Dave Mustaine is the co-founder, frontman, primary songwriter, and sole consistent member of the thrash metal band Megadeth. A pioneer of the American thrash metal movement, Mustaine formed Megadeth in 1983 after his departure from Metallica, where he served as lead guitarist and co-songwriter. With Megadeth, he has released sixteen studio albums, sold over 50 million records worldwide, earned six platinum certifications, and won a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 2017 for the title track of Dystopia. Known for his intricate guitar work, snarling vocal style, and lyrics exploring war, politics, and personal struggles, Mustaine remains a towering figure in heavy metal. Despite overcoming challenges like substance abuse, a 2002 arm injury, and throat cancer in 2019, he continues to tour and create music, with Megadeth’s latest album, The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!, released in 2022. He is working on his 17th album. Mustaine is also expanding his family’s wine venture, House of Mustaine, and mentors emerging artists. Shawn Ryan Show Sponsors: https://www.americanfinancing.net/srs nmls 182334, nmlsconsumeraccess.org https://www.tryarmra.com/srs https://www.fastgrowingtrees.com/srs – USE CODE SRS https://www.shawnlikesgold.com https://www.hometitlelock.com – USE CODE SRS Go to https://www.hometitlelock.com/srs and use promo code srs to get a free title history report so you can find out if you’re already a victim and 14 days of protection for free! Make sure to check out the Million Dollar TripleLock Protection details when you get there! Exclusions apply. For details visit https://www.hometitlelock.com/warranty https://www.lumen.me/srs https://www.ziprecruiter.com/srs https://www.rocketmoney.com/srs Dave Mustaine Links: Website - https://www.megadeth.com X - https://x.com/DaveMustaine FB - https://www.facebook.com/davemustaine IN - https://www.instagram.com/davemustaine Megadeth - https://www.megadeth.com House of Mustaine - https://houseofmustaine.com As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases (paid links):Megadeath’s Greatest Hits - https://amzn.to/4m5cnJc Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: 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.
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Chapter 2: 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.
And then to get back to your first question about Brazilian martial art, I'm working on my fourth black belt right now in VJJ. And it started with Benny the Jet Ukidas, who was in the Black Belt Hall of Fame. And he was my first black belt that I got in Ukidokan. And that was back in the 90s. And after that, I moved to Arizona. So I was unable to train with
sense of any anymore and the closest most convenient place for me to go work out was a taekwondo school that was there and I got a black belt in that really fast and I was going for the master program and I started to notice there were holes in the program like I was teaching a kid's class and I grabbed the bottom of his gi and I pulled on it and he fell and started crying and I felt terrible
And then I thought, this program doesn't teach people how to fall. But in the meantime, I got my black belt with that. organization and then we went to korea and i got my my third black belt in taekwondo and i got my fourth degree with the world taekwondo federation and uh um mr chung was the uh he was the president at the time he was the one that had presented me my awards and my belts
And then the one thing that I always wanted to do was ground fighting because Yukido-Kan is a hybrid of nine different styles. And one of the styles is Jiu-Jitsu. And it doesn't mean that it's Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu or man on the moon Jiu-Jitsu. It's Jiu-Jitsu. But I found a school here. I went there and I didn't like the instructor, or the owner, but I liked the head instructor there.
And so much so that I helped him get a school on his own. We moved away from that original school. He opened up a school in Spring Hill and he opened up a second school in Columbia. And it's Renzo Gracie jiu-jitsu. So I have my brown belt right now.
And if everything goes according to plan and I stay in my training routine, I probably will have my black belt sometime at the end of this year or next year. Wow. Wow. Long question.
I'm sorry. No, that's, I mean. What got you interested in it at the beginning? Getting beaten up. Getting beaten up?
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Chapter 3: How did Dave Mustaine get involved in martial arts?
About when I was 18.
18 years old? Yeah. Had you done any live performances before then?
Little weird stuff. Like I went with a little three-piece group that I was in for like a day. It was for a dance. And they were having a battle of the bands. And we only knew one song. And they said we were too loud. So we missed out on that one. I started playing at my cousin's house down in Dana Point. And we did several concerts down there.
And that's basically where Megadeth was born, was out of my cousin John's front room in Dana Point. Wow.
Wow.
You mean Panic? No, Megadeth was born there because the songs that are in Megadeth were being played in Panic at that time. So Megadeth was born at that time, although I didn't know it. I was in the guise of... panic, but really Megadeth had just broken surface as the terra firma. And now I'm gonna watch this whole thing unfold before my eyes. Am I gonna, am I gonna be able to handle the pressure?
I think so. I've had a lot of pressure in my life. Am I going to be able to stay relevant? I think so because I've had to almost teach myself because of dropping out of school and having to figure everything out for myself. Right now I'm writing a song on the art of war because I've got a song that just sounds like a fucking samurai song.
And I thought it'd be really great because I've read the art of war so many times to maybe put that book as a muse to help me write a story about something related with the samurai culture or the way of life. How did you get into the art of war? I've read a lot of really good books to help me.
Yeah, I started very early reading all the self-help books you could get, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Way of the Peaceful Warrior, all those books, How to Win Friends and Influence People. I read a bunch of C.S. Lewis books. read tons of books, and just stuff that gives you a different perspective on stuff.
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