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Dave Mustaine
David Scott Mustaine is an American musician. He is the co-founder, frontman, primary songwriter and sole consistent member of the thrash metal band Megadeth and was the lead guitarist of Metallica from 1981 to 1983. Megadeth has released seventeen studio albums, sold over 50 million records worldwide, with five albums platinum-certified, and won a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 2017 a…
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entertainment · American musician (born 1961) · guitarist · singer · composer · songwriter · also Dave Mustaine, David Scott Mustaine, David Mustaine, David S. Mustaine, Mustaine
Born 13 September 1961 · Q187165
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2026· 27 entries
“almost done with the writing,”
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“I was in the room warming up and I walked out and asked,”
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WDHA FM: Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine Brings Memoir ‘In My Darkest Hour’ to New York City
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Blunt Magazine: Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine Heads To NYC For In My Darkest Hour Book Event
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Chaoszine: Dave Mustaine (Megadeth) announces a book event for his upcoming memoir
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Eddie Trunk: DAVE MUSTAINE SCHEDULES NEW YORK CITY BOOK EVENT, TICKETS ON SALE NOW
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Sonic Perspectives: MEGADETH’s DAVE MUSTAINE Heads To NYC For “In My Darkest Hour” Book Event: “I Didn’t Want To Stop Recording In Case It Was My Last Record”
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Rock and Blog: Dave Mustaine presenta ‘In My Darkest Hour’ en Nueva York
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hennemusic: Megadeth founder Dave Mustaine announces New York book launch event
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BLABBERMOUTH.NET: MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Announces 'In My Darkest Hour' Book Event In New York City
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Yahoo: Megadeth's Dave Mustaine announces 'In My Darkest Hour' book event in NYC
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RafaBasa.com: Dave Mustaine, líder de MEGADETH, reveló que la banda tiene al menos dos canciones inéditas Joe Stump regresa con Lord of the Strings BUTCHER BABIES publica video clip de «Blame It On The Wind»
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El Cuartel del Metal: Dave Mustaine de Megadeth anuncia evento especial por su libro en Nueva York
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BraveWords: MEGADETH – DAVE MUSTAINE To Hold Memoir Release Event In New York
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Rock Celebrities: Megadeth Have at Least Two Unreleased Songs Left, Dave Mustaine Shares
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Hellpress: MEGADETH tiene canciones inéditas de su último disco: Dave Mustaine no tiene claro si saldrán
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Metal Addicts: DAVE MUSTAINE Says MEGADETH Has At Least Two Unreleased Songs From Its Final Album
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Louder: Megadeth have at least two songs left over from their final album – but Dave Mustaine isn’t sure he’ll release them
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Chaoszine: Dave Mustaine (Megadeth) shares more about his past health issues
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Rock and Blog: Dave Mustaine: Entre el Cáncer y la Música
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Metal Addicts: MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Opens Up About Cancer Battle: 'God Wanted Me To Be Healed'
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Rock Cellar Magazine: Dave Mustaine Talks Megadeth's Farewell and Going Out on Top
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Metallerium: Dave Mustaine de Megadeth reflexiono en su batalla contra el cáncer comentando que Dios quiere que sane.
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Ultimate Guitar: Dave Mustaine on Teemu Mäntysaari Joining Megadeth
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VOI.ID: Megadeth Retires After Last World Tour, Dave Mustaine Reveals His Reason
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Infobae: Dave Mustaine anticipa el cierre de Megadeth con una despedida personal: “No quiero seguir tocando si no puedo”
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2025· 2 entries
After announcing the final album and tour for Megadeth, Mustaine revealed he had developed Dupuytren's contracture in his left hand, to which he attributed his decision to end the band
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In 2025, after announcing the final album and tour for Megadeth, Mustaine revealed he had developed Dupuytren's contracture in his left hand, to which he attributed his decision to end the band.
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2023· 2 entries
Mustaine became a grandfather when his granddaughter Georgette was born
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In 2023 Mustaine became a grandfather when his granddaughter Georgette was born.
