ELLEFSON the eponymous solo band of Grammy-Winning Megadeth bassist/co-founder David Ellefson has announced the tentative tracklisting for NO COVER, out 10/2 on Combat Records, featuring 17+ cover songs including classic tracks from Motorhead, WASP, Def Leppard, Cheap Trick, Queen, Judas Priest, Twisted Sister, Fastway, Fight, Dead Kennedys, and more, with…
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MEGADETH’s KIKO LOUREIRO: Hear his new solo Album “Open Source”
MEGADETH guitarist Kiko Loureiro has just released his fifth solo album, “Open Source”. The disc can now be streamed in its entirety in the YouTube clip below: The cover artwork for “Open Source” was created by Gustavo Sazes (MACHINE HEAD, AMARANTHE, ARCH ENEMY). “Open Source” includes an instrumental titled “EDM…
David Ellefson on New Covers CD, No Cover – We’re All Part Of The Same Rock & Roll Playground!
Interview by Robert Cavuoto Bassist and co-founding member of Megadeth, David Ellefson, has announced the release of a new cover CD, entitled, No Cover, due out 10/2/20 via Combat Records. While recording cover songs for B-Sides and bonus tracks for his upcoming Ellefson solo LP (due out in the Spring…
MEGADETH BASSIST DAVID ELLEFSON’S SOLO BAND ELLEFSON RELEASES RE-IMAGINED COVER OF POST MALONE TRACK “OVER NOW” ON ALL DIGITAL OUTLETS
ELLEFSON, the solo band of Grammy-Winning MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson released their cover of the POST MALONE track “OVER NOW”, currently available exclusively on BANDCAMP, and on all other digital outlets. The track will appear on their as yet-untitled debut album, tentatively due in October. Track is available here: Bandcamp:…
Megadeth-Death By Design (Book Review)
Review Date: April 2020 Released: 2019 Publisher: Heavy Metal Rating: 4.5/5 Review: JP 2019 was the 35th anniversary of thrash titans, Megadeth. To commemorate the milestone the band issued a pair of items, a CD and a book. The CD, is a triple disc, 35 track, ‘Best of’ called WARHEADS…
Australian metal band LORD launches “Nod to the Old School” podcast series
Australian metal band LORD are continuing to ride the success of their latest album “Fallen Idols” with the announcement of a 10-part podcast series named “Nod to the Old School”, hosted by the band’s very own Andy Dowling. Nod to the Old School is all about the old school mix…
Ellefson David (with Thom Hazaert) More Life With Deth (Book Review)
More Life With Deth (Book review) Published: 2019, Jawbone Press Reviewed: October, 2019 Reviewer: JP Rating: 4/5 Back in early 2014 David Ellefson published his first autobiography MY LIFE WITH DETH. I had the pleasure of reviewing it and enjoyed the book very much. In my review at the time…
Marty Friedman announces December 2019 Australian tour with full “super band”
Legendary guitar virtuoso MARTY FRIEDMAN will be returning to Australia for the first time with his full “super band” across four very intimate venues. With a career of over thirty years with some of the world’s biggest heavy metal acts on top of an absolutely monumental solo career, Marty Friedman…
David Ellefson on More Life with Death – “Saying ‘Yes’ is being a part of life and being positive…”
Interview by Robert Cavuoto Header photo of David Ellefson – Melody Myers David Ellefson of Megadeth will be releasing his latest book, More Life with Deth on July 16th via Jawbone Press. It is co-written by his business partner Thom Hazaert and provides a deep dive into David’s career and…
Thom Hazaert, Co-Author of David Ellefson’s New Book, More Life with Deth – “It’s Written with a Megadeth Fan’s Anal-Retentive Level to Detail!”
Interview by Robert Cavuoto David Ellefson will be releasing a new book More Life with Deth and a companion CD which is being touted as his first ever solo CD; Sleeping Giants. His book will be out on July 16th and the CD on July 19 th via Combat Record.…
Tronos – Celestial Mechanics
Reviewed: May 2019 Released: 2019, Century Media Records Rating: 3.5/5 Reviewer: Peter Atkinson Super groups too often end up sounding like a mere sum of their various parts. A recent case in point is Vltimas, which features ex-Morbid Angel bassist/vocalist David Vincent, ex-Mayhem guitarist Rune “Blasphemer” Eriksen and Cryptopsy drummer…
David Ellefson and Frank Bello of Altitudes & Attitude – It was a Labor of Love Making new CD, Get it Out!
Interview by Robert Cavuoto The new full-length debut CD from Altitudes & Attitude, Get it Out, was just released via Megaforce on January 18th. A&A is a collaboration between two of the world’s greatest Thrash Metal bassists, David Ellefson of Megadeth and Frank Bello of Anthrax. These two leviathan bass…
Menza, Nick (with J. Marshall Craig) Megalife. (Book review)
Author: Nick Menza with J. Marshall Craig Title: Megalife-The Autobiography of Nick Menza Publisher: Post Hill Press Year: 2018 Reviewed: Jan 2019 Rating: 4/5 Reviewer: JP I’m sure most people have heard the phrase ’just the drummer’. Although I’m not a drummer, I’ve never agreed with that sentiment. Would anyone…
Interview with J. Marshall Craig, author of Megalife, the new autobiography of Megadeth’s Nick Menza.
Interview with J. Marshall Craig, author of Megalife. by JP What inspired you to write a book about Nick Menza? What is it about his story that makes for such a compelling read? Are you a drummer as well? Nick approached me after I was recommended to him by…
Frank Bello (Anthrax) & David Ellefson (Megadeth) form Collaborative Band Altitudes & Attitude Debut Album Get It Out Available January 18, 2019 (Megaforce)
ALTITUDES & ATTITUDE, a collaboration between Anthrax’s Frank Bello and Megadeth’s David Ellefson—two virtuosic bass players who’ve anchored some of the fiercest thrash records of all time – will release its debut album Get It Out on January 18 (Megaforce). A testament to the expressive strength of rock songcraft, Get It Out reaches far beyond the…