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Megadeth's Dave Mustane Made Christmas Special

posted Dec 27, 2007 at 11:37 PM by deathbringer.  (6 Comments)

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Rocker Dave Mustaine has turned Santa Claus for a group of San Diego, California-area children who face Christmas without homes or parents after a successful charity campaign left him filling sacks with toys.

The Megadeth frontman teamed up with Hasbro toys after fans helped him raise cash to buy gifts for military kids with parents serving overseas at Christmas or killed by the war in Iraq.

Firefighters' children and others less fortunate will also benefit from Mustaine's gifts.

The kind-hearted rocker says, "I was able to get a whole bunch of toys... I bought nine-and-a-half pallets of toys and am donating them to the children who have lost their homes and ultimately their toys and their little worlds. The church I go to, that has 300-400 military children whose parents are deployed; the Toys For Tots with the Marines, who always have given toys to kids, and lastly our firefighters down here."

Much of the money raised came from purchases of Mustaine's new charity coffee brand, Legends Cup, at Megadeth concerts.

In the website message to fans, the thrilled rocker says, "None of this would be possible without your support of Legends Cup Coffee Cup. Thank you guys, I really, really mean it."

Source: The Gauntlet

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6 Comments on "Megadeth's Dave Mustane Made Christmas Special"

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1. bubba513 writes:

Dave Respect Points +100

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2. Twitchybassist writes:

Dave Mustaine is well...a f***ing amazing guitarist and a good man.

Yet, I forsee many people b****ing about him.

WHAT A f***ING SHOCK!!

# Dec 28, 2007 @ 12:41 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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3. bubba513 writes:

i would normally b**** about him but i now realize he has a heart!

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4. citrus_tea writes:

I often wandered what happened to all the toys that Dave threw out of his pram through the years.

# Dec 28, 2007 @ 7:53 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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5. smoothjazz writes:

for as much crap as he gets, dave is a really good guy at heart

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6. darenluster writes:

Praise God! Dave's Christianity is starting to shine through....We need more artists like Dave, Nicko Mcbrain (Maiden) and Alice Cooper in this modern dark age.

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