Saturday, April 9, 2016

Merle Haggard & The Strangers - Silver Eagle Presents ~ Opryland, Nashville, TN xx-xx-1981 (FM)

Merle Haggard & The Strangers
Silver Eagle Presents
Opryland
Nashville, TN
xx-xx-1981
FM Broadcast Recording
MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

01 Misery And Gin
02 Honky Tonk Night Time Man~Old Man From The Mountain
03 Holding Things Together
04 Ramblin Fever
05 Every Fool Has A Rainbow
06 Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)
07 Things Arn't Funny Anymore
08 Swinging Doors~All My Friends Are Gonna Be Strangers
09 Heaven Was A Drink Of Wine
10 Silver Wings
11 Today I Started Loving You Again
12 Mamas Hungry Eyes
13 Mama tried
14 You'll Always Be Special To Me
15 Footlights
16 The Queen Of My Heart
17 Tulare Dust~The Way I Am
18 Okie
19 San Antonio Rose
20 Stay Here And Drink

Rest In Peace Merle Haggard

We lost Merle Haggard on April 6, 2016, his 79th birthday, to complications from an ongoing bout with double pneumonia.

Bad Company - Electric Ladyland Studios, New York City, NY 12-13-1992 (FM)

Bad Company
Electric Ladyland Studios
New York City, NY
December 13, 1992
Broadcast January 1993
WAAF-FM Broadcast Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

lineage: WBCN 104.1 FM live broadcast > Yamaha 500 reciever with digital tuner and wire FM antenna > Nak. BX 100 cassette deck (dolby off) > Maxell XLII 90 min. master cassette > played on Nak. 300 into soundforge (wav) > flac (sb's aligned)

01 Radio Announcer  1:37
02 How About That >  5:05
03 Holy Water  4:35
04 Rock And Roll Fantasy  3:15
05 Ready For Love  5:17
06 Band Introductions 1:27
07 If You Needed Somebody  5:29
08 Here Comes Trouble  4:17
09 Shooting Star  6:51
10 Bad Company 8:47
11 This Could Be The One  5:28
12 Good Lovin' Gone Bad / Drum Solo  5:00
13 can't Get Enough  5:07
14 Take This Town  5:33
15 Movin' On  3:48
16 Feel Like Making Love  5:54
17 Radio Credits 1:02

Brian Howe (R.I.P.) vocals
Mick Ralphs guitar, piano
Dave "Buckett" Colwell guitar, backing vocals
Rick Wills bass, backing vocals
Simon Kirke drums, backing vocals

BigO Magazine's Brian Howe Obituary

BRIAN HOWE R.I.P. 1953 - 2020

Brian Howe, the singer who fronted the British rock supergroup Bad Company for eight years, has died on May 6, 2020. He had a heart attack at his Florida home. He was 66. Howe’s manager Paul Easton said: “It is with deep and profound sadness that we announce the untimely passing of a loving father, friend and musical icon.” Bad Company originally formed in 1973 by Free singer Paul Rodgers and Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs. After Rodgers left to form another supergroup with Jimmy Page, The Firm, Bad Company recruited Howe in 1986, and he went on to perform on four subsequent albums.

The band was at a low ebb when Howe joined, having fallen from their peak ’70s popularity with platinum-selling albums such as their self-titled debut, Straight Shooter, and Run With the Pack. But after helping to steer them away from the poppier sound of flop album Fame and Fortune, he returned them to success with 1990’s Holy Water, another platinum-seller in the US. He left Bad Company in 1994, later complaining: “The band was getting very very sloppy live. I quite simply, along with [songwriter-producer-guitarist] Terry Thomas, got tired of doing all the work.” The singer had also worked with Ted Nugent and Megadeth. - theguardian.com

Thursday, April 7, 2016

America - Infinity Music Hall & Bistro, Norfolk, CT 11-01-2014 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

America
Infinity Music Hall & Bistro
Norfolk, CT
November 1, 2014
TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kbps
DVD Cover Included

