Megadeth Part With Bassist

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MEGADETH have parted ways with bassist James MacDonough. In a posting on the band's official forum, James wrote, "I just wanted to say thank you all so much for making me feel so welcome and thank you for all the awesome memories along the road. I will not be playing with MEGADETH any longer. I'm sure Dave [Mustaine, MEGADETH mainman] will post about it soon. Thanks again my metal brothers and sisters."
Could MacDonough's departure signal the return of MEGADETH's original bassist David Ellefson? In a a February 4, 2006 online posting on the band's web site, Mustaine wrote, "I said it before, [and] I'll say it again: I once was resentful, but now I am over the feuds with METALLICA, Ellefson, whomever. I have actually met with Ellefson one-on-one for dinner last year around [Christmas] to just clear the air and let him know I have no hard feelings and wanted to remain friends with him. We have talked on the phone numerous times since."
MEGADETH's next live appearance is scheduled for March 16 at the Desert Rock 2006 festival in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Source: blabbermouth
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3. writes:
I said it once, and I'll say it again, sooner or later, it won't matter what the band name, every musician out there will be, or will have been part of every band. And at some point, they will all find the "right" combination of people to make everyone happy.........at least for one album/tour.

4. writes:
f*** you all dave is one of the best gutairests ever plus you dont here sh** about kirt hamiliet or w/e the f*** his name is plus if you like metal your a b**** to say daves a duoch because he is one of the few metal gods who helped form metal to day long live megadeth f*** you a$$holes.







15. writes:
Yes Dave is a great guitarist, one of the best , and yes he help form metal in the Eighties and ninties but he is still a complete douch bag and an arrogant a$$ hole. That dosen't change the fact that his music Kicked a$$ back in the day( although the last few albums Sucked balls).

16. writes:
well d*** head what do you have to say about saint anger that album sucked to bad that megadeths the system has failed sold more copies and is awsome so what if hes in mattalicas shadow so are a bunch of other bands like slayer and pantara its just that no matter what none of the bands could compete with daves ablity to play so in that case they still suck

18. writes:
dude if any one mocks dave and calls him a douche bag just think what he's been though...also he f***IN rules at guitar and would kick any ones sorry a$$ back to the 60s....sorry metallica but your in megadeth's shadow, now! so deal with it!!!!!!!
btw megadeth's latest album rule and he has'nt not given up and done a st.anger!!!!!
sorry james and co. but it is indeed over and you have lost to Megadeth...!


21. writes:
sorry sorry for no punctuation. i was just in a hurry. to try and get a point across to you all that no matter where, when, or how dave and megadeth will for ever kick metal ass. and yes cynic is right R I P is good if not great yea so what if megadeth had a rough spot, it gets hard to keep coming up with crazy good sh** thats actually hard. if you notice metallicas sh** isnt very hard to play so keep saying sh** about megadeth well see whos their in the end
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1. relentless austin writes:
yeah, they just got black label society's old bass player. i don't want to get all this started necessarily,
but isn't that another move on the coat tails of metallica. i don't know, guess i just never liked dave.
he seems like a douchebag. even more than lars.