“Dread and the Fugitive Mind” by Megadeth

"Dread and the Fugitive Mind" is Dave Mustaine's show from top to bottom: he wrote the words and the music, sang it, played guitar and produced it, with Bill Kennedy co-producing, recording and mixing. It landed on The World Needs a Hero, the Megadeth album that hauled the band back toward heavier ground after Risk flopped with critics and buyers alike.

The lineup behind him didn't last. Al Pitrelli, on guitar and backing vocals, made just this one Megadeth studio album; it was the second and last for Jimmy DeGrasso on drums; and David Ellefson's bass would be missing from the band's albums until Thirteen in 2011. The record was also Megadeth's first for Sanctuary after leaving Capitol, put Vic Rattlehead back on the cover, and was the last before the band's brief split in 2002.

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