What would have happened to Metallica had Dave Mustaine stayed in the band? Would he have knuckled under as the group diversified their sound in the 1990s? Would he have cut his hair?
That’s the question author Greg Prato asked Megadeth’s Dave Ellefson when he guested on the bassist’s podcast. Prato has recently published a book on Mustaine’s post-Metallica outfit, The World’s State Of The Art Speed Metal Band: The Megadeth Story 1983 – 2002, and he was curious whether Ellefson thought Metallica did his colleague a favour by kicking him out of the band early doors.
