #26 in the UK....
", "Symphony of Destruction
Symphony of Destruction
"Symphony of Destruction" is a 1992 single by American heavy metal band Megadeth, taken from their 1992 double platinum selling album, Countdown to Extinction. The lyrics explores the hypothetical situation where an average citizen might be placed into a position where he can run the country while...
" and "Holy Wars
Holy Wars... The Punishment Due
"Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" is the opening track of heavy metal band Megadeth's 1990 album Rust in Peace.The song has an unusual structure, shifting at 2:26 after an acoustic bridge by Marty Friedman to a different, slower and heavier section called "The Punishment Due", before speeding up...
"). "Silent Scorn" can be heard as a tape outro for the band during "Holy Wars
Holy Wars... The Punishment Due
"Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" is the opening track of heavy metal band Megadeth's 1990 album Rust in Peace.The song has an unusual structure, shifting at 2:26 after an acoustic bridge by Marty Friedman to a different, slower and heavier section called "The Punishment Due", before speeding up...
".
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. The album's cover was designed by Storm Thorgerson
Storm Thorgerson
Storm Thorgerson is an English graphic designer, known for his work for rock bands such as Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, 10cc, Dream Theater, The Mars Volta, Muse, The Cranberries, and Biffy Clyro.-Biography:...
and Peter Curzon.
CD
DVD
- Dread and the Fugitive MindDread and the Fugitive Mind"Dread and the Fugitive Mind" is the second single off Megadeth's ninth studio album The World Needs a Hero . The song is about introspection and looking within one's self for true and proper meaning."It's about judgment...
- Wake Up DeadWake Up Dead"Wake Up Dead" is a song by Megadeth. It is the only single released from their second album, Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?, and additionally the first single ever launched by the band. Along with the title track, "Peace Sells", this song is a live staple at almost every Megadeth show...
- In My Darkest HourIn My Darkest Hour"In My Darkest Hour" is a song by American thrash metal band Megadeth. It was the second single from Megadeth's third album, So Far, So Good...So What! . According to the liner notes of the remastered album, band leader Dave Mustaine wrote "In My Darkest Hour" in one sitting after learning of the...
- She-Wolf
- Reckoning Day
- Devil's Island
- Burning Bridges
- Hangar 18Hangar 18 (song)"Hangar 18" is a song by American heavy metal band Megadeth from the 1990 album Rust in Peace. UFO conspiracy theories, or possibly Hangar 18, the 1980 film based on those theories, inspired drummer Nick Menza to write the lyrics. Shortly thereafter, frontman Dave Mustaine composed the music...
- Return to Hangar
- Hook in MouthHook in Mouth"Hook in Mouth" is a song by the American thrash metal band Megadeth, written by Dave Mustaine and David Ellefson. It is the eighth and last on their So Far, So Good... So What! album, which was released on January 19, 1988...
- 1000 Times Goodbye
- MechanixThe Mechanix"The Mechanix" is a song originally performed by American heavy metal band Metallica. Dave Mustaine originally wrote the song for Panic, and later brought it with him to Megadeth...
- Tornado of Souls
- Ashes in Your Mouth
- Sweating BulletsSweating Bullets (song)"Sweating Bullets" is a song by the American heavy metal band Megadeth. It was released in 1993 as the third single from their fifth album, Countdown to Extinction. The song charted at #29 on the US Mainstream Rock chart and at #26 in the UK....
- TrustTrust (Megadeth song)"Trust" is the first song on Megadeth's seventh studio album Cryptic Writings. It was released on May 8, 1997 in both English and Spanish language versions...
- Symphony of DestructionSymphony of Destruction"Symphony of Destruction" is a 1992 single by American heavy metal band Megadeth, taken from their 1992 double platinum selling album, Countdown to Extinction. The lyrics explores the hypothetical situation where an average citizen might be placed into a position where he can run the country while...
- Peace SellsPeace Sells"Peace Sells" is a song by the American thrash metal band Megadeth from the 1986 album Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?, written by Dave Mustaine. It, along with Wake Up Dead from the same album, has been a staple at Megadeth concerts. Lyrically, it deals with negative stereotypes about...
- Holy WarsHoly Wars... The Punishment Due"Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" is the opening track of heavy metal band Megadeth's 1990 album Rust in Peace.The song has an unusual structure, shifting at 2:26 after an acoustic bridge by Marty Friedman to a different, slower and heavier section called "The Punishment Due", before speeding up...
- Silent Scorn (tape)
DVD bonus features
- Megadeth on Megadeth
- Paul Gargano on Megadeth (text)
- Bonus footage from underground live show:
- Kill the King
- Angry Again
- Almost HonestAlmost Honest (Megadeth song)"Almost Honest" is the second song as well as the second single of Megadeth's seventh studio album Cryptic Writings. It was released in September 1997. It was later included on the compilation album, Capitol Punishment and the box set Warchest, but it is not on the Greatest Hits: Back to the Start...
- Train of ConsequencesTrain Of Consequences"Train of Consequences" was the first single from Megadeth's 1994 album, Youthanasia. The song reached #29 on the Billboard US Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and #22 in the UK. Its music video received significant airplay on MTV, debuting during the Halloween special, Night of the Living Megadeth,...
- À Tout le MondeÀ Tout le Monde"À Tout le Monde" is the fourth song on Megadeth's sixth studio album Youthanasia, released as a single in 1995. In 2007, a re-arrangement titled "À Tout le Monde " featuring Cristina Scabbia of Italian band Lacuna Coil was released as the second single from the band's album United...
Credits
- Dave MustaineDave MustaineDavid Scott "Dave" Mustaine is the founder, main songwriter, guitarist, and lead vocalist for the American heavy metal band Megadeth. Prior to Megadeth, Mustaine was the first lead guitarist and a co-songwriter of the heavy metal band Metallica until he was fired from the band in 1983. In 2009, he...
: vocals, guitar - Dave Ellefson: bass guitars, backing vocals
- Al PitrelliAl PitrelliAl Pitrelli is a guitarist, best known for his work with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Megadeth, Alice Cooper, Joe Lynn Turner, Asia and Savatage.-Early career :...
: guitar, backing vocals - Jimmy DeGrassoJimmy DeGrassoJimmy DeGrasso is an American heavy metal drummer. He is currently the drummer for F5.DeGrasso was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and graduated from Liberty High School in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in 1981....
: drums
Charts
Album| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | The Billboard 200 | 115 |
| 2002 | France | 93 |