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Dave Mustaine of Megadeth performs onstage during the Tuska Festival at Suvilahti on June 26, 2026 in Helsinki, Finland.
The Megadeth album that makes Dave Mustaine feel queazy, and how he’d change it

By Martin Kielty Published

Dave Mustaine on the period Megadeth made too many mistakes…

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Dave Mustaine performs during Megadeth concert as part of Dystopia World Tour at Luna Park on August 22, 2016 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine on the moment he realized it was time to retire

By Phil Weller Published

The guitarist believes the group’s new record will launch a renaissance for the thrash-metal giants — but says Megadeth is unlikely to live on as touring avatars

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Dave Mustaine of Megadeth, portrait, London, United Kingdom, 1992.
David Ellefson on Dave Mustaine, surviving Megadeth and what really happened when he was forced out of the thrash metal legends

By Andrew Daly Published

The founding bassist says he has no regrets — he just wants credit for his contributions to the group‘s success and legacy

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Dave Mustaine (L) and James Hetfield of Metallica perform at Day Four of the bands' 30th Anniversary shows at The Fillmore on December 10, 2011 in San Francisco, California.
Dave Mustaine levels stunning new claim that Metallica pilfered his riffs from a tape recording after he was replaced by Kirk Hammett

By Phil Weller Published

He says James Hetfield and co. scalped ideas from the tape, which he left behind after being fired from the band in 1983

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Portrait of American musician Nita Strauss, photographed backstage during the UK Guitar Show at the Olympia in London, on September 30, 2018. Strauss is best known for performing as a guitarist with hard rock musician Alice Cooper.
Nita Strauss reveals the five riffs that changed her life

By Phil Weller Published

She's played two of the riffs on a nightly basis at different times in her career and refers to one Swedish metal band as "my Beatles"

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Chris Poland/Marty Friedman
Marty Friedman and Chris Poland admit Megadeth learned a lot from Metallica

By Phil Weller Published

The former Megadeth guitarists believe any bitterness between Mustaine and his old band was blown out of proportion

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Marty Friedman performs onstage with Megadeth at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on June 29, 1991
Marty Friedman’s Rust In Peace-era Jackson Kelly has been listed on Reverb

By Phil Weller Published

The guitar featured on two Cacophony and two Megadeth albums, and has over 1,000 shows with the thrash legends under its belt

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Marty Friedman performs onstage with Megadeth at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on June 29, 1991
How Marty Friedman wrote one of his greatest Megadeth solos – and the invaluable lesson it taught him about guitar composition

By Jackson Maxwell Published

Hangar 18 is one of Friedman's finest hours with the thrash metal legends, and it taught him an invaluable lesson about guitar composition

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Gibson Dave Mustaine Songwriter
Gibson Unveils Their First 24-Fret Acoustic Guitar – the Dave Mustaine Songwriter

By Rod Brakes Published

The founder of Grammy-winning, multi-Platinum thrash metallers Megadeth makes guitar-building history.

Acoustic Guitars
Gibson Dave Mustaine Flying V EXP
Gibson Releases the Dave Mustaine Flying V EXP

By Rod Brakes Published

Megadeth’s thrash metal guitar hero gets his own take on the golden era design.

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