Editing Dave Mustaine (section)

==Early career==
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===Panic===
Panic was Mustaine's first band. The initial lineup was Dave Harmon on drums, Tom Quecke on guitar, Bob Evans on bass{{sfn|Layden|2011|p=30}} and Pat Voelkes as the singer,{{sfn|Layden|2011|p=31}} with Mustaine on lead guitar. The first gig, played at [[Dana Point, California|Dana Point]], featured Mike Leftwych as a substitute drummer.{{sfn|Layden|2011|p=31}} Leftwych and a sound man were killed in a car crash after the show.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/megadeths-dave-mustaine-talks-first-gig-first-guitar-and-advice-new-players|title=Megadeth's Dave Mustaine Talks First Gig, First Guitar and Advice for New Players|last=Harward|first=Randy|work=[[Guitar World]]|date=November 5, 2014|accessdate=August 10, 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108090055/https://www.guitarworld.com/megadeths-dave-mustaine-talks-first-gig-first-guitar-and-advice-new-players|archivedate=November 8, 2014}}</ref> Mustaine stated that after the band started to fall apart in 1981, Quecke was also killed in a separate car crash shortly after.<ref>{{cite web|date=August 27, 2007|title=Dave's band Panic?|url=http://www.megadeth.com/scorpion_archive.php?scorpion_id=59|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120706204749/http://www.megadeth.com/scorpion_archive.php?scorpion_id=59|archive-date=July 6, 2012|work=megadeth.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=[[Loudwire]]|date=March 23, 2013|title=Dave Mustaine - Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction? (Part 1)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czF_UZMxQ1w|access-date=December 6, 2020|publisher=[[YouTube]]|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108173722/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czF_UZMxQ1w|url-status=live}}</ref>

The first song that Mustaine ever wrote was [[Jump in the Fire]]. Panic songs that Mustaine went on to reuse for Megadeth include N2RHQ (renamed [[Hangar 18 (song)|Hangar 18]]), Child Saint (renamed Rust in Peace... Polaris)<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Grow |first1=Kory |title=Megadeth's Dave Mustaine: My Life in 15 Songs|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/megadeths-dave-mustaine-my-life-in-15-songs-118539/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=January 11, 2017 |access-date=August 2, 2023}}</ref> and [[Mechanix]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-stories-behind-10-of-megadeths-biggest-songs|title=The stories behind 10 of Megadeth's biggest songs|work=[[Kerrang!]]|date=March 20, 2019|accessdate=August 2, 2023|last=Travers|first=Paul}}</ref> Cover songs that Panic played included Nature's Child by [[Triumph (band)|Triumph]] and This Planet's on Fire (Burn in Hell) by [[Sammy Hagar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvB59lniEpk&start=917|title=Kyle Meredith with... Dave Mustaine (Megadeth)|work=YouTube|date=August 16, 2024|accessdate=August 16, 2024}}</ref>

===Metallica===
{{See also|Metallica}}
In 1981, Mustaine disbanded Panic and joined [[Metallica]] as the lead guitarist. Metallica's drummer [[Lars Ulrich]] had posted an ad in a local newspaper, ''[[The Recycler]]'', looking for a lead guitarist.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://groovyhistory.com/dave-mustaine-fired-metallica-megadeth|title=Fired From Metallica, So He Formed Megadeth: Dave Mustaine's Story|date=September 13, 2020|work=groovyhistory.com|access-date=June 1, 2022|archive-date=January 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122134857/https://groovyhistory.com/dave-mustaine-fired-metallica-megadeth|url-status=live}}</ref> In his own words, Mustaine remembers his first meeting with [[James Hetfield]] and Ulrich: "I was in the room warming up and I walked out and asked, 'Well, am I gonna audition or what?', and they said, 'No, you've got the job.' I couldn't believe how easy it had been and suggested that we get some beer to celebrate."<ref name="RealmOfDeth">{{cite web|title=Megadeth vs. Metallica|url=http://megadeth.rockmetal.art.pl/related_metallica.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308053342/http://megadeth.rockmetal.art.pl/related_metallica.html|archive-date=March 8, 2013|work=megadeth.rockmetal.art.pl}}</ref>

