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MEGADETH: Album Sales Update
- Dec. 16, 2005
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According to a posting on MEGADETH's official web site, the following are the official MEGADETH sales figures in the United States as of December 14, 2005 (rounded to nearest 1,000):
"Killing is My Business...And Business is Good!"* (original, out of print) - 197,000
"Killing is My Business...And Business is Good!" (2002 remaster) - 51,000
"Killing is My Business...And Business is Good!" (2002 remaster, clean version) - 6,000
"Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?"* - 609,000
"So Far, So Good...So What!"* - 388,000
"Rust In Peace"* - 781,000
"Rusted Pieces"* (video, out of print) - 36,000
"Countdown to Extinction" - 2,272,000
"Exposure of a Dream" (video, out of print) - 27,000
"Youthanasia" - 938,000
"Evolver: The Making of Youthanasia" (video, out of print) - 25,000
"Hidden Treasures" (out of print) - 286,000
"Cryptic Writings" - 787,000
"Risk" - 322,000
"Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years" (out of print) - 200,000
"Behind the Music" (Extended Version DVD) - 12,000
"The World Needs A Hero" - 219,000
"Rude Awakening" (live album, two CD version) - 66,000
"Rude Awakening" (alternate versions) - 9,000
"Rude Awakening" (DVD) - 56,000
"Still, Alive...& Well?" - 26,000
"The System Has Failed" - 171,000
"Video Hits" (DVD) - 27,000
"Greatest Hits: Back to the Start" - 118,000
"Greatest Hits: Back to the Start" (Limited Edition) - 15,000
* These figures do not include sales prior to the start of the SoundScan era (May 25, 1991)
As previously reported, MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine announced at the conclusion of the band's headlining performance in Buenos Aires, Argentina on October 9 that the group's current lineup — which includes bassist James MacDonough, drummer Shawn Drover (EIDOLON) and guitarist Glen Drover (EIDOLON) — will continue to record and tour under the name MEGADETH.
MEGADETH recently completed a South American tour in support of "The System Has Failed", which came out in September 2004. The latest MEGADETH release, "Greatest Hits: Back to the Start" (Capitol), entered the Billboard chart at No. 65.
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COMMENT | MEGADETH
posted by :
12/16/2005 11:08:20 AM
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Cool!
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COMMENT |
posted by : T-Boner.com
12/16/2005 11:09:37 AM
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COMMENT |
posted by : deathleppercon666
12/16/2005 11:11:05 AM
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MEGADETH KICKS ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
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COMMENT | ?
posted by : deathleppercon666
12/16/2005 11:14:01 AM
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HMFGDSB
i thought out of print means nobody buys them so they dont make copys anymore?
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COMMENT | MEGADUCK RULES!
posted by : Brother Maynard
12/16/2005 11:15:09 AM
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Can't wait for Gigantour '06 and the new CD!
Also BASHERS, these are US Soundscan figures and do not represent worldwide sales, site sales or sales pre-Soundscan. You can probably triple (x3) all these figures and that's more realistic of the total sold.
Dave Mustaine = Integrity in Metal!
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COMMENT | MEGADETH FUCKING RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
posted by : RiotAct666
12/16/2005 11:16:19 AM
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MUSTAINE IS GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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COMMENT |
posted by : mjfunsch
12/16/2005 11:22:04 AM
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"Rust In Peace"* - 781,000
...Tragic
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COMMENT | Glad to see
posted by : RiotAct666
12/16/2005 11:23:46 AM
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That my original version of Killing is My Business and Business is Good sold really well as well as my Exposure of a Dream video , Rusted pieces , Capitol Punishment 1st greatest Hits all sold really well. And the hidden Treasures e.p. did good too and all the other stuff that is shown i have all that too.
That being said I can't wait for the new Megadeth album as well as the Gigantour DVD.
\m/ MEGADETH \m/
FUCKING RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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COMMENT |
posted by : deathleppercon666
12/16/2005 11:29:41 AM
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cant wait for the GIGANTOUR dvd
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COMMENT | hmmmm
posted by : The Bishop
12/16/2005 11:36:04 AM
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I'm surprised that RIP hasn't sold more here in the States. Look when CTE came out, and they got video/radio exposure. Look at the increase in sales. I bet a lot of people bought CTE soley on hearing Symphony of Destruction.
