The Start up Way

Topper's long list of credits starts with one of his first sessions at Criteria Studios playing with Dickie Betts (of The Allman Brothers Band) and continues with many guest appearances with artists such as Lynyrd Skynyrd, Albert Collins, and The Band, as well as countless regional acts like the Subdudes, The Radiators, and most recently Brother Cane. For over twenty years he has delighted audiences in numerous bands like Cowboy, The Convertibles and many others. Although his fans may know him from his work with these well known artists, Topper Price and his band, the Upsetters are with out a doubt one of the hardest working blues bands in Alabama…….

Dave Mustaine revived Megadeth in the mid-2000s, remastering and reissuing his band's entire Capitol catalog and hitting the concert circuit in earnest. Greatest Hits is part of that revival. It's the second Megadeth best-of, replacing the one from five years prior, Capitol Punishment. Greatest Hits is an improvement, loaded with 17 selections, three more than its predecessor. There's also some fancy packaging and a hyperbolic "Love Live Megadeth" tribute written by Penelope Spheeris, the colorful director of The Decline of Western Civilization, Pt. 2: The Metal Years. It all adds up to a nice package, or more precisely, a sampler of Megadeth, from the band's pioneering thrash metal years to its later growing pains, with an unfortunate de-emphasis on the band's beginnings…