Megadeth: Another Time, a Different Place [Paperback]

Megadeth Another Time A Different Place visually documents the birth of one of thrash metal's biggest bands and was created by photographer Bill Hale. The book includes a foreword by Dave Mustaine and a preface by David Ellefson. Tom Trakas, former editor in chief of Midwest Metal and current blogger of None But My Own, Inc., also includes his personal story of seeing Megadeth play live and his experiences in the metal scene during the time period of this book (1982-1986). This is a photo book that begins with the original members of Megadeth and is dedicated to Gar Samuelson. It is not to be viewed as a history book that tells the complete story of the band. The photos are rare, the majority never having been published before. The exceptions to this would be the following:

The photo on p.103 was used, in black and white, in Mustaine A Heavy Metal Memoir on p.142.

The photo on p.69 was used, in black and white, on p.147 of Mustaine A Heavy Metal Memoir.

The photo on p.105 has a black and white version that was included in Mustaine A Heavy Metal Memoir on p.162. The photo credit for this was given to Harold O. by mistake.

The collection of photos on pages 75-77 were also used on p.177 of Mustaine A Heavy Metal Memoir.

The remaining 14 photos by Bill Hale that are used in Mustaine A Heavy Metal Memoir (on pages. 38, 46, 51, 54, 61, 62, 78, 85, 88, 89, 91, 92, 177 & 178) were from his book Metallica The Club Dayz 1982-1984.

Besides these 8 (out of 121) photos that were shared with Dave Mustaine for his autobiography the only other place any part of this collection of photographs from Megadeth Another Time, A Different Place can be found would be the few that were posted on various social networks and other cites to promote this book, including the company's blog ([...]).

The old school Megadeth fan might have been fortunate enough to experience the photo on p.86 from Megadeth Another Time, A Different Place. This was included in Metal Rendezvous international No. 12 in an article on p.41 about the Exodus/Megadeth show in the Kabuki Theatre in San Francisco in '85. The same photo mentioned above on p.69 was used, in black and white, in an article titled "The Right To Rock" in Metal Rendezvous international No. 14 in 1986.

This is a photo book for the lover of heavy metal music. It makes a special connection to those of us who were fortunate enough to be fans of this type of music and this band during the 80's and beyond. It is a treasure for Megadeth fans today that were not even born yet. Few photographers took the opportunity to follow this genre of music and thanks to them we are able to witness the beginning of many of our favorite bands and have memories of those musicians that are no longer with us. It was the love of the music that drove some fans to follow these bands with cameras and write articles to promote these shows in fanzines and magazines that they published themselves. The dedication to this important time period of this music can be seen in the process of taking negatives that are more than 20 years old and photoshopping them for hours to produce photographs of quality that can be assembled into a book to be mass produced and shared with us all. In an era of instant gratification where we can take a picture with our phone and post it online within seconds the appreciation of photography as an art is lost and not seen for what it is as it should be.

Being a huge fan of Bill Hale's first book "Metallica: The Club Dayz 1982-1984" and a big Megadeth fan, I have to admit that I expected this latest release be up to snuff with its predecessor. One thing is for sure folks, this book is directly if not more than on par with Club Dayz....and that was/is a hard book to top! To begin with, the construction quality of this book is phenomenal; sure that might not sound important but what is the sense in reading a book that will just fall apart on you in no time flat? The most appealing part of the book, the real meat and potatoes so to speak, are the tons and tons of photos straight of Bill's photo vault. Each photo, from the live shots to the good old candid photos, shows just the sheer raw nature of an awesome heavy metal band in its fledgling years. I was amazed to see so many photos of what is, in my opinion, the best Megadeth lineup that has ever existed to date (Mustaine, Ellefson, Poland, and Samuelson). Another extremely cool surprise were photos of the band with Mike Albert, the little known fill-in member of Megadeth who took over the lead guitar duties for Chris Poland. In conclusion, from the sheer quality of the book's construction to its absolutely awesome photos, what Bill Hale has put together is yet another must have for any Megadeth or heavy metal fan! Plain and simple folks, just buy the book; you will not be disappointed, that's for sure.

This is the first pictures book pubblicated by Megadeth and all i can say is : What an amazing band !!!!
There're some pictures that nobody has never seen !!
Well, there's no else to say : buy it if you are a Megadeth fan or a Metal fan and you won't be disappointed !
PS: I think for its contents it doesn't cost very much...
MEGADETH RULES !