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David Ellefson

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22 мар 2025 :	Watch: Ex-MEGADETH Bassist DAVID ELLEFSON Returns To Bochnia, Poland With His 'Bass Warrior Tour'
10 мар 2025 :	DAVID ELLEFSON On OZZY OSBOURNE: 'He's Just Such A Genuine Guy'
12 фев 2025 :	Ex-MEGADETH Bassist DAVID ELLEFSON: 'Not Every Band Works As A Democracy'
27 янв 2025 :	DAVID ELLEFSON Says Nobody Took It Personally That METALLICA Song Was Played During MEGADETH's GRAMMY AWARD Win
13 янв 2025 :	DAVID ELLEFSON On Lessons He Has Learned In Four Decades Of Being A Professional Musician: 'Try To Be Joyful In What You're Doing'
5 янв 2025 :	Ex-MEGADETH Bassist DAVID ELLEFSON: Heavy Metal Is 'Not Meant To Be Mainstream'
29 дек 2024 :	DAVID ELLEFSON Releases Modern-Day Take On DONNIE IRIS Classic "Ah! Leah!" Feat. ENUFF Z’NUFF & KIK TRACEE Vocalists; Visualizer
15 дек 2024 :	DAVID ELLEFSON: How I Discovered RUSH's Music
7 дек 2024 :	DAVID ELLEFSON Says 'Rock Is Dead In America': 'I Know People Will Lambaste Me For Saying That, But It Is'
5 дек 2024 :	DAVID ELLEFSON: How I Re-Embraced My Faith At Age 25
1 ноя 2024 :	DAVID ELLEFSON And KEN MARY Team Up With CATHY RANKIN On New Single 'Now You've Gone'
16 сен 2024 :	DAVID ELLEFSON Says He Has Written 'Some Super-Cool' New Material With JEFF YOUNG
29 авг 2024 :	DAVID ELLEFSON: '20 Years From Now, Are Young People Gonna Even Care About Playing Guitar Anymore?'
20 авг 2024 :	DAVID ELLEFSON: 'LEMMY Played The Bass Like An Acoustic Guitar'
13 июл 2024 :	Does DAVID ELLEFSON Envision A Time When He And DAVE MUSTAINE Will Play Together Again? He Responds
23 июн 2024 :	DAVID ELLEFSON Says It Was 'Illegal' For Metal Fans To Admit To Liking NIRVANA In Early 1990s
16 июн 2024 :	DAVID ELLEFSON And JEFF YOUNG Get In The Kitchen With 'Metal Mastication'
27 май 2024 :	Ex-MEGADETH Bassist DAVID ELLEFSON: 'We Weren't Really Threatened By Grunge'
17 мар 2024 :	Watch: Ex-MEGADETH Bassist DAVID ELLEFSON Brings His 'Bass Warrior Tour' To Bochnia, Poland
13 мар 2024 :	Watch: Ex-MEGADETH Bassist DAVID ELLEFSON Brings His 'Bass Warrior Tour' To Vienna, Austria
10 мар 2024 :	Watch: Ex-MEGADETH Bassist DAVID ELLEFSON Brings His 'Bass Warrior Tour' To Bergamo, Italy
7 мар 2024 :	Watch: Ex-MEGADETH Bassist DAVID ELLEFSON Brings His 'Bass Warrior Tour' To Budapest, Hungary
15 фев 2024 :	DAVID ELLEFSON: GEDDY LEE's Memoir Is 'One Of The Greatest Books Ever Written'
7 фев 2024 :	DAVID ELLEFSON On Upcoming NICK MENZA Documentary: 'It's A Really Heartfelt Story'
30 янв 2024 :	DAVID ELLEFSON On Scandal That Led To His Latest Exit From MEGADETH: 'When You Bare It All, You've Got Nothing To Hide'
20 янв 2024 :	DAVID ELLEFSON Says LARS ULRICH Was '100 Percent Right' About NAPSTER

19 окт 2023

DAVID ELLEFSON: 'I'm Not In MEGADETH' Anymore So 'I Can Finally Wear My METALLICA Shirts Again'

In a new interview with the Mike Nelson Show, former MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson was asked about his recent social media post which revealed that he went to see METALLICA play at one of the shows on the "M72" tour. Asked how the concert was, Ellefson said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): "I almost wore my METALLICA shirt today. It's cycled up to the bottom of my — you know the black t-shirt pile we all have? Just cycle down, and you go through the shirts. 'Oh, there's a METALLICA shirt. Maybe I should wear this one today.' I'm not in MEGADETH. I can finally wear my METALLICA shirts again.

