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Megadeth energizes crowd,
plays set voted on
by fans
By Kurt Esposito
Assistant
Campus Editor
Dave Mustaine had a new home Saturday night.
After he mocked the idea that his friend knew Lafayette
as only "The Home of Axl Rose," Mustaine, the frontman for
Megadeth, told the crowd it's their home.
"Tonight it's my home, too," he proclaimed.
Megadeth, along with opening act Iced Earth, played
a raucous and intense show at Riehle Brothers Tavern in Lafayette. Megadeth
played a set of 20 old and new songs, including "Train of Consequences,"
"Hook in Mouth" and "Moto Psycho," which is off the band's latest album,
"The World Needs A Hero."
All songs in the set were selected by the fans
who voted online for the songs.
"It was one of the best heavy metal sets I've seen,"
said Garen Carnes, a junior in the Schools of Engineering. "How cool
is it that they let the fans pick the songs?"
Mustaine and guitarist Al Pitrelli revved up the
crowd throughout the night, trading many frenzied guitar solos. Crowd
members constantly banged their heads, sang along with Mustaine and
roared when they recognized the first notes to songs such as "Sweating
Bullets" and "Trust."
"Trust" began with drummer Jimmy DeGrasso pounding
its heavy opening beats and bassist David Ellefson playing the bass
lines that announces "something big is going to happen." Then Mustaine
and Pitrelli burst onto the stage with furious guitar riffs. Mustaine
screamed, "Lost in a dream. Nothing is what it seems."
Even though Mustaine looks like he is in pain when
he sings, he smiled and spoke between songs to the fans. He gladly announced
that his Diamondbacks were up 15-0 on the Yankees in Game 6 of the World
Series — an announcement met with cheers from the audience. And
he teased the crowd for its lackluster rendition of Black Sabbath’s
"Paranoid." He turned his microphone toward the audience and challenged
it to do it better. They did.
He also thanked them for showing bravery by going
to the show following the Sept. 11 attacks. He said that if people stopped
going to concerts and sporting events, it would let those responsible
for the attacks win. As he walked out for the encore with his Old Glory
guitar, he made no apologies for being glad that America is bombing
Afghanistan
The show opened as the crowd greeted Iced Earth
with the same screams and enthusiasm it would later give to Megadeth.
Iced Earth plays songs inspired by movies and comic books. Lead singer
Matthew Barlow whipped his mane around the stage and let out numerous
Rob Halford-esque shrieks. Barlow also addressed the Sept. 11 attacks,
dedicating the song "Vengeance is Mine" to Osama bin Laden.
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