Ku qor sii wadida cutubkan - Xilligii xagaaga ee 1998, halka kooxdu ay wali ku sii socotay dalxiis si ay u taageerto "Writings Cryptic", Menza wuxuu la kulmay dhibaatooyin jilibka ah wuxuuna raadsaday talo caafimaad. Waxaa loo sheegay inuu leeyahay buro, taas oo markii dambe la ogaaday inay tahay mid aan dhib lahayn, waana laga saaray. Halkii ay joojin lahaayeen bandhigyada, Megadeth waxay u shaqaaleysiisay Jimmy DeGrasso inuu noqdo bedel ku meel gaar ah. Markii la gaadhay waqtigii la duubayo albumka xiga, Menza dib looma weydiinin oo DeGrasso wuxuu noqday garabka rasmiga ah ee kooxda. Menza ayaa dhowr wareysi ku sheegay in, intii uu ku jiray isbitaalka ka soo kabashada qalliinka jilibka, uu ka helay wicitaan taleefan oo ka yimid Mustaine oo si fudud u yiri "Adeegyadaada looma baahna mar dambe". Ka dib markii uu ka tagay, wuxuu bilaabay inuu ka shaqeeyo "Menza: Life After Deth" oo ay la socdaan guitarist Anthony Gallo, bassist Jason Levin, iyo guitarist Ty Longley. Albaabka waxaa markii hore loogu tala galay in la sii daayo 2002 iyo safarka soo socda; si kastaba ha noqotee, safarkii 2003 ee dib u habeynta Great White, Longley wuxuu ka mid ahaa 100 qof oo ku dhintay dabkii naadiga habeenkii ee The Station
Sanad ka dib Jason Levin wuxuu u dhintay wadne istaag, Menza iyo Gallo way ka xumaadeen safarkii "Life After Deth" marnaba lama shaacin. Christian Nesmith, oo ah wiil uu dhalay Michael Nesmith oo ka tirsan kooxda The Monkees, ayaa soo bandhigay dhowr heesood oo hormuud ah waxaana Menza u shaqaaleysiiyay soo saare Max Norman (Ozzy Osbourne, Megadeth).