Dave Mustaine Claims He Was Left without Credit for Songs that 'Made' Metallica

Dave Mustaine claims he was left without credit for songs that 'made' Metallica

Dave Mustaine has claimed he didn't receive credit for the songs he wrote for Metallica that "made them".

“I wrote a lot of their music that made them. It showed a grotesque lack of character.” Dave Mustaine levels stunning new claim that Metallica pilfered his riffs from a tape recording after he was replaced by Kirk Hammett

He says James Hetfield and co. scalped ideas from the tape, which he left behind after being fired from the band in 1983

"Those solos wrote themselves!" Kirk Hammett picks the Metallica album where he got his playing "spot on"

Iconic Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett thinks he nailed his playing on this album in particular

Metallica's 'Enter Sandman' riff stolen, says ex guitarst

Dave Mustaine, Metallica's ex-guitarist, has accused the band of stealing the riff to fan favourite track 'Enter Sandman' from another band.

"I told them when I left, ‘Do not use my music'. And of course they used it": 42 years on, Dave Mustaine still has a few things to say about his exit from Metallica

"You listen to the riffs, you know they’re my riffs"

Dave Mustaine continues to throw darts at his original band, Metallica. Today Megadeth’s leader spoke with The Shawn Ryan Show and accused the group of stealing the riff of the iconic “Enter Sandman” from another band. What? Excel What song? “Tapping Into the Emotional Void” from 1989. So he stated: “I made sure I never said I quit, because I wanted people to know that I was unfairly fired and that I didn’t care. Maybe we’re not as big as them. …