Dave Mustaine

Dave Mustaine (born September 13, 1961) is a heavy metal guitarist, songwriter, and singer. As the central figure of Megadeth, he is one of a handful of people considered to have pioneered Thrash Metal and Speed Metal.

Feuds

Beside his work with Metallica and Megadeth, Mustaine has been known to have many feuds within the music industry.

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The most well-known of these is his feud with Metallica, most notably with drummer Lars Ulrich. Mustaine claims to have written several Metallica songs, most notably "Leper Messiah". Metallica refuses to recognize this. Many Megadeth fans believe that "Master of Puppets" was Mustaine's work and that Metallica "stole" it. In 2004, the Mustaine-Metallica feud re-ignited when footage of Mustaine was used in the documentary Some Kind of Monster without Mustaine's approval. In an interview with Metal Maniacs magazine, Mustaine called Ulrich a "treacherous little man"; Mustaine wrote the song "Something I'm Not" on The System Has Failed about Ulrich.

Related Topics:
Lars Ulrich - Leper Messiah - 2004 - Some Kind of Monster - Metal Maniacs

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Mustaine also had a verbal feud with MTV's Rikki Rachtman from Headbanger's Ball. Rachtman stated on air that he would like to settle his differences with Mustaine and move on. Mustaine eventually cleared the matter up stating that, in reality, he really liked Rachtman. Recently on the VH1 40 Least Metal Moments, interviews were shown with Rachtman wearing a shirt saying "Dave Mustaine for President"

Related Topics:
Rikki Rachtman - Headbanger's Ball - VH1

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Mustaine has a long-standing feud with Slayer guitarist Kerry King. He has stated that there is no actual feud; rather King hates everyone in general.

Related Topics:
Slayer - Kerry King

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Being a Christian, Mustaine feels that he cannot play on the same festival that bands with opposing, satanic, views on life. Hence he has forced Dissection off a festival in Israel and refused to play with Rotting Christ.

Related Topics:
Dissection - Israel - Rotting Christ

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