01 Interview 1
02 Tin Man
03 You Can Do Magic
04 Don´t Cross the River
05 Daisy Jane
06 Riverside
07 Ventura Highway
08 Interview 2
09 The Border
10 Green Monkey
11 I Need You
12 Only in Your Heart
13 Lonely People
14 Sandman
15 Sister Golden Hair
16 A Horse with No Name
17 California Dreamin'  (The Mama's & The Papas Cover)(fades)

Gerry Beckley - vocals, guitar, piano
Dewey Bunnell - vocals, guitar
Rich Campbell - bass, keyboards, vocals
Bill Worrell - guitar, keyboards, vocals
Ryland Steen - drums

MP3

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Kiss - The Lost 1976 Concert ~ Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, New Jersey 07-10-1976 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Kiss
The Lost 1976 Concert
Roosevelt Stadium
Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
July 10, 1976
Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kbps
DVD Cover Included

01 Cold Gin
02 Do You Love Me
03 Watchin You
04 God Of Thunder
05 Flaming Youth
06 Firehouse
07 Black Diamond

Paul Stanley rhythm & lead guitar; lead, harmony, & backing vocals
Gene Simmons bass; lead, harmony, & backing vocals
Ace Frehley lead & rhythm guitar; backing vocals
Peter Criss drums; lead, harmony & backing vocals

Sunday, April 3, 2016

Keith Jarrett Quintet (featuring Charlie Haden) - Berlin Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany 11-03-1973 (FM) - Both Sets

Keith Jarrett Quintet (featuring Charlie Haden)
Philharmonie
Berlin, Germany
November 3, 1973 - Both Sets
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
No Cover Art

Source: FM > ? > copy from master > Maxell UDXLII 90 > R 09 > Audacity > flac  

First Set

01 Title Unknown / Angles (Without Edges) 12:39
02 Yaqui Indian Folk Song (K. Jarrett) 04:44

Second Set

03 Introduction By Willis Conover 1:26
04 Unknown Title (percussion intro) 5:57
05 (If The) Misfits (Wear It) (K. Jarrett) 16:28
06 Fort Yawuh (K. Jarrett) 15:44
07 Le Mistral (K. Jarrett) 12:35
08 Yaqui Indian Folk Song (K. Jarrett) 3:02
09 Closing Announcements By Willis Conover & Keith Jarrett 1:46

Keith Jarrett piano, soprano sax
Dewey Redman tenor sax, musette, percussion
Charlie Haden (R.I.P.) bass
Paul Motian drums, percussion
Guillherme Franco percussion

For our second Sunday Morning Jazz offering we have The Keith Jarret Quintet featuring Charlie Haden. I will be featuring Charlie Haden in some future posts as leader of his own band for now you can enjoy his bass talents with this talented Quintet.. This show features some great experimentation and improvisation, and is highly recommended. The first set is not complete, but this is the most complete version of this show in circulation.


Mahavishnu Orchestra - Symphony Hall, Boston, MA 01-26-1972 (FM)

Mahavishnu Orchestra
Symphony Hall
Boston, MA
January 26, 1972
FM Broadcast Recording
MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

01 - Tuning
02 - Meeting of the Spirits
03 - You Know, You Know
04 - Radio Announcer
05 - Band Introductions
06 - The Dance of Maya
07 - Radio Announcer
08 - Dawn
09 - Binkie's Beam
10 - The Noonward Race

John McLaughlin: guitar
Jan Hammer: keyboards
Jerry Goodman: violin
Rick Laird: bass
Billy Cobham: drums

Our first Sunday Morning Jazz offering comes from The Mahavishnu Orchestra on tour to suport their first album, The Inner Mounting Flame. This line-up would only release one more studio album before a complete revamping of the band takes place. John McLaughlin would be the only member to remain after 1974.

