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5 янв 2026 : 
DAVE MUSTAINE Explains Why Guitar Solo In MEGADETH's Version Of 'Ride The Lightning' Is Close To KIRK HAMMETT's 1984 Recording

30 дек 2025 : 
MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE On Other Bands Who Have Announced Farewell Tours: 'They Never Follow Through With It And Stick To Their Word'

25 дек 2025 : 
MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Opens Up About His Battle With Hand Condition Known As Dupuytren's Contracture

22 дек 2025 : 
DIRK VERBEUREN Says Joining MEGADETH Was 'Beyond A Dream: 'I Would've Never Even Dared To Dream That'

19 дек 2025 : 

10 дек 2025 : 
DAVE MUSTAINE Explains Why MEGADETH's Upcoming Album And Tour Will Be The Band's Last

9 дек 2025 : 
DAVE MUSTAINE Says 'Behavior' Of One Of Former MEGADETH Members Stands In Way Of Reunion For Final Concert

8 дек 2025 : 
DAVE MUSTAINE On Recording His Version Of METALLICA's 'Ride The Lightning': 'When You Do A Song From Somebody, You've Gotta Do It As Good Or Better'

3 дек 2025 : 
Ex-FEAR FACTORY Drummer RAYMOND HERRERA Says DAVE MUSTAINE 'Did Not Like' His Remix Of MEGADETH's 'Symphony Of Destruction'

28 ноя 2025 : 
DAVID ELLEFSON Admits MEGADETH 'Lost The Plot' During 'Risk' Period

19 ноя 2025 : 
DAVE MUSTAINE Wants MEGADETH's Last Show To Be In Space

17 ноя 2025 : 
MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE On Longevity: 'Maybe I'm Just Too Stubborn To Go Away'

14 ноя 2025 : 

12 ноя 2025 : 
DAVE MUSTAINE Says MEGADETH's 'Farewell' Tour Will 'Easily' Run For 'Three To Five Years'

7 ноя 2025 : 
MEGADETH Teases New Song 'I Don't Care' From Upcoming Self-Titled Album

31 окт 2025 : 
DAVE MUSTAINE Explains Decision To Record His Version Of METALLICA's 'Ride The Lightning' For Upcoming MEGADETH Album

26 окт 2025 : 
DAVE MUSTAINE Admits He Was 'A Little Nervous' About Playing MEGADETH's New Single 'Tipping Point' Live For First Time

20 окт 2025 : 
MEGADETH's DIRK VERBEUREN Shares Official Drum Playthrough Video For 'Tipping Point'

15 окт 2025 : 
Watch: MEGADETH Performs New Single 'Tipping Point' Live For First Time

5 окт 2025 : 
See Behind-The-Scenes Video Of MEGADETH And MARTY FRIEDMAN Before Last Month's Concert In Istanbul

3 окт 2025 : 

2 окт 2025 : 
See MEGADETH's Entire Performance In Düsseldorf As Support Act For DISTURBED

29 сен 2025 : 
See MEGADETH's Entire Concert In Istanbul During Fall 2025 Tour

26 сен 2025 : 
MEGADETH To Release New Single 'Tipping Point' Next Week; Teaser Available

12 сен 2025 : 
DAVID ELLEFSON On MEGADETH's Farewell Tour Announcement: 'It Was A Little Shocking'

6 сен 2025 : 
Watch: MEGADETH's DIRK VERBEUREN Plays 'Life In Hell' During Drum Clinic At Amarin Percussion in Burbank
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DAVID ELLEFSON On His Latest Exit From MEGADETH: 'If You Don't Have My Back, Then I Don't Wanna Be Here Anyway'



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In a new interview with Artists On Record Starring ADIKA Live!, David Ellefson discussed how he moved on from his exit from MEGADETH last year and got involved in a host of new projects, including ELLEFSON-SOTO, Ellefson's collaboration with Jeff Scott Soto, which has just released a full-length album, "Vacation In The Underworld", via Rat Pak Records.

"The funny thing is I'd been working this hard for the last 20 years and even the last 12 years I was in MEGADETH," Ellefson explained (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET).

"In 2002, Dave [Mustaine, MEGADETH leader] broke the band up, and I said at that moment, 'I will never put all my eggs back in one basket ever again.' That was at the most expensive point in my life. I had a family. My kids were young. I was the only breadwinner. So I learned my lesson; I said, 'Never again.' So even when I went back to MEGADETH, I continued doing other things and I continued playing with other people and we had METAL ALLEGIANCE; we did all these things. And quite honestly, it's big-boy time. Everybody, get over it. Look what happened a few years back when it all ended and nobody was left with anything. And I was an owner of the group at that time.

