10 Hard Rock Bands That FIRED Members
1. Metallica - Dave Mustaine
Metallica's expulsion of Dave Mustaine is something that is still talked about in metal circles. The acrimonious split between both parties left years of bad blood and a ton of great music from each other's creative ventures.
The band was en route to New York from San Francisco to record their first album when the band started to notice Mustaine's erratic behavior becoming more intolerable by the day. By the time the band got to the East Coast, they had made up their mind about their next course of action. After waking Dave up early in the morning, the band quickly sent him packing, picking up Exodus guitarist Kirk Hammett and leaving Mustaine with a bus ticket back to California.
On the ride back, Mustaine had the drive to put together the band that may just have the ability to surpass the glory of Metallica. Quickly getting to work with bassist Dave Ellefson, Megadeth was born with Mustaine at the helm as the venomous heavy metal frontman. It may not have been a pleasant road for either band, but Metallica and Megadeth turned all of their aggression into some of the best metal music the genre has to offer.