<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Dave-mustaine ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/dave-mustaine Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “Their first record was very different from the record they made after they met me and the guys in Metallica”: Dave Mustaine on the influence he had on the Big Four of thrash metal ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/dave-mustaine-on-the-influence-he-had-on-the-big-four-of-thrash-metal itdkNreHfJ6PjJyMqcfqaa Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000 Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:23:15 +0000 <![CDATA[ “People wanna assume the worst and say he’s some kind of dictator and forced me to do it. It was totally not like that”: Steve Di Giorgio sets the record straight on what it was like to sideman for Dave Mustaine and Megadeth ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/steve-di-giorgio-on-what-it-was-like-to-sideman-for-dave-mustaine-and-megadeth hexrgCwPcDgz7fB83njHhJ Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:35:45 +0000 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 16:36:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Was this an attempt to challenge Metallica’s success with the Black Album?” A guide to every Megadeth album – and guitarist ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/a-guide-to-every-megadeth-album-and-guitarist Bpvq9cgFcBRX3S2avTMYxK Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:03:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I wanted to pay my respects to James Hetfield, who I think is an amazing guitar player, and Lars Ulrich, who was an excellent songwriter”: Dave Mustaine breaks down Megadeth’s final album, track by track – and why he paid tribute to Metallica ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/dave-mustaine-track-by-track-guide-to-megadeth-final-album 8G6qjWAEJTDeijstyrihAC Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:25:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The recording was brutal. Daytime was Dragon's Kiss, nighttime was Jason Becker's Perpetual Burn. I was in the studio 16 to 18 hours a day”: Marty Friedman on leaving Megadeth, reconnecting with Dave Mustaine, and why he wasn't a good fit for Ozzy ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/marty-friedman-drama h2i7jrEyDmeCJUbeGMRm8j Mon, 09 Feb 2026 17:10:46 +0000 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:10:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It's not that I don't want to stay, it's that my hands are betraying me”: Dave Mustaine says his hand problems are forcing him to end Megadeth ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/dave-mustaine-says-hand-problems-are-forcing-him-to-end-megadeth wvDnCaPcQEy3rLMJr4Yvie Fri, 06 Feb 2026 11:52:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was the best career move I ever made”: Why Marty Friedman has no regrets leaving Megadeth ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/why-marty-friedman-has-no-regrets-leaving-megadeth pSWC2FRx3wzffUZUQNSBck Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:57:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Dave was telling us how those songs from back in the day came about. It helped us understand how to make a good Megadeth album”: Teemu Mäntysaari on the making of Megadeth’s final album ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/teemu-maantysaari-megadeth-final-album 4PGrhdhpDcJECZSb7ocZz Tue, 03 Feb 2026 10:15:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He took offense to that and we hung up, and I don't remember speaking to him since then”: Ahead of Megadeth's final album, Dave Mustaine sets the record straight on why he and James Hetfield don’t talk anymore ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/dave-mustaine-on-why-he-and-james-hetfield-do-not-talk-anymore TWn52ToDvANdiin8n6jRtc Thu, 29 Jan 2026 16:27:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We’ve been through guitar player after guitar player. We get to the solo, and he nails it. I just thought, ‘Oh my God’”: Dave Mustaine recounts the hiring and firing of every Megadeth guitarist ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/dave-mustaine-megadeth-guitarists hY7YYvjPj9kPbqpoMVjh56 Tue, 27 Jan 2026 11:01:23 +0000 Tue, 27 Jan 2026 11:07:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ “That would be a huge undertaking. It’s not ‘puppet show Megadeth’”: Dave Mustaine says he won’t reunite with former Megadeth members on the band’s farewell tour ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/dave-mustaine-wont-reunite-with-former-megadeth-members-on-farewell-tour fdXQMiMDexZeFGq2tJFS6X Wed, 07 Jan 2026 10:46:30 +0000 Wed, 07 Jan 2026 12:52:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I said, ‘Man, where’s my audition?’ They said, ‘You got the gig.’ So I got my job just by warming up”: How Dave Mustaine landed the gig with Metallica ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/how-dave-mustaine-landed-the-gig-with-metallica 2ygy64U7vFGZwdGvZ5Ffrb Tue, 06 Jan 2026 17:31:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’m not leaving things unfinished”: Dave Mustaine reveals the life-changing hand condition behind his decision to retire Megadeth ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/dave-mustaine-reveals-the-hand-condition-behind-megadeth-retirement CB46BVHPwqiGdLdSphiM5d Fri, 02 Jan 2026 13:35:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was like, ‘It’s time to do your solos.’ He goes, ‘OK, I’m gonna call up my guitar teacher, have him do the solos and then have him teach me’”: Dave Mustaine on the ill-fated guitar appointment that led Megadeth to Jeff Young ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/dave-mustaine-on-the-appointment-of-jeff-young wCpQ7pQh8oNpt64cUBQL7Q Tue, 30 Dec 2025 10:15:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We were joking that we have to make this record absolutely shred and that we needed to put a lot of solos in it. I think we accomplished that”: Megadeth shares new single ahead of farewell record – and it’s a shred guitar celebration ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/music-releases/megadeth-let-there-be-shred 7k2TWXs9rJyQKvjci6apqj Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:31:34 +0000 Mon, 22 Dec 2025 11:36:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It was about completing the circle and us showing what James and I as guitar players did to change the world”: Dave Mustaine reveals why Megadeth are covering Metallica on their final album ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/dave-mustaine-on-why-megadeth-are-covering-metallica-ride-the-lightning LaYFqyKWesyxsaAt2oH6ZQ Fri, 31 Oct 2025 16:53:14 +0000 Wed, 05 Nov 2025 13:35:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I came upon the V, but I didn’t think much of it because of the weird shape. I didn’t think it was very playable”: Dave Mustaine first discovered the Flying V when he joined Metallica and wasn’t a fan – this is what changed his mind ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/how-dave-mustaine-adopted-the-flying-v HKaxk6JSxDutEkwSo7krid Sat, 13 Sep 2025 13:30:00 +0000 Thu, 18 Sep 2025 16:00:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ “One of my favorite moments”: That time Eric Johnson shredded a custom Dean V – which had been built for Dave Mustaine to use on the Experience Hendrix tour ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/eric-johnson-playing-dave-mustaines-hendrix-dean DkZFBSDJx6nLu2kpso8mq Mon, 08 Sep 2025 14:14:42 +0000 Wed, 17 Sep 2025 15:04:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We changed the guitar world and how it's played. The bands I played in have influenced the world. Thank you for everything”: Dave Mustaine announces new Megadeth album will be his last ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/music-releases/megadeth-final-album 7GgxRWFQCuedWBNqSho2Kk Thu, 14 Aug 2025 15:30:45 +0000 Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:39:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The opening has less notes than you are playing”: Instagram guitarist posts Megadeth cover – and Dave Mustaine shows up in the comments with some riff advice ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/instagram-guitarist-covers-megadeth-angry-again-and-dave-mustaine-turns-up-in-the-comments Rgq3m7X76PrVAGdeddE8JH Fri, 18 Jul 2025 11:19:02 +0000 Mon, 21 Jul 2025 13:48:04 +0000 <![CDATA[ “My hand hit the glass and it broke. It got totally trashed. I can’t feel my pinky from nerve damage”: The freak injury that changed the way Chris Poland played guitar – and ended up informing the sound of Megadeth’s Rattlehead ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/chris-poland-injury-megadeth-rattlehead 8qN23saznFbsVseWhFXXjK Thu, 17 Apr 2025 09:04:32 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:36:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Why didn't nu-metal bands do any solos? They couldn't do solos. Thank God that genre went away”: Dave Mustaine says nu-metal guitarists aversion to solos was down to a lack of lead talent – not stylistic choice ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/dave-mustaine-nu-metal-players-cant-play-solos 82dvpZVgxeYK7qArkKv8Nn Mon, 24 Mar 2025 13:31:20 +0000 Tue, 01 Apr 2025 14:54:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I was stunned and angry… They easily could have agreed to that, and the reunion would have been on”: Marty Friedman reveals the real reason he rejected Megadeth's proposed Rust in Peace lineup reunion ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/marty-friedman-reveals-the-real-reason-he-rejected-megadeth-proposed-reunion AVTeuMaHgctF7jQcBBf8v5 Fri, 13 Dec 2024 16:25:11 +0000 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:49:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I went to Lars’ house, and he played me the tape of Hit the Lights. I said, ‘This song sucks. You need more guitar solos’”: They forged a new sound, and in 10 years, they were the biggest band in the world ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bands/metallica-the-first-10-years 