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| | All Metallica - Info - Biography - Dave Mustaine |
 | | David Scott Mustaine was born on September 13, 1961, in La Mesa, California, to an abusive, alcoholic father and a victim mentality mother. |
 | | Nervous, Dave asked "so are we jamming, or what?" Lars and James were so impressed just by Dave's warmup, they merely nodded and said "you've got the job," and thus (with the later addition of bassist Ron McGovney) Metallica, in its first incarnation, was born. |
 | | After a tumultuous cross-country drive in a U-Haul van, the band fired Dave upon arrival in New York City in the winter of 1983, due to his almost constant drunkenness, and the belligerence and recklessness that came with it. |
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