Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Chiitiko chacho: Muna January 2002, Mustaine akaendeswa kuchipatara kuti abvisirwe dombo reitsvo uye akapiwa mishonga inorapa marwadzo yakaita kuti adzokere pakushandisa zvinodhaka. Pashure pokugara kwake, Mustaine akazvipinza amene munzvimbo yokurapa muTexas. Ari imomo, Mustaine akarara ruoko rwake rworuboshwe rwuri pamusana pechigaro, zvichikonzera kudzvinyirirwa kwetsinga yomumutsipa. Akazoonekwa aine radial neuropathy, iyo yakamusiya asingakwanisi kubata kana kuita chibhakera neruoko rwake rweruboshwe. Musi waApril 3, Mustaine akazivisa muchitaurwa chepepanhau kuti akanga achiparadzanisa Megadeth, sezvo kukuvara kwake ruoko kwakamuita kuti asakwanisa kuridza gitare. Kwemwedzi mina yakatevera, aiita kurapa muviri mazuva mashanu pavhiki, uye zvishoma nezvishoma akatanga "kudzidzisazve" ruoko rwake rworuboshwe. Kuti azadzise zvibvumirano zvebvumirano kuSanctuary, Megadeth yakabudisa dambarefu rekuunganidza Still Alive... and Well?. Chikamu chekutanga chearubhamu chine nziyo dzakarekodhwa paWeb Theatre muPhoenix, uye chikamu chechipiri chine marekodhi e studio kubva kuNyika Inoda Gamba. Mushure megore rinenge rekupora, kusanganisira kurapwa kwemuviri uye electroshock, Mustaine akatanga kushanda pane izvo zvaifanira kuve rake rekutanga solo album. Zvinyorwa zvitsva zvakanyorwa nevanyori vezvidzidzo Vinnie Colaiuta naJimmie Lee Sloas muna Gumiguru 2003. Chirongwa ichi chakamiswa apo Mustaine akabvuma kuti remix uye remaster Megadeth's masere-album back catalog paCapitol Records, achinyorazve zvikamu zvakarasika kana kuchinjwa pasina ruzivo rwake mukusanganiswa kwepakutanga.  Mubvunzo: Mustaine akaiswa muchipatara rini?
Ndira 2002