Megadeth Bassist David Ellefson Speaks On Returning To The Band
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Speaking with Classic Rock magazine, returning Megadeth bass player David Ellefson revealed the reasons and factors as to why he has rejoined the band. An excerpt from the interview reads as follows:
“It literally happened over the weekend. And I can hardly believe it myself. There was clearly gonna be a change in the line-up, because James Lomenzo was leaving. Dave (Mustaine) and I talked on the phone, and all the feuds, all the arguments we’ve been having over the years just melted away. It just goes to show what direct contact can achieve!"
According to Ellefson, it was drummer Shawn Drover who instigated the whole thing.
"If you ever need a guy in a band to watch your back, then this is the man. Obviously, I have no clue what happened within the band. But I got a text from Shawn and it just said: ‘If ever there was a time for you and Dave to talk, now is it.’ It’s one of those messages you act on immediately. Typically of Megadeth, things then happened big and fast.
"In all honesty, talking to Dave again was wonderful. It was the right thing at the right time, done in the right spirit."
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5. writes:
The MULLET IS BACK! J/kidding..
I think this a work-for-hire type of arrangement that Mustaine setup that might be temporary. Sort of like when Izzy Stradlin returned to Guns N Roses to make guest appearances on their 2006 tour. Axl controls all things GNR is the same way that Megadeth works now through Mustaine.
Anyway, Megadeth these past few months has been *really* interesting. Mustaine isn’t having a great time with his label, Roadrunner right now and is blaming them left and right for the low sales of Endgame when it dropped off the chart without a second thought.
The RIP tour is nothing more than a pure cash grab after 2 Slayer tours that were advertising the “big 2? blew up in Mega Dave’s face. And next fall it could all blow up yet again if Araya still isn’t heathy. You got all this working against Megadeth PLUS the fact that he’s near retirement and he’s had a bad back. The band could fold tomorrow like it did in 2002 with his fake arm injury. But in this case, his medical ailment is apparently very real.
Since Musterd was just bad mouthing him in the press as recently as a few weeks ago. They say time heals wounds and its been almost 8 years, but is Junior really waiting to come back so quickly? And all that even after a lawsuit that blew up in his face?
Something else is at work here that they’re not telling us. There’s too much bad karma on both sides and I think Junior came back, money that Mustaine put forth did more than a little of the talking than just a recommendation from his current work-for-hire drummer.
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1. Hammerheart writes:
Crazy. I can't believe Ellefson is willing to put up with Mustaine's sh** all over again. Then again, maybe Mustaine's actually changing for the better.