Dave Mustaine is a heavy metal singer and guitarist from southern California who
was a member of the band Metallica in the early 1980s before they found
recording success. A colourful and tempestuous character, he was fired before
the band achieved fame but in 1983 he formed Megadeath which went on to become
one of the major thrash metal acts in America with hit albums 'Endgame' (2009)
and 'Dystopia' (2016), which won a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance after
eleven previous nominations.
Known for his brushes with illicit substances and alcohol and a lively temper,
he ...