On Saturday night for one in California with his band OHM, Nick Menza who was drummer for the thrash metal band Megadeth from 1989 to 1998 died after a heart attack, according to his manager "Nick collapsed after the third song OHM set of his band. early reports indicate that suffered a massive heart attack and was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital. "
Nick was the son of renowned jazz saxophonist Don Menza who came to play at the Big Band Buddy Rich (one of the main influences of Nick Menza), he began playing drums at an early age and at 18 he was playing professionally with Rhoads band . After spending some time as a session musician, Menza was hired by Chuck Behler (Megadeth drummer for the moment) as drum tech, being fired Behler, Dave Mustaine asked Nick to be the official drummer of the band and was as well as the classic lineup of Megadeth which recorded the albums Rust in Peace (1990), Countdown to Extinction (1992), Youthanasia (1994) and Cryptic Writings (1997) with which the band got more recognition and commercial success emerged. During this time Menza also collaborated in the three solo albums of his fellow Megadeth, Marty Friedman.
In 1998 , Nick Menza had to leave the band as he had to have surgery in order to remove a benign cyst in his knee but during the recovery time Mustaine hired Jimmy DeGrasso who became the official drummer Megadeth and Menza was dismissed.
But despite past enmity with Mustaine, guitarist message did not wait on twitter "Tell me this is not true! I wake up at 4 in the morning to hear that Nick Menza has died 21/5 playing their OHM drums at the Baked Potato. "
Marty Friedman also published his statements through networks "We all know the great and only drummer Nick Menza was, but it was also a trusted friend, a fellow hilarious band, and a very loving father. I'm more than sad, it does not saw it coming at all. "
Menza died at age 52 and already had presentadose with OHM in the small local Los Angeles and she shared with former Megadeth, Chris Polland time.