"Hey, man, I'm a METALLICA fan," he continued. "I mean, talk about gold standards. They're the one for metal. They have gone on to do the impossible. I mean, really, when you think about it in the touring business, there's Taylor Swift, there's METALLICA, maybe Beyonce, GUNS N' ROSES. And thank God, man, they're at the top. We need them to be at the top, because if they're at the top, that means all boats rise to that level. So we want METALLICA to be fucking Apple computer; we need 'em to be for our genre.

"Look, I thought their show… I think the tour now, the show now, this is the best they've been since the Black Album. I think they sound great, they play great, the song selection is great. So, I'm proud of our boys. I'm happy for 'em, and I think it's great that they're out doing it on the level that they're doing. It's one thing to get to that level, it's a whole other thing to maintain that level, which they've been able to do, which is just fucking awesome."

When interviewer Mike Nelson noted that "it must be crazy" because Ellefson probably didn't think 30 years ago that he would ever go see METALLICA show because of MEGADETH leader Dave Mustaine's acrimonious departure from the heavy metal giants, David countered with: "No, I've always gone to see METALLICA. I remember going with Dave [Mustaine] to see them when they played with — the 'Kill 'Em All For One' [tour] with RAVEN. And they came through and they played the Country Club in L.A. where we lived at the time and seeing them play. I'm going, 'Fuck. Okay. So this is it.' 'Cause my first introduction was [the] 'No Life 'Til Leather' [demo]. And then I remember when the 'Kill 'Em All' album showed up, and me and [early MEGADETH member] Greg Handevidt and Dave sat in the apartment in sheer silence while the record played and Dave listened to it — studied it and just listened to it. It's, like, 'Yeah, I'm just gonna shut up and sit here and listen.' And I liked it. It was interesting how they slowed things down. In fact, I remember when Doc McGhee managed us for a short period at the in 1988. In one of our early meetings with Doc, he said he had an observation, he said, 'You know, METALLICA aren't really that fast. They just give the illusion that they're fast.' I thought, 'That's a good way to put it.' They slowed the tempos down so that it would work in the big arenas, which we eventually did in the '90s as we got up in the big arenas and played that — our tempos slowed down our songwriting style adjusted a bit as well. And the other thing he said, he goes, 'The name METALLICA is actually bigger than the band.' It's kind of like the name transcends. And we see it now — we see actresses wearing RAMONES t shirts and even MEGADETH t-shirts. They probably don't even have a fucking clue who we are, but they wear a t-shirt anyway, because the t-shirt and the logo is iconic.

"So, look, [METALLICA] broke down the barriers, they led the way," Ellefson explained. "I remember when we were recording 'Countdown To Extinction', I went down to go see METALLICA, I think it was, like, five nights at the Forum in L.A. And I went down to go see 'em. And I remember coming back [to the studio] the next day and [producer] Max Norman was, like, [adopts British accent] 'So how was it, mate?' And I said, 'You know what? I'm not gonna lie. It was fucking awesome.' What I couldn't figure out is I looked around this arena… MEGADETH could fill this arena, and then we would then, on 'Countdown', we'd put that many people in a venue. And I'm going, 'How is it that METALLICA have five times as many of these people as we do? What's the connection?' 'Cause it's the same [audience] — it's you and me, right? With our black t-shirts; we're rockers and we're metalheads, right? 'So where are all these fucking fans that go see METALLICA? How come they don't come and see us?' And I remember I was kind of shy about letting Dave know that I went down to go see METALLICA. And I remember Max was, like, 'You should tell him the truth, mate. You should tell them they're fucking amazing. Like, let's fucking go. Let's be as great as METALLICA,' you know? And I was, like, 'Well, you don't have to be in a band every day. You're just making a record with us.'"

Mustaine, who was the original lead guitarist of METALLICA, was dismissed from the band by drummer Lars Ulrich in 1983. He was replaced by Kirk Hammett and went on to form MEGADETH and achieve worldwide success on his own.

