Dave Mustaine reveals what was Megadeth’s greatest achievement

Dave Mustaine was asked to identify Megadeth‘s greatest accomplishment in a recent interview with Poland’s Mystic Festival, as per Blabbermouth.

Just getting respectability for metal guitar players. I think that’s really great, because when we first started out, metal guitar players were really great, but people just didn’t have any respect for them because the bands that they were in were teeny little bands. And as we went along and opened more doorways, some of the doors we had to kick in, but we opened doors for ourselves and other people.

When asked if the song “Peace Sells” from Megadeth’s 1986 album “Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying?” was a “turning point” for him, Mustaine responded as follows.

I didn’t feel that… I had not felt that for a long time. And I knew when I wrote the song that there was a part in the middle, the middle eight part, that was the first time I had come up with a part that melodic. Everything else was really aggressive, where they rip your face off kind of stuff. And ‘Peace Sells’, the tempo was slower, the riff was slower, and the sarcasm in the lyrics, ‘What do you mean?’ You know? That was the beginning of my character really coming into focus for me as a frontman, as a singer, as a lyricist.

“Symphony Of Destruction” from the band’s fifth studio album, 1992’s “Countdown To Extinction”; “Holy Wars… The Punishment Due” from 1990’s “Rust In Peace” LP; and the previously mentioned “Peace Sells” were Mustaine’s top three Megadeth songs.

‘Symphony’ [and] ‘Holy Wars’ because of the stance in the lyrics that we need to be together. ‘Peace Sells’ because ‘Peace Sells’ is one of those songs that shows the wit, the sarcasm and the desire for metal fans to have a better life. When they sing, ‘I’ll be the first in line’, that means they want something better too.

Upcoming shows by Megadeth:

• Saturday, August 29, 2026 – Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON, Canada
• Sunday, August 30, 2026 – Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON, Canada
• Thursday, September 03, 2026 – Parc Jean Drapeau, Montréal, QC, Canada
• Saturday, September 05, 2026 – Sports Illustrated Stadium, Harrison, NJ, US
• Sunday, September 06, 2026 – Sports Illustrated Stadium, Harrison, NJ, US
• Wednesday, September 09, 2026 – TD Garden, Boston, MA, US
• Friday, September 11, 2026 – Jiffy Lube Live, Bristow, VA, US
• Saturday, September 12, 2026 – PNC Music Pavilion, Charlotte, NC, US
• Tuesday, September 15, 2026 – Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey, PA, US
• Thursday, September 17, 2026 – Louder Than Life, Louisville, KY, US
• Saturday, September 19, 2026 – Mystic Lake Amphitheater, Shakopee, MN, US
• Tuesday, September 22, 2026 – Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, IL, US
• Friday, September 25, 2026 – BMO Stadium, Los Angeles, CA, US
• Sunday, September 27, 2026 – BMO Stadium, Los Angeles, CA, US
• Tuesday, September 29, 2026 – Alamodome, San Antonio, TX, US
• Saturday, November 07, 2026 – Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand
• Sunday, November 08, 2026 – Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand
• Wednesday, November 11, 2026 – Entertainment Centre, Adelaide, Australia
• Friday, November 13, 2026 – AAMI Park, Melbourne, Australia
• Sunday, November 15, 2026 – Allianz Stadium, Sydney, Australia
• Wednesday, November 18, 2026 – Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, Australia
• Thursday, November 19, 2026 – Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, Australia
• Tuesday, March 09, 2027 – The O2 Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
• Thursday, March 11, 2027 – OVO Arena Wembley, London, United Kingdom
• Friday, March 12, 2027 – Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham, United Kingdom
• Saturday, March 13, 2027 – Co-Op Live, Manchester, United Kingdom
• Monday, March 15, 2027 – Utilita Arena, Cardiff, United Kingdom
• Tuesday, March 16, 2027 – OVO Hydro, Glasgow, United Kingdom
• Thursday, March 18, 2027 – Bp Pulse LIVE, Birmingham, United Kingdom
• Friday, March 19, 2027 – First Direct Arena, Leeds, United Kingdom
• Sunday, March 21, 2027 – Zénith Paris – La Villette, Paris, France
• Tuesday, March 23, 2027 – Forest National, Brussels, Belgium
• Wednesday, March 24, 2027 – AFAS Live, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Thursday, March 25, 2027 – Mitsubishi Electric Halle, Dusseldorf, Germany
• Saturday, March 27, 2027 – K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark
• Sunday, March 28, 2027 – Oslo Spektrum, Oslo, Norway
• Tuesday, March 30, 2027 – Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany
• Thursday, April 01, 2027 – Velodrom, Berlin, Germany
• Friday, April 02, 2027 – Tauron Arena, Krakow, Poland
• Sunday, April 04, 2027 – Zenith, Munich, Germany
• Monday, April 05, 2027 – Festhalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
• Tuesday, April 06, 2027 – Unipol Forum, Milan, Italy
• Thursday, April 08, 2027 – Halle Tony Garnier, Lyon, France
• Saturday, April 10, 2027 – Olimpic Arena, Barcelona, Spain
• Monday, April 12, 2027 – Movistar Arena, Madrid, Spain
• Tuesday, April 13, 2027 – Sagres Campo Pequeno, Lisbon, Portugal