Dave Mustaine is not the absolute best guitarist certainly not the best singer. However, I would deffinatley rank him in the top ten greatest metal guitarists ever. As far as overall metal musicians he is undoubtedly one of the most legendary metal talents to take the stage. Mustaine is a genius song writer, I can't think of any other one person that has written as many geniun original style of songs then he has. His own unique guitar style and song writing ability is what has set him apart from most other bands. Mustaine is Megadeth, you can replace every member except Mustaine and Megadeth will live on. In fact Mustaine is the only original member of Megadeth today, and he pushes on with the same powerful metal attitude which made Megadeth so great. In my opinion the last three Megadeth albums were slacking and almost struggling. Megadeth now with new members came out with a new album called "The system has failed". This new album is straight hard metal, although not Mustaines best work it is however a huge leap to getting the sound of Megadeth back on track, to what I feel is pure Heavy Metal.

Dave Mustaine and Megadeth have been a huge inspiration in my life, their music in my eyes is incredible, genius, and a true artform. I had the pleasure of seeing Megadeth in concert, and I have to say I have never seen anyone put more effort in a performance to give their fans all they have. I admire and respect Mustaine for his amazing abilites and the music he has givin us over the years. I will always be a diehard Megadeth fan and support my greatest hero Dave Mustaine, without a doubt a legendary musician.