While looking over the setlist, Lombardo said he obviously felt more comfortable with the earlier Metallica songs — you know, ...

diplomatic bassist Dave Ellefson, and loose-cannon drummer Nick Menza – Mustaine called out, “Wake Up Dead.” Nick did a four count, and we dove in. Right away, the band gelled. We sounded ...

Ex-Megadeth and current Dieth/Kings Of Thrash/Ellefson-Soto bassist David Ellefson may no longer be in the seminal thrash metal band, but it’s not the first time he’s been on the outside looking in.

Dave Ellefson left his mark on trash metal as the bassist of cult band Megadeth. After a falling out with frontman Dave ...

In fact, former Megadeth bassist and roaming musician with a million different side projects David Ellefson thinks the other ‘Big Four’ member act is pretty damn cool. During a recent interview with ...

David Ellefson has been talking songwriting splits – that tricky issue that has sunk friendships in so many bands and one, as he explains, that was also problematic in Megadeth.Talking to The Metal ...

Why David Ellefson Feels Rock Is Dead In America Yes, the “rock is dead” argument has been shared by Gene Simmons and reiterated by the musician frequently over the last decade, but he’s not ...

He was replaced by current lead player Kirk Hammett. The guitarist co-founded Megadeth with former bassist David Ellefson in retaliation in 1984. They released their debut album, Killing Is My ...

Former Megadeth bassist David Ellefson has called one of the band’s most maligned albums “one of the great Megadeth records”. The 59-year-old gave the dubious honour to 1999 effort Risk.

Do we remember the last time ex-Megadeth bassist David Ellefson was featured in a self-shot video? I do. It wasn’t a good look that had major repercussions for his career on one of the most ...

Vocalist Marina V releases ‘Symphony & Metal’ featuring KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick, Megadeth’s bass player David Ellefson, and Rock drummer Nick Baker. *“I’m classical and he (husband ...