Blondie - The Complete Old Waldorf ~ The Old Waldorf, San Francisco, CA 09-21-1977 (Pre-FM) Soundcheck, Early & Late Sets

Blondie
The Old Waldorf
San Francisco, California, USA
September 21, 1977
KSAN-FM Pre-FM Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Lineage: CDR - dAmp Music Converter - Flac Frontend

Soundcheck

01 Warm-up
02 In The Sun
03 Cautious Lip (abort)
04 Cautious Lip
05 Kidnapper
06 Kidnapper (take 2)
07 Playing With Fire (Runaways Cover) (abort)
08 Playing With Fire (Runaways Cover)

Early Show

09 Warm-up
10 My Obsession
11 Kung Fu Girl
12 In The Sun
13 Little Girl Lies
14 You Look Good In Blue
15 Man Overboard
16 In The Flesh
17 Shark In Jet's Clothing
18 Rifle Range
19 Detroit 442
20 X-Offender
21 Rip Her To Shreds
22 Band Intros
23 Funtime
24 Kidnapper
25 Exit

Late Show

01 X-Offender
02 Youth Nabbed As Sniper
03 Fan Mail
04 Cautious Lip
05 I'm On E
06 Detroit 442
07 I Didn't Have The Nerve To Say No
08 Bermuda Trianle Blues
09 (I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear
10 Contact In Red Square
11 Shark In Jet's Clothing
12 In The Sun
13 Heart Full Of Soul (Yardbirds Cover)
14 Playing With Fire (Runaways Cover)
15 Moonlight Drive (Doors Cover)

Debbie Harry – lead vocals
Chris Stein – guitar, bass
Gary Valentine – bass, guitar
Jimmy Destri – keyboards, piano, synthesizer, organ, backing vocals
Clem Burke – drums, percussion, backing vocals

Perfect end to our Women Who Rock posts, Blondie on their Plastic Letters Tour. A great recording and performance which includes Blondie's covers of The Doors' "Moonlight Drive", The Runaways' "Playing With Fire" and The Yardbirds' "Heart Full Of Soul".

The flac set is a little large so I have uploaded CD1 & CD2 as separate zip files. Each may be opened on their own.


Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Steely Dan - Rainbow Theatre, London, England 05-20-1974 (SBD) - 2010 Remastered Edition

Steely Dan
Rainbow Theatre - (2010 Remastered Edition)
London, England
May 20, 1974
Stereo Soundboard Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

01 Bodhisattva
02 The Boston Rag
03 Do It Again
04 Brooklyn (Owes The Charmer Under Me)
05 King Of The World
06 Rikki Don't Lose That Number
07 Pretzel Logic
08 introductions
09 My Old School
10 Dirty Work
11 Your Gold Teeth II
12 Reelin' In The Years
13 Show Biz Kids
14 This All Too Mobile Home

Donald Fagen keyboards, vocal
Walter Becker bass
Denny Dias guitar
Jeff 'Skunk' Baxter guitar
Royce Jones percussion, vocal
Michael McDonald keyboards, vocal
Jeff Porcaro drums
Jim Hodder drums

Original Uploader Notes:
Pitch, phase and level corrected at Remasters Workshop August 2010.For this edition, approximately three minutes of applause and tuning were removed to fit the show on one disc.


Sunday, March 27, 2016

Herbie Hancock Mwandishi Band - Kantonschule, Baden, Switzerland 03-18-1972 (FM)

Herbie Hancock Mwandishi Band
Kantonschule
Baden, Switzerland
March 18, 1972
FM Broadcast Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

Source: FM Recording > Trade CD-r > dB Power > Traders Little Helper > flac (level 8) >Adobe Audition 2.0 (see below) > Flac
CD1
01 - FM Intro :24
02 - You'll Know When You Get There 24:39
03 - Toys 22:29

CD2
01 - Water Torture 26:09
02 - Firewater 13:09
03 - Maiden Voyage 13:51

Mwandishi:
Herbie Hancock piano, keyboards
Julian Priester trombone
Eddie Henderson trumpet
Bennie Maupin tenor sax, bass clarinet, alto flute, piccolo
Buster Williams bass
Billy Hart drums

For our Sunday Morning Jazz offering today we have a fine recording from Herbie Hancock during his experimental Mwandishi period.