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COMMENT |
posted by : Seclusion
12/16/2005 11:36:19 AM
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Rust in Peace's sales numbers are not tragic when you understand the system here. If you read correctly you'll see that Soundscan numbers don't count any sales before May 1991. That album was for sale for months prior to that and it sold really well, so the actual sales numbers I'm thinking should be well over a million, probably closer to a million and a half. That's not so tragic, really.
Well tragic when compared to how many numerous piece-of-shit mainstream albums far outsell it, but still....
Said it once and I'll say again, I hate when they post these numbers to the public because they don't understand how the system works. There's a reason why Soundscan numbers and charts are sent to industry insider's only.
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COMMENT | gigantour 2006 perdictions
posted by : deathleppercon666
12/16/2005 11:37:53 AM
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Megadeth (co headliner)
Sepultura (co headliner)
Opeth
Mastodon
Exodus
it seems that way because sepultura will come out with a new album and mastodon as well and opeth has been kicking ass lately same with exodus
i think that atleast 1 or 2 of thoes bands will play besides megadeth next year
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COMMENT | Really cool...
posted by :
12/16/2005 11:38:18 AM
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...all bands should list their CD sales. Of course, most bands would not even compare to the mighty Megadeth!!!!
Dave Mustaine for President!
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COMMENT |
posted by :
12/16/2005 12:03:49 PM
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i hope that mastodon are on the 2006 tour. that would be rad.
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COMMENT |
posted by : backslider
12/16/2005 12:04:27 PM
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It would be nice if Mustaine learned how to play guitar. They'd probably sell a shit load more.
DIO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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COMMENT | ...
posted by :
12/16/2005 12:16:45 PM
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mustaine learning to play guitar? you're a fucking retard - lets see you do better
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COMMENT | backslider
posted by :
12/16/2005 12:25:44 PM
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You're kidding right?
And as mentioned above, RIP is closer to 1.5 million in US sales. It was certainly certified Platinum as was Peace Sells and SFSGSW.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
12/16/2005 12:35:39 PM
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im so sick of this figures shit. if u want to show it show the figures from the albums overal life span
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COMMENT | ^^^^???
posted by : METALKINGDOM
12/16/2005 1:06:04 PM
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"Wow" you say? What the hell is so 'wow' about that? Rust in Peace is considered a metal classic.
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COMMENT | From RIAA
posted by : steelshredder
12/16/2005 1:12:57 PM
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RIAA shows that SO FAR, SO GOOD ... SO WHAT!, RUST IN PEACE , YOUTHANASIA went platinum too:
Search Results
Your search returned 13 records. Records 1 to 13 displayed.Artist Title Cert. Date Label Award Desc. Format Category Type
MEGADETH PEACE SELLS ... BUT WHO'S BUYING 11/28/88 CAPITOL G ALBUM GROUP Std
MEGADETH SO FAR, SO GOOD ... SO WHAT! 02/16/90 CAPITOL G ALBUM GROUP Std
MEGADETH RUST IN PEACE 01/23/91 CAPITOL G ALBUM GROUP Std
MEGADETH COUNTDOWN TO EXTINCTION 09/09/92 CAPITOL P ALBUM GROUP Std
MEGADETH COUNTDOWN TO EXTINCTION 09/09/92 CAPITOL G ALBUM GROUP Std
MEGADETH PEACE SELLS ... BUT WHO'S BUYING 11/11/92 CAPITOL P ALBUM GROUP Std
MEGADETH RUST IN PEACE 12/13/94 CAPITOL P ALBUM GROUP Std
MEGADETH COUNTDOWN TO EXTINCTION 12/13/94 CAPITOL M (2) ALBUM GROUP Std
MEGADETH YOUTHANASIA 01/05/95 CAPITOL P ALBUM GROUP Std
MEGADETH YOUTHANASIA 01/05/95 CAPITOL G ALBUM GROUP Std
MEGADETH CRYPTIC WRITINGS 10/09/97 CAPITOL G ALBUM GROUP Std
MEGADETH SO FAR, SO GOOD ... SO WHAT! 05/26/98 CAPITOL P ALBUM GROUP Std
MEGADETH RUDE AWAKENING 07/23/02 SANCTUARY RECORDS GROUP G VIDEO LONGFORM GROUP Std
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COMMENT |
posted by : backslider
12/16/2005 1:17:39 PM
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Tomorrow Dave Mustaine will kill himself after finally coming to terms with the fact that he will never sell as many albums as Metallica. Shitty Metallica albums even sell better than Megastaine's best albums.
