Composer
Dave Mustaine
American musician
b. 1961
17 works in the index
- Born
- 1961
- Birthplace
- La Mesa
- Citizenship / historical state
- United States
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
David Scott Mustaine (born September 13, 1961) 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.
Prior to forming Megadeth, Mustaine was the lead guitarist of Metallica but did not appear on any albums. He was credited as a writer on four songs from Kill 'Em All and two songs from Ride the Lightning. Mustaine was born into a family of Jehovah's Witnesses. He now identifies as a born-again Christian. He has experienced alcohol and drug problems throughout his life, and briefly battled throat cancer in 2019. Mustaine has been married to Pamela Anne Casselberry since 1991, with whom he has two children, Electra and Justis Mustaine.
In a vote on the internet forum of Ultimate Guitar, Mustaine was ranked third in the top 25 rhythm guitarists of all time, first in Joel McIver's book The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists, tenth in Loudwire's "66 Best Hard Rock + Metal Guitarists of All Time", and third in their "10 Greatest Rhythm Guitarists in Rock + Metal".
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- guitarist; singer; composer; songwriter
- Education
- Marina High School
- Genres
- thrash metal; heavy metal music; speed metal
- Official website
- http://www.megadeth.com/
- Nickname
- Dave
- Languages used
- English
- VIAF ID
- 84966004
- ISNI
- 0000000078450627
- GND ID
- 134594797
- Library of Congress ID
- nb2002067300
- MusicBrainz ID
- 2f58d07c-4ed6-4f29-8b10-95266e16fe1b
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Guitar
- Works with composition dates
- 0 of 17
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Works
Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.
| Work | Year composed | Catalogue / opus | Key in title | Listed instruments | Genre | Editions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Swan | — | — | — | Guitar | — | 1 |
| Deadly Nightshade | — | — | — | Guitar | — | 1 |
| Never Dead | — | — | — | Guitar | — | 1 |
| Whose Life | — | — | — | Guitar | — | 1 |
| Wrecker | — | — | — | Guitar | — | 1 |
| 1000 Times Goodbye | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Burning Bridges | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Disconnect | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dread & The Fugitive Mind | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Losing My Senses | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Moto Psycho | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Promises | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Recipe For Hate...Warhouse | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Return To Hangar | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Silent Scorn | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| The World Needs A Hero | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| When | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 84966004. Portrait: Selbymay, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.