Editing Dave Mustaine (section)

==Personal life==
Mustaine married Pamela Anne Casselberry in 1991.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web |url=http://www.eddietrunk.com/index.cfm/pk/view/cd/NAA/cdid/413575/pid/400512 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090913064715/http://www.eddietrunk.com/index.cfm/pk/view/cd/NAA/cdid/413575/pid/400512 |archive-date=September 13, 2009 |title=Dave Mustaine Says That He Knows That He Doesn't Make Lars Ulrich "Comfortable" &#124; Rock News &#124; Eddie Trunk |access-date=August 4, 2014}}</ref> They have two children together: Justis Mustaine (born 1992), who also plays the guitar and has appeared in several local theatrical productions,<ref name="sdrbio">{{cite web|url=http://www.sandiegoreader.com/bands/dave-mustaine/|work=[[San Diego Reader]]|title=Dave Mustaine|access-date=September 8, 2014|archive-date=September 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908114420/http://www.sandiegoreader.com/bands/dave-mustaine/|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Electra Mustaine]] (born 1998), who is pursuing a career in [[country music]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/04/07/electra-mustaine-sings-country---but-dads-megadeth/82591002/|title=Electra Mustaine Sings Country – But Dad's In Megadeth|last=Blake|first=Kendra|date=April 7, 2016|work=The Tennessean|access-date=August 23, 2016|archive-date=August 24, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220824061943/https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2016/04/07/electra-mustaine-sings-country---but-dads-megadeth/82591002/|url-status=live}}</ref> {{As of|2014}}, they live in [[Nashville, Tennessee]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/megadeths-dave-mustaine-drops-another-150000-from-asking-price-of-california-estate/|title=MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Drops Another $150,000 From Asking Price Of California Estate|date=July 25, 2018|website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET|access-date=February 23, 2020|archive-date=February 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223031435/https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/megadeths-dave-mustaine-drops-another-150000-from-asking-price-of-california-estate/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Health===
In 2011, Mustaine said that his neck and spine condition, known as [[stenosis]], was caused by many years of headbanging.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wzlx.cbslocal.com/2011/11/07/ouch-headbanging-hurts/ |title=Ouch! Headbanging Hurts… |publisher=100.7 WZLX |date=November 7, 2011 |access-date=August 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223200338/http://wzlx.cbslocal.com/2011/11/07/ouch-headbanging-hurts/ |archive-date=February 23, 2015 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

On June 17, 2019, Mustaine announced that he had been diagnosed with throat cancer,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/megadeths-dave-mustaine-diagnosed-with-throat-cancer/|title=Megadeth's Dave Mustaine Diagnosed With Throat Cancer|publisher=blabbermouth.net|date=June 17, 2019|access-date=June 17, 2019|archive-date=July 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190729014854/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/megadeths-dave-mustaine-diagnosed-with-throat-cancer/|url-status=live}}</ref> and on January 31, 2020, during a Megadeth concert, he announced that he was now cancer free.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Blistein|first=Jon|date=February 3, 2020|title=Dave Mustaine: I'm '100 Percent' Cancer-Free|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/megadeth-dave-mustaine-cancer-free-london-946799/|access-date=July 9, 2020|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|archive-date=February 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203152708/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/megadeth-dave-mustaine-cancer-free-london-946799/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Christianity===
Mustaine was raised as a [[Jehovah's Witness]]<ref name="autogenerated1987"/> and is now a [[born again]] [[Christians|Christian]].<ref name=autogenerated2/> In 1988, in response to the British government's [[Section 28]], Mustaine said: "More power to them. It says in the Bible that men should not lay with men like they lay with women. I mean I don't wanna fuck up and not go to heaven."<ref name="MegadumbInterview">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/megadeth-megadumb|first=Roy|last=Wilkinson|title="MegaDumb: Interview with Dave Mustaine"|magazine=[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]|date=May 28, 1988|access-date=June 1, 2022|archive-date=June 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601095831/https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/megadeth-megadumb|url-status=live}}</ref> In an answer to a question about [[Judas Priest]] having an overt homosexual image, Mustaine stated "I don't wanna talk about this."<ref name="MegadumbInterview" /> In 2012, on [[KIRO-FM]] he was asked if he supports gay marriage and replied: "Well, since I'm not gay, the answer to that would be no."<ref name="GayMarriage">{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/dave-mustaine-opposes-gay-marriage/|title=DAVE MUSTAINE Opposes Gay Marriage|via=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|work=[[KIRO-FM|Seattle Sounds]]|date=February 17, 2012|access-date=August 4, 2014|first=Josh|last=Kerns|archive-date=January 9, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109071149/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/dave-mustaine-opposes-gay-marriage/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Kornelis, Chris (February 15, 2012) [http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/reverb/2012/02/megadeths_dave_mustaine_is_not.php Megadeth's Dave Mustaine Is Not Necessarily Voting For Santorum, But He Does Oppose Gay Marriage, and Won't Play Bass With Metallica] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218042538/http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/reverb/2012/02/megadeths_dave_mustaine_is_not.php |date=February 18, 2012 }}, ''Seattle Weekly''.</ref> He was then asked if he would support legislation to make gay marriage legal and said, "I'm Christian. The answer to that would be no."<ref name="GayMarriage" />

