Mustaine looked at many guitarists for the job, including Dimebag Darrell from the band Pantera and Jeff Waters from Annihilator. Finding a new guitarist took a long time. The band had to find a new guitarist because Jeff Young was no longer with the band. Mustaine also canceled Megadeth's planned 1988 Australia tour.
Dave Mustaine made drummer Chuck Behler and guitarist Jeff Young leave the band because he had problems with them. The band was added to the Monsters of Rock European concert tour, but stopped after the first show because bass player David Ellefson was addicted to drugs. The band played for more than 100,000 people there. In 1988, Megadeth played at Monsters of Rock, a music festival in the United Kingdom. Rust in Peace was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 1991, but did not win. Magazines such as Decibel and Kerrang! have called Rust in Peace one of the best thrash metal records of all time. Megadeth released a remastered version of the album in 2004. The album had two singles: ' Hangar 18' and ' Holy Wars. It was the first Megadeth album with guitar player Marty Friedman and drummer Nick Menza. Capitol Records released it on September 24, 1990.
Megadeth is an American thrash metal band. Rust in Peace is the fourth album by Megadeth.
