Still, Alive... and Well? is a
Megadeth compilation album released on September 10, 2002 and is the last Megadeth release with bassist and co-founder
David Ellefson until his reunion with the band eight years later. The album was released to fulfill Megadeth's record contract with
Sanctuary Records after
Dave Mustaine dissolved the band seemingly indefinitely when he sustained a serious
nerve injury in 2002. The album's name is a quote from Dave Mustaine's answer to an interviewer's question: "What do you want written on your
tombstone?"
The first six tracks (except tracks 1 & 2 though recorded on the same date as the others) are taken from the live album Rude Awakening and the remaining tracks are selections from The World Needs a Hero.[1]