"If there was ever a time to reinvestigate coming back, this was it. 'Rust in Peace' [the classic MEGADETH album which is being played in its entirety on the band's current tour in celebration of its 20th anniversary] which is being is a musically progressive record, and it's got my stamp all over it."
"Dave [Mustaine, MEGADETH mainman] said, 'I'd love to have you back, if you want to be here. The door's open; let's saddle up and go.' So I threw a bass in my car and called my wife, who said, 'Go! You should be in MEGADETH.' She always knew that not being in MEGADETH was an unresolved issue in my life. It was an unresolved issue with the fans, and probably an unresolved issue with Dave, too. So coming back and doing this, it's what it's supposed to be."
"It's a great feeling to play 'Peace Sells' every night. If you're a metalhead, that is the soundtrack to your life in some way. To be the guy to have played that [signature bass] line and then have it become so pronounced in mainstream culture because of MTV, it's cool."
14
Mar
ELLEFSON return to MEGADEATH
- Written by karthick
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"This is the beginning, the starting of the next chapter. (The reunion) couldn't have happened at a better time. And none of us planned it or put it together this way, which gives me goose bumps. It makes all of us happy to be here."