Megadeth!

[Charger]

Do you have any say in how they are numbered? Can you make the them 001, 002 etc

Well fuck me....that might actually have worked...damn...didn't even think of that! 

They are automatically numbered 01, 02 and so on by the cd extractor software I'm using...but that might just very well solve the problem...sure it would make the song titles bit longer but it doesn't really matter as most titles don't fit entirely on the screen anyways...

[Zzzptm]

^^ I go with the 001, 002, 003... 999 prefix method for my MP3s on USB.

I also have to have folders if I have more than 100 or so MP3s on my USB. I then name the folders 001, 002,... and then have 10 or 20 songs per folder so I can skip folders to get ahead.

But now I play everything off of my phone, so I use VLC player and I have it sync with my PC for all playlists and files. My playlists on VLC are relative references, so the ones I build on the PC work if I copy the files over 1:1 to my phone.

[Charger]

Well looks like I didn't go to triple digits after all!

My Megadeth collection turned out to be 92 songs...although I did realize that since I don't own a physical copy of Hidden Treasures I left out Angry Again and 99 Ways to die... But I DID remember to include Duke Nukem as a bonus track!

[Zzzptm]

Well, when they release the next album, you'll have more than 100.

[Charger]

Bugger.... You are quite right...unless the new album sucks...! But I'm not sure I want it to suck just so that I don't have to rename all of the files on my usb-drive...

[Zzzptm]

Not to worry: You can follow up with 99 by doing 99aa, 99ab, 99ac, and so on. Up to 99zz, that's up to 676 more songs you can append that way. Even if Megadeth goes punk and does 30 songs per album, that's 22 albums' worth of room, and that's assuming that every one of those punk-metal songs is a winner!

So, I'd go with hoping Megadeth doesn't go punk-metal and let the good songs arrive as they are.

[Charger]

Dave has just confirmed that it is indeed Steve DiGiorgio who's playing bass on the new album:

https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/dave-mustaine-confirms-steve-digiorgio-played-bass-on-new-megadeth-album/

[Vyn]

DiGiorgio seems like a good fit to me. He can certainly play bass!

[Jack the Stripper]

Just seen that Megadeth is opening for 5FDP again. This time on an upcoming US tour. WTF?

[KiloDeltaCharlie]

Are 5FDP *that* big!? I had no idea!

[Vyn]

Yeah, that's...odd.

[Charger]

I'm assuming it's because Dave still doesn't feel ready to do a headliner tour...maybe he doesn't feel 100% yet after all the treatments.

And I guess there has to be some sort of a personal connection between Dave and some members of Death bunch because otherwise it's bit hard to understand...

[Jack the Stripper]

Megadeth doesn't sell tickets in the States like they use to. Not enough of the younger generation have jumped onboard with the older/legacy bands and a lot of older fans have different priorities these days, family etc or have seen them enough times over the years or maybe just moved on altogether.

Dave is probably getting a decent paycheck to support 5FDP without having to deal with all the logistics and risk of being the headliner, especially with cancellations these days due to crew or band members contracting COVID. Shows still go ahead if the support act has to cancel but can’t if the headliner has to cancel but either way he probably still gets paid.

[Zzzptm]

That sounds quite plausible to me. Add in the health issues Charger mentioned, and it's a lot easier to let the kids drive the bus and just wake up grandpa from his nap when it's time to rock.

[Charger]

I think also with all this covid shit still going around it's more sensible for bands to take joint tours just to lure people in.

Not a lot of bands doing headline tours in Europe either...most just do festival shows this year...which is more than understandable...and even some festivals are still struggling to sell tickets cause people are still scared of covid.