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Megadeth

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Acoustic Rock
Heavy Metal
Speed Metal
Thrash Metal
Instrumental

http://www.megadeth.com
Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/megadeth
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Megadeth

25 апр 2025 :	MEGADETH Shares 'Studio Timelapse 2025' Video Featuring Footage Of Recording Sessions For 17th Album
20 апр 2025 :	DAVID ELLEFSON Reflects On MEGADETH's Failed 'Rust In Peace' Lineup Reunion: 'It Just Wasn't Meant To Be'
19 апр 2025 :	MEGADETH's TEEMU MÄNTYSAARI: 'Heavy Metal Was What Inspired Me To Pick Up The Guitar'
1 апр 2025 :	MEGADETH
23 мар 2025 :	MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Blasts 'Nu Metal' Bands: 'Thank God That Genre Went Away'
12 мар 2025 :
7 мар 2025 :	Next MEGADETH Album To Be Released Via DAVE MUSTAINE's TRADECRAFT Imprint And BLKIIBLK RECORDS
2 мар 2025 :	DAVID ELLEFSON Talks Songwriting Splits In MEGADETH: 'The More Fair You Can Be On All Of It, The Better'
2 мар 2025 :
27 фев 2025 :
26 фев 2025 :
25 фев 2025 :	MARTY FRIEDMAN On Making Of MEGADETH's 'Rust In Peace': 'We Knew That What We Were Doing Was Gonna Be Cool'
24 фев 2025 :
10 фев 2025 :	DAVE MUSTAINE: 'We Are Almost 90 Days Into The Making Of The 17th MEGADETH Album'
2 фев 2025 :	MARTY FRIEDMAN Reflects On His Exit From MEGADETH: 'I Didn't Leave The Band On The Nicest Terms'
24 янв 2025 :	TESTAMENT's ALEX SKOLNICK Says He Was 'On Standby To Fill In' For KIKO LOUREIRO In MEGADETH In 2016
12 янв 2025 :	MEGADETH - Holy Wars - Live 2000 Available In February On Red w/ Black Splatter Vinyl
8 янв 2025 :	MEGADETH's JAMES LOMENZO: 'DAVID ELLEFSON Defined The Sound Of This Band With His Bass Playing'
25 дек 2024 :	MEGADETH's TEEMU MÄNTYSAARI On Band's Upcoming Album: 'We Have Already So Many Good Ideas'
24 дек 2024 :	DAVE MUSTAINE On Upcoming MEGADETH Album: 'We've Got Some Really Great Ideas We're Working On'
20 дек 2024 :	DAVID ELLEFSON On Iconic Bass Intro To MEGADETH's 'Peace Sells': 'It Started As A Guitar Riff'
1 дек 2024 :	DAVE MUSTAINE Begins Work On Next MEGADETH Album
18 ноя 2024 :	TEEMU MÄNTYSAARI On Next MEGADETH Album: 'I'm Really Looking Forward To Contributing As Much As I Can'
15 ноя 2024 :	MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Agrees To Pay $1.4 Million To Settle Fired Ex-Manager's Lawsuit
13 ноя 2024 :	JAMES LOMENZO 'Felt A Bit Like A Fish Out Of Water' After Joining MEGADETH Nearly Two Decades Ago
12 ноя 2024 :	MEGADETH Celebrates 30th Anniversary Of First-Ever Band Web Site And 'Youthanasia' Album

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.