Megadeth
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Megadeth

It’s rare a musician gets bounced from a major group like Metallica for drug abuse and being difficult (the former usually causes the latter) and starts a successful group. Launched in ’83, following guitarist/vocalist Dave Mustaine’s stint with Metallica, Megadeth’s debut “Killing Is My Business… And Business Is Good” dropped less than two years later….

The Mars Volta
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The Mars Volta

Often groups break into factions. Once that happens they’re done. But those clicks, with a shared vision, can take a life of their own. A case in point: At The Drive-In was a promising band that saw members depart to form Sparta. The other side of that equation, Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, became The…