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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 Looks Back On MEGADETH's 2002 Split: 'It Turned Out To Be, In Hindsight, Probably The Best Thing For All Of Us'



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David Ellefson says that MEGADETH's split in 2002 turned out to be "probably the best thing" for everybody involved.

Dave Mustaine reformed MEGADETH in 2004 ago after disbanding the group two years earlier. Originally setting out to record a solo album, Mustaine enlisted studio musicians to play on what ultimately became MEGADETH's 2004 "The System Has Failed" comeback album, subsequently recruiting former ICED EARTH bassist James MacDonough to take Ellfeson's place for the album's touring cycle.

In 2004, Ellefson filed an $18.5-million lawsuit against Mustaine, alleging the frontman shortchanged him on profits and backed out of a deal to turn Megadeth Inc. over to him when the band broke up in 2002. The lawsuit was eventually dismissed and Ellefson rejoined MEGADETH in 2010.

Speaking about MEGADETH's split and his time away from the group, Ellefson told the "Talking Bollocks" podcast (hear audio below): "In 2002, when MEGADETH had come to an end and Dave walked away from the band, and essentially we disbanded, I think everybody who's in a big, successful group, you fear that day coming. Because not very many bands are set up in a way where they're devoid of the personality and it only stands on the music and the show. There's very few. I mean, that's kind of how they put together Broadway musicals and things like that where there's always a star, but it's bigger than the star. Well, in these rock bands that we have, they're very personality driven. And if one or two personalities walk away, it's over. So what I saw as the day of impending doom that I always felt may happen finally happened, and when it happened, I had kind of two feelings. One was, 'Thank God that's over,' because it was so much work. But that was just a temporary feeling — like, 'Oh, my God. Thank God the pressure is off,' followed immediately by, 'Holy shit! How am I gonna pay for my life?' which is the reality of it."

He continued: "We all go through those emotions — if you're in any business, you're like that. But as things moved along, I realized, here I am in my mid-30s at the time raising a young family, having to work very hard to kind of recorrect the course of my life and pay my bills and everything else that I needed to do. In a weird way, MEGADETH going away allowed me to really just become my own man."

Ellefson also once again spoke about the importance of musicians exploring other avenues of creativity and different ways to generate income in an art form where most bands have a shelf life of just a few years.

"It's important, I think, that everybody in a group has their own identity, that they're able to stand on their own two feet," he added. "I see members of bands that they've kind of just been known for doing that one thing and maybe haven't stepped out musically to do other things, and I can only imagine the frustration. Because I've gotten to know a lot of other friends who have gone out and done other things, whether it be Doyle, Dave Lombardo… Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith had a season away from IRON MAIDEN and they actually opened for MEGADETH on some shows in Poland and Greece when they were in that season of their lives. Then we come back to our main bands that we're known for and we actually bring strength back, and our bands then become even bigger than they were before. And so I think sometimes that season out in the wilderness to sort of find who you are, when it's forced upon you, as it was for me through a series of circumstances there back in 2002, that season before I returned back to MEGADETH in 2010 was one of incredible growth for me. And then also realizing that, 'You know what? It's gonna be okay.' The good lord always provides a way — when there seems no other way [laughs], there always seems to be a path. I think those are the things I talk pretty openly about in my two memoirs, and I think 'More Life With Deth' really exemplifies the actions that I've taken and some very productive results that have come out of that."

Asked if he thinks the break away from MEGADETH did him a lot of good, Ellefson said: "Yeah, and I think it did Dave good. Dave got to recorrect MEGADETH to be what he wanted it to be and not always having to listen to advisors and managers and people he was getting frustrated with. So it's interesting how sometimes you get a little break away and everybody kind of finds their own way and then, in our case, when we came back together, we came back together better friends, better artists, musicians, and I think we kind of understood the roles that we each play maybe a little better. So it turned out to be, in hindsight, probably the best thing for all of us."

In his first memoir, "My Life With Deth", Ellefson admitted that he became a salaried employee upon his return to MEGADETH nine years ago. He told Metal-Rules.com in a recent interview: "Going from being a co-founding owner to just a sideman musician was initially why I didn't come back in 2004. I was not happy with the participations that were presented to me. In recent times, coming back, I found great joy in doing music with a lot of other people in other settings that helped me fall back in love with playing music. Now I can come back into or go into musical situations and be able to be there for a purpose and level of pay. Being a sideman absolves you from being involved in all the other stuff. At this point in my life, I would rather leave that stuff on the sidelines. Like American Express says, 'membership has its privileges,' being a sideman has its benefits. In my case, it helps retain a friendship too. In order to have a friendship, I had to give up some ownership."

DAVID ELLEFSON Looks Back On MEGADETH





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7 ноя 2019
olly71
Начинают подготавливать общественность к скорому закрытию группы . В этот раз уже окончательно .
7 ноя 2019
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BlackHat
Считаешь, что Мегадэйв уже не вернётся?
7 ноя 2019
Rutger
Ничего личного, но надоел Джуниор из каждого чайника. Не по статусу много пиздежа от него.
7 ноя 2019
father
Ну он остался за главного пока что.
7 ноя 2019
Rutger
>>>Начинают подготавливать общественность к скорому закрытию группы . В этот раз уже окончательно .

Да, у меня стойкое ощущение, что Эллефсон, зачитывая дежурные оптимистичные тексты, знает реальный расклад с Мастейном, и что Мега фсё. Гиперактивно пиарит себя, свои проекты, альбом, книгу и т.д., везде, где только можно. Пользуясь тем, что Мегадет еще формально существует. Готовит задел на будущее.
П.С. - Очень хочу ошибаться..
7 ноя 2019
olly71
Rutger - Разумеется Элеффсон знает реальное состояние Мастейна но до последнего будут делать радостные лица а потом как соседняя новость по Тими Хансена что типо героически проиграл битву.
7 ноя 2019
H
HELLECTOR
olly71

Извини, что я на тебя поначалу наехал в новости про болезнь Фрэнки Банали и ещё в том же духе.
Я понял, ты не отмороженный со своими пессимистичными прогнозами. Просто вот такой у тебя склад характера, если человек пытается бодриться в ситуации со смертельной болезнью, то ты, как Капитан Очевидность докажешь ему, что молчи, мол, сказочник, помирай молча и достойно.

Впрочем, вот тут вот - "Начинают подготавливать общественность к скорому закрытию группы. В этот раз уже окончательно" - Капитан Очевидность, очевидно, прав. Как это ни...
7 ноя 2019
father
Хэлл, так он же в лицо Дэйву и Фрэнки не орёт: "Ты сдохнешь!", вряд ли кто-то из них читает дарксайд.
8 ноя 2019
H
HELLECTOR
Папа, так я не спорю.
В моих словах выше, нет ничего иного, кроме моих слов.
8 ноя 2019
ElectricRetard
HELLECTOR, научи так же не хотеть пиздить olly палкой.
8 ноя 2019
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HailtoSlave
«Я считаю, что очень важно, чтобы каждый человек в группе имел свою идентичность,


да, и потом получаются 2 батюшки и прочая хуерга. Лучше когда один участник постоянно гоняет тузиков вокруг себя, нежели такая демократия.
8 ноя 2019
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Possessed
Я как увидал заголовок подумал, что он объявил о распаде... И да, судя по его патетичному тону в интервью, дела не очень.
Тем не менее, не торопитесь хоронить Мастейна. Он - крепкий ублюдок.
8 ноя 2019
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leafclover
Ну и правильно сделал, что распустил в 2002. Потому что 2 года спустя записали один из лучших альбомов.
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