#203 Dave Mustaine - Megadeth Co-Founder & Frontman
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Who is Dave Mustaine and what is his musical background?
Dave Mustaine, welcome to the show. You're welcome. Thank you for having me. I've been super excited about this. Huge Megadeth fan, grew up listening to that stuff. And just to have you here is like unreal.
Thanks.
So thank you for coming.
Of course.
But yeah, so we're going to do a life story on you, starting in childhood all the way to today. So it could be a long day. You in for it? I remember I was there, so it should be pretty easy. Cool. everybody starts with an introduction so here we go dave mustaine co-founder of metallica where he helped lay the groundwork for thrash metal before parting ways in 1983 mastermind behind mega death a band that sold over 50 million records earned six platinum albums and even a grammy in 2017 for dystopia working on your 17th Megadeth album to be released later this year. In June, you'll celebrate the 40th anniversary of Megadeth's debut album, Killing Is My Business and Business Is Good. Thrash metal pioneer whose guitar prowess has landed you among the top guitarists of all time, influencing generations of headbangers. Cancer survivor, having beaten throat cancer in 2019 while still crafting one of Megadeth's fiercest album,
The Sick, The Dying, and The Dead, which is the topic of a book you're working on called In My Darkest Hour. Now a vintner with House of Mustaine, blending your passion for music with fine winemaking, relaunching Megadeth beer in the UK and Europe with a Pilsner, IPA, and Zero beer called Rattlehead, a family man married to Pamela since 1991 with two children, Electra, injustice, and most important out of everything, you're a Christian. Did I miss anything? I'm sure I missed a lot.
No, I think that was very, very honoring. Thank you for that. I did sell about 40 to 50 million records with Metallica, so it was about 100 million records. Wow, 100 million records.
Yeah. That's a third of the country. That's insane. That's insane. But... So everybody gets a gift on the show. Nothing crazy. Vigilance League gummy bears made here in the USA. Legal in all 50 states.
It's horrible for you. THC 38%.
I'll be eating these during the show, man. Just candy. Yeah. Just candy. Shh. And then my pleasure. And then lastly, we have a Patreon account. It's a community and a subscription service. It's actually turned into a community and they've been with me since the very beginning when I started this in my attic. And then we moved here and now we're moving to a new studio and they've just supported me. And they're the reason that I get to sit here and do this.
Wow.
And yeah, so one of the things that I do is I offer them the opportunity to ask each and every guest a question. And so this is from Steven Casey. I heard Dave practiced, excuse me. I heard Dave practiced Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. How did you get into that? Also, how does your worldview affect your music theme and focus?
I'll ask the second question first. How does it affect my worldview and focus? How does martial arts affect my worldview and focus?
I think that's where he's going. I think he's talking more about your music. How does your worldview affect your music theme and focus?
Yeah, that's what I thought. So my worldview is, you know, it's in flux. It... changes over time. Something that I thought was okay when I was a teenager certainly isn't okay now. Stuff that I thought wasn't okay seems absolutely normal right now. My thinking evolves just like anybody who has an open mind. I've been around the world and I've seen so many things that it makes me really grateful for where we live, but it also makes me grateful for the way in which we live.
What challenges has Dave Mustaine faced in his life?
Going to some of the other countries that are socialist countries or other countries that maybe are third-world countries and the poverty level is extreme, you want to say, hey, this person is just like me, and they are physiologically, but when it comes down to anything beyond that, them just standing in front of you, their whole existence is completely different. I can't go down to South America, for example, and expect somebody who's a fan, who is living under those pressures of poverty to know what it's like to have your own house. I learned a long time ago that young people in Japan had a decision to make whether they were willing to purchase a vehicle or a house. They could not do both.
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