Megadeth Debuts Metallica's Ride the Lightning

0:00It's April 27, I'm Cory with the story, and this is Music News, today Music News powered by AI. Megadeth just dropped a bombshell live debut of Ride the Lightning, the title track from Metallica's 1984 album, during their headlining show on April 26 at Movistar Arena in Bogota, Colombia. Dave Mustaine, who co-wrote the song before getting booted from Metallica in 1983, finally unleashed Megadeth's take on it for the first time ever. They slipped it in right after mechanics, Mustaine's original version of what Metallica turned into the Four Horsemen, in a killer set packed with classics like Hangar 18, Tornado of Souls, Sweating Bullets, and Symphony of Destruction, ending strong with Holy Wars Encore. Mustaine opened up about loving the performance, calling it one of his own tracks, penned with James Headfield, Lars Ulrich, and Cliff Burton, No Awkward, Cover Feel. He shouted out James's guitar chops from their whiskey a go-go days in the early 80s, when Headfield stepped up huge.

1:02Back then, Mustaine jammed with Metallica less than two years from 1981, co-writing four tunes on Killamall, and a couple on Ride the. Lightning like the Call of Coutulou, but never cut a full studio version of this one while in the band. Fan videos are circulating now, and with mechanics already a staple, Mustaine teased may be keeping Ride the Lightning in the tour set. Pure respect, bridging that old thrash beef into metal history.