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COMMENT | Mustaine....
posted by :
12/16/2005 1:25:21 PM
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....Has absolutely nothing to bitch about
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COMMENT |
posted by : deathleppercon666
12/16/2005 1:27:04 PM
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i dont think dave gives 2 shits about metallica anymore
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COMMENT |
posted by : Mulder
12/16/2005 1:28:30 PM
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"Countdown to Extinction" - 2,272,000
Ah...those were the days...
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COMMENT |
posted by : backslider
12/16/2005 1:35:16 PM
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Dave can't even get a boner at night when he tries to masturbate before going to bed, because he's too busy thinking about how awesome James Hetfield is, and what a better guitarist Kirk Hammet is. It's true.
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COMMENT | sales dont mean anything for any band
posted by : hatetofeel
12/16/2005 1:40:59 PM
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as long as they make kick ass music.
megadeth rules!!!
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COMMENT |
posted by : backslider
12/16/2005 1:41:47 PM
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And also, when he does get it up, there aren't any women around that would fuck him anyway, so he usually has sex with goats. The old goats that can barely move, and people laugh at when they go to the zoo. Yes, that's jizz in his fur.
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COMMENT | thats criminal
posted by :
12/16/2005 2:00:48 PM
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that they have never broke the 1 million mark, just another reason for me to hate everyone on this shit fucking planet, bring on the bird flu.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
12/16/2005 2:02:14 PM
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Megadeth rules!!!
Dave Mustaine is a douchebag and should get his head out of his ass, though. Kerry King should drop him one of these days.
Gigantour 06 should be something like this
Megadeth
Celtic Frost (hell fucking yeah)
Testament
Meshuggah
Children of Bodom
The Haunted
Unearth
Exodus
Now that would be a badass fucking line-up
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COMMENT | Rust in Peace & Peace Sells were without a doubt their best CDs
posted by :
12/16/2005 2:07:47 PM
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The Conjuring, Good Mourning/Black Friday??
Classic Metal at it's finest!
Rust in Peace blew Justice out of the water!
I bought The System Has Failed based on Kick the Chair. Too bad that was the only good song on the CD. I thought Megadeath had finally put out something worth buying since RIP. I was sadly mistaken.
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COMMENT | My prediction for Gigantour 2006:
posted by : Steelers Own You
12/16/2005 3:02:13 PM
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Megadeth
Symphony X
Pagan's Mind
Eidolon
Testament
and others that I forgot to mention.
Four out of five of those bands should have albums out next year. But the Testament could come out the same time Chinese Democracy does. I am so hoping that does NOT happen.
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COMMENT | ^^^^I would have to disagree
posted by :
12/16/2005 3:02:40 PM
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My favorite Megadeth is pre-Marty Megadeth. (I know I will get bashed for that.) Before Marty came in they were a lot angrier and more evil sounding. My 2 favorite Megadeths are Peace Sells and So Far So Good So What. There is something wrong with Dave for say So Far.... is there least best album next to Risk. That is crap. So Far... is their heaviest album by far. Its a flawless album. That and Peace Sells are perfect examples of 80s thrash. I do like Rust In Peace alot too. Just not as much as the other 2 i mentioned.
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COMMENT | best metal band.
posted by : EyeForAnEye
12/16/2005 3:15:16 PM
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Rust in Peace is my favorite album. Deth's first four albums are flawless, especially the underrated KIMB.