Mustaine began to focus on his Christian faith more directly while attending [[Alcoholics Anonymous]] meetings, and became a committed Christian.<ref name=autogenerated2 /> It has become his policy not to appear with any band that is seen as [[black metal]] or [[Satanism|satanic]], such as declining to appear in a music festival in Greece with the band [[Rotting Christ]] as well as in Israel with the band [[Dissection (band)|Dissection]].<ref name=autogenerated3>{{cite web |url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_tours/dave_mustaine_vs_satanic_bands.html |title=Dave Mustaine vs. Satanic Bands |date=May 9, 2005 |work=ultimate-guitar.com |access-date=April 12, 2008 |archive-date=April 11, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411093038/http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_tours/dave_mustaine_vs_satanic_bands.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Mustaine had practiced [[black magic]] in his teenage years, which inspired several songs on Megadeth's second album, ''Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?'' Mustaine stated that he no longer wishes to play those tracks because of his changed spiritual beliefs. He said of one such song, "[[The Conjuring (song)|The Conjuring]]":

{{blockquote|Performance wise, 'The Conjuring' is one of the heaviest songs on the record, but unfortunately it's got black magic in it and I promised that I wouldn't play it any more, because there's a lot of instructions for hexes in that song. When I got into black magic I put a couple of spells on people when I was a teenager and it haunted me forever, and I've had so much torment. So I look back now and I think, 'Hmm, I don't wanna play "The Conjuring".'<ref>{{cite web |first=Matthew |last=Parker |url=http://www.musicradar.com/totalguitar/dave-mustaine-black-magic-ruined-my-life-390224 |title=Dave Mustaine: "Black magic ruined my life!" |work=[[Total Guitar]] |publisher=[[Music Radar]] |date=March 18, 2011 |access-date=November 23, 2013 |archive-date=December 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206124027/http://www.musicradar.com/totalguitar/dave-mustaine-black-magic-ruined-my-life-390224 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}

However, in 2016, Mustaine noted that [[Lamb of God (band)|Lamb of God]] drummer [[Chris Adler]]'s suggestion of re-recording the song with modified lyrics made him consider playing "The Conjuring" again, "as long as it doesn't hurt anybody".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/megadeths-dave-mustaine-is-reconsidering-his-decision-to-never-play-the-conjuring-again/|title=MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Is Reconsidering His Decision To Never Play 'The Conjuring' Again|newspaper=Blabbermouth.net|date=January 21, 2016|access-date=October 31, 2017|archive-date=November 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171104210420/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/megadeths-dave-mustaine-is-reconsidering-his-decision-to-never-play-the-conjuring-again/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Politics===
Over his career, Mustaine has made numerous comments about both American and international politics, criticizing both politicians and political issues. In addition, Mustaine covered the 1992 [[Democratic National Convention]] for MTV.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/megadeth-dave-mustaine-endorses-rick-santorum-president-article-1.1023136|title=Megadeth's Dave Mustaine endorses Rick Santorum for President - big change for one-time GOP critic|first=Ethan|last=Sacks|date=February 16, 2012|newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]|access-date=September 27, 2022}}</ref>

In a 1988 interview with ''[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]'' journalist Roy Wilkinson, Mustaine spoke against illegal immigration, and stated that he would "build a great wall along the Mexican border and not let anybody in{{nbsp}}..." if he were President of the United States.<ref name="MegadumbInterview" />

In 1988, Mustaine caused a riot when Megadeth played a concert in Northern Ireland after he dedicated a song to "the cause", later expressing surprise that this was a euphemism for supporting the [[Irish Republican Army]] in the conflict between Northern Ireland's [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] and [[Church Of Ireland|Protestant]] communities known as [[the Troubles]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news-article/mustaines-terrorist-blunder |title=Mustaine's Terrorist Blunder |magazine=Contactmusic.com |date=November 12, 2005 |access-date=August 4, 2014 |archive-date=August 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808051248/http://www.contactmusic.com/news-article/mustaines-terrorist-blunder |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Salmon |first=Chris |date=February 15, 2008 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/feb/15/popandrock5 |title=State of the Union. Tim Wheeler reflects on the musical tradition of Northern Ireland |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=August 4, 2014 |archive-date=August 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810190537/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/feb/15/popandrock5 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2009, Mustaine was interviewed by [[far-right]] conspiracy theorist and radio host [[Alex Jones]] for ''[[InfoWars]]'', in which Mustaine stated that the album ''Endgame'' was inspired by his Christian beliefs and belief in an upcoming [[New World Order (conspiracy theory)|New World Order]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/dave_mustaine_endgame_is_about_people_being_run_by_the_people_who_have_money.html|title=Dave Mustaine: ''Endgame'' "Is About People Being Run By The People Who Have Money"|work=[[InfoWars]]|via=[[Ultimate Guitar]]|date=December 10, 2009|access-date=August 4, 2014|archive-date=August 21, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821045358/http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/interviews/dave_mustaine_endgame_is_about_people_being_run_by_the_people_who_have_money.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In a 2016 ''[[Fox Business]]'' interview, Mustaine stated that he does not align himself with any established political party, describing himself as an [[Independent voter|Independent]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJmKg94S8A4|title=Dave Mustaine: Americans don't realize how great we have it|via=[[YouTube]]|work=[[Fox Business]]|date=December 17, 2016|access-date=July 11, 2018|archive-date=April 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411182508/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJmKg94S8A4|url-status=live}}</ref>

====Criticism of Barack Obama and 2012 U.S. presidential election====
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In the 2010s, Mustaine grew increasingly vocal in his support of many Republican figures and positions, which is a change from his politics during the [[George H. W. Bush]] administration, when Mustaine acted as a reporter for [[MTV News]] during the [[1992 Democratic National Convention|Democratic National Convention in 1992]], and was seen as leaning to the political left, in light of the lyrics of "Foreclosure of a Dream".<ref>{{cite news |title=Megadeth's Dave Mustaine endorses Rick Santorum for President – big change for one-time GOP critic |last=Sacks |first=Ethan |newspaper=Daily News |date=February 15, 2012 |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/megadeth-dave-mustaine-endorses-rick-santorum-president-article-1.1023136#ixzz1mUW5rYMJ |location=New York |access-date=February 15, 2012 |archive-date=February 17, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217201609/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/megadeth-dave-mustaine-endorses-rick-santorum-president-article-1.1023136#ixzz1mUW5rYMJ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Mustaine has criticized several [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] politicians. During the 2004 presidential campaign, Mustaine commented that he believed that [[John Kerry]] would "ruin our country".<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=28343 |title=Dave Mustaine Says John Kerry Will 'Ruin Our Country' – Blabbermouth.net | website = roadrunnerrecords.com |date=October 25, 2004 |access-date=August 4, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081209023000/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=28343 |archive-date=December 9, 2008}}</ref> In addition, Mustaine has made several comments critical of president [[Barack Obama]], calling him "the most divisive president we've ever had" in 2011,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=165143 |title=DAVE MUSTAINE Says OBAMA Is 'The Most Divisive President We've Ever Had' |publisher=Roadrunnerrecords.com |date= October 25, 2011 |access-date=November 8, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027162842/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=165143 |archive-date=October 27, 2011 }}</ref> and commenting that he believed that Obama was [[Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories|born outside of the United States]] during a March 2012 interview on ''[[George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight]]''.<ref name="strombo">{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/megadeth-singer-gives-santorum-a-thumbs-up-1.1197614 |title=Megadeth singer gives Santorum a thumbs-up |publisher=[[CBC News]] |date=March 26, 2012 |access-date=March 27, 2012 |archive-date=March 27, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327170233/http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/03/26/megadeath-dave-mustaine.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In an August 2012 Singapore performance on the tour to support the band's then-new album ''Thirteen'', Mustaine expressed his views of President Obama and recent gun violence in the United States, making an accusation that Obama had staged the [[2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting|shootings at Aurora, Colorado]], and [[Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting|a Wisconsin Sikh temple]] in order to push a gun control agenda, while engaging the audience during onstage banter in between songs. Mustaine also criticized the [[ATF gunwalking scandal|'Fast and Furious' arms scandal]] and said that the country looked like it was turning into "Nazi America".<ref>{{cite news |title=Dave Mustaine, Megadeth Singer, Says Obama 'Staged' Aurora Shooting, Sikh Temple Shooting To Pass A Gun Ban |date=August 15, 2012 |work=The Huffington Post |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/15/dave-mustaine-megadeth-si_n_1784525.html |first=Matt |last=Ferner |access-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-date=July 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180728154754/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/15/dave-mustaine-megadeth-si_n_1784525.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Dave Mustaine: Obama Staged Aurora, Sikh Temple Shootings |first=Marc |last=Schneider |date=August 16, 2012 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/480408/dave-mustaine-obama-staged-aurora-sikh-temple-shootings |access-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-date=January 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112181614/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/480408/dave-mustaine-obama-staged-aurora-sikh-temple-shootings |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Eakin |first=Marah |title=Dave Mustaine thinks Obama staged the shootings in Colorado and Wisconsin |url=https://www.avclub.com/dave-mustaine-thinks-obama-staged-the-shootings-in-colo-1798232868 |newspaper=The AV Club |date=August 15, 2012 |access-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-date=October 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131028162412/http://www.avclub.com/articles/dave-mustaine-thinks-obama-staged-the-shootings-in,83895/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Mustaine's comments drew criticism from wounded Aurora massacre survivor Carli Richards, who said Mustaine was being "absurd" and that his conspiracy theory shifted blame away from the shooter, noting that "[the president] didn't shoot me".<ref>{{cite news |title=Carli Richards, Aurora Shooting Survivor, Responds To Megadeth Singer's Obama 'Staged' Comment |date=August 17, 2012 |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/17/carli-richards-aurora-megadeth-dave-mustaine-obama_n_1799040.html |work=The Huffington Post |first=Timothy |last=Stenovec |access-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085140/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/17/carli-richards-aurora-megadeth-dave-mustaine-obama_n_1799040.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.tmz.com/2012/08/16/batman-megadeth-singer-barack-obama-victim-carli-richards-dave-mustain/#ixzz23uepOjqu |title='Batman' Massacre Victim to Megadeth Singer: Don't Blame Obama! |work=[[TMZ]].com |date=August 16, 2012 |access-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-date=July 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729050302/https://www.tmz.com/2012/08/16/batman-megadeth-singer-barack-obama-victim-carli-richards-dave-mustain/#ixzz23uepOjqu |url-status=live }}</ref> In response to the controversy over his comments, Mustaine told Alex Jones that his comments were done "in the heat of the moment". He also denied any intention to hurt anyone with his comments, but believed that the possibility of a conspiracy should still be looked into.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dave Mustaine addresses shooting comments controversy |date=August 17, 2012 |url=http://blog.sfgate.com/dailydish/2012/08/17/dave-mustaine-addresses-shooting-comments-controversy/ |work=San Francisco Chronicle |access-date=August 18, 2012 |archive-date=November 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121124081717/http://blog.sfgate.com/dailydish/2012/08/17/dave-mustaine-addresses-shooting-comments-controversy/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In February 2012, Mustaine gave a statement supportive of the [[Rick Santorum presidential campaign, 2012|presidential campaign]] of conservative Republican and former United States Senator [[Rick Santorum]]. Mustaine commented on Santorum's "presidential qualities" and pointed to Santorum's [[Rick Santorum presidential campaign, 2012#New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Florida|temporary suspension of his campaign to be with his sick daughter]] as the act that gained his attention and respect. However, Mustaine denied that his statement was intended as an endorsement of Santorum.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/dave-mustaine-im-not-ready-to-endorse-rick-santorum-20120216 |title=Dave Mustaine: I'm Not Ready to Endorse Rick Santorum |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=February 16, 2012 |access-date=August 4, 2014 |archive-date=August 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808104524/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/dave-mustaine-im-not-ready-to-endorse-rick-santorum-20120216 |url-status=live }}</ref> He expressed his hope that Santorum would win the nomination but stated that, regardless of the results, he would be voting against a second term for President Obama. Mustaine also criticized other Republican presidential candidates: he was critical of a $100 million trust fund that Massachusetts governor [[Mitt Romney]] set up for his sons and criticized Texas Congressman [[Ron Paul]] for his unorthodox political views, saying Paul "make[s] total sense for a while, and then he'll say something so way out that it negates everything else". Mustaine also admitted that he once supported former Georgia Congressman and House Speaker [[Newt Gingrich]], but that he no longer thought he could vote for him.<ref name=RickSantorumComments>{{cite news |title= Megadeath frontman wants to see Rick Santorum in the White House, report says |url= https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/megadeath-frontman-wants-to-see-rick-santorum-in-the-white-house-report-says/ |work= FoxNews.com |author= News Core |access-date= February 25, 2012 |date= February 15, 2012 |archive-date= February 26, 2012 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120226051439/http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/02/15/megadeath-frontman-wants-to-see-rick-santorum-in-white-house/ |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first= Dave |last= Mustaine |interviewer= Joe Bosso |url= http://www.musicradar.com/news/live/interview-megadeths-dave-mustaine-talks-guitar-politics-and-todays-music-529703/3 |title= Interview: Megadeth's Dave Mustaine talks guitar, politics and today's music &#124; Guitar News |website= MusicRadar.com |date= February 14, 2012 |access-date= August 4, 2014 |archive-date= May 24, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130524193442/http://www.musicradar.com/news/live/interview-megadeths-dave-mustaine-talks-guitar-politics-and-todays-music-529703/3 |url-status= live }}</ref>

===Martial arts===
Mustaine holds black belts in [[taekwondo]] and [[Benny Urquidez|Ukidokan karate]]. In 2007, he was made a Goodwill Ambassador of the World by the [[World Taekwondo Federation]].<ref>{{cite web |title="Taekwondo Changed My Life" Says Megadeth Leader Dave Mustaine |url=http://www.wtf.org/bbs/bbs.php?bbs_no=1222&bbs_code=10004&bbs_cate=&bbs_num=35&page=3&search=&keyword=&symode=view&PHPSESSID=a1584ee18820d1835f0695916bc14569 |work=wtf.org |access-date=May 16, 2011 |archive-date=March 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322192055/http://www.wtf.org//bbs/bbs.php?&bbs_cate=&bbs_code=10004&bbs_no=1222&bbs_num=35&keyword=&page=3&search=&symode=view |url-status=dead }}</ref> Mustaine has also trained [[Sanshou]] and [[Kickboxing]] and has recently become a dedicated practitioner of [[Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu]]. In January 2021, he was awarded the rank of Purple Belt in the art.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://jitsmagazine.com/megadeth-frontman-dave-mustaine-earns-bjj-purple-belt-at-59/|title = Megadeth Frontman Dave Mustaine Earns BJJ Purple Belt at 59|date = January 17, 2021|access-date = January 17, 2021|archive-date = January 17, 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210117150736/https://jitsmagazine.com/megadeth-frontman-dave-mustaine-earns-bjj-purple-belt-at-59/|url-status = live}}</ref> Shortly after Megadeth released their sixteenth studio album, Mustaine was promoted to brown belt in BJJ at the age of 61.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://jitsmagazine.com/megadeth-frontman-dave-mustaine-promoted-to-bjj-brown-belt/ | title=Megadeth Frontman Dave Mustaine Promoted to BJJ Brown Belt | date=October 9, 2022 }}</ref>