i need to re-read my article. If i said there are "no original members" that is not true. However, only Paulo Jr. (the bass player) is on all the albums.
I love the part about your mom driving you to shows. That was what we all had to do back then i guess. One time my mom waited in the parking lot during an entire Megadeth concert for us. She is a saint i tell you... a saint!
I was just going by their Wikipedia page. Apparently there was a whole other lineup when they first started in 1984. But I guess they didn't release anything with that lineup. It didn't say whether they actually played live with that lineup though.
I guess kids just get an Uber or something now. But I remember taking a cab to a site across town once and it cost almost as much as what we paid for both of our tickets.