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COMMENT | Sales
posted by : heh
12/16/2005 3:27:15 PM
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Those are official as of December 14, not December 3.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
12/16/2005 3:28:36 PM
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what as useless fucking statistic, a huge chunk of megadeths existence was the 80's and they dont have record of those sales then these sales are corrupt and bias and dotn reflect a true market of megadeth so its pointless to even try to show megadeths sales
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COMMENT | America
posted by : Demonocracy
12/16/2005 3:30:04 PM
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hates metal, America only loves trendy shite, of the stupidest kind of course, or they can't understand it.
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COMMENT |
posted by :
12/16/2005 3:32:12 PM
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METALLICA!!!!!!!!!!!!
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COMMENT | WTF?
posted by :
12/16/2005 3:38:46 PM
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OK... Metalthrall: Megadeth > Metallica.
nuff said on that ... goddamn
backslider: Mustaine needs to learn how to play the guitar? Fuck that... he basically taught me how to play the guitar. Mustaine is a metal god who has influenced the entire world of recorded music forever. Give him the credit that he deserves. Bow down before the depth and power that is Mustaine!
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COMMENT | watsup
posted by : METALKINGDOM
12/16/2005 3:42:11 PM
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"Rust In Peace was a complex and technical thrash metal album filled with great guitar solos. Not exactly something I would expect to sell when Motley Crue were still popular and Nirvana taking over."
I don't need an explanation of what kind of record R.I.P. was/is - I bought it the first day that it came out. Metal was doing just fine in 1990. Cowboys From Hell came out after R.I.P., too. Nobody even heard of Nirvana in 1990.
Still, what would make you think that Cryptic whatever and the other bad joke (Risk) would outsell one of the greatest metal albums of all time?
Just admit it, you're 15.
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COMMENT | Mustaine and guitar playing
posted by : METALKINGDOM
12/16/2005 3:47:07 PM
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Well, he's not the greatest...that's for sure. He plays pretty killer rhythms and writes great riffs and songs (used to), but his leads always sucked balls. That's why he had Poland and Friedman. I think that Mustaine's best lead is to 'Wake Up Dead'. It's actually pretty tough to play, too. Other than that, except maybe one or two others, his solos sound like dying cats.
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COMMENT | wtf?
posted by :
12/16/2005 6:40:43 PM
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how can youthanasia be the best selling megadeth album? KILLING IS MY BUSINESS\m/
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COMMENT | Hey cookie monsters!!
posted by : evil hard driver
12/16/2005 6:58:07 PM
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Go buy Megadeth's back catalog!!!
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COMMENT | REAL ESTATE
posted by : SATANIC SLUT WHORE
12/16/2005 8:32:52 PM
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This is almost as bad as rating seekers or readers polls. . . Hollywood evangelists. It's a scheme. A plot. A stock quote. Just add Starch. It's not about the music. It's about how much property you have. And how much much more land you'll need to set them free.
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COMMENT |
posted by : burns1059
12/16/2005 8:41:37 PM
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MEGADETH RULES
HIDDEN TREASURES IS OUT OF PRINT?
NOW TAKING BETS ON WHEN THE REMASTER COMES OUT
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COMMENT |
posted by : heh
12/17/2005 12:10:16 AM
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No Hidden Treasures remaster. It will be replaced in the catalogue (like Capitol Punishment was replaced by the Greatest Hits).
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COMMENT | LOL!!! DAVE SUCKS!
posted by :
12/17/2005 12:49:53 AM
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No WONDER he regrets every day and night being kicked out of Metallica with those sale figures... he knows he would be a serious multi-millionaire by now. I think the black album Alone has sold more than all his put together... what is it, 9 million sold now? Something like that.. anyway, sad.
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COMMENT | Uh I dont know
posted by :
12/17/2005 3:53:22 AM
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Hetfield and Hammett may not be better than Poland and Friedman. But they are way better than Mustaine. Like said above, other than a few solos, Daves solos are a sloppy mess. Just alternate picking out the ass. Have you seen then Cliff Em All dvd? Kirk Hammett was a huge improvement over Mustaine. He has way more dynamic in his lead than Mustaine. Mustaine was sloppy as fuck back in the day and he still kinda is on lead. But ignorant metal fans will talk about him like hes fucking Yngwie just becasue of the stupid Metallica/Megadeth feud. I love Megadeth but the truth is Metallica wrote the better songs. Megadeth had the better lead guitarists. Period.
