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In a recent interview with Hakos Pervanidis of the Metal Hammer Greece TV program TV War, MEGADETH leader Dave Mustaine, who has in the past drawn scrutiny for voicing conservative views on social issues, expressing openness toward certain Republican political candidates, was asked if he thinks the...

The Megadeth frontman opens up to Metal Hammer about his cancer diagnosis – and what helped get him through it

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Megadeth's Dave Mustaine shares some suggestions for who could be added to thrash metal's 'Big 4.'

To temper expectations, he does say "it wouldn't be a young generation."

In a recent interview with Czech Republic's Óčko, MEGADETH leader Dave Mustaine was asked which bands he would pick if he had to "put together a new young generation of the 'Big Four'" of thrash metal. He responded (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "Well, it wouldn't be a young generation, but I...

Rolling Stone magazine has shared an excerpt from MEGADETH leader Dave Mustaine's latest memoir, "In My Darkest Hour", in which he discusses how the band's bassist, David Ellefson, became the focus of online speculation in May 2021 when footage of him masturbating leaked, prompting MEGADETH to fire...

Dave Mustaine has detailed his fight against stage-three squamous cell carcinoma in new memoir

"David and I were never on equal footing when it came to Megadeth; it was my band and mostly my songs, and that was always a source of friction."

"...By the time those embarrassing videos turned up on the internet, my relationship with David — and David’s relationship with Megadeth — had already begun to deteriorate."

In a new interview with Meltdown of Detroit's WRIF radio station, former MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson, who is currently playing with METAL CHURCH, was asked if he will stick around to watch MEGADETH play when the two bands share the main stage — approximately five hours apart — on Thursday, Septe...

Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine has announced a three-city book tour in support of his new memoir, In My Darkest Hour.The book, co-written with Joe Layden, will be released on September 8th through Da Capo, an impri...

That book will be out next week.

MEGADETH's Dave Mustaine has announced a three-city book tour in support of "In My Darkest Hour", his latest memoir with Joe Layden and Da Capo, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing (GCP) and Hachette Book Group. Due on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, the memoir has become one of the most anticipated...