The First Time with Dave Mustaine | Rolling Stone

Singer discusses his first time "buying" music, winning a Grammy and more in Rolling Stone's 'First Time' clip, as he reflects on 35 years in Megadeth
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[@juanantoniojuarezrodriguez9607]

he sings he plays guitar he smile he loves but most important he imitates Lars so fuckin good

[@necrogirl666]

And He grabbed ball of james every time.

[@lucid2431]

** So focking good

[@booman727]

better than lars lol

[@an_38kitkashyap]

@@lucid2431 he fokking left the band

[@lucalone]

you can't say who is who when he does it ^^

[@Dubtee]

I genuinely believe Dave has more patience than anybody, because he always has to deal with Metallica questions. And being reminded that he was in Metallica.

[@kenfist1307]

That's true.

[@cnelly4582]

Exactly! Everyone always says that Dave is always bringing them up.... Completely the opposite

[@OneTrueVikingbard]

Well given what happened when he buried the hatchet (rhymes with Super Collider), maybe he needs the rivalry more than the fans do 🤐

[@MegaAddict11]

I love when Dave imitates Lars, it's hilarious 😂😂😂😂

[@11DNA11]

The old "It really meant alot to me, man" imitation is fucking spot on :D

[@metalscholar5681]

+11DNA11 hahah you still remember..it was epic, indeed :D

[@frankpeltier7711]

Fuck Lars , and his phoney Band , Let The Little kids and pop fans have them

[@kaffeine0178]

Leslie Valeska That is always amazing 😂😂

[@Maintenancebay]

Tom Wayland totally fucking nailed it too in his book lmao

[@joelrodely]

That Four Horseman story just blew my mind...

[@imk9633]

Joel Rodely I had a feeling it was sweet home Alabama 😂

[@nobdydoh4263]

I never noticed that. But now I'll never be able to NOT hear it!

[@MetalheadNation]

Oh my gosh, that's what I thought it was!

[@kiwibooy8155]

I already notice that

[@joelrodely]

nice job

[@thelifesampler]

Dave didnt feel bad because they played master of puppets at the grammys but because they played it so bad it hurts his ears. Lol

[@MegaThrasher95]

Edu B. Did you see how bad they butchered Master of Puppets?? Lmao.

[@thelifesampler]

MegaThrasher95 lol yeah I laughed my ass off hard. Were I be Dave at that moment I'd rather have not my song played by those guys.

[@GMovieSeeker]

I was sure they did it on purpose, to troll Dave...

[@danyjeff4447]

@@GMovieSeeker or maybe dave told them to butcher a metallica song he didnt write just to fuck with metallica... Ok enough of that...

[@DavidLuzi]

at least the band wasn't good enough to play any Megadeth song ...... ^^

[@NunkaOlvidar]

Good thing is didn't say Metallica on the freaking grammy x'D

[@thomasche]

Ahhahahah

[@carsonwood2095]

That would be the ultimate slap in the face

[@NayOnFrames]

He's 56 and his hair is still BRIGHT GINGER, this is *_SO. AWESOME._*

[@Gingerwitty]

Us redheads don't go grey (;

[@Protomorphean]

He uses hair colour, duh.

[@seanoconnor5730]

Jeremy Kerr maybe not. His eyebrows are still red. Unless he dyes his brows too.

[@mprogger5476]

His hair is awesome

[@hardrokrulzjj]

Mets 170 exactly he still has his hair I’m only 40 and my hair got so thin on top I just keep it all shaven.

[@rodbelding9523]

He is so unpredictable in interviews. Sometimes he's chill, sometimes he's super serious, sometimes he's condescending, it's always a mystery when watching a Dave interview.

[@karljonson3287]

Dave Mustaine doing Lars immpresion gives me joy.

[@Disp0sable_Hero]

James doing a Dave singing SoD gives me more joy.

[@MetalRiderPlasma]

@@Disp0sable_Hero do you have a link to share de joy? :D

[@elljen7625]

And Juniors

[@DavidLuzi]

Like him or not, Metal wouldn't be as good without this man !

