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View Poll Results: Who is the Greatest of the Big Four of thrash metal?
Anthrax 12 6.98%
Megadeth 47 27.33%
Metallica 69 40.12%
Slayer 44 25.58%
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Old 02-04-2011, 05:38 PM   #161 (permalink)
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Really!!! I thought it sounded rather tame compared to the version by the Sex Pistols. Also singing "Anarchy in the USA" doesn`t quite have the same ring to it.



....and the general opinion.
Oh well in your mind it is the general opinion. IDC I like the cover.

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Mustaine's biggest flaw is that he's a victim to his own cheesyness. When he's amazing(Peace Sells, Holy Wars, Hanger 18, Sweating Bullets) He's utterly brilliant but he has so many stinkers(502, Anything on Risk, Pretty much most of his covers) due to the fact he didn't really stay focused on his material.

Megadeth could by far be the best band on the list if it weren't for this fact.
Yes an Metallica has not written anything cheesy. Neither has Slayer.

If you break it down most of metal is pretty cheesy.

I think KIMB, Peace Sells, and RIP are good enough to solidify Megadeth as the best band on this list.
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Old 02-04-2011, 05:51 PM   #162 (permalink)
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Metallica were just as cheesy but tended to know hot to distribute their musicianship over more songs than Megadeth. With the exception of Peace Sells, and Rust in Peace, almost every Megadeth album forces you to sort through 50%+ crap to get to the best songs. Sure their best songs were better than Metallica's best songs, but you couldn't trust Mustaine for solid albums in comparison.

Slayer, on the other hand, knew how to be cheesy in the right way. They knew that they were marketing to thrash metal audience, and wrote songs about sheer horrifying violence. They knew their audience was pissed off teenagers, and early twenty-something males who were pissed off, and wanted angry music. They didn't pussyfoot with themes that are Sammy Hagarish(yeah, like 502 doesn't feel like a tacky "I can't drive 55" knockoff). With Slayer you expected blood and death, and during their prime, they did not disappoint.
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Old 02-04-2011, 07:30 PM   #163 (permalink)
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Metallica were just as cheesy but tended to know hot to distribute their musicianship over more songs than Megadeth. With the exception of Peace Sells, and Rust in Peace, almost every Megadeth album forces you to sort through 50%+ crap to get to the best songs. Sure their best songs were better than Metallica's best songs, but you couldn't trust Mustaine for solid albums in comparison.

Slayer, on the other hand, knew how to be cheesy in the right way. They knew that they were marketing to thrash metal audience, and wrote songs about sheer horrifying violence. They knew their audience was pissed off teenagers, and early twenty-something males who were pissed off, and wanted angry music. They didn't pussyfoot with themes that are Sammy Hagarish(yeah, like 502 doesn't feel like a tacky "I can't drive 55" knockoff). With Slayer you expected blood and death, and during their prime, they did not disappoint.

Sorry I find them all cheesy in their own ways. Metallica more so then Slayer and Megadeth.
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Old 02-05-2011, 01:55 PM   #164 (permalink)
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Mustaine's biggest flaw is that he's a victim to his own cheesyness. When he's amazing(Peace Sells, Holy Wars, Hanger 18, Sweating Bullets) He's utterly brilliant but he has so many stinkers(502, Anything on Risk, Pretty much most of his covers) due to the fact he didn't really stay focused on his material.

Megadeth could by far be the best band on the list if it weren't for this fact.
Megadeth definitely dropped some cheesy duds, but when they were firing on all cylinders, they were the best. Some of those rythm guitar parts are just mindblowing how oddball they are, and they almost never have to rely on simple thrashing out. Dave Mustaine has just one the most pissed off voices I've ever heard, and he doesn't have to descend into tuneless screaming to do so. That's why I love their Anarchy In the UK cover. Take away Johnny Rotten's humor, double the aggression and throw in a heavy dose of smug arrogance and you've basically got Dave Mustaine. Maybe not in sound, but in style.
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1. Slayer

My favorite out of the mix. You just can't beat the Kerry King's chaotic guitar solos, Jeff Hanneman's excellent rhythm, Dave Lombardo's thunderous yet technical drumming, and Tom Araya's shouted lyrics and great bass plucking. In my opinion Seasons in the Abyss is their greatest album because it has a lot of variety unlike Reign in Blood where most of the riffs sound the same.

2. Metallica

They're a close second. The only reason they are #2 is because (and I know people hate this term) they sold out. My two favorite albums by them are a tie; Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets. Both fantastic albums and a fantastic band.

3. Megadeth

Still really great. I love the album Rust in Peace. Great guitar work and decent vocals.

4. Anthrax

To be honest, I don't know much about this band, and I haven't heard much of them. But what I have heard of them was not fantastic.
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Slayer for me. They were my first Metal band that I got into, I started with Seasons In The Abyss and went from there, and that probably shaped where I went in terms of what Metal I looked for and listen to (I like mostly Death Metal and Black Metal). Slayer are the benchmark that I measure other bands by, the prototype for my personal tastes.
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Old 03-13-2011, 07:04 PM   #167 (permalink)
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in this order
Metallica
Megadeth
Slayer
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I seriously love Megadeth and Anthrax. Seriously, both bands changed the way I view music. Megadeh showed me that being incredibly pissed off could be a good thing, and Antrax showed me that metal could be very geeky and funny. Love these bands.

Metallica I also seriously enjoy, and they introduced me to all heavy music with their Black Album. And I seriously couldn't care less if they "sold out," I enjoy Some of their lighter fare as well. But I have played the hell out of them, and have gotten somewhat sick of hearing them. I'll still listen to them every once in awhile on purpose, but most of my Metallica listing nowadays is relegated to when my brother plays them.

Slayer, I honestly don't listen to a lot of. They're good, but I find the fake satanic imagery redicilous.
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Old 03-26-2011, 10:59 AM   #169 (permalink)
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Smile Metallica FTW!!!
I LOVE METALLICA!!!
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Old 03-26-2011, 11:04 AM   #170 (permalink)
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I LOVE METALLICA!!!
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