Holy Wars... The Punishment Due by Megadeth, Rockband 2 DLC for 02/09, Expert Guitar/Vocals 98/99 SR

Rockband 2 DLC for Week 02/09/2010 ~ Megadeth "Rust in Peace" full album.

"Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" ( sample (help•info)) is the opening track of heavy metal band Megadeth's 1990 album Rust in Peace.

The song has an unusual structure, shifting at 2:26 after an acoustic bridge by Marty Friedman to a different, slower and heavier section called "The Punishment Due". The entire song is generally referred to as simply "Holy Wars".
The lyrical theme of "Holy Wars" deals with the Northern Ireland conflict. In an interview with the UK magazine Guitarist, Mustaine says that he was inspired to write the song in Northern Ireland, when he discovered bootlegged Megadeth T-shirts were on sale and was dissuaded from taking action to have them removed on the basis that they were part of fund raising activities for "The Cause" (i.e. the Provisional Irish Republican Army). Mustaine also recently stated at a gig at Rock City (Nottingham, U.K. 18/02/2008) that it was at this venue that he wrote Holy Wars, after they travelled there from Ireland in a bullet proof bus. "The Punishment Due" is based on the popular Marvel comic book character, The Punisher.
"It's revolving around the way that war is immanent and it doesn't really matter what country it's in... Khadafi [Libya]... Khomeini [Iran]... It's funky how these guys have weird names, these idiots that lead different countries. But it shows you... war's war, no matter where you're at." (Mustaine)
"I had to fight to record the second electric solo in this tune the way I wanted! The first take I did as I was just warming up was the one that producer Mike Clink liked. When he heard it, he said, 'That's fine. Good job.' And I was like, 'Whooooaaaa! Wait a minute. I haven't even tuned my guitar yet. Let me play a real solo here.' He and Mustaine both thought it was fine and that we should move on to something else, so we left it at that. As the days went on and on, just knowing that solo was on there really bugged me. So I kept bringing it up to the guys that I wanted to redo it. Everybody liked the solo that was there, so I had no allies! Eventually I wore down Mike Clink's nerves and he had me come back in and re-cut the solo, and the new solo is the one that made the record." (Friedman, 2002)
The song is the last song played during the encore of all recent Megadeth shows, though often in the middle they splice "Mechanix" between "Holy Wars" and "The Punishment Due".

Genre: Metal

Difficulty:
● ● ● ● ● Band
ΨΨΨΨΨ Guitar
ΨΨΨΨΨ Drums
● ● ● ● ● Vocals
ΨΨΨΨΨ Bass

Guitar: ProffessorJoe
Vocals: RJUCPU

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[lotrringereras]

i must confess this thing looks so hard compared to playing it with a real guitar!

[skeleton0578]

@jarce8 you bet your vagina megadeth rules

droggies!

[tyler11009]

lol holy shit u see that solo epic!!!! jk i like complicating songs

[jarce8]

Megadeth Rulz!!!!

[JONOXATRONify]

NiiCE vid, i spoke to RJUCPU before about rock band vocals, i sure i remember that GT. and you/they were super friendly and helpful, so in return i will subscribe.

btw great video, great vocals, great guitaring...5*

GT: A7X o The ReV ( incase your wondering =] )

[niiansucks]

Simply the best song ever written.

[SimenHusby]

hai im the firstzorz