David Ellefson has opened up about being estranged from Dave Mustaine within the years following his elimination from Megadeth.
The bassist took a reflective tone in a brand new interview when discussing his former bandmate, who shared the stage with Ellefson for a mixed 30 years throughout the his two stints within the thrash group.
“I miss Dave too,” Ellefson instructed “The Delz Present” after the host talked about that he missed seeing the 2 Daves onstage collectively.
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“Look, a few of a few of the greatest tales of my life start with ‘the time me and Dave’ — fill within the clean,” Ellefson mentioned. “ what I imply? As a result of we lived such an fascinating life along with that band. We haven’t talked in a couple of years, however I miss the man, in fact. We had a variety of enjoyable. And anytime we’ve ever had [a falling out] like this [in the past], as quickly as we get again collectively, it’s like we simply had been hanging out yesterday.”
Ellefson additionally spoke wistfully of his time in Megadeth in an interview again in Might. Nevertheless, in that dialog, he stopped well-short of extending an olive department to Mustaine, who swiftly fired Ellefson in 2021 after the bassist’s compromising on-line intercourse encounter went public.
“For Megadeth, we bought one other 10 years, 11 years out of it, received a Grammy,” mentioned Ellefson on the “The Candid Mic with Fran Strine.” “So I really feel like a variety of our story collectively in Megadeth with me and Dave bought to be accomplished as nicely. And if which means we by no means play collectively once more — oh, nicely. It was an excellent couple of chapters. And if in the future we do, nicely, then we’ll see the place that goes. However I believe you don’t sit round and await these issues. You simply get on with it. You simply get transferring ahead. And I actually didn’t cease. I simply stored going.”
When requested if he had spoken to Mustaine since being fired, Ellefson mentioned: “Nope. Not one phrase. No must. After that? No, I don’t must be your buddy. I’ll transfer on.”
Ellefson has actually completed that, no less than musically, forming a number of bands, together with the supergroup Dieth and his personal Megadeth spinoff Kings of Thrash. He additionally launched a podcast again in March.
Stream the brand new interview with Ellefson beneath.