[@roxannemoser2725]

pachtobeur metal would be nothing without this man. Metallica wouldn't have made it as far as they did without this man. He wrote four songs off the Kill Em All album.

[@Ryan_Thompson_Guitarist]

And part of 2 from Ride the Lightning

[@jwright2995]

like him. metal is better..... then

[@runwhileyoucan9309]

@@roxannemoser2725 actually he only wrote two songs fully by him self and had credit in other three songs in kill em all. In ride the lightning he only has credit on two songs he didn't write them all by himself and metallica would have been the same even if dave hasn't ever been in Metallica because metallica has a really different style from megadeth so yeah

[@TheAnderson41011]

The type of rhythm he plays is pretty hard and he does vocals too. He’s a fucking legend

[@FachryZulfikar]

it is hard.

[@francescasofia8189]

he plays a shit ton of lead also

[@Baltimore_Hood_Vines_2014]

Yo nice pfp dude

[@justinshannon6016]

"I was B A D"- Dave Mustaine. I never expected him to ever say those words in that tone

[@SuperWeedPower]

"He was playing that super technical part"

[@thelesnah8904]

BUM BUM BUM BUM

[@an_38kitkashyap]

BOM! BOM! BOWM!

[@Soldier1287]

Bwom

[@motorhoads6662]

I have nothing against Van Halen, but thats the most horrible bassline to have to listen to when youre hungover. DM, Behind the Music.

[@mo2wheelz74]

Ikr it sounds sooo challenging oh my for I don’t even think 🤔 can play it lol

[@KakashiHatake-ky9hq]

That Van Halen bass line gave us Megadeth....

[@mozdaboz]

No, Metallica firing him did

[@roxannemoser2725]

He's so beautifully honest! "Yea, but I didn't buy it. I traded drugs for it." I love Dave! Always have, always will. The man doesn't know how to lie.

[@TIGERGUTS]

One of the most talented dudes on the planet.

[@Tyrant175]

Without a shadow of a doubt. Many hate on him for speaking his mind freely but that's what I love about him the most.

[@MegaAddict11]

Power Max LMAO go to sleep dude you are talking shit 😂

[@TIGERGUTS]

You're a fool. Leave .

[@ryangattini862]

If you're really gonna equate music to popularity this genre isn't for you, Countdown to Extinction however did peak at #2 but I guess they're no Billy Rae Cyrus lmao

[@emmett4880]

Power Max Have you even listened to a Megadeth song?

[@m1che1]

Dave is starting to show his age.

[@BongEyedBastard]

He's a plastic surgery disaster, morphing into Mickey Rourke before our very eyes.

[@Syclone0044]

It happens to all of us who are fortunate enough to reach older age. May you be so lucky.

[@BongEyedBastard]

Syclone0044 I'm probably older than you and I look nothing like that botox disaster Mickey Rourke.

[@oldschool250]

you will too someday.

[@nobdydoh4263]

m1che1 exactly what I was gonna say.

[@brightbite]

I hear the "Sweet Home Alabama" story, and moments later after this video finishes, I turn on my radio to a local classic rock station and "Sweet Home Alabama" is playing. *cue Twilight Zone theme*

[@discomfort5760]

The prophecy is true.

[@guyincogneto8979]

Don't "classic" stations play that thing once an hour? Along with Dream On and Black Dog.

[@jetboy_]

did you "slow it down man"? 🇩🇰

[@MICHEN3SEAkaFrank9]

What I love about Dave Mustaine is every interview with him is so interesting. He either is funny, savage, badass, or just serious which makes it that much more enjoyable.

[@SeveredLegs]

Still pissed at Lars after all these years. haha.

[@EnSabahNur_6]

totally hahaha, metallica will haunt this dude forever

[@cafenightster4548]

I would be, fuck that dude. It's like having a child with your wife, then finding out the kid is Lars's and you've been raising that kid for 15yrs. He isn't even that great on drums.

[@ilikemetal2910]

CafeNightster why do you hate him though?

