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.

Injury, retirement, and conversion

In January 2002, Mustaine suffered a compressed radial nerve in his left hand and arm, making it impossible for him to play guitar. In April of that year, Megadeth was disbanded.

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2002 - Radial nerve

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Mustaine went through physical therapy for his injury, and began to explore other areas of the music industry, including production. However, he fully recovered from his arm injury following successful therapy, and following his recovery, all of Megadeth's albums were remixed and remastered on Capitol Records.

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Physical therapy - Music industry

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During this time also, Dave Mustaine became a born-again Christian and may have gained more conservative political beliefs (despite elements on earlier Megadeth releases that were quite the opposite). This position is theorized with a quote from October, 2004: "Now I'm gonna vote for Bush ... Kerry is a mistake. He will ruin our country." http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=28343 In the same article, however, he claims he's voting for the lesser of two evils and shows that he has a problem with all politicians because they are all on the cover of "The System Has Failed."

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Born-again Christian - Conservative

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