RIP to Gar Samuelson who died 10 years ago today. He was Megadeth's original drummer (1984-1987) and was on both 'Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!', and 'Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?'(nicely done there). He was a on a few tours that followed, but eventually got the boot from Mustaine for being a drunken drug addict(no irony there at all). I guess Dave was 'over it' by '87, but seems doubtful. Anyway, Gar's influence on the band was larger than just including "..." in album titles, and Megadave himself has credited Gar for helping to write some of those early songs and suggesting making some songs shorter.
Gar went on for a while after Megadeth and formed a band called Fatal Opera which released two albums. His personal fatal opera was in 1999 and was a result of liver failure.
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