"Honestly, by the time we got to where things were last year, I think it showed the character of everybody — quite honestly," David continued. "And honestly, I was kind of, like, 'Hey, man, if you don't have my back, then fuck it — I don't wanna be here anyway.' I'd rather get moving on...

"We already had this record done; me and Jeff had this record done. I loved it. We were excited about it. It was already in motion.

"For me, I always have stuff in the pipeline — I always have other music, other people that I play with," Ellefson added. "And again, it's back to that 'never put all your eggs in one basket ever again.' And I think the other thing, too, is setting my life up in a way that I don't just have to go out and do the music hustle to pay the bills. And that's a very fortunate place to be, and for that I'm always grateful for the work we did in MEGADETH because a lot of that is the royalty money and things like that keep things moving forward. And I'm very blessed with that, because I have other friends in bands bigger than the one I was in who aren't recouped [and] they do have to go do the hustle. 'Cause it's easy to get into those golden handcuffs of you grab the big advances, the managers take their share; meanwhile, the band are basically the ditch diggers out paying back the advances and paying the bills. Touring is expensive. I look at my friends in ANTHRAX who, I guess, decided not to go to Europe because of the expenses. These are real-world realities now. Fuel costs are up — I mean, everything. A gallon of milk — everything has gone up in price. And so I consider myself very fortunate, again, to make music I like with people I like. And quite honestly, if I don't enjoy the music and/or if I don't enjoy the company, I don't wanna be there. Like I said, at my age, however many years I've got left on the planet, man, I wanna enjoy 'em. And if that means one day I just decide to stop playing music so I can just do stuff that I enjoy, I'll do that. I've done my part; I've made my mark. I've left a legacy. I've been happy with the things that I've created. And if that joy ends and if hustling over to Italy gets old and tiresome [laughs], as it can at our age, then I won't do that anymore either. So, to me, I'm kind of just at peace with all of it. It's, like, one day it was this; the next day it was that. And it's, like, 'All right. Life moves on.' I didn't feel like I had to fight my way out the door; I didn't have to hate on everyone. I was, like, 'Hey, you know what, guys? I wish you the best. Have fun. I'm gonna be hanging out over here now.' And that's the reality of it."

Ellefson was fired from MEGADETH in May 2021, just days after sexually tinged messages and explicit video footage involving the bassist were posted on Twitter. At the time, Ellefson released a statement on Instagram denying all social media chatter that he "groomed" an underage fan. He also filed a report with the police department in Scottsdale, Arizona alleging unlawful distribution of sexually explicit images of him by unknown offenders. In the report, Ellefson admitted that he had been exchanging sexual text messages with a Dutch teenager, who captured a video of several of their virtual "masturbating encounters" without his consent and shared them with friends. (According to Ellefson, the woman was 19 at the time of their first virtual sexual encounter.) The now-57-year-old musician, who lives in Scottsdale, first became aware of the video on May 9, 2021, when the claim "David Ellefson of MEGADETH is a pedophile" appeared on Instagram. Ellefson told police he was notified on May 14, 2021 by MEGADETH that the band would be parting ways with him. Three days later, he was fired.

David was in MEGADETH from the band's inception in 1983 to 2002, and again from 2010 until his latest exit.




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9 окт 2022
... и сложил яйца, одно в корзину, второе в другую корзину.
9 окт 2022
Всё правильно говорит, правда за пределами меги я ни один его трек даже до конца наверное дослушать не смог

А кстати нет, Lucid слушал целиком, даже понравилось, но это всё равно очень далеко от того, чего достоин такой легендарный чел
10 окт 2022
"Если мой тыл никто не прикрывает, то и хрен с тобой — я всё равно не хочу здесь оставаться".
Хреново это звучит, то что он говорит, если вдуматься. Мастейн его выкинул моментально
10 окт 2022
взрослый мальчуган забыл как он подал в суд на мегадейва. и пролетел. а нех на адвокатов надеяться.
но в целом базар правильный,
джуниор ценный кадр щас для ДС, и мораль и комменты штук 20 набьется.
пластинко не слушал да как то и не оч хотелось.
но на музыку надеяться ему наверно не очень стоит. надо осваивать чтото. не только ж роялти
10 окт 2022
NickAfon, так он осваивал но у него не получается ничего. был кофейный бизнес обанкротился был шмоточный бизнес обанкротился кетчупы тоже не пошли есть своя кинокомпания но она сняла один полнометражный фильм и несколько видеоклипов и всё очень низкого качества и явно на эиом ничего не заработали есть ещё свой лейбл комбат рекордс но он тоже не выпускает ничего нового а только редко переиздаёт свой старый каталог андерграунда малыми тиражами. Не получется у него с бизнесом никак так что похоже он живёт за заработанное в мегадет а весь его движняк в многочисленых проектах это только что бы был инфоповод и его не забыли
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