Blue Öyster Cult - The Trocadero, Philadelphia, PA 06-24-1986 (FM)

Blue Öyster Cult
The Trocadero
Philadelphia, PA
June 24th 1986
WMMR-FM Broadcast Recording
Flac & MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

CD 1 - 62:13
01 R.U Ready To Rock 6:02
02 Dominance & Submission 5:25
03 E.T.I. 5:22
04 Bucks Boogie 7:08
05 Beat Them Up 4:07
06 Take Me Away 6:32
07 Veterans Of Psychic Wars 8:30
08 Dancing In The Runes 4:38
09 Joan Crawford 8:40
10 Shadow Warrior 5:49

CD 2 - 42:06

01 Burning For You 4:59
02 Godzilla 8:31
03 Dont Fear The Reaper 7:46
04 Cities On Flame 5:47
05 Wings Of Mercury 4:22
06 Roadhouse Blues 10:41

Eric Bloom – lead vocals, stun guitar
Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser – lead guitar, vocals
Tommy Zvoncheck – keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Jon Rogers – bass, backing vocals
Jimmy Wilcox – drums, percussion

Saturday, March 26, 2016

Soundgarden, Mother Love Bone, & Alice In Chains - Seattle Scruffs (studio)

Soundgarden, Mother Love Bone, & Alice In Chains
Seattle Scruffs - (Totonka CDPR06)
Various Dates & Locations
Sources Vary
Studio Recordings
MP3 320kbps
Cover Art Included

01 - Beyond The Wheel
02 - This Is My Sumation (Nothing To Say)
03 - Thru Fade Away
04 - Holy Roller
05 - Stargazer
06 - Mind Shaker Melt Down
07 - Untitled (Lady Godiva Blues)
08 - Chole Dancer
09 - Killing Yourself
10 - I Can't Remember
11 - Chemical Addiction
12 - Sea Of Sorrow
13 - I Can't Have You Blues

Tracks 01-02 - Soundgarden 1987 Demo
Tracks 03-08 - Mother Love Bone 1988 Demo
Tracks 09-13 - Alice In Chains 1989 Demo


Soundgarden:
Chris Cornell vocals, guitar
Kim Thayil guitar
Hiro Yamamoto – bass, backing vocals
Matt Cameron – drums, backing vocals

Mother Love Bone:
Andrew Wood (R.I.P.) – vocals, piano
Stone Gossard – lead guitar
Bruce Fairweather – lead guitar
Jeff Ament – bass guitar
Greg Gilmore – drums

Alice In Chains:
Layne Staley (R.I.P.) – lead vocals
Jerry Cantrell – lead guitar, vocals
Mike Starr (R.I.P.) – bass, backing vocals
Sean Kinney – drums, percussion

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

The Runaways - Neon Angels On The Road To Cleveland ~ Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, OH 03-10-1977 (FM)

The Runaways
Neon Angels On The Road To Cleveland
Agora Ballroom
Cleveland, OH 
March 10, 1977
FM Broadcast Recording
MP3 192kbps
Cover Art Included

01 Queens Of Noise
02 California Paradise
03 Is It Day Or Night?
04 Take It Or Leave It
05 Don't Abuse Me
06 All Right You Guys
07 Blackmail
08 Wild Thing
09 Rock And Roll
10 You Drive Me Wild
11 Neon Angels On The Road To Ruin
12 Heartbeat
13 Johnny Guitar
14 I Love Playin' With Fire
15 Cherry Bomb

Cherie Currie – lead & backing vocals, keyboards, tambourine
Joan Jett – rhythm & lead guitar, lead & backing vocals
Lita Ford – lead & rhythm guitar, backing & lead vocals
Jackie Fox – bass guitar, backing & lead vocals
Sandy West – drums, percussion, backing & lead vocals

Monday, March 21, 2016

Eric Burdon/The Zombies - The Stages On Sixth 2013 ~ 6th Street, Austin, TX March 13 & 16, 2013 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Eric Burdon/The Zombies
The Stages On Sixth 2013
6th Street, Austin, Texas, USA
March 13 & 16, 2013
Webcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kbps
DVD Cover Included

Eric Burdon March 16, 2013

01 Spill The Wine
02 When I Was Young/Inside Looking Out
03 Water
04 Wait
05 Black Dog
06 House Of The Rising Sun

The Zombies March 13, 2013
07 Tell Her No
08 I Want You Back Again
09 Breathe Out, Breathe In
10 Care of Cell 44
11 This Will Be Our Year
12 Time of the Season
13 Hold Your Head Up (Argent Cover)
14 She’s Not There

The Zombies
Colin Blunstone – lead vocals
Rod Argent – organ, vocals
Tom Toomey – guitar, vocals
Jim Rodford – bass, vocals
Steve Rodford – drums

This is a kick ass show from some great Classic Rockers. Both bands are in fine form. A definite must have !

