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Reading Tonight: The Unknown Rocker

Paul Constant
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megadeth, right?
mr. herriman on September 3, 2010 at 10:30 AM Report this
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I suppose anybody who was legendarily enough of a drunk to get kicked out of early Megadeth for drinking is a drunk worth meeting.
gloomy gus on September 3, 2010 at 10:33 AM Report this
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Wait, er, I meant Metallica. I fear my heavy metal cred just vanished in a flurry of jazz hands.
gloomy gus on September 3, 2010 at 10:35 AM Report this
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That's cute, Paul. "Anyone heard of this guy?" You're a laugh riot.
Matt from Denver on September 3, 2010 at 10:40 AM Report this
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dont' fuck w/ megadeth
benjammin509 on September 3, 2010 at 10:43 AM Report this
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@2 Too bad he killed his band in one quick album. They were going up. Reached mainstream success with Countdown to Extintion, then...crash and burn in the flames of mellow suckiness that was Youthenasia. Never trust a metal CD that has a sad song partly sung in French.

Looking up on Wiki, I didn't know they had really released anything since Cryptic Writings... The things you learn...
TheMisanthrope on September 3, 2010 at 10:45 AM Report this
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I guess your not into metal, but really? Metallica & Megadeth, 2 of the big 4 and possibly the most inticate and influential metal guitarist out there. You could save some time and Google it next time before asking the masses.
steakhaus on September 3, 2010 at 10:47 AM Report this
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@7 are you being rhetorical? or ironic?
Beetlecat on September 3, 2010 at 10:48 AM Report this
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@7 - Knowing how to Google something does not constitute having ever heard of it before.
MacCrocodile on September 3, 2010 at 10:50 AM Report this
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duh he was the guy who was gonna kick out lars ulrich from metallica

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AAPHM_TP…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKoXcJayl…
aardvark on September 3, 2010 at 10:50 AM Report this
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to be fair here's a nice youtube comment:

"If I had been born into Dave's situation (abusive father, running away from him, trying to make a living at freaking age 15, having been kicked out of the most successful heavy metal band ever) I would have fucking died a long time ago.

Instead, while being immature and hving an inability to just fucking let go (and who can blame him?) he set off to create one of the best bands I have ever listened to."
aardvark on September 3, 2010 at 10:52 AM Report this
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I take it some people liked Youthanasia. I burned that CD within a month, and never looked back. Cryptic Writings was just fucking awful too...luckily I was leery already and had the forethought not to buy it.
TheMisanthrope on September 3, 2010 at 10:56 AM Report this
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I would have thought a high school friendless virgin like paul would have known exactly who megadeath was.
on September 3, 2010 at 11:22 AM Report this
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Geez, Constant. You finally get a chance to write about someone I've actually heard of and you get all book-snobby about it.
J.R. on September 3, 2010 at 11:27 AM Report this
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though I didn't ever really celebrate their entire oeuvre, I did like this song/vid:
Peace Sells

from the album Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?".

ohhh yeah, check out THAT cover art! RAWK!!!
pissy mcslogbot on September 3, 2010 at 1:39 PM Report this
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Dave Mustaine kicks ass in Celebrity Jeopardy.
DOUG. on September 3, 2010 at 2:11 PM Report this
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This is all part of th act Constant has folks have you caught on yet?
on September 3, 2010 at 2:29 PM Report this
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Dave Mustaine on Duck Dodgers... MEGADUCK!
I thought you were into Looney Tunes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwNIABdqB…
on September 3, 2010 at 3:31 PM Report this
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Don't give a FUCK for Dave whatshisfuck, but I have some pointed questions for Ralph Metzner. HMMMMMM

Basically, Ralph generally feels that only the hoity toity chosen ones, academics and scientists and therapists, should use psychedelics.

You should read the section of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test when the Merry Pranksters showed up at the Millbrook farm. HILARIOUS.
NaFun on September 3, 2010 at 4:10 PM Report this
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So the question would be:

"Ralph, do you feel that there is a place for the general public to use LSD, DMT, psilocybin, MDMA, or other psychedelics? Should these drugs be scheduled in such a way that they must be prescribed? Why?"
NaFun on September 3, 2010 at 4:12 PM Report this
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Wow... I hope the Mustaine comment was sarcasm. I am not a metal fan, but I have great respect for what he has achieved. They guy is a founding father of a major genre.
Get Real on September 3, 2010 at 4:30 PM Report this

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