Albums: Cryptic Writings


Cryptic writings	Cryptic writings - limited edition

CRYPTIC WRITINGS

1997 CAPITOL RECORDS

1. TRUST 2. ALMOST HONEST 3. USE THE MAN 4. MASTERMIND 5. THE DISINTEGRATORS 6. I'LL GET EVEN 7. SIN 8. A SECRET PLACE 9. HAVE COOL, WILL TRAVEL 10. SHE - WOLF 11. VORTEX 12. FFF 13. ONE THING (Japanese bonus track)

	MEMBERS
Dave Mustaine		vocals, lead & rhythm guitars
David Ellefson		bass guitar, back up vocals
Marty Friedman		lead & rhythm guitars
Nick Menza		drums

Producer: Dan Huff and Dave Mustaine
Total Running Time: 46m 44s

Promo Items

Cyber Army CD - Recorded: February 25, 1995 at Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, CA.
     1.Skin O' My Teeth
     2.Holy Wars
     3.Symphony Of Destruction
Lady Death from Comic Book Chaos!Comix
     1.She-Wolf
     2.The Disintegrators
Old Testaments Sampler
     1.Trust
     2.Train Of Consequences
     3.A Toute Le Monde
     4.Symphony Of Destruction
     5.Foreclosure Of A Dream
     6.Sweating Bullets
     7.Hanger 18
     8.Addicted To Chaos
     9.Reckoning Day
     10.Countdown To Extinciton
     11.Angry Again
Cryptic Writigns Book/CD
     1.Trust
     2.Almost Honest
     3.Use The Man
     4.Mastermind
     5.The Disintegrators
     6.I'll Get Even
     7.Sin
     8.A Secret Place
     9.Have Cool, Will Travel
     10.She-Wolf
     11.Vortex
     12.F.F.F.

Singles

Trust - CD Single
     1.Trust
     2.A Secret Place
     3.A Tout Le Monde (live)
     4.Tornado Of Souls (live)
Live Tracks - Japanese Tour Disc
     1.Reckoning Day
     2.Angry Again
     3.Use The Man
     4.Tornado Of Souls
     5.A Tout Le Monde
     6.She-wolf.
The track not listed on the cd is Peace Sells.
Almost Honest - CD Single

SONG MEANINGS

Trust
The song is about a painful relationship that Dave had.
"I could tell you a lot about it, but no matter how I justify it, it's not going to come across as painful as it was. Many times, I've had beautiful relationships destroyed by being led astray. I'm not going to say I am perfect or without blame, but I think singing about it is maybe a healing process going back into my life."(Mustaine, 1997).

Almost Honest

Use the Man
The song's about a guy who died the first time he used heroin, destroying his life plans.
"I went to where this guy had lived and saw a lot of his stuff. There was a bunch of photographs of him, a Guitar Player magazine, song lyrics and a song he had written. This guy had plans. He planned on shooting heroin just one time and getting his life together, but he died."(Mustaine, 1997)

Mastermind

The Disintegrators
This song is about the live shows that Megadeth plays, how they want to "disintegrate" the audience. It's sort of like how they chose the name 'Megadeth,' because they wanted to leave the audience shell-shocked after every show.

Sin
This used to be called "The Evil Within."

Have Cool, Will Travel
This one's about a dream Dave had where Nick left the band and "Have Cool, Will Travel" were his parting words.For now, here are Dave's thoughts about what is cool/uncool:

"Who judges what is cool or not is me, not anybody else. If someone says that being in a heavy metal band is not cool, than that’s probably why they’re not in this band. I think if you asked any members of Megadeth if being in a metal band was cool or uncool, they would say it’s cool."

She-Wolf
"This song is about the ex-wife, of an ex-friend." (Dave Mustaine, July 13, 1997, Mesa Ampitheater,Arizona)

Vortex

F.F.F. - Fight For Freedom
This stands for Fight For Freedom. It's a 1997 version of Take No Prisoners. In short, Dave wrote it because: "I was sick of hearing, "Ask not what you can do for your country/Ask what your country can do for you." During the June 13, concert in Arizona, he dedicated this song to the death of Timothy McVeigh.

GEAR LIST

Dave’s Gear
Red King V

Amps
Bradshaw Switching System

Marty’s Gear
Roswell Rhodes
White Kelly
Black Kelly
Another Kelly

Amps
Bradshaw Switching System

Mics
Each cab is mixed up with a Shure SM-57 and a Sennheiser MP-421.

David’s Gear
Modulous Graphite 5 string (black)

Nick’s Gear
Pearl Export '97 Black and Purple sets

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