OMFG!

I'm not really sure if I'm happy about that. Both he and mustaine are big on Christianity now for some reason... Mustaine hasn't let it stop him from making some good music but we will see about ellefson.

Now, get Marty Friedman back and I'll really be interested. That band goes thru so many line up changes it really is getting old.

I like the current set-up, although...
Hellhammer + Dave Mustaine + Chris Broderick + ... Murderface?
What would that give?

or

Hellhammer + Dave Mustaine + Me + Random Bassguy N°2
That would probably give the worst music ever xD

I think dave mustaine can make any line up work. I can't say the same about metallica though. If they had stopped when cliff burton died then would be legends but they messed it up royally.

I disagree, Newsted did a good job filling Burton's slot even though he may have been drown out on JFA. I don't think without the help of JFA and the Black album, they would have fallen off the metal map. They could have quit at that point. Without the Black album, many of today's kids would have no clue who Metallica is/was. On a side note, just think, when the Black Album came out, the internet for the public wasn't even around yet and we would would have been chatting through a BBS.

Newsted was an adequate bassist-- nothing more, nothing less. He had a little more stage presence than Cliff, I'll give him that...

But lets make no illusions-- Cliff was in a different league altogether... although I would have liked to see what would have happened had Metallica accepted Les Claypool instead. Yes, he actually auditioned after Cliff's death-- he was rejected for being too good!

In terms of mainstream appeal, yes, Metallica definitely needed AJFA and the Black Album. In terms of musical content, however, I still contend that Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets were their best. Cliff's classical influence was a big part of that.

But, back to the original point of the thread, yeah, I'm glad to see Ellefson back. James LoMenzo did a very good job supplying Megadeth's bottom end, but Ellefson is part of Megadeth's backbone-- it is only he and Dave Mustaine who have seen it through from the beginning through their best years.

is Ellefson actually playing on the record, or did he come back after the album was cut?

If you're talking 'bout Endgame, it wasn't Ellefson, but James who was playing.

yeah, i was talking about Endgame.

Yeah I think I did a good job on bass

Yeah, you did

Too bad you got kicked out/left Megadeth man...

It was a spiral down caused by a maple syrup addiction and being a leafs fan

I remember going to a Leafs game last year. It was my first Leafs game in 5 years. We lost 6 to 0.



Seriously though, I'm glad Ellefson is back

Sucks to see such a historic team do so poorly.


Back on topic I think anything that gets megadeth back to their original sound is a positive change.

Yeah quite honestly, I wasn't too crazy about Endgame

It was a solid album and much better than united abominations but still not really that megadeth magic.

I agree. I think it was their best overall album out of the last 5 they've put out. In my opinion some of the songs actually live up to say Countdown quality. It would be sick if they could push it further as in Rust In Piece - such a killer album - perhaps my favorite thrash album of all time - although Master Of Puppets (Metallica) is way up there too. Stoked to see that Ellefson is