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2022· 1 entry
Mustaine switched from using a Fractal Axe-FX to a Neural DSP Quad Cortex on tour for his amp tones, sending the signal to a Seymour Duncan PowerStage poweramp and then to on-stage speaker cabinets
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2019· 2 entries
Mustaine announced that he had been diagnosed with throat cancer, and on January 31, 2020, during a Megadeth concert, he announced that he was now cancer free
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The same year along with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020
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2018· 1 entry
Mustaine shared a video on Twitter teasing a track for their next album, which at the time, was originally set for release in the next year
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2017· 1 entry
At the 59th Grammy Awards, for the title track of their fifteenth studio album, Dystopia
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2016· 3 entries
And debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200, Megadeth's second-highest-charting album since 1992's Countdown to Extinction
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Mustaine noted that Lamb of God drummer Chris Adler's suggestion of re-recording the song with modified lyrics made him consider playing "The Conjuring" again, "as long as it doesn't hurt anybody"
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Mustaine expressed interest in doing more Big 4 shows, although this is unlikely due to the breakup of Slayer
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2015· 1 entry
Mustaine began to approach Hetfield with a proposal for a future collaborative effort between the two, including a possible remaster of their 1982 demo No Life 'Til Leather
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2014· 1 entry
Mustaine's Alzheimer's-afflicted mother-in-law went missing from a campground
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2013· 1 entry
Megadeth began working on their next album, Dystopia in 2015
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2012· 4 entries
Media outlets reported that Mustaine endorsed Republican senator Rick Santorum's presidential campaign, but Mustaine later said that he was only respecting Santorum for leaving the campaign trail when his daughter got si
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Mustaine claimed onstage that Obama had staged the shootings in Aurora, Colorado, and a Wisconsin Sikh temple in order to push a gun control agenda, which received backlash from Aurora survivors
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On KIRO-FM he was asked if he supports gay marriage and replied: "Well, since I'm not gay, the answer to that would be no
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Mustaine was ranked the 12th-greatest guitarist of all time by a Guitar World magazine reader's poll
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2011· 5 entries
In which they sought to reunite all previous members of the band dating back to their founding
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In 2011, Mustaine said that his neck and spine condition, known as stenosis, was caused by many years of headbanging.
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Mustaine said that his neck and spine condition, known as stenosis, was caused by many years of headbanging
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Hetfield had also briefly begun to rekindle a cordial relationship with Mustaine
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And commenting that he believed that Obama was born outside of the United States during a March 2012 interview on George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight
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2010· 4 entries
Mustaine released his autobiography in the United States, titled Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir
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Prior to their announcement of the Big Four tour alongside Anthrax and Slayer
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Longtime bassist David Ellefson rejoined Megadeth eight years after its disbanding in 2002
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With Dean guitars was a unique new shape for Mustaine, resembling the Gibson Explorer with sharper points
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2009· 2 entries
Mustaine was interviewed by far-right conspiracy theorist and radio host Alex Jones for InfoWars, in which Mustaine stated that the album Endgame was inspired by his Christian beliefs and belief in an upcoming New World
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Mustaine was named the No
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2008· 1 entry
Dave Mustaine confirmed that guitarist Glen Drover had quit Megadeth to focus on his family and that he had been replaced by Chris Broderick of Jag Panzer
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2006· 1 entry
Mustaine announced that he was leaving ESP and shifting his endorsement to Dean Guitars
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2005· 1 entry
Mustaine and ESP teamed up to release the ESP Axxion, (pronounced Action), in order to celebrate Megadeth's 20th anniversary
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2004· 2 entries
Guitar World magazine ranked Mustaine and Marty Friedman together at No
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Mustaine oversaw the remixing and re-mastering of Megadeth's entire Capitol Records catalog
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2002· 1 entry
Mustaine announced in a press release that he was disbanding Megadeth due to his arm injury
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1998· 1 entry
The same month that "Trust" was nominated for a Grammy
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1993· 1 entry
Mustaine guested on a new album by one of the bands who had influenced his own sound: Diamond Head, and also began a U
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1992· 1 entry
They have two children together: Justis Mustaine (born 1992), who also plays the guitar and has appeared in several local theatrical productions, and Electra Mustaine (born 1998), who is pursuing a career in country music.
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1991· 1 entry
Mustaine collaborated with Sean Harris from Diamond Head on the track "Crown of Worms"
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1989· 3 entries
And the band recorded their only track ever as a three-piece: a cover of Alice Cooper's "No More Mr
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Marty Friedman was auditioned the same year to fill in the vacant lead-guitar position, and joined the band in February 1990
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And apologized for his previous comments
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1988· 4 entries
In which he directed insults at Metallica's replacement bassist Jason Newsted whilst Ulrich and frontman James Hetfield watched the performance from backstage
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In response to the British government's Section 28, Mustaine said: "More power to them
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“More power to them. It says in the Bible that men should not lay with men like they lay with women. I mean I don”
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Mustaine caused a riot when Megadeth played a concert in Northern Ireland after he dedicated a song to "the cause," later expressing surprise that this was a euphemism for supporting the Irish Republican Army in the conf
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1986· 3 entries
In which Mustaine performed In My Darkest Hour for the first time in tribute to Burton
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Is often regarded as a thrash metal classic, producing the notable title track (the opening bass lick of which was used by MTV News segments) as well as the thrash anthem "Wake Up Dead"
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A year after releasing their debut album, Mustaine approached Jackson Guitars for a custom-built guitar
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1983· 2 entries
After Metallica had driven to New York to record their debut album, Mustaine was officially ejected from the band because of his alcoholism, drug abuse, overly aggressive behavior, and personal clashes with founding memb
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But Mustaine's tenure with Metallica was short-lived
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1981· 2 entries
Mustaine disbanded Panic and joined Metallica as the lead guitarist
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Quecke was also killed in a separate car crash shortly after
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1961· 2 entries
Born 1961-09-13.
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In La Mesa, California, (a nearby suburb of San Diego) to parents Emily Marie (née David) and John Jefferson Mustaine
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