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Dave Mustaine from Megadeth performs on stage at the Tons of Rock festival on June 28, 2025 in Oslo, Norway
Dave Mustaine first discovered the Flying V when he joined Metallica and wasn't a fan – this is what changed his mind

By Janelle Borg Published

Mustaine is one of the Flying V’s poster boys, with several signature models under his belt

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Eric Johnson
That time Eric Johnson shredded a custom Dean V – which had been built for Dave Mustaine to use on the Experience Hendrix tour

By Phil Weller Published

The custom axe nods to one of Hendrix’s most iconic guitars and was used by the Megadeth frontman on the Experience Hendrix tour

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Dave Mustaine from Megadeth performs on stage at the Tons of Rock festival on June 28, 2025 in Oslo, Norway
Dave Mustaine announces new Megadeth album will be his last

By Matt Owen Published

The band's final record will be followed by a global farewell tour next year

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Zia Cyan shreds on Instagram [left]. Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine riffs onstage at Norway's Tons Of Rock Festival 2025
Instagram guitarist posts Megadeth cover – and Dave Mustaine shows up in the comments with some riff advice

By Jonathan Horsley Published

Zia Cyan's cover of Angry Again was met with approval from Mustaine, who revealed it's actually easier than how she was playing it

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Chris Poland, left, and Dave Mustaine of Megadeth perform onstage at the UIC Pavilion (University of Illinois - Chicago) in Chicago, Illinois, February 12, 1987
The freak injury that changed the way Chris Poland played guitar – and informed the sound of Megadeth’s Rattlehead

By Matt Owen Published

The former Megadeth guitarist had a stand-off with a 200lb oak door, resulting in an injury that would forever change how he plays guitar

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Dave Mustaine
Dave Mustaine says nu-metal guitarists aversion to solos was down to a lack of lead talent – not stylistic choice

By Phil Weller Published

He believes nu-metal players had limited abilities, but could the movement’s shred-friendly second coming change his mind?

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Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman performs at the Spectrum on June 29, 1991, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Marty Friedman reveals the real reason he rejected Megadeth's proposed Rust in Peace lineup reunion

By Janelle Borg Published

Friedman sets the record straight on the much-rumored reunion and claims that the amount the Megadeth team offered him was “right around the first salary I got when I joined Megadeth in 1990”

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James Hetfield (left) and Kirk Hemmett perform onstage with Metallica at the Poplar Creek Music Theater in Hoffman Estates, Illinois on July 13, 1986
The story of Metallica's meteoric rise – as told by the people who were there

By Richard Bienstock Published

The story of Metallica's meteoric rise – as told by the people who were there, including Dave Mustaine, Scott Ian, Kerry King, Gary Holt, and, of course, Metallica themselves

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Marty Freidman
“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

By Marty Friedman Published

In this exclusive excerpt from his new autobiography, Dreaming Japanese, the guitarist looks back at his early years, when he was broke and forced to choose between eating or auditioning

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Dave Mustaine and Peter Frampton playing live on stage in two separate pictures
Megadeth fire back at Peter Frampton – who claimed the band damaged a stage during their soundcheck

By Matt Owen Published

After Megadeth and Frampton were both forced to cancel live dates at the same venue, Dave Mustaine has issued a strongly worded response to Frampton's claim it was the heavy metal group's fault

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