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Dave EllefsonKnown For: Thrash Metal |
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David Warren Ellefson (born November 12, 1964) is an American musician, best known for his long tenure as the bassist and backing vocalist for thrash metal band Megadeth across two stints. Ellefson initially became an accomplished bassist and honed his songwriting skills while leading several of his own bands through the club scene of North America's Midwest region before relocating to Los Angeles. He was then the bassist of Megadeth from 1983 to their breakup in 2002, and again from 2010 to 2021. In addition to playing bass guitar in Megadeth and The Lucid, Ellefson had various side projects, which include Temple Of Brutality, F5, Killing Machine, and Metal Allegiance. |
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 1985-06-12 Megadeth - Killing Is My Business, And Business Is Good.jpg) |
Megadeth
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'Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!' is the debut studio album by Megadeth, released on Combat Records. The band was given $8,000 by the label to record and produce the album, but after spending half of the album's budget on drugs, alcohol and food, the band was forced to fire their original producer and produce the album themselves. Despite the resulting poor production, the album was a well-received effort that obtained strong reviews in various music publications. The album played an essential role in establishing thrash metal as an authentic subgenre of heavy metal music.
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 1986-11-20 Megadeth - Peace Sells, But Who's Buying.jpg) |
Megadeth
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'Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?' is the second studio album by Megadeth. The project was originally handled by Combat Records, resulting in the original mix of the album being co-produced by Randy Burns. Capitol Records then bought the rights to the album and hired another producer named Paul Lani to mix it himself. The recording of the album was difficult for the band, because of the ongoing drug issues the members had at the time. Drummer Gar Samuelson and guitarist Chris Poland were fired shortly after the album's promotional tour for drug abuse. It is often regarded as a thrash metal classic and as an album that gave prominence to extreme metal. It has been featured in several publications' best album lists, including Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die and Martin Popoff's Top 500 Heavy Metal Albums Of All Time.
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Megadeth
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Megadeth
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Megadeth
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Megadeth
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Megadeth
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Megadeth
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Megadeth
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Tim 'Ripper' Owens
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'Play My Game' is the debut solo album by Tim 'Ripper' Owens. Many well-known musicians perform on the album, such as Doug Aldrich (Whitesnake), Billy Sheehan (Mr. Big), Bruce Kulick (ex-KISS), Jeff Loomis (Nevermore), Michael Wilton (Queensryche), James LoMenzo (Megadeth), Steve Stevens (Billy Idol) and Vinny Appice (ex-Black Sabbath, ex-Dio).
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Megadeth
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Altitudes & Attitude
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Megadeth
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Altitudes & Attitude
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Ministry
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