Rust in Peace: The Inside Story of the Megadeth Masterpiece Hardcover – Illustrated, September 8, 2020

This is a great book it was so good I think I read it in one night LOL

Pretty interesting info about one of my ultimate favorite bands

Fantastic. That says it all.

Well done. All the different people involved in the production have their say about the band around the time of RIP. Marty Friedman! You rock! I love the honesty he shows around the failed reunion efforts. After reading all sides, I completely understand why it did not happen. Dave M. in his usual self promoting self -- Jr. is his usual diplomatic self. The other figures around the album get to speak their minds, and it comes across as a document into a place in time. The drug use stories in the beginning of the book are hard to read, but the fact that such a great work of metal came out of the pit are due to the great musicianship and dedication to their craft of all involved. God bless!

The book reads fast and is full of first person accounts.At first, I was iffy about the interview structure of the book. I can see how it works as a defensive move -- everything is either corroborated or refuted right on the spot. (Though, who had the final edit, huh?)It's good to get all the perspectives on each incident. Switching constantly from one person to the next, though sometimes breaking the flow, mostly makes for a good back-and-forth.The biggest disagreements are around the publishing and the attempted reunions. Of course, I wasn't there (or I'd be in the book!) for recordings, but I favor Mustaine on this argument. There's perhaps some confusion around composition and performance. If the songs are written, then doing instrumentation of bass or drums in the studio is performance, not composing, in my interpretation.One tragic missing voice is Menza. One hopes that Ellefson's and Friedman's points of view balance the accounts.If you are well versed on the trials and tribulations of Megadeth and RIP, maybe there's not a lot new in here for you. It'll still be a trip down memory lane.For a recent fan, it was all great perspective and a zoom in on RIP more than the book Mustaine did.

Rust in peace is my favorite Megadeth album and so, I had to buy this book. If you absolutely have to know everything that Dave Mustaine had to go through during the R.I.P. era, than this book will satisfy that need. Despite finding out cool details about the album that I never knew, Dave's constant and I mean constant trips to rehab and leaving and going back and leaving got old really quick. It seemed that every chapter mentions Dave and/or one of the other band members doing something with drugs and/or going to rehab. But I understand that drug use was a huge thing for the band back then. For those who are thinking of getting this book, it is not written/formatted the same way Dave's first book, Mustaine: A heavy metal memoir from 2010, is formatted. In his first book, Dave is the only one giving out information. In the R.I.P. book, you get info not only from Dave but other members/ex-members of the band/producers/friends, etc, etc, etc. I actually like what they did because you get to read other people's side of the story/opinions on what happened and not just Daves'. Overall, I'm very pleased that Dave released this book and took us fans down memory lane with my favorite Megadeth album.

First off I think Rust In Peace is a masterpiece. Was actually the very first CD I got after ditching cassettes. The book was a great quick read that gave enough detail of what happened thru the RIP cycle for me. Could it have been more detailed? Sure, but that was not the format this was done in. For a fan it gave you a little more human side than the technical musical aspects which would have been cool but this was fine. We all know these 4 guys were stellar and will forever be the line up most think of.Plus the Dokken story alone told by Dave is worth every penny!

This book is a must read for Megadeth fans! It really gives adequate information before, during, and after the release of Rust in Peace, with lots of juicy information waiting for you to read them! TONS of details and insights are given via memories and recollections given by current and former bandmates, which is a change in style/narration compared to Mustaine’s self titled autobiography. There’s really nothing else to say, but BUY IT IF YOU LOVE DETH!!!

Não tenho o que reclamar do conteúdo do livro, tudo perfeito e dentro dos conformes. Mas essa capa “dura” me deu uma raiva… é literalmente uma capa dura preta com a foto do livro SOLTA em um papel frágil que rasga fácil, tive que colar com dupla face na capa pra não cair. Mas pelo preço eu poderia esperar isso… só deveriam ter avisado.

Overall any Megadeth fan should read this book. Really enjoyed it.

Legendary album legendary person Mustaine in metal history.

Vino en perfecto estado y a su tiempo, sin quejas.

J'ai lu l'autobiographie de Dave Mustaine il y a quelques années. Ce livre sur la génèse de Rust In Peace ma laissait un peu "perplexe". Loin de là, on apprend une foultitude de détails, sur la période de composition de Rust in Peace, l'avant Rust in peace, pendant et après. Je préfère d'ailleurs cet ouvrage à l'autobiographie de Dave Mustaine. un must pour tous les fans ... se débrouillant avec l'anglais bien sûr ...