Dave Mustaine

Dave Mustaine’s journey from Metallica exile to Megadeth icon wasn’t a straight line. Cold calls. Scripted pitches. Quotas. This was Dave Mustaine’s world before Megadeth.

With a visor for eyes and caps for ears, Vic Rattlehead’s iconic guise tells a story of metal, censorship, and rebellion woven into Megadeth’s fabric.

A look back at why Dave Mustaine was fired from Metallica, when it happened, and the unforgettable Metallica songs that carry his signature to this day.

Dave Mustaine, Megadeth’s leading man, started with an unlikely guitar choice. A pink B.C. Rich Warlock. That odd pink guitar would echo through the annals of metal history.