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Megadeth

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Acoustic Rock
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http://www.megadeth.com
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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
26 авг 2025 :	DAVID ELLEFSON Admits He 'Would Like' To Be Part Of MEGADETH's Farewell Tour: 'I'm A Founding Member Of It'
21 авг 2025 :	MEGADETH Is 'Very Close To Completing The Recordings' For Final Album, Says TEEMU MÄNTYSAARI
20 авг 2025 :	MEGADETH's New Album Cover Artist Says Working On Band's Final LP 'Has Been An Absolute Joy'
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30 июл 2025 :	How Did MEGADETH Get Its Name? Former Guitarist GREG HANDEVIDT Sets Record Straight
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21 июл 2025 :	MEGADETH Was Not Asked To Perform At 'Back To The Beginning', Says JAMES LOMENZO: 'Not Everybody Gets Invited To Every Party'
29 июн 2025 :	MEGADETH's DIRK VERBEUREN Shares 'Holy Wars' Drum-Cam Video From Noblesville Concert
27 июн 2025 :	MEGADETH To Release Ultra-Limited 'Killing Is My Business… And Business Is Good!' 40th-Anniversary Box Set In October
21 июн 2025 :	STEVE DIGIORGIO Says He Spoke To DAVID ELLEFSON About Replacing Bass Tracks On MEGADETH's 'The Sick, The Dying…' Album
15 июн 2025 :	DAVID ELLEFSON Reflects On MEGADETH's 'Risk': It Is 'Probably The Most Controversial Album In The Catalog'
15 июн 2025 :	MEGADETH And HALF SUMO Collaborate On 'Killing Is My Business…' 40th-Anniversary Fightwear Capsule
11 июн 2025 :	See Pro-Shot Video Of MEGADETH's Entire Performance At 2024 Edition Of Spain's RESURRECTION FEST
3 июн 2025 :	AL PITRELLI Reflects On His First Concert With MEGADETH: 'I Didn't Even Have Time To Get Scared'

23 дек 2019

DAVID ELLEFSON Says He's Been Back In MEGADETH For Almost A Decade Under A 'Gentlemen's Agreement'

In a brand new interview with Brazil's Lokaos Rock Show, MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson was asked if he ever imagined, when he "left" the band in 2002, that he would one day return to the group that he launched more than 35 years ago with MEGADETH leader Dave Mustaine.

"Technically, MEGADETH ended," Ellefson replied (see video below). "Dave called me and he needed to step away from MEGADETH in 2002. So we disbanded. He and I left our business matters intact. But a couple of years later, when he was ready to work, he wanted to do a solo album. And I think he's talked about this in his memoir and stuff. But the record companies and people, they really pushed him to, 'No, we need it to be MEGADETH.' So that started the calls to all of us about, 'Hey, okay, I've got an album written. I wanna make an album.' And the trick was just kind of how to try to put it all back together again, because Al Pitrelli had gone back to work with TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA; Jimmy DeGrasso was available, but doing some other stuff. I think the first attempt was to try to put together the 'Rust In Peace' lineup, with Nick [Menza] and Marty [Friedman]. And that just — it didn't connect. It was just a weird moment, and it just didn't come together. So, quite honestly, in my heart, was more, like, 'You know what? Let Dave just go do what he needs to do.' I was doing some other business things at the time. I was toying around, playing with… I had a little group called F5. And I was very realistic about the success of that — it was more just kind of a fun thing for me to do to write and explore some other things. But when it didn't work for us to connect, in my heart, I just said, 'You can never go back, but sometimes things come around the front again.' Which is exactly what happened."

He continued: "Dave and I had been in touch — we had been talking and we met a couple of times and talked about what it would be for me to come back and stuff. And there again, it just kind of took what it took. And then finally in 2010, Tom Araya from SLAYER had gone in to have a neck surgery. SLAYER and MEGADETH were scheduled to do a tour. And that really created this opening. And we were gonna go do the 20th-anniversary 'Rust In Peace' tour, and that was really the moment for me to come back. And honestly, I've been back for 10 years just on a handshake, as a friend, [with] just kind of a gentlemen's agreement. And it's really been great. It's been a lot of fun.

"To me, making music should always be about fun," Ellefson added. "There will always be money — there will always be enough money. And that's one of the lessons I learned — arguing about finances and business and stuff, sometimes it's, like, you know what? Just trust the good Lord's gonna provide, and play the songs, have fun with the fans and always be a friend to the band, be a friend to the organization, to the fans, to everything. And somehow, all the rest of it works itself out. David Lee Roth had a great quote. He said, 'Don't sweat the small stuff. And it's all small stuff.'"

Ellefson has been open about the fact that he became a salaried employee upon his return to MEGADETH in 2010, something he shared with the world in his latest book, "More Life With Deth".

Six years earlier, Ellefson declined to rejoin MEGADETH upon the band's reformation, citing concerns with the business structure he had in place with Mustaine.

When Ellefson eventually rejoined MEGADETH nine years ago, he was no longer as involved in the band's composing process and business affairs like he was prior to the group's breakup.

Ellefson was in MEGADETH from the band's inception in 1983 to 2002, when the group briefly broke up because Mustaine suffered severe nerve damage that left him unable to play. After Mustaine reformed MEGADETH with an all-new lineup in 2004, Ellefson sued his former bandmate for $18.5 million, alleging that Mustaine still owed him substantial merchandise and publishing royalties. In January 2005, the case was dismissed in court, and five years later, Ellefson rejoined MEGADETH.

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23 дек 2019

Possessed

И джентельменство тоже имеет свою цену. По последнему абзацу - полностью согласен. Мудрые слова.
Кстати, как там дела у Дейва?

23 дек 2019

Rutger

Политика по Джуниору плачет. Простое, вызывающее доверие лицо. Приятный зычный голос. Звонит складно. Интервью с ним читать одно удовольствие, насколько ясно и лаконично излагает мысли.