Is Dave Mustaine Dead or Still Alive? Dave Mustaine Birthday and Age

How Old Is Dave Mustaine? Dave Mustaine Birthday

Dave Mustaine was born on September 13, 1961 and is 64 years old now.

Birthday: September 13, 1961
How Old - Age: 64

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Dave Mustaine - Biography

David Scott "Dave" Mustaine is an American musician. He is best known as the co-founder, guitarist, and lead singer of the American thrash metal band Megadeth, and well-known as the original lead guitarist for the American heavy metal band Metallica.
After a series of unsuccessful vocalist auditions, Mustaine elected to take on vocal duties himself in addition to playing lead and rhythm guitar. In 1984, Megadeth cut a three-song demo with drummer Lee Rausch, who replaced Carruthers after Mustaine and Ellefson decided they couldn't trust him. Carruthers had chosen to hide his black heritage from them by claiming he was Spanish, and they couldn't understand why he would deceive them since they weren't racist.[20] Kerry King joined the band for a few shows; however, he opted to leave Megadeth after less than a week so he could continue working on his own band, Slayer. Jazz-influenced drummer Gar Samuelson replaced Rausch, who left after Mustaine convinced him to play with a broken foot. Megadeth recorded a demo as a three-piece band, which captured the attention of guitarist Chris Poland, also a jazz player and a friend of Samuelson, who subsequently joined the band. In November, the band signed a deal with Combat Records and began touring.

In February 1990, guitarist Marty Friedman (formerly of Cacophony) was auditioned to fill in the vacant lead-guitar position. In September of that year, the band joined the "Clash of the Titans" tour overseas with Slayer, Suicidal Tendencies and Testament. The tour began one month before Megadeth released Rust in Peace (1990), which continued their commercial success. They then went back on the road to promote the new album, this time as support for Judas Priest.
Mustaine's daughter, Electra Mustaine, was born on January 28, 1998, the same month that "Trust" was nominated for a Grammy. Megadeth played on the Howard Stern Show and that summer took part in Ozzfest. As Nick Menza sat in the hospital side-lined by a knee injury, he received a call from Mustaine informing him that his services would no longer be needed. Jimmy DeGrasso, who Mustaine had enjoyed playing with in MD.45, joined Megadeth in his place. On New Year's Eve, Megadeth opened for Black Sabbath alongside Soulfly, Slayer, and Pantera.
Mustaine married Pamela Anne Casselberry in 1991. They have two children together, Justis David Mustaine (born February 11, 1992) who also plays guitar and has appeared in several local theatrical productions, and Electra Nicole Mustaine (born January 28, 1998), who is attempting a career in country music. As of 2009, they live in Leonardtown, Maryland.
In 2011, Mustaine said that his neck and spine condition, known as stenosis, was caused by many years of headbanging.