[@0xilipe0]

They toured together, went to stage together and even phone each other from time to time. Shit, Dave played Jump in the Fire and Phantom Lord with Metallica during one of the shows celebrating the band's 30th aniversary. Only the fans keep this dumb "beef" going. Dave also did a dumb voice for Ellefson so dont read too much into things.

[@donglord6970]

HE LEFT THE FOCKING BAND

[@evilivy666]

Dave always have the BEST HAIR in metal history.

[@bugumorrison]

Dave should do a draw my life

[@S-A-CCL]

ToonEddieStreams It would be a fuckin horror movie lmao this guy has been through some shit, I respect him so much

[@idkwhattocallthisaccount9660]

I know this comment is old, but he does have an autobiography. The idea is pretty similar

[@qr-code6334]

@@S-A-CCL I respect him too, except for his old fashioned christian religious beliefs.

[@francescasofia8189]

He has, it’s called books

[@rafaello1996]

he looks like my grandma, such a lovely person, how you could hate him?

[@brandonchurch2094]

rafaello1996 He was an ass back in the day. He's been cool since 2001 or so

[@rafaello1996]

i know, to be honest he still say some shit even in modern times, he is 90% time cool, but sometimes he say completly bullshit, probably his mind is off soemtimes because of drugs

[@brandonchurch2094]

Yup. Seems like 1 day he's the coolest guy on earth. Tomorrow he is the biggest asshole. Chris Poland explained it in the Megadeth documentary.

[@sopainstantanea4887]

Still... I love this guy!!!

[@jelly4129]

rafaello1996 lol grandma

[@zerolullabiez]

Nice Lars impersonation Dave. 🇩🇰

[@tommybooton3351]

“Bum bum bum you know that really hard part”

[@yamilcortes9725]

Good thing it didn't say Metallica on the freaking Grammy.

[@giulianacr2638]

If I had 3 wishes, one of them would be for this man to get an extra life. His music has helped me a lot to process and heal things in my life.

[@TheAmericanDragn]

I knew "Four Horsemen" sounded like "Sweet Home Alabama!"

[@sourkrauts411]

Cliff and Dave could of changed rock history.

[@zodinxxmyth8807]

sourkrauts411 they already did

[@bodhiboy4775]

Ummmm They did

[@TheGabrielSevero123]

They did actually

[@ProtectTheRebel]

I thought metallica,without dave, created the middle part in the four horsemen after they kicked him out. Is it actually so that dave wrote that as well?? I never knew 😰

[@PetarJovanovic993]

Well clearly, Lynyrd Skynyrd wrote it.

[@josemb_1473]

They basically just re-arranged everything and changed the lyrics

[@TheExtinctSpecies]

that's fucking hilarious

[@thcrimsnfckr666]

Yeah listen to Mechanixs off of Killing is My Business it’s the same riff just played faster

[@markandersen793]

Now you know.

[@flobwad]

I’m in love with this crazy old man

[@garrettbonneville7866]

Sarcasm over 9000

[@bellmeisterful]

I love Dave. He's better than all of us musically.

[@flintandsteel1743]

Super technical intro........'boom, boom, boom' 😂😂Dave is Awesome

[@MukulVermamukulverma]

I was having a bad day and then I watched Mustaine imitate Lars. Everything's good now

[@MissAzul2]

Sir Dave Mustainr... U're my #1 guitar hero 💗

[@emremutlu2466]

I love how dave voiced lars 😂 Long live king 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@triippy...6476]

1:52 the same exact voice he did when he told this story before- and as awkward for him as it is, this sounds just like Ellefson.

[@francescasofia8189]

Junior probably still had an accent back then also

[@ProPatriaRO]

God of Metal Dave Mustaine!

[@Evesrabbit]

ProPatriaRO Ozzy Osbourne is god of metal

[@Evesrabbit]

ProPatriaRO along with Dave Mustaine , blackie lawless and Bruce Dickinson

[@Baraka_Obama_]

You forgot Fred Durst

[@arealmaniac2885]

m b yea but Ozzy just sings. For what I hear he didn’t even write the majority of his songs. Dave on the other hand 🤫

[@facundomarcantonio4449]

m b But Ozzy does not play guitar.

