David Warren Ellefson was born on November 12,1964 and is an American musician, best known for his long tenure as the bassist for thrash metal band Megadeth.
27 Facts About David Ellefson
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David Ellefson was then the bassist of Megadeth from 1983 to their breakup in 2002, and again from 2010 to 2021.
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David Ellefson co-founded the hard rock band the Lucid in 2021 alongside vocalist Vinnie Dombroski, guitarist Drew Fortier, and drummer Mike Heller.
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David Ellefson appeared on every album and tour from 1985's record Killing Is My Business.
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David Ellefson was credited with some Megadeth songs, including "Family Tree" from 1994's Youthanasia.
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David Ellefson appeared on the new Killing Machine record Metalmorphosis in 2006 alongside DeGrasso; he has been working with Temple of Brutality.
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David Ellefson is currently a member of the melodic power metal band Avian, which features singer Lance King.
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David Ellefson played five tracks for the Soulfly album Prophecy and played on one track on Dark Ages.
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In February 2010, David Ellefson received a text message from Megadeth drummer Shawn Drover, saying "if ever there was a time for you and Dave [Mustaine] to talk, now is it".
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David Ellefson was quoted saying "it felt like I never left" after their first rehearsal together.
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In 2013, David Ellefson announced that his autobiography, entitled My Life with Deth, would be issued by American publisher Howard Books.
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In 2018, it was announced that David Ellefson had begun work on More Life with Deth, the follow-up to his 2013 memoir My Life with Deth, to be co-written with David Ellefson's business partner, and frequent collaborator, Thom Hazaert.
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David Ellefson was not included in the documentary Metallica: Some Kind of Monster showing musicians auditioning for the band and after Newsted's departure the position was ultimately filled by Robert Trujillo.
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In 2019, David Ellefson said since he rejoined Megadeth, he is a salaried member as opposed to being an "equal owner" with Mustaine in order to retain their friendship.
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David Ellefson denied any wrongdoing, and the other party denied being underage and said explicit videos were released without her consent.
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In October 2015 it was announced that David Ellefson had launched a record label and production company, David Ellefson Music Productions, known as EMP Label Group, and would release In Your Face, the debut EP from Phoenix-based all-girl pop punk group Doll Skin, in conjunction with Megaforce Records in North America, and Cargo Records in Europe.
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David Ellefson appears on a recurring segment "Mandatory Megadeth" on Hazaert's Dash Radio show.
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In November 2020 David Ellefson announced that he had completed a fiction thriller novel titled Rock Star Hitman co-written with Drew Fortier to be released via his book imprint The David Ellefson Book Co in December 2020.
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Mustaine felt David Ellefson was unfairly using the Megadeth name when advertising an amplifier for Peavey.
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In 2010 Mustaine and David Ellefson agreed to keep any unresolved issues in the past and were working on building and maintaining their friendship again.
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David Ellefson, like his ex-bandmate Dave Mustaine, is a committed Christian.
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On May 10,2021, videos of David Ellefson masturbating were posted on Twitter.
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The videos, recorded in 2020 by a fan that David Ellefson was in correspondence with, initially led to accusations of child grooming.
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David Ellefson used an LH1000 with two HX810s on the Rust in Peace 20th Anniversary Tour.
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David Ellefson has since moved onto using the Kilo amplifier.
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David Ellefson formerly used Peavey amps and his Peavey Zodiac DE Scorpio 4-string signature bass.
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David Ellefson plays exclusively with a guitar pick, as he is unable to perform in fingerstyle the fast tempos and palm-muting in many Megadeth songs.