This past March, Ellefson told "I Ask No One With Kevin Re LoVullo" that the multi-platinum success of METALLICA's 1991 self-titled album "broke the doors down. METALLICA were always the leader. They broke all the doors down to every obstacle in the way of heavy metal," he said. "To some degree, IRON MAIDEN, before them, had superseded and became an arena act and done this stuff too, so certainly you've gotta give credit to MAIDEN. And even DEF LEPPARD, to some degree, because they started out as just kind of a grungy little heavy metal band out of Sheffield, and then they [went] on to become essentially almost like a pop act, on some level; I mean, they became that big. Those guys — certainly DEF LEPPARD and MAIDEN — deserve credit for sort of carving the initial path to sort of the big-time mainstream path for heavy metal. But then METALLICA came in, and they just fucking [said], 'We're here. We're coming in.' They really broke through every obstacle with MTV and daytime rotation with their videos and just became a household name. And it's cool, because they have 'metal' in their name, so it's not like there's any 'what is this?' It's, like, come on. It says 'metal' right in it. You know what it is. And they didn't clean it up and pretty it up; they just kept it raw and frickin' grungy and in your face, and it was, again, authentic. So, again, the likes of Lemmy [of MOTÖRHEAD], who influenced Lars [Ulrich, METALLICA drummer] and the guys, that inspiration that stayed true, that, 'We don't have to…' I remember with METALLICA, it was always the thing: 'We do our own thing. We don't play by the rules.' And to a large degree, they didn't. And that's, I think, what made it appealing to the fans, because, let's face it, heavy metal is kind of working man's music, and that's why we look to our heroes, because they're, like, 'God, I wish I could my boss to fuck off and just go do that, 'cause these guys can do whatever they want.' That's the message, right?"

Back in September 2020, Ellefson told Detroit's WRIF radio station that he and Mustaine paid close attention to what METALLICA was doing in the early years of MEGADETH's existence. "I mean, look, we are all just a branch off the METALLICA family tree," he explained at the time. "I mean, let's face it. Especially MEGADETH, with Dave being there, and then me being a branch off of Dave with MEGADETH. So, I mean, look, we owe everything to METALLICA. Those guys broke down the doors for every one of us — ANTHRAX, SLAYER. Bands today — LAMB OF GOD, PANTERA — none of this would have happened without METALLICA being up there as the 800-pound gorilla just carving the path through the jungle that would have never let heavy metal in. The stuff that they able to do and the size and the scope of which they were able to break those doors down, it changed all of our lives — as musicians, as fans, as everything. That's why I think when they did the 'Big Four' [shows] with us in 2010 and '11, that was just such a great olive branch."

The former MEGADETH bassist continued: "As Scott Ian [ANTHRAX] said, it's like we're all brothers of the same family, it's just that one of our brothers went off and became Microsoft [laughs], and that was METALLICA. It's, like, how the hell did you do that? That's amazing. You changed the world. But the fact that they came back and, again, offered that olive branch to us and just said, 'Hey, we were all in this together. Let's celebrate what we did together so many years ago.' And I think that speaks volumes to just how cool METALLICA is."

In 2019, Ellefson said that he got Mustaine's "blessing" to audition for the bassist position in METALLICA after Jason Newsted left the band more than two decades ago. David went on to say that he learned how to play some of METALLICA's songs in preparation for what he thought would be an audition with the group but that the opportunity never materialized.

Back in 2011, Mustaine said that he was relieved that Ellefson wasn't invited to join METALLICA after the tragic death of Cliff Burton.

Burton died on tour in 1986 in a tour bus crash, three years after Mustaine was kicked out of METALLICA and went on to form MEGADETH.

The so-called "Big Four" of 1980s thrash metal — METALLICA, MEGADETH, SLAYER and ANTHRAX — played together for the first time in history on June 16, 2010 in front of 81,000 fans at the Sonisphere festival at Bemowo Airport in Warsaw, Poland and shared a bill again for six more shows as part of the Sonisphere series that same year. They reunited again for several dates in 2011, including the last "Big Four" concert, which was held on September 14, 2011 at Yankee Stadium in New York City. Since then, METALLICA, SLAYER and ANTHRAX have played a number of shows together, including the 2013 Soundwave festival in Australia. They also performed at the 2014 Heavy MTL festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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20 окт 2023

olly71

Я вот не понимаю всех тех кто так активно вылизывает НЫНЕШНЮЮ Металлику говоря что они сейчас в наилучшей форме им Метла деньги за эти интервью платит ? У меня другого аргумента нет. Ну ведь все мы с ушами и слышим как уёбищно Металлика сейчас звучит на концертах как неистово лажают все её участники ( ну может быть только кроме бассиста )какие слабые по сравнению со своей же классикой альбомы они выпускают последние 20 лет ...

20 окт 2023

H-mer

olly71, Да просто старички поддерживают старичков. История в духе "в 60 жизнь только начинается" .

