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“I wanted to be heavier and faster than they were”: Dave Mustaine on – guess what? – his split from Metallica
By Will Simpson published
Plus he says his younger self “just needed to be loved”

Dave Mustaine admits he nearly passed on Marty Friedman for Megadeth because he didn’t like his hair
By Jonathan Horsley published
But then he heard Friedman play...

“It’s not ‘puppet show Megadeth’”: Dave Mustaine says he doesn't want guesting ex-members on Megadeth’s final tour
By Will Simpson published
Band’s supposedly ‘final’ album arrives in two weeks

Alex Skolnick on the time he was on standby for Megadeth – and what to do when you can’t match a player lick for lick
By Jonathan Horsley published
With Kiko Loureiro's wife pregnant, Megadeth needed an understudy for emergency cover. The Testament guitarist answered the call but admits Loureiro's solos were impossible

"It’s kind of like a cover, kind of like my song”: Are Megadeth including Ride The Lightning on their final album?
By Will Simpson published
Dave Mustaine hinted at it earlier this year, and a new tracklisting has added fuel to the fire

Dave Ellefson has his say on whether Metallica did Dave Mustaine a favour by sacking him
By Will Simpson published
It put a rocket under him, he reckons

Megadeth to come to an end – Dave Mustaine announces final album and farewell tour for 2026
By Jonathan Horsley published
Next year will see the release of the final Megadeth studio album before Mustaine and co ride off into the sunset – and there will be a tell-all memoir coming too

42 years on, Dave Mustaine still has a few things to say about his exit from Metallica
By Will Simpson published
"You listen to the riffs, you know they’re my riffs"
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