---
title: "Dave Mustaine"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/dave-mustaine"
genre: "Heavy Metal"
country: "United States"
formed: 1961
---

# Dave Mustaine

**Dave Mustaine** is a heavy metal band, from United States, active 1961 to present.

David Scott Mustaine is an American musician. He is the co-founder, frontman, primary songwriter and sole consistent member of the thrash metal band Megadeth and was the lead guitarist of Metallica from 1981 to 1983. Megadeth has released seventeen studio albums, sold over 50 million records worldwide, with five albums platinum-certified, and won a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 2017 at the 59th Grammy Awards, for the title track of their fifteenth studio album, Dystopia.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Mustaine

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Dave Mustaine |
| Genre | Heavy Metal |
| Parent genre | Heavy Metal |
| Origin | La Mesa, United States |
| Formed | 1961 |
| Releases in catalog | 0 |

## Genres

[Heavy Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/heavy-metal) · [Speed Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/speed-metal) · [Thrash Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/thrash-metal)

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- [Static‐X](https://themetalnet.com/band/static-x) (listened together)
- [Body Count](https://themetalnet.com/band/body-count) (listened together)
- [Megadeth](https://themetalnet.com/band/megadeth) (listened together)
- [Korn](https://themetalnet.com/band/korn) (listened together)
- [Slipknot](https://themetalnet.com/band/slipknot) (listened together)
- [Rammstein](https://themetalnet.com/band/rammstein) (listened together)
- [Metallica](https://themetalnet.com/band/metallica) (listened together)
- [Slayer](https://themetalnet.com/band/slayer) (listened together)
- [System of a Down](https://themetalnet.com/band/system-of-a-down) (listened together)
- [Iron Maiden](https://themetalnet.com/band/iron-maiden) (listened together)
- [Disturbed](https://themetalnet.com/band/disturbed) (listened together)
- [Rob Zombie](https://themetalnet.com/band/rob-zombie) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/davemustaine
- x: https://twitter.com/DaveMustaine
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davemustaine/
- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/artists/Dave_Mustaine/184
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/4182921
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6jhdkDXD8A4iI2pLpb90QC

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/dave-mustaine](https://themetalnet.com/band/dave-mustaine). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt