“She was literally getting onto the plane. I felt awkward about it, but I’ve got a bad enough reputation and so has she”: The classic Megadeth song that was originally supposed to feature Lisa Marie Presley

Photographs of Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine and Lisa Marie Presley.

From Ice-T to the Sex Pistols’ Steve Jones, Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine isn’t averse to inviting outside musicians to appear on his band’s albums.

But there was one unlikely high-profile collaborator whose appearance on a classic Megadeth song fell apart at the very last minute.