DaveMustaine(borninLaMesa,California, USA, 13September1961;age50 years)is one of themostimportantmusiciansandthrashmetalgroupMegadethmotors.Mustaineparentsdivorcedwhenhewas seven years old,andas a result,hegrew up invarioussuburbsaround theslums ofSouthernCalifornia.
Mustainelater formedMegadethDavidEllefsonalongthe base.After releasingninestudioalbumsanda variety ofconcertrecordingsandcompilations,inJanuary 2002,Mustainegot amotorcycleaccidentresulting ininjuryinhis left hand.Becausehe can no longerplay theguitar,hedeclaredhimselfoutofMegadethandin April ofthat yearMegadethdisbanded.
In 2004,afterundergoingintensivetherapy,Mustainehas recoveredfromhis injuryandplayingmusicagain.HeaskedChrisPoland,formerMegadethguitaristtoworkinhis solo project.Under pressurefromthe label,the album wasthen recordedasMegadethand releasedTheSystemHasFailed.
Whenthroughintensivetherapy,DaveMustainechangedways,andchoosetoembraceChristianity.Healso changedhis political viewsto beconservativeandsupportRepublicans.Very differentwhen comparedwiththepolitical viewsexpressedinthefirstalbums.
As well as thebandMegadethandMetallica,Mustaineis alsoknownfor being involveda lotof casesinthe Americanmusicindustry.
The mostfamouscaseis of course theproblemwithMetallicadrummerLarsUlrichespeciallywith.DaveMustaineclaimthathehas writtenseveralMetallicasongs, most notably"LeperMessiah".MetallicaMustainebutrejected the claim.Mustainefansbelievethat thesongsof Metallica's "MasterOfPuppets"was actually createdbyMustaine,but then "stolen"byMetallica.