Dave Mustain quit Megadeth due to an injury and the band broke up. The press release is at www.megadeth.com.
What a bummer.
Slee
:eek: 
Probably not a bad time to walk away, but damn.
Now excuse me while I go find Peace Sells . . .
no offense, but megadeth hasn’t come out with anything actually well…good for arguably the past 10 years. I say good riddance.
Disrespectful sonofabitch !
I am actually in shock over this news. Megadeth have always been the most special band to me personally. They introduced me to a lifetime of powerful emotions - the kind of things that only music can give to a person.
Although I did not care for the music of their entire career, they could still put on one of the tightest live performances known to the stage. Dave will always be as legendary to me as any of the great guitarists of all time.
I wish him and Jr. well, I hope they are both able to make additional contributions to music. God bless, Megadeth…
The live DVD drops on April 9th - the final testament to this innovative and groundbreaking band.
I saw this news the other day. What I don’t understand is why doesn’t he stick around and just sing and write songs? I’m not a fan but I would think that if he can’t play he could at least do the rest.
Oh well, NP Countdown to Extinction, one of the only albums I have.
Yeah, I agree. As much as I love the band and respect them for their musical skills, they really should have done this a long time ago. That way, the band members would have been freed up to start other bands and do something interesting for a change. It always depresses me a little to see bands stagnate.
Megadeth may have stagnated a bit, but they were still awesome, and put on a hell of a show when I saw them last fall. I’m so glad that I did manage to see them then; apparently that was one of their last shows (relatively speaking).
I haven’t heard anything from Megadeth since… well, ever, actually.
But nevertheless, the name Megadeth hasn’t appeared anywhere in my vision in at least a decade or more. So it’s no huge surprise that a band decided to break up after such a length of time.
Megadeth sucks now and has always sucked. But they remind me of the Chicago CUbs in some respects. Lots of great players, but they make a shitty team.
Dave is one of the best rythmn guitarists that also sings and Marti is an exceptional guitar player. They just make crappy music together.
MOTOPSYCHO anyone? (wtf was that garabge ?!?)
Hey, my nieces really liked that song. Kinda disturbing to see a couple of bouncy 5 year old girls singing along with Megadeth, though…