25 окт 2023

HiddenReload

olly71, за Трухилью согласен. Самый приятный человек в группе с 86 года

27 окт 2023

WahrandPhain

olly71, Синдром влюбленности. Как в молодости - ваша первая любовь уже 10 раз показала, что она мразь и шмара, но вы неизбежно тащите нежные чувства за собой, так же и здесь) есть категория людей, для которых иррациональная привязанность и ностальгия дороже критического осмысления реальности. Мне это напоминает ситуацию из зомби-хорроров, когда люди отказываются убить своего обратившегося родственника, отказываются принять, что он уже мёртв безвозвратно. Вот фоннаты миталики такие же поехавшие.

20 окт 2023

Aiming High

Респект еще одному басисту ставшему свободным от чьегото эгоизма!

24 окт 2023

ZzergRusher

Aiming High, Балтес вошел в чат)

20 окт 2023

Rutger

Правильно, нет лучшего способа вставить шпильку Рыжему, чем нализать под хвост Металлике. Мало у кого из выкинутых из разных групп есть такие козырЯ.

20 окт 2023

Fo0x

Подрыв рыжей жеппы через 3...2...1...

20 окт 2023

Starbreaker

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/71/ad/28/71ad28d36b2f503725de487084ce8141.jpg

Срочно одевать!

20 окт 2023

father

Starbreaker, *надевать

22 окт 2023

Termofucker

Starbreaker, В рот 'em all!

25 окт 2023

HiddenReload

Termofucker, ахахах, ору! не додумался как-то!

20 окт 2023

EvgenBriden

Надеется, что Трухильо скоро попрут? )

20 окт 2023

olly71

EvgenBriden, За что ? Что он единственный не лажает на концерте и этим выделяется ?

20 окт 2023

Equitant

Забавное такое разделение у Мастейна было, получается: на концерты Метлы и он, и Эллефсон ходить могли, но футболку надеть - это ни-ни! :D

20 окт 2023

White Ninza

Equitant, Ходить могли только с ним

20 окт 2023

Nepalcev

Equitant, А чего забавного? Всё как в бизнесе. Следить за успехами конкурентов, перенимая опыт, но не рекламируя их. Тем более учитывая предысторию.
Ты бы носил футболку компании, из которой тебя вышвырнули? Ну, реально...

20 окт 2023

Equitant

Nepalcev, я прежде всего имел в виду, что Эллефсону, а не Мастейну, якобы нельзя было майку Метлы носить, а на её концерты (да ещё вместе с боссом) - можно :D
Ладно, пофиг. Мне более интересно, как он, при всей своей подноготной и образе жизни может являться священником? Какой он пример для паствы? :D

20 окт 2023

Nepalcev

Equitant, А я имею ввиду "корпоративный дух", если угодно.
Нужно было быть имбецилом без эмпатии, чтобы даже хотеть щеголять в маечке Метлы под носом у Мастейна, играя в его группе, и зная об их болезненных для него взаимоотношениях в те годы.
Поэтому, думаю, тут прежде всего речь идёт о моральном запрете, который испытывал Эллефсон сам перед собой, нежели о формальном запрете Мастейна.

Да и чисто по имиджу, лоховато бы это выглядело, выходить на сцену в майке группы ровесников-коллег по жанру, с которыми публично враждует и конкурирует лидер твоей группы.
А если ты не разделяешь позицию босса - гордо шли его нах, и честно звездуй греть жопу на мороз. Носи там какие угодно майки, пили какие угодно кавера в каких угодно кабаках. Лабух, сука...))))

25 окт 2023

HiddenReload

Equitant, точно, Мастейну вообще без палевно и зазрения совести можно было носить футбы Металлики - ЭТО ВЕДЬ ЕГО ГРУППА! И золотой фонд Альбомов - тоже его головы дело

25 окт 2023

HiddenReload

почему на переднем плане афиша с Биг4, а купча и титул Барона?
Моё негодование

25 окт 2023

HiddenReload

Кстати, верно говорит.
Всякая символика важна, это личная свобода.
Мастейн мог бы носить фуутбу Баджи, или "Я написал их Всех"
уже тогда это можно было сделать за так - но начали только сейчас.

28 окт 2023

Aiming High

Справедливости ради хочу отметить,что Элефсон еще примерно во времена 13-го альбома в каком-то древнем интервью говорил,что мол он не играл в металлике и поэтому может спокойно посещать их концерты,любить этих ребят и нахваливать их музыку.