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Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine Diagnosed With Throat Cancer

Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine Diagnosed With Throat Cancer

A major figure in American heavy metal music has announced some unfortunate health news. Dave Mustaine, the longtime frontman of Megadeth, and before that a member of Metallica, announced on his Facebook page Monday that he has been diagnosed with throat cancer, and has already begun treatment. “It’s clearly something to be respected and faced […]

5y ago

Brian ‘Head’ Welch, Mastodon’s Troy Sanders, Megadeth’s Dave Ellefson Rock The Playback Independent Music Expo

Brian ‘Head’ Welch, Mastodon’s Troy Sanders, Megadeth’s Dave Ellefson Rock The Playback Independent Music Expo

Aspiring musicians — and fans of all stripes — flocked to Tampa, Florida, this weekend for the Playback Independent Music Expo. This metal-heavy meeting of the minds featured a series of panels, workshops, master classes and more — featuring the likes of Korn’s Brian “Head” Welch, Troy Sanders of Mastodon, Kyle Sanders of Hellyeah, Queensryche’s […]

6y ago

Korn Guitarist Brian ‘Head’ Welch Says ‘Just Hang On And Keep Fighting,’ About ‘Loud Krazy Love’ Documentary

Korn Guitarist Brian ‘Head’ Welch Says ‘Just Hang On And Keep Fighting,’ About ‘Loud Krazy Love’ Documentary

As the Inquisitr reported last week, Loud Krazy Love, the documentary about Korn guitarist Brian “Head” Welch raising his daughter after choosing to leave the band to focus on his parental duties, is set to premiere this Friday on Showtime. Per the Inquisitr, Welch opened up about the project this weekend at the Playback Independent […]

6y ago

Marty Friedman On His New ‘Wall Of Sound’ Album, His Documentary, U.S. Touring, The Ramones, And Ryan Seacrest

Marty Friedman On His New ‘Wall Of Sound’ Album, His Documentary, U.S. Touring, The Ramones, And Ryan Seacrest

Marty Friedman is more than just a guitar hero. After leaving Megadeth in 2000, Friedman opted to resume the solo career he began in the late 1980s while a member of Cacophony. He moved to Japan in 2003, where he still lives with his wife, Japanese cellist Hiyori Okuda. While Megadeth sold millions of albums […]

7y ago

Ray Parker Jr. And Director Fran Strine On The New Movie ‘Hired Gun,’ Alice Cooper, ‘Ghostbusters’ And More

Ray Parker Jr. And Director Fran Strine On The New Movie ‘Hired Gun,’ Alice Cooper, ‘Ghostbusters’ And More

In short, within the musical world, a “hired gun” is a musician that an A-list talent knows they can depend on. Oftentimes, these musicians are in the background, which means that the casual music fan may not think twice about who is playing with that major artist. However, a lot of these top-tier musicians have […]

7y ago

Dave Mustaine Shuts Down Disrespectful Fan During Chris Cornell Tribute

Dave Mustaine Shuts Down Disrespectful Fan During Chris Cornell Tribute

Dave Mustaine is mourning the death of his close friend, Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell. The 52-year-old Soundgarden and Audioslave singer was found dead in a Detroit hotel room last week and his death was ruled a suicide. A few hours after news of Cornell’s sudden death was announced, Mustaine paid tribute to his late friend […]

7y ago

Marty Friedman After Megadeth: His 11 Years As A Superstar In Japan

Marty Friedman After Megadeth: His 11 Years As A Superstar In Japan

Marty Friedman left Megadeth in 2000, after 10 years of headbanging to his heavy metal guitar beside Dave Mustaine. In those days, at times, Marty’s dark curly locks overlapped Dave Mustaine’s fiery red mane, as thrash metal ruled the day. Megadeth was, perhaps arguably, at its best in the 1990s when Friedman, Menza, and Ellefson […]

8y ago

Nick Menza: Former Megadeth Drummer Dead At 51 [Breaking]

Nick Menza: Former Megadeth Drummer Dead At 51 [Breaking]

Former Megadeth drummer Nick Menza has died at age 51 after collapsing on stage on Saturday night at a small jazz club in Los Angeles. New York Daily News reports that Menza is thought to have suffered a heart attack while performing at the Baked Potato with his band, OHM. The drummer’s management team issued […]

8y ago

Dave Mustaine’s Daughter Takes Megadeth Country In A Big Way [Video]

Dave Mustaine’s Daughter Takes Megadeth Country In A Big Way [Video]

Megadeth released their first studio album in 1985, so it’s safe to say they have been around for awhile. It may come as a shock to some fans to learn that Dave Mustaine has an 18-year-old daughter, Electra, and that she’s putting out her own version of the band’s music. Specifically, Ms. Mustaine is changing […]

8y ago

Megadeth Gives Fans A ‘Black Friday’ Offering

Megadeth Gives Fans A ‘Black Friday’ Offering

In advance of their latest album, Dystopia, Megadeth has given in to the Black Friday madness — sort of. Record Store Day is a movement put together in 2007 at a gathering of independent record store owners and employees as a way to “celebrate and spread the word about the unique culture surrounding nearly 1,400 […]

