He Was Always the New Kid
“When you’re the new kid in school, you get picked on. And when you’re a red head, you get picked on. And when you get picked on long enough, you start to fight back,” Mustaine mentioned in an interview with VH1. His way of scaring off the bullies was being the nutty guy who wasn’t afraid to break someone’s leg.
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Aloof and frightened, Mustaine threw some punches here and there during recess to survive his school years. If that wasn’t enough, his Christian family didn’t allow him to befriend any of the kids from school because they were too “worldly.” Mustaine grew up a disturbed lone wolf.