I saw Meg once and they had a barricade erected, you know to keep kids six feet away from the stage, which was only four feet high.
Security were being total dickheads as was par for the course at the time, and during one of Chris' solos, he came up behind the fattest, jerkiest security dude and was holding his guitar so that he could warble his whammy bar on the back of dude's head.
The dude turned his head around slowly like, "What in the hell is that on the back of my head?" and of course, seeing that it was not a kid on the stage, couldn't do anything about it.
Oh, how we all laughed at him and pointed at him!
Best... showmanship... ever.
You could tell he was pissed at Davey that show.
And you're right, tedtan- I was being facetious. I picked Peace Sells! Although Killing is my Business.. And Business is Good was a good record too...
There is obviously more to Peace vs RIP than Marty or Poland, but when I listen to songs like this it's clear that Poland's playing is lightyears ahead of Marty. Poland was and is a better fusion guitarist than he ever got to show in Megadeth, the same goes for Alex Skolnick who never really stretches his legs with Testament.
Rust In Peace for me, although both are my top two favorite albums with The System Has Failed being right behind them.
RIP has that phenomenal technicality in it where it's technical stuff, but still flows very well and never once overshadows the music itself. Songs like Holy Wars, Hanger 18, Take No Prisoners, and Five Magicks are so goddamn sick and even though I really do not like Dave at all, I will have that album on repeat all day and not be bored. Plus RIP is the first Megadeth album I've gotten to listen to, so that is a factor as well.
I think Chris Poland's better too if you take all his non-megadeth work into account, but when it comes to stuff with Megadeth it's like that other poster said about choosing favorite children or whatever. Stuff like the Tornado of Souls ranks high among my favorite guitar solos. He also managed to give a lot more life to CTE, Youthanasia and even Cryptic Writings than they probably would have had otherwise.