Why Dave Mustaine Leaving Metallica Was The Best Thing For Both Of Them

April 11, 1983 was a defining day in the history of heavy metal. Not that Dave Mustaine knew it at the time… At around 10am the guitar player was unceremoniously awoken by his bandmates, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich and Cliff Burton. After a particularly heavy evening of boozing, he passed out on his makeshift bed on the floor of the rehearsal room Metallica were using at the Music Building in Queens. Metallica were in New York to play two shows in the run up to recording their debut album with producer Paul Curcio a few weeks later: the first gig was at the Paramount Theater in Staten Island, the second at fabled Brooklyn venue, L’Amour. The Paramount show had been particularly tense with a loaded Mustaine allegedly screaming abuse at the headliners, Dutch hard rockers Vand...

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