9y ago

Metallica ‘The Call Of Ktulu’ Artwork To Go On Sale This Week

Metallica ‘The Call Of Ktulu’ Artwork To Go On Sale This Week

As Metallica’s first instrumental piece to be put on an album, “The Call of Ktulu” took many Metallica fans by surprise. In 1984, Metallica fans were used to the speed metal thrash riffs they had grown accustomed to on the band’s original release, Kill ’em All. When Ride the Lightning was released, with not only […]

9y ago

Metallica Via Megadeth — Ellefson Interviews Trujillo

Metallica Via Megadeth — Ellefson Interviews Trujillo

Metallica and Megadeth, two bands that will be connected at the hip — or the ankle — for as long as the genre of metal retains listeners. Metallica is arguably the biggest hard-rock or metal (depending on who’s doing the classifications), and Megadeth is Metallica’s ornery stepchild. Ever since Megadeth founder Dave Mustaine was handed […]

9y ago

Dave Mustaine: Megadeth Leader’s Mother-In-Law Found Dead

Dave Mustaine: Megadeth Leader’s Mother-In-Law Found Dead

Dave Mustaine is not having a good week. The Megadeth lead singer lost two members of his band when Shawn Drover and Chris Broderick quit suddenly on Tuesday, and now officials have reported that Mustaine’s mother-in-law, who had been missing for the last two months, has been found dead. As originally reported on the Inquisitr, […]

10y ago

Bill Ward: Black Sabbath Drummer Praises Lars Ulrich In Wake of Metallica Firing Rumors

Bill Ward: Black Sabbath Drummer Praises Lars Ulrich In Wake of Metallica Firing Rumors

Lars Ulrich, the drummer for — arguably — the biggest rock band in the world, Metallica, has been in the spotlight for the last week as news came to light that Metallica thought about getting rid of him after the release of their third album. Let’s back up to the beginning. Several years ago, former […]

10y ago

Megadeth Founder Dave Mustaine’s Mother-In-Law Vanishes: Sally Estabrook’s Alzheimer’s Complicates Search

Megadeth Founder Dave Mustaine’s Mother-In-Law Vanishes: Sally Estabrook’s Alzheimer’s Complicates Search

The search continues for Megadeth guitarist Dave Mustaine‘s mother-in-law, who has been missing from her home in the San Diego area since Saturday. CBS reports that 75-year-old Sally Estabrook suffers from Alzheimer’s disease and disappeared from her home in Julian while her husband was taking a shower. Search continues for missing woman with Alzheimer’s http://t.co/zTFusnGVRs […]

10y ago

Lana Del Rey Postpones Israel Concert Due To Gaza Strife

Lana Del Rey Postpones Israel Concert Due To Gaza Strife

Lana Del Rey has decided to follow other musicians’ leads and not go to Israel. Not just yet… The New York Daily News is reporting that Del Rey has decided to postpone her first-ever Tel Aviv concert, originally scheduled for Wednesday, August 20, to a later undetermined date due the growing conflict in the Gaza […]

10y ago

Cee Lo Green, Megadeth Cancel Israel Concerts

Cee Lo Green, Megadeth Cancel Israel Concerts

2b Vibes, promoters for former Voice judge Cee Lo Green’s show in Israel, have announced that the performance has been canceled. Cee Lo joins the growing list of artists who have canceled concerts in Israel due to security concerns. Local promoters confirmed that the Cee Lo Green concert scheduled for August 19 in Jerusalem’s Independence […]

10y ago

Megadeth Investigating Plagiarism Claims After Christmas Card Contest

Megadeth Investigating Plagiarism Claims After Christmas Card Contest

The winner of the Megadeth Christmas card contest may have cheated. The band received a tip from a fan that the winning artwork was stolen, and now Megadeth is investigating the plagiarism claim. According to MSN, Megadeth asked fans to submit original illustrations for a Megadeth holiday card. The top 10 winners all got a […]

12y ago

Dave Mustaine Of Megadeth Gets A New Tarantula Species Named After Him

Dave Mustaine Of Megadeth Gets A New Tarantula Species Named After Him

Dave Mustaine has an creepy new namesake. A newly discovered species of tarantula spiders has been given the honor of carrying the singer’s name. NME reports that the Aphonopelma Davemustainei, as it has been officially named, was found by scientist Brent E. Hendrixson. The species now bearing the name of the Megadeth lead singer was […]

12y ago

Dave Mustaine, Megadeth Singer, Says Obama Staged Shootings To Pass A Gun Ban [Video]

Dave Mustaine, Megadeth Singer, Says Obama Staged Shootings To Pass A Gun Ban [Video]

Dave Mustaine, front man for 80s metal band Megadeth, had some harsh words for President Obama. During a show in Singapore (the incident is on the video below), Mustaine told the crowd of Megadeth’s “Th1rt3en World Tour” that he believed the Obama Administration orchestrated gun violence in order to enact gun control laws. Mustaine said […]

12y ago

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