BadHorsie... I know he got kicked out.... Dave's Ego takes up too much room in that band. As to the "Better Songwriting" comment.... uh... so you thing the songs on Cryptic Writings are better than the songs on Peace Sells? Well I guess that's just a matter of taste. I will admit that technically Freidman can run circles around Polland. However Polland had a much better feel to his leads they actually emphasised the feeling of the song instead of just being a lead over some riff somewhere. Friendman's good, no doubt about that but he lacks in emotion. Leads for the simple sake of a lead are pointless in my opinion. At times he might as well simply run scales. Oh well different strokes I guess.