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COMMENT | Sifting through the bullshit- Read N' Learn!
posted by : Triple X
12/17/2005 4:10:13 PM
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It's sad when people either don't read, are too young or too dumb to understand things. Soundscan = U.S. sales only, after May 1991. Rust In Peace came out in late 1990 and its biggest sales period like most albums was on initial release. The album has moved over a million.
RIAA "Platinum" figures are deceiving. They merely mean that the distributor shipped over a million copies of the album, not sold. Half those copies could be sitting on the shelf somewhere in a bargain bin. SoundScan was established to counterbalance that method in determining actual album sales. It is a combination of the two that determines Billboard chart position and sales figures.
Hetfield and Hammett are what? Perhaps Hammett is an excellent guitarist, but I have never heard actual recorded evidence of this, especially when compared to Hetfield/Friedman's monster riffs. Hell, Hammett had very little to do with the writing on Metallica's best records, their first four albums.
To those who are too young to understand, Nirvana and grunge did not emerge until mid-1991 when a female mTV programmer who was enthralled with the band decided to put their tongue-in-cheek song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" into heavy rotation. This became a turning point in musical history and the first real example of modern media directly changing the face of music by force. Why did Countdown to Extinction sell so well? Well, at the time mTV had not yet alienated or fired just about of its 1980's staffers and had not decided to blacklist Metal as a genre. CTE had three top ten hits on mTV and even received airplay on Pop/Hits stations like Z100 in NYC. Youthanasia, besides not being as coherent and well-constructed of an album (or as heavy) sold much less because mTV was trying to push the channel and popular music in the "alternative" direction. There was a legitimate hatred there against Metal and anything or anyone associated with it. Youthanasia received little airplay and no popular support, as was the case with Pantera with Great Southern Trendkill. It was by sheer fanbase support that these bands sold copies after 1994. Megadeth screwed it up of course by making the mistake of getting progressively less heavy in an attempt to remain popular. This was a mistake because mTV and by then, the industry, could care less what Megadeth sounded like, they weren't getting played. It was too late to "pull a Metallica". Not to mention that Risk was not only not heavy but also was completely nonrelevant to what was popular music. Totally out of touch.
Pantera's approach of staying heavy was much smarter, although Phil Anselmo's attempt to sound more "underground" on each album contributed to some decline in sales or fan base, because Pantera became more abstract and less accessible on each album.
Award for smartest marketing trickery of the last 10 years in music goes to Slipknot, who snuck onto mTV and radio with their circus act and shtick borrowed from mall favorites Korn, ICP and Marilyn Manson, among others. Giving the young mall/skater audience a heavier and "scarier" Korn (who had moved on from playing spooky mall rock to playing silly mallternative) was a formula for success.
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COMMENT | thats a toltal of---
posted by :
12/17/2005 5:04:58 PM
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7,618,000
(toltal amount of megadeth records sold [sound scan era]) X $15.99 (average american cd price) = $121,811,820 us dollars!
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COMMENT | Triple X
posted by :
12/18/2005 4:54:47 PM
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I think you summed that era off music up pretty good. Everything you said was on the mark about Megadeth loosing it by getting less heavy and Slipknot being popular because of being like a circus act. I still think Hammet is a way better guitarist than Mustaine, though.
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COMMENT | backslider
posted by :
12/19/2005 8:43:54 PM
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You're a fucking retard, aren't you?
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COMMENT | meat
posted by :
12/19/2005 8:49:11 PM
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In my opinion, Mustaine is running ahead of Kirk recently.
Lars should let Kirk play some solos again,
so that he'll have a chance to reverse the situation.
I'm sorry, but at this point it's Mustaine >>> Kirk.
Sure, they are both awesome though.
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COMMENT | Sales
posted by :
1/13/2006 7:55:53 AM
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Well if you count pre-1991 sales and international sales (i'd bet money that it's sold more overseas than in the US) then Megadeth sales are waaay more than 7 mil.
Hammet used to be good. Now Mustaine shits on him (^^)
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