MEGADETH
THE BOARDWALK
ORANGEVALE, CA.
4/30/2001

                    Megadeth just rolled through Sacramento leaving eight hundred very happy people in their wake. These people only had to strip naked and perform lewd acts for Sacramento's only station that rocks 98 Rock. Ok, the naked thing wasn't mandatory to get tickets to this premiere record release party, but you did have to listen to 98 Rock or visit the KRXQ web site to get to this show. Megadeth fans all over the nation have been privy to the new song "Moto Psycho" via radio broadcast and 98 Rock was able to give its loyal listeners this super payback. All these lucky folks had to do was listen to KRXQ for "Moto Psycho," call in and win tickets to the Megadeth party. I think that's a pretty exclusive kickdown, you can't even buy tickets to a private function like this. It turned out to be the most awesome and exclusive thing I could have imagined.

              The evening began with a chance to hear Megadeth's coming Sanctuary Records album release "The World Needs A Hero" in its entirety two weeks before the rest of the world. As soon as the last chords of the album faded out, Megadeth was introduced and the concert began in a volley of screams and a blazing flash of lights. At least two hundred cameras were strobing the room in the hands of crazed fans who have been encouraged to have as much fun as is humanly possible. The loud grinding sound you would expect when seeing Megadeth suddenly turned into the sweet sound of acoustic guitars being pelted with Megadeth's signature licks. They played a mix of unreleased material from the coming album and some Megadeth classics that cannot be denied like "Symphony of Destruction." Dave Mustaine and Dave Ellifson were phenomenal on acoustic guitar and acoustic bass and Mustaine's vocals was so clean and obtrusive the brain was in shock, staggered by the acoustical force of Megadeth.
                                                            NICK RUNNING

 

COUNTING CROWS		DEF LEPPARD
CHER	THE OTHER ONES	AEROSMITH
TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS	PAUL McCARTNEY	SANTANA
SHERYL CROW	TESLA	JAY-Z AND 311
OZZFEST 2000	OZZFEST 2001	OZZFEST 2002
DAVID BOWIE AND MOBY AT AREA2	THE WHO	JACKSON BROWNE
PAPA ROACH, P.O.D.,CYPRESS HILL, & ROB ZOMBIE	MORNING SPRING RAIN FESTIVAL JUNE 2002	THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND
MIDNIGHT OIL	MT. AIRE 2002	BIG HEAD TODD
CROSBY, STILLS, NASH AND YOUNG	BUSH AND DEFAULT	INCUBUS
BLUES TRAVELER	LINKIN PARK IN LAS VEGAS	BRYAN ADAMS AT THE FILLMORE
LINKIN PARK & P.O.D.	CROSBY, STILLS, AND NASH	STRING CHEESE INCIDENT  NYE 2001-2002
FUEL & SALIVA	AEROSMITH 2002	STEVIE NICKS
THE BLACK CROWES	AEROSMITH 2001	BLINK 182
THE STRING CHEESE INCIDENT	OZZFEST 2001	BAD COMPANY
LINKIN PARK	OZZFEST 2000	MARILYN MANSON
MEGADETH	TED NUGENT AND TESLA	THE OTHER ONES NEW YEAR'S EVE 2000-2001
THE COUNTING CROWS AND LIVE	THIRD EYE BLIND       SUMMER     TOUR 2000	YES
THE FURTHUR FESTIVAL 2000	THE B.B. KING   BLUES FEST 2000	THE B-52'S AND THE GO-GO'S
THE STRING CHEESE INCIDENT	JOE WALSH 2000	ELTON JOHN 2000
CROSBY, STILLS, NASH, AND YOUNG REUNION TOUR 2000	NYE 1999-2000 WITH THE STRING CHEESE INCIDENT	THE EAGLES MILLENIUM TOUR 2000 LAS VEGAS
ZZ TOP & LYNYRD SKYNYRD	TOM PETTY   HOLLYWOOD BOWL	PEARL JAM  HALLOWEEN
WIDESPREAD PANIC	BONNIE RAITT '99	BONNIE RAITT '98
METALLICA	H.O.R.D.E. '98	THE B-52's
FURTHUR '98	VAN HALEN	311
JERRY CANTRELL	BARENAKED LADIES	COUNTING CROWS

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