Metallica began recording their first album titled ''[[Kill 'Em All]]'' in 1983 but Mustaine's tenure with Metallica was short-lived. [[Brian Slagel]], owner of [[Metal Blade Records]], recalled in an interview: "Dave was an incredibly talented guy but he also had an incredibly large problem with alcohol and drugs. He'd get wasted and become a real crazy person, a raging megalomaniac, and the other guys just couldn't deal with that after a while. I mean, they all drank of course, but Dave drank more… much more. I could see they were beginning to get fed up of seeing Dave drunk out of his mind all the time."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metallicaworld.co.uk/dave_mustaine.htm |title=Dave Mustaine |access-date=May 16, 2008 |work=MetWorld |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170120131700/http://www.metallicaworld.co.uk/dave_mustaine.htm |archive-date=January 20, 2017}}</ref>

On one occasion, Mustaine brought his dog to rehearsal; the dog jumped onto the car of Metallica bassist [[Ron McGovney]] and scratched the paint.<ref name="grunge">{{cite web|url=https://www.grunge.com/198022/the-real-reason-dave-mustaine-left-metallica/|title=Metallica's Shadiest Moments|first=Pauli|last=Poisuo|date=March 31, 2020|access-date=June 1, 2022|work=[[Static Media|Grunge]]|archive-date=May 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529094200/https://www.grunge.com/198022/the-real-reason-dave-mustaine-left-metallica/|url-status=live}}</ref> Hetfield allegedly yelled at Mustaine's dog and kicked it in a fit of rage, which provoked Mustaine into physically attacking Hetfield.<ref name=grunge/> Mustaine was fired following the altercation, but the next day, Mustaine asked to be allowed back in the band and was granted his request.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/original_metallica_bassist_ron_mcgovney_james__lars_put_up_with_mustaines_asshole_behavior_because_he_was_such_good_guitarist.html|title=Original Metallica Bassist Ron McGovney: James & Lars Put Up With Mustaine's Asshole Behavior Because He Was Such Good Guitarist|work=[[Talk is Jericho]]|via=[[Ultimate Guitar]]|date=July 14, 2018|access-date=June 1, 2022|archive-date=January 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220131010132/https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/original_metallica_bassist_ron_mcgovney_james__lars_put_up_with_mustaines_asshole_behavior_because_he_was_such_good_guitarist.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Another incident occurred when Mustaine, who had been drinking, poured a can of beer down the neck and into the [[Pickup (music technology)|pickups]] of McGovney's bass, resulting in electrical damage.<ref name=grunge/> McGovney claimed that he was unaware of the damage and that he received an electric shock upon plugging it into an amplifier.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9557l5mkGqI|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101201444/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9557l5mkGqI| archive-date=November 1, 2020 | url-status=dead|title=Behind the music- Megadeth |website=[[YouTube]] |access-date=December 13, 2020}}</ref>

On April 11, 1983, after Metallica had driven to New York to record their debut album, Mustaine was officially ejected from the band because of his alcoholism, [[Substance abuse|drug abuse]], overly [[Aggression|aggressive behavior]], and personal clashes with founding members Hetfield and Ulrich, an incident Mustaine refers to as "no warning, no second chance".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/dave-mustaine-fired-from-metallica-anniversary/|date=April 11, 2022|access-date=June 1, 2022|title=39 Years Ago: Dave Mustaine Fired From Metallica|first=Jon|last=Wiederhorn|work=[[Loudwire]]|archive-date=June 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601095832/https://loudwire.com/dave-mustaine-fired-from-metallica-anniversary/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/dave-mustaine-why-i-lost-my-job-with-metallica|title=DAVE MUSTAINE: Why I Lost My Job With METALLICA|work=Lydverket|via=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=October 15, 2009|access-date=June 1, 2022|archive-date=June 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601095835/https://blabbermouth.net/news/dave-mustaine-why-i-lost-my-job-with-metallica|url-status=live}}</ref> The band packed up Mustaine's gear, drove him to the [[Port Authority Bus Terminal]], and put him on a [[Greyhound bus]] bound for Los Angeles.<ref name=RealmOfDeth /> On this bus ride Mustaine scribbled some lyrical ideas on the back of a [[Flyer (pamphlet)|hand bill]], which later became the song "[[Set the World Afire]]" from the 1988 Megadeth album ''[[So Far, So Good... So What!]]''<ref>{{cite web|quote=Set the World Afire' was the song that was actually titled 'Megadeth,' that I wrote about Alan Cranston when I first left Metallica and got in the bus. It was kind of a post-apocalyptic song about what happens after the bomb was dropped.|url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/dave_mustaine_speaks_on_why_he_had_to_fire_early_megadeth_members_talks_how_marty_friedman_behaved_at_audition.html|work=[[Gibson (guitar company)|Gibson]]|via=[[Ultimate Guitar]]|date=August 26, 2021|access-date=June 1, 2022|title=Dave Mustaine Speaks on Why He Had to Fire Early Megadeth Members, Talks How Marty Friedman Behaved at Audition|archive-date=June 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601095832/https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/dave_mustaine_speaks_on_why_he_had_to_fire_early_megadeth_members_talks_how_marty_friedman_behaved_at_audition.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