55CZ987auvR5dwLXt9JzeJ Thu, 12 Dec 2024 22:02:01 +0000 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 16:22:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ “David Ellefson told me, ‘You got the gig. Oh and by the way, Dave told me to tell you that you played many of the wrong guitar parts’”: Marty Friedman tells the inside story of his auditions with Ozzy Osbourne and Madonna – and landing the Megadeth gig ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/marty-friedman-dreaming-japanese-excerpt bdWy4WEWmRewDbzMh4sYhm Tue, 03 Dec 2024 09:31:51 +0000 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 13:20:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It's disappointing when someone you admire talks out their ass about you”: Megadeth fire back at Peter Frampton – who claimed the band damaged a stage during their soundcheck ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/megadeth-peter-frampton-response ZMXVTEtSEUKomXTdryNyCd Tue, 24 Sep 2024 10:15:36 +0000 Fri, 18 Oct 2024 15:40:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Learn how to play – because if you can’t play, you’ll find a pedal and you’ll cheat”: Dave Mustaine on guitar collecting, switching to Quad Cortex and why some players are “living a lie” with stompboxes ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/megadeth-dave-mustaine-life-in-guitar-gear Y7nbDwCKHcmMxKxtoWfjFk Tue, 17 Sep 2024 12:31:04 +0000 Wed, 02 Oct 2024 15:25:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It will play like a beast, be a 24-fret guitar, and have the heel shaved down”: Dave Mustaine issues an update on his long-awaited Gibson Les Paul – which could be his most radical signature model yet ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/dave-mustaine-issues-update-on-signature-gibson-les-paul mn5MTvUNKzQZhC4cqiUJpG Fri, 16 Aug 2024 14:35:31 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:20:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ “The loudest, best-performing strings he’s ever used”: Gibson ventures into the signature string market with first-ever Dave Mustaine set ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/gibson-dave-mustaine-signature-strings-strap LjiAG7gWo86hTunmVZkgyF Thu, 13 Jun 2024 13:56:56 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:21:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You know how much I had to beg for the last 30 years to get any of the other guitar players to learn somebody else’s solo?!” Dave Mustaine says new Megadeth member Teemu Mäntysaari is the guitarist he’s “been looking for for a very long time” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/dave-mustaine-teemu-mantysaari-is-a-monster vtacckjH7Q4tBbhLurAsXY Mon, 15 Apr 2024 14:15:59 +0000 Tue, 30 Apr 2024 09:55:50 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We talked about things like dampening, creating contrast, hand positions... There’s a bit of detective work involved”: Megadeth’s Teemu Mäntysaari explains the skillset that enabled him to leap into one of the most challenging roles in metal ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/teemu-mantysaari-prepared-megadeth-guitarist-role oSpECWAE7San8SQnmBr72m Fri, 23 Feb 2024 10:07:05 +0000 Mon, 04 Mar 2024 10:54:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I thought bringing Marty Friedman back would be amazing”: When Kiko Loureiro left Megadeth, he suggested Dave Mustaine rehire Marty Friedman to fill his spot ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/kiko-loureiro-marty-friedman-megadeth-return n6BiygmwC2TEPagjetXnxA Thu, 04 Jan 2024 15:26:34 +0000 Wed, 10 Jan 2024 10:04:07 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Kiko is a top-notch professional, a maestro – and he did not want to hurt me or Megadeth”: Dave Mustaine pays tribute to outgoing guitarist Kiko Loureiro – and names his successor ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/megadeth-dave-mustaine-kiko-loureiro-replacement 4iTy2cxLaT3gMTMemrV9AL Tue, 21 Nov 2023 12:39:18 +0000 Tue, 21 Nov 2023 22:25:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I don’t want to hinder any of the band’s plans”: Kiko Loureiro announces his departure from Megadeth after 9 years – and his successor may already be in place ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/kiko-loureiro-leaves-megadeth ZykBoJ867qrycRtqcAgbK Mon, 20 Nov 2023 15:13:41 +0000 Thu, 20 Jun 2024 15:48:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Chris Cornell said I created ‘a symphony of chaos’ – it was his favorite thing about the track. It meant even more because he was gone less than a year later”: Meet Ryan Wariner, go-to session guitarist for everyone from Dave Mustaine to Ann Wilson ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/ryan-wariner-session-guitar 64BVms7C4BNW2vaHj5nG3h Tue, 14 Nov 2023 15:09:21 +0000 Wed, 04 Sep 2024 15:59:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ “How can you possibly be satisfied being a singer when you play like that?”: Dave Mustaine recalls the first time he heard James Hetfield play guitar ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/dave-mustaine-first-time-he-saw-james-hetfield-play-guitar 9tPHodGzk49geHEJUyJvcX Wed, 20 Sep 2023 18:38:06 +0000 Thu, 14 Mar 2024 15:59:59 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He's an amazing, incredible player”: Meet Teemu Mäntysaari, the fast-fretting fill-in set to take on Kiko Loureiro’s Megadeth tour duties ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/teemu-mantysaari-kiko-loureiro-megadeth-replacement S47WYzZmd35jDffi4vFR7Y Wed, 06 Sep 2023 10:58:15 +0000 Mon, 04 Mar 2024 10:55:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ Kramer Dave Mustaine Vanguard review – if shredding is your business... then business is good ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/reviews/kramer-dave-mustaine-vanguard-review 58o6pR93jZs3fCoj83j82Q Tue, 22 Aug 2023 11:40:06 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:21:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Marty Friedman, Kiko Loureiro and Dave Mustaine rehearse for one of the summer’s biggest festival sets in new Megadeth behind-the-scenes footage ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/megadeth-marty-friedman-wacken-open-air-rehearsals 5ctSwbkPLWioCbi8hXw7Rm Wed, 16 Aug 2023 12:35:31 +0000 Wed, 16 Aug 2023 12:35:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ Epiphone Dave Mustaine Flying V Prophecy review – the most versatile Mustaine model ever made ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/reviews/epiphone-dave-mustaine-flying-v-prophecy u2yig7V9vWHkiS8o35Y7u5 Mon, 14 Aug 2023 14:40:59 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:21:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ Epiphone Dave Mustaine Flying V Custom review – a metal-tailored V that virtually plays itself ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/reviews/epiphone-dave-mustaine-flying-v-custom tuqRAha8CutbVoVDihu3aU Mon, 07 Aug 2023 15:03:38 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:21:28 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I'd hear Dave Mustaine aimlessly riffing on the couch, and it's the riffs that ended up on the first two Megadeth – and, frankly, Metallica – records”: Megadeth's first lead guitarist Greg Handevidt on the birth of a metal institution ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/megadeth-greg-handevidt GtGbJV6cD9ctvgugoFpH25 Wed, 02 Aug 2023 13:56:04 +0000 Fri, 30 Aug 2024 12:26:09 +0000 <![CDATA[ Dave Mustaine explains why "it's not really that hard to shred fast" and what makes his Gibson and Epiphone models impossible to tell apart ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/dave-mustaine-epiphone-kramer-gibson-signature-guitars GGYDdRsaWGy2pbJ3JdX9C5 Mon, 19 Jun 2023 11:53:25 +0000 Fri, 30 Jun 2023 11:34:41 +0000 <![CDATA[ Dave Mustaine thinks everyone has been using the whammy bar wrong – with two exceptions ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/dave-mustaine-whammy-bar-wrong BEEYydcTXcYea4bXkcuyxh Wed, 07 Jun 2023 15:05:33 +0000 Fri, 09 Jun 2023 16:15:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ Dave Mustaine’s Epiphone and Kramer signature models are finally here – and it looks like they’ve been worth the wait ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/epiphone-kramer-megadeth-dave-mustaine-signature-guitars gXb2RFpoVtGboykxxGW6Xk Tue, 30 May 2023 11:12:56 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:21:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ Dave Mustaine: “I’m a very advanced rhythm guitarist who can play complicated rhythms and sing over the top of them – most people can’t do that” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/dave-mustaine-megadeth-2023 thrJcrv5nhvQjZCiTpASVi Tue, 21 Mar 2023 11:32:18 +0000 Fri, 13 Sep 2024 14:35:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ Marty Friedman hints at next Megadeth performance – and it might be closer than you think ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/marty-friedman-next-megadeth-performance Lp997FeaRnXzyCzQmVjatK Thu, 02 Mar 2023 10:52:53 +0000 Thu, 02 Mar 2023 10:57:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Marty Friedman perform with Megadeth for the first time in 23 years ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/megadeth-marty-friedman-tokyo-show-footage-2023 94S6t5eZ9j9g982tdmiQz Tue, 28 Feb 2023 10:55:29 +0000 Tue, 28 Feb 2023 10:56:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ Dave Mustaine says his influence on Metallica is “pretty f**king deep”: “I wrote many of the songs that made you famous” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/dave-mustaine-metallica-influence C6K7oc6ZMPGsG8ynD5TpwT Wed, 15 Feb 2023 11:59:10 +0000 Thu, 16 Feb 2023 17:28:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ Megadeth's Dave Mustaine: “The bass isn’t a difficult instrument to play. It’s one step up from the kazoo, isn’t it?” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/megadeths-dave-mustaine-the-bass-isnt-a-difficult-instrument-to-play-its-one-step-up-from-the-kazoo-isnt-it di7ucH3AQ9AjPKKa9Vps8d Wed, 15 Feb 2023 09:42:56 +0000 Wed, 15 Feb 2023 09:56:58 +0000