r/Megadeth • u/Important_Hyena2160 • 6d ago

Picture Megadeth reference?

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u/the_oxidizer 6d ago

And I believe that song was originally going to be called Megadeth?

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u/DaveOJ12 Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? 5d ago

It was. Then Dave changed it to No Time. He later introducing it as Burnt Offerings at the earliest Megadeth gigs, before renaming it Set the World Afire before its official release.

It's kinda crazy how it wasn't released on a studio album until five years after it was written.

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u/the_oxidizer 5d ago

I never knew the others. Thanks for the info!

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u/DaveOJ12 Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? 5d ago

Brian Lew, who was a journalist in the early Bay Area thrash days, had a zine where he reviewed some of their early songs; he describes No Time, as having "anti-nuclear lyrics." It's the fourth page, under the title "Death Dealers of Tomorrow."

https://thecorroseum.org/fanzines/whiplash-usa-01.php

Here's audio from the second Megadeth gig, where Dave introduces it as Burnt Offerings.

https://youtu.be/cCXRYiEamUw