Dave Mustaine was tossed out of Metallica for anti-social behavior.
He was tossed out because he was known to be not only a very mean drunk, but was doing lots of coke as well.
He's faught his demons over the years, that is for sure.
But as if James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich weren't just as big abusers.
All those guys have been in and out of rehab more times than you can count.
I met Dave Mustaine on a few occasions when I lived in Hawaii. At a party when they came out to play on the peace sells tour, and a few years later when he came out to visit friends of mine during a break in touring.
Very gifted musician, and I respect him a lot more than Metallica who haven't put out anything musicially worthy for over 15 years. Dave never sold out, I love his music, and he's good to his fans. Plus, I think he was more of a conservative before 9/11. People he most dispises is Tipper and Al Gore. Dave really was vocal about his hatred for Tipper's consorship organization, the PMRC.
Yes, but he's also refused to take the stage after a Satanic death metal band doing the opening act. That was 25 years ago, people change.