Last Update: 12/14/11 0937

Leper Messiah
Premiere: August 20th, 1987 - London, GB - The 100 Club Last Played: December 5th, 2011 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore

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Notes:

• The song is about TV evangelists and false messiahs making money off of people's faith.
• Before the premiere and various times before playing Leper, James would dedicate this song
  to "Jim and Tammy". Most probably didn't get it, but it's a joke - Jim and Tammy Fay Baker
  were TV evangelists who embezzeled millions of dollars in charity money.
• Dave Mustaine claims he wrote the song's main riff and wasn't credited. Don't know if it's true.