Steven Tyler - Front And Center ~ Melrose Ballroom, Astoria, NY 09-10-2015 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Steven Tyler
Front And Center
Melrose Ballroom
Astoria, NY
September 10, 2015
PBS-TV Broadcast/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kbps
DVD Cover Included

01 Sweet Emotion
02 What It Takes
03 Love Is Your Name (w/ Lyndsey Lee & Eric Paslay)
04 Livin’ On The Edge
05 Jaded
06 Cryin’
07 Walk This Way
08 Dream On
09 Piece Of My Heart (Janis Joplin Cover) (w/ Nuno Bettencourt, Lyndsey Lee & Eric Paslay)

Steven Tyler – vocals, piano
Marti Frederiksen – guitar, vocals, musical director
Andrew Mactaggart – guitar
Elisha Hoffman – mandolin, banjo, ganjo*
Suzie McNeil – vocals, harmonica, piano, percussion
Rebecca-Lynn Howard – bass, vocals
Sarah Tomek – drums

special guests:
Lyndsey Lee - vocals
Eric Paslay - guitar, vocals
Nuno Bettencourt - guitar

justdave's notes:
I increased the volume of the tracks and added a fade in and fade out, no remixing of any kind was done. This is a real nice sounding acoustic solo performance from Aerosmith's lead vocalist. Aerosmith hits, Tyler's single "Love Is Your Name" and Janis Joplin's "Piece Of My Heart" are all given an Acoustic Country Rock flavor. Steven Tyler has plans of becoming a Country Music solo artist with the release of his first solo album in 2016.

Sunday, March 20, 2016

Gary Burton Quartet (featuring Pat Metheny) - Club 7, Oslo, Norway 11-25-1976 (SBD)

Gary Burton Quartet
Club 7
Oslo, Norway
November 25, 1976
Soundboard Recording
MP3 224kbps
Cover Art Included

01 Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly (Corea) 8:35
02 Vox Humana (Bley) 8:48
03 Falling Grace (Swallow) 7:41
04 Como en Vietnam (Swallow) 9:03
05 Yellow Fields (Weber) 6:59
06 Ictus/Syndrome (Bley) 7:19
07 Dreams So Real (Bley) 4:23
08 Sea Journey (Corea) 9:51
09 Sirabhorn (Metheny) 6:01

total time: 1hr 8mn 40sc

Gary Burton - vibraphone
Pat Metheny - guitar
Steve Swallow - bass
Dan Gottlieb - drums

Our Sunday Morning Jazz offering for this week comes from Jazz Fusion pioneer Gary Burton. The Gary Burton Quartet also featured at this time, a little known guitarist by the name of Pat Metheny. Pat would later go on to great success as the leader of The Pat Metheny Group.

Girlschool - Paris Theatre, London, England 09-25-1980 (FM)

Girlschool
Paris Theatre
London, England
September 25, 1980
FM Broadcast Recording
MP3 192kbps
Cover Art Included

01 Tush
02 Midnight Ride
03 Breakdown
04 Take It All Away
05 The Hunter
06 Nothing To Lose
07 Race With The Devil
08 Emergency

total time: 28mn 22sc

Kim McAuliffe - rhythm guitar, lead vocals
Kelly Johnson (R.I.P.) - lead guitar, lead vocals
Enid Williams - bass, lead vocals
Denise Dufort - drums