[@muhammadirsyazman8389]

The story about him and Ellefson is so cute😂

[@megadezziescat1124]

I've been fan of Dave and Megadeth... I'm just as old as Dave. I hope to see him one last time before it's over. Wish I could meet him. 😍 yes love the hair and the aged Dave.

[@sushilshrestha6109]

Dave doesnt need any grammy he himself is far bigger than grammy. King of thrash metal

[@geronimosantacruz4110]

1:52 thats a good Ellefson impression 🤣

[@ezequiel2940]

*The first time: I was fired from Metallica*

[@andresardon2286]

I love when artists don't loose it ( or at least they pretend they don't) when they have tell the same story over AND over again.

[@D-Man_Jam]

Imagine you're the centerpiece of music awards establishments, and you play a Metallica song when awarding Megadeth for winning.

[@fooser77]

I'm waiting for that day .. When both Dave and Alice [Cooper] .. Are interviewed together .. And they discuss -- theology .. Not -- religion .. (religion is superficial in this context) That would blow some minds .. And, out of the blue .. Blackie Lawless joins in .. And, coming out of the background is .. Nicko McBrain! And, the cherry on top towards the end .. Is [David] Ellefson .. Yeah, the guy went to seminary .. But don't ever, ever expect this coming from -- Rolling Stone .. I wish Warrel Dane (Nevermore, Sanctuary) was still alive (RIP) .. I would ask him about .. "Never should one die That cannot decide the truth Never should one cry So suffer the children" -- "The Obsidian Conspiracy" from The Obsidian Conspiracy Where does that come from?

[@kristin3613]

Omg Dave mustain is getting old I love him he will always be my baby zaddy

[@michaelcanada6583]

Love this guy

[@CalebHimself]

Man I love Dave. He is just the coolest guy. Enough said.

[@alvalankerofficial]

Dave Mustaine is one of the main reasons I make a living making music. Thank you for everything you've given to the world, Dave.

[@hausauce]

The fact that they played a Metallica song makes me so mad

[@jdjdhshdhdhrjdjdhshjdjidji1542]

0:58 10/10 perfect Lars impression

[@fotiskaiser]

The Lars imitation is priceless

[@THESONICSPEEDDEMON]

Lars: *oh man, we have to slow this part down in the middle MONNN* *That’s fucking brilliant MONNN*

[@franklindelanoroosevelt9177]

1:31 BAHAHAHA as a bassist the running with the devil joke fucking killed me

[@loganshank926]

Dave Mustaine is hilarious!!!😂😂😂

[@aridelight]

He's such a brilliant story teller! Each of his answers feel like watching mini movies. #teammegadeth

[@metalh3adqueen]

I love Metallica with my whole life but that Lars impression was just too good omg

[@kevinotoole885]

Ok .......I’m not reading any more comments cos I fucking hate people that quote the video I’ve just fucking watched!!!!!!! Just wanted to say that I fucking love Dave and Megadeth 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻 simple!!!

[@LANDSEAAIRCANADA]

Nice

[@darkswan80]

How could you not appreciate this man? He's the most genuine and authentic artist in the music business. No matter what, he'll always say what he thinks. That's a precious and rare quality.

[@p.s.h.3913]

Imagine, If Dav Ellefson hadn't knock twice the future might have been different for Dave.

[@jdamagedgoods]

For my money, there's not a better guitarist in metal than Dave Mustaine.

[@bluesnags7711]

Pretty positive attitude after all the shit they put him through. Dave is the guy everyone overlooked and then said holy fuck.

[@jonathanalcover1539]

this super technical intro to Running with the Devil (pom, pom, pom)... no sarcasm there, or anything.

[@katerinapatiniotis5598]

He imitates the bass note very well! !! 1:33...

