WHERE IN THE WORLD IS VIC RATTLEHEAD? When Vic Rattlehead didn't show up to the photo shoot for "Cryptic Writings," we began to get a little worried. What happened to him? Where was he? What is he doing now? Did he find something better to do on the day of the shoot? Did he get in trouble with the law and been forced to keep a low profile? Megadeth is embarking on a North American tour... By entering the "Where's Vic?" Megacontest, you can qualify to win backstage passes to one of the shows! PRIZES: Each winner will receive two (2) backstage passes to a Megadeth show and an "Old Testaments" Compact Disk. Backstage Passes: We are giving away 1 pair of backstages passes for each show, so check to see if Megadeth is coming to your town (or one you're going to get to). You must provide your own transportation AND tickets to the show. Old Testament CD: A Megadeth, not for sale, In-Store Play Sampler, containing 11 Megadeth tracks from 5 different CDs. And it's the only new Megadeth artwork that features Vic! RULES: To enter, send e-mail with the following: •Your theory on what happened to Vic. •The city and date of the Megadeth show for which you want the backstage passes. •Your street address so we can send you your prize if you win. Please keep your entries limited to two paragraphs. All submissions become the property of Capitol Records. **NOTE** The knuckleheaded lawyers in Megadeth, Arizona are a bunch of paranoid stuffed shirts who said nobody outside the U.S. can enter the contest.

WINNER FOR -- CHICAGO -- AUGUST 8! SUBMITTED BY: Jason Data Several pale-faced, squashy, large-eyed witnesses, calling themselves "Greys," identified a tall, dark, cloaked figure running rapidly from an unidentified man in an alleyway somewhere near Hangar 18. They've recognized the cloaked figure as Vic Rattlehead. From the eye-witness testimony, we have reason to believe, Vic heard something Mustaine had said having to do with the words, "...ugly... can look cute... just wear baggy clothes... paint their face a little thicker..." Unfortunately, it is also believed Vic misunderstood and thought this comment was directed at him. Not only that, but he figured it had come from the lips of Ellefson. We believe Vic mumbled something that could've been interpreted as "I'll get even." Our best lead was something awful that happened to Ellefson's hair. We see that he has "long, beautiful, hair" in the "Trust" video and he doesn't have it during the X Games Theme. Our team of extroverts have been able to narrow down this hair-loss incident to the time Metal Edge had an interview with the Megadeth crew. Various photos in the magazine show that Ellefson had long hair and a "fuzzy thing" under his nose. One photo shows Ellefson in a cap with little hair. This gives us a date for the incident. We have reason to believe the "Wookie," as the "fuzzy thing" is now being called, crawled into a tumbleweed in Megadeth, AZ. Bounty hunters have been sighted clattering after the "Wookie" betting that it had taken the rest of Ellefson's hair. According to our Data, Vic disfigured the earlier "unknown pursuant," Ellefson, in order to "get even." Mustaine was quoted as saying Ellefson's hair was, "...hacked up, like pieces of meat, during the darkest hour of the day." As Ellefson awoke to his bizarre disfigurement, he allegedly chased Vic through the alleyways near Hangar 18. Some conflicting reports have come into question about strange lights in the sky from U. F. Ologists. However, we believe Vic is still hiding from Ellefson somewhere in the alley near Hangar 18. The abduction theory is just a bit too... This just in: Scattered limbs of bounty hunters have been spotted. There is reason to believe the "Wookie" has grown in s... s... s... Ahh...