For our next Women Who Rock post we have an offering from New Wave of British Heavy Metal Legends Girlschool. Could they Rock?  They had the seal of approval from none other than Lemmy Kilmister. Lemmy took Girlschool out on the road with Motörhead. The two bands even recorded together as Headgirl on the St. Valentine's Day Massacre EP. Girlschool also toured with Deep Purple during the US leg of their Reunion Tour. I saw that tour in Detroit at Joe Louis Arena. Girlschool opened the show and was booed of the stage after maybe 4 songs. They performed really well, but the audience wanted Deep Purple. Rodger Glover came onstage after Girlschool had left it and stated that Deep Purple was disappointed in the treatment of Girlschool and would not be coming on stage any earlier than planed out of respect for the band. It's not the first time I've seen a very good band opening for a name act and have them booed off by a Detroit audience that just wants to see the headliner. I went to see Ozzy Osbourne at The Masonic Temple on his first US tour with Randy Rhoads and Motörhead was the opening act. They got through 4 songs before leaving to a loud chorus of boos. The band had just sold out Harpo's Concert Theatre just weeks before. I was really looking forward to seeing them as I couldn't get tickets to the Harpo's gig, I so disappointed in my fellow Detroit Rockers.

Guitarist Kelly Johnson died July 15, 2007, at the age of 49, after a 6 year battle with  spinal cancer.

Night Ranger - Live Wishes ~ Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, Irvine, CA 09-25-1985 (SBD)

Night Ranger
Live Wishes - (Love & Money ~ LM06)
Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
Irvine, California, USA
September 25, 1985
Soundboard Recording
MP3 192kbps
Cover Art Included

Rosebud's Pick

01 Seven Wishes
02 This Boy Needs to Rock
03 Sentimental Street
04 Sing Me Away
05 Rumours in the Air
06 Four In The Morning
07 When You Close Your Eyes
08 Faces
09 Eddie's Comin' Out Tonight
10 Night Ranger
11 Touch of Madness
12 (You Can Still) Rock in America
13 Sister Christian
14 Don't Tell Me You Love Me

total time 1hr 6mn 10sc

Jack Blades – bass guitar, lead & backing vocals
Brad Gillis – lead & rhythm guitars, backing vocals
Jeff Watson – lead & rhythm guitars, backing vocals, keyboards
Kelly Keagy – drums, percussion, backing & lead vocals
Alan Fitzgerald – keyboards, piano, backing vocals

Megadeth - Woodstock 99 ~ Griffiss Air Force Base, West Stage, Rome, NY 07-25-1999 (SBD) DVD Audio Rip

Megadeth
Woodstock 99
Griffiss Air Force Base
West Stage
Rome, NY
July 25, 1999
TV Broadcast Recording/Soundboard Recording
DVD Audio Rip
MP3 320kps
DVD Cover Included

01 Holy Wars ... The Punishment Due
02 In My Darkest Hour
03 Reckoning Day
04 A Secret Place
05 Angry Again
06 She-Wolf
07 Guitar Solo
08 A Tout Le Monde
09 Almost Honest
10 Crush 'Em
11 Use the Man
12 Trust
13 Dave's Speach
14 Sweating Bullets
15 Symphony of Destruction
16 Peace Sells ... But Who's Buying

total time: 1hr 14mn 57sc

Dave Mustaine – lead vocals, rhythm & lead guitar
Marty Friedman - lead & rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Dave Ellefson – bass, backing vocals
Jimmy DeGrasso - drums, percussion, backing vocals

Nice sounding recording of Megadeth's appearance at the 1999 Woodstock Festival. Dave is in real fine voice at this show, and the band is playing real tight. The only minor problem is the amount of material from the Risk album. Megadeth kind of lost me around that time with their experimentation with Techno/Industrial flavorings to their sound. There are fans who like the album but I sold it back to the CD store the day I bought it (at least I bought it.. I haven't bought a Metallica album since ..And Justice For All). The band fractured around this time in a cloud of personal and creative differences.

Megadeth actually broke up in 2002 after Dave Mustaine relapsed into drug addiction. Mustaine actually couldn't play guitar during this time due to nerve damage to his left arm. There were reports that the injury was due to a dirt bike accident, and reports that it was nerve damage from shooting up. The official story is that Mustaine fell asleep in a chair with his left arm over the back of the chair, when he awoke the arm was paralyzed. Dave Ellefson publicly claimed the injury was a lie and Mustaine was just suffering from drug addiction. Additionally Ellefson claimed Mustaine gave him control of Megadeth when they disbanded and short changed him on royalties. After the lawsuits played out Ellefson was welcomed back into the reunited Megadeth.