[@Joel-vn3bh]

2.57 im not surprised Dave would say that lol

[@wellmaxmedia]

Dave looking old but he still kills it on stage

[@roxannemoser2725]

It was pot he traded, not his pubic hair. He doesn't tell it here, but he's told it elsewhere. Dave is so brutally honest that if it were pubic hair, he would've told it.

[@cimerians]

Cliff and Dave changed everything for the better.

[@dimitrisvill1411]

Cause' i was BAD back then, 9 year old smoking 😂

[@metalmaniac8640]

Come on Dave we all know that u knew they played Metallica at ur Grammy award, Congrats either way

[@Impalaman1968]

Met and hung out with the man ( and the whole band) back in 93......he's as unfiltered as they get! Outspoken, but really a cool guy! More celebrities and famous musicians can take lessons on how to be real from this man!

[@graciasstones8201]

gettin more older ...still have that sense of humor... keep healthy mr.dave, jbu

[@tiscover]

yes, that Metallica Grammy thing was really brutal

[@seegun3088]

The first guy I could consider a role model for thrash. First one to show the world what the dark/light side had to offer. All in all. A great band. Regardless of all the hardships. Rock on brothers and sisters!!!!!

[@DummyEric]

“Do you know where to get some cigarettes” holy that sounded like his younger self when he said that

[@skyenorwood3120]

The four horseman breakdown sounds exactly like sweet home Alabama

[@williammenendez48]

I’ve always laughed at his Lars impression lmao 😂😂😂

[@metaphoria3]

Has rolling stone been living under a rock?

[@hinjurock]

0:46 That's so funny - I bought Kill 'Em All right after it was first released, and I remember I didn't really like it because I thought they sounded like Motorhead mixed with Southern rock, mainly because that clean middle section of Four Horsemen sounded like the main riff for Green Grass and High Tide by The Outlaws and the long pentatonic guitar solos reminded me of Skynyrd and Molly Hatchet. I've never heard anyone else make those comparisons, but now Dave confirms it here. After a few listens, I really started to dig their sound though, and within a month or so, Metallica was my favorite band.

[@kevinbellido3991]

So happy to see him happy and energetic And the unknown pack was obviously pot

[@hinjurock]

Dave should be a stand-up comedian or do spoken word and tell stories onstage - he's hilarious.

[@michakaput4839]

0:18 I thought he was talking bout sth else but luckily i was wrong

[@LeoMessiGoat1986]

Greatest metal songwriter of all time. Rust In Peace is THE best metal album.

[@Baraka_Obama_]

Rhys G You crazy?! Peace Sells is the best!

[@necrogirl666]

Riff guitar of song Poison was cure fucking sick.

[@gravitydragon1904]

Dave Mustaine is awesome.

[@jonathanribnick1420]

Been on a Killing For Peace, So What! binge lately. Some of the best thrash ever !!

[@marcandreidepaz7865]

"Good thing they didn't put Metallica on the grammy.." 😂😂😂 wtf Dave😂😂😂

[@escherpainting8622]

i mean, good story but, i kinda wanted to know more about how his and cliff's relationship actually was

[@lucat.o2035]

Super technical intro 😂😂😂 You did it again dave, ya did it again

[@rebels42wynn83]

I'm just so glad that Dave's getting so healthier and stronger. Thank God he's still the same old Dave : Brutally honest and badass as always! ❤

[@brijeshchettri8435]

Dave has gotten so old. Wish I was born before to see him in his prime days rocking it all out with Megadeth.😭

[@Psychosurgeonpls]

that bass joke shows that he is a REAL guitarist

[@deadlynightshade1658]

He is such a lovely person. Like a good uncle. I love him, he is my biggest idol and someone I look up to.

[@coisital]

A friend told me this was the first interview where Dave didn't mention Metallica. Liar...

[@tickedoffnow]

God Bless You Dave, you don't look so well God forbid, I wish you good health

[@MetalomaniacDude]

I guess that tension between Dave and Lars will never end

[@sissihirvitys]

Oh I thought this was about sex...

[@rosalisoriano2415]

No way, the first music I bought was also AC/DC. I got highway to hell though.