During his time in Metallica, Mustaine toured with the band, co-wrote four songs that appeared on ''Kill 'Em All,'' and co-wrote two songs that eventually appeared on the 1984 album ''[[Ride the Lightning]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/dave-mustaine-reveals-his-favorite-metallica-song-that-he-wrote|work=[[LA Weekly]]|via=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|title=DAVE MUSTAINE Reveals His Favorite METALLICA Song That He Wrote|date=January 18, 2016|access-date=June 1, 2022|archive-date=June 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601095833/https://blabbermouth.net/news/dave-mustaine-reveals-his-favorite-metallica-song-that-he-wrote|url-status=live}}</ref> Mustaine has also made unverified claims to have written parts of "Leper Messiah" from ''[[Master of Puppets]]''.<ref name=RealmOfDeth />

===Fallen Angels===
Fallen Angels was the name of the short-lived band that Mustaine founded after his departure from Metallica. In April 1983, after returning to California to live with his mother, he landed what he calls his first real job with the aid of Robbie McKinney. McKinney and a friend, Matt Kisselstein, worked with Mustaine as telemarketers. Mustaine quit his job after earning enough money to move to an apartment in Hollywood, and recruited McKinney, who played guitar, and Kisselstein, who played bass, for his band Fallen Angels.{{sfn|Layden|2011|p=103}} In his biography, Mustaine describes that "We lacked the chemistry, the energy, the spark—or whatever you want to call it—that gives a band life in its infancy."{{sfn|Layden|2011|p=103}} The partnership did not last.{{sfn|Layden|2011|p=103}}

This paved the way for his partnership with [[Dave Ellefson]] and Greg Handevidt. Ellefson was playing the opening bass line of Van Halen's "[[Runnin' with the Devil]]" in the apartment below Mustaine's.{{Sfn|Layden|2011|p=105}} After stomping on the floor and shouting for them to stop, Mustaine, being hung over at the time, took a potted plant and threw it out of his window and hit the air conditioner of the apartment below.{{Sfn|Layden|2011|p=105}} This resulted in the two coming up to Mustaine's apartment to ask for cigarettes. Mustaine replied "There's a store on the corner" and slammed the door in their faces.{{Sfn|Layden|2011|p=105}} A few minutes later, they knocked on the door, this time asking if they could buy him beer.{{Sfn|Layden|2011|p=106}} Mustaine's reply: 'OK, now you are talking'. They spent the night talking about music, and soon after, Mustaine, Ellefson and Handevidt were bandmates.

With little confidence in his own vocal capabilities, Mustaine added 'Lor' Kane to the Fallen Angels roster. Kane did not stay long, although he is credited for the suggestion that they should change the name to Megadeth, knowing that Mustaine had written a song of the same name.{{Sfn|Layden|2011|p=108}} After Kane left, the first of many drummers, [[Dijon Carruthers]], joined the band. The lineup of Mustaine, Ellefson, Handevidt, and Carruthers was one of the first incarnations of Megadeth.{{Sfn|Layden|2011}}