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1982
-Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield form Metallica.
-Dave Mustaine leaves Panic and joins Metallica.
-Ron McGovney recruited to play bass for Metallica
-March, Metallica's first gig at Radio City in Anaheim
-March, Metallica opens for Saxon on their "Denim and Leather" tour
-April, Metallica recruits Brad Parker (a.k.a. Damian Phillips) as second guitarist. He leaves band after one gig, Metallica's only as a five-piece band.
-May, James Hetfield takes up rythm guitar in addition to vocals.
-June, "Hit the Lights" included on Metal Massacre compilation
-Rare demo album No Life 'til Leather is released.
-Infamous fist-fight between Mustaine and Hetfield occurs, Mustaine is kicked out of band for one week
-December, Cliff Burton leaves Trauma to replace Ron McGovney
1983
-March, Cliff Burton's first gig with Metallica
-April, Dave Mustaine fired from Metallica, replaced by Kirk Hammet of Exodus
-Metallica's first album, Kill 'Em All, is released
-Dave Mustaine's first attempt at forming a band, Fallen Angels, is a failure, despite the help of Slayer's Kerry King
-Dave Mustaine gets together with bassist David Ellefson, guitarist Chris Poland, and drummer Gar Samuelson to form Megadeth
1984
-Megadeth signed to Combat records
1985
-Megadeth releases Killing is My Business...And Business is Good!
1986
-Cliff Burton dies in bus accident
-Megadeth releases Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?
-Capital Records signs Megadeth, gets rights to Peace Sells from Combat
-OverKill opens for Megadeth on "Wake Up Dead" tour
-Chris Poland and Gar Samuelson are fired after last show of tour in Hawaii
1987
-Chuck Behler hired as Megadeth's drummer
-Jay Reynolds of Malice helps out Megadeth until they find a suitable replacement for Chris Poland, guitarist Jeff Young
-Marty Friedman's and Jason Becker's Cacophony releases Speed Metal Symphony
1988
-Megadeth releases So Far, So Good...So What!
-Megadeth opens for Dio on European tour
-Megadeth featured in acclaimed documentary, Decline of Western Civilization 2: The Metal Years
-Megadeth plays Castle Donnington with KISS, Anthrax, and Iron Maiden as the headliner
-Marty Friedman releases his first solo album, Dragon's Kiss
-Megadeth cancels Australian tour
-Dave Mustaine helps produce Sanctuary's Refuge Denied
1989
-Cacophony releases Go Off!
-Jeff Young and Chuck Behler are fired
-Mustaine arrested for impaired driving, forced to clean up in 12-step program
-Former construction worker and drum tech to Gar Samuelson, Nick Menza, is hired as Megadeth's drummer
1990
-January, Megadeth covers Alice Cooper's "No More Mr. Nice Guy" for Wes Craven's Shocker soundtrack, their only song as a three-piece band
-Jason Becker is diagnosed with Lou Gehrigs's disease, Cacophony officially breaks up
-Marty Friedman is hired as Megadeth's lead guitarist
-September, Megadeth releases Rust in Peace
-Megadeth joins Anthrax, Slayer, Suicidal Tendencies, and Testament for "Clash of the Titans" tour
1991
-April, Dave Mustaine gets married
-Rusted Pieces video is released
-US "Clash of the Titans" tour featuring Slayer, Anthrax, Megadeth, and opener Alice in Chains1992
-Megadeth releases Countdown to Extinction
-Exposure of a Dream video is released
-Dave Mustaine covers Democratic national convention for MTV
-Marty Friedman releases Scenes
1993
-Dave Mustaine makes a guest appearance on Diamond Head's Death and Progress
-February, Dave Mustaine overdoses on valium in a suicide attempt
-Megadeth plays Milton Keynes Bowl with Diamond Head and Metallica
-Megadeth opens for Iron Maiden for a few dates on their European Tour
-Pantera opens for Megadeth's "Countdown to Extinction" Tour
-September, Megadeth's ">Angry Again" featured on Last Action Hero soundtrack
-Megadeth's "99 Ways to Die" featured on The Beavis and Butthead Experience
1994
-Halloween, Megadeth releases Youthanasia, plays on MTV's "Night of the Living Megadeth"
-Megadeth covers "Paranoid" for Nativity in Black: A Tribute to Black Sabbath
1995
-Megadeth's "Diadems" featured on Tales from the Crypt Presents Demon Knight soundtrack
-Aerosmith kicks Megadeth off their American tour
-'Youth' worldwide tour with Corrosion of Conformity
-Evolver: The Making of Youthanasia video is released
-'Reckoning Day' tour with Fear Factory, Korn, and Flotsam and Jetsam
-Marty Friedman releases Introduction
-Megadeth releases Hidden Treasures compilation
1996
-Dave Mustaine collaborates with Lee Ving of Fear on MD.45, The Craving
-Marty Friedman releases True Obsessions
1997
-Megadeth to release Cryptic Writings June 17th!
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