Getabehind-the-sceneslookatthemakingofMegadeth’siconicrecord,RustinPeace,fromtheband’sleadvocalistandguitarist.WhenRustinPeacewasreleasedin1990,thefutureofMegadethwasuncertain.Freshofftheirperformanceattherecord-breakingMonstersofRockfestival,andwithknockoutnewalbumsfromSlayer,Anthrax,andMetallicadominatingthecharts,thepressuretoproduceastandoutstatementrecordwashigherthanever.InRustinPeace:TheInsideStoryoftheMegadethMasterpiece,theband’sleadvocalistandguitarist,DaveMustaine,givesreadersanever-before-seenglimpseintotheartistryandinsanitythatwentintomakingtheband’smosticonicrecord.Herecountsthearduoustaskofhiringthebandandsupportingcast,ofmanagingegosandextracurricularsduringthealbum’sensuingsuccess,andsuccumbingtothepressuresoffameandfortune--whicheventuallyforcedthebandtobreakup.Andyet,Megadeth’sdemisewasjustthebeginning;thebirthpangsoftherecordwerenothingcomparedtowhatcamenext.Alcohol,drugs,sex,money,power,property,prestige,theliesfedtothebandbytheindustry--andtheliestheytoldeachother-threatenedtoeatawayattheband’sbondlikerust,devouringituntilonlythemusicsurvived.FeaturingaforewordbySlash
