HAPPY BIRTHDAY RUST IN PEACE

No one is better at keeping track of album release anniversaries than Cosmo Lee. So we need to thank him for pointing out that Megadeth’s Rust in Peace — still their best album, if you ask me — came out twenty years ago today.

Cosmo has an extensive essay up at Invisible Oranges, and I’m not even gonna try and compete with his insights. I am, however, going to steal the below video of Marty Friedman auditioning for Megadeth — ’cause I ain’t never seen it before, and it’s a part of metal history. With all due respect to Chrises Poland and Broderick and all the other talented dudes who have been in Dave Mustaine’s glorified solo band over the years, Friedman has been, is, and will continue to be the definitive Megadeth lead guitarist in my mind. Too bad he left the band to turn Japanese.

Head over to Invisible Oranges to read all of Cosmo’s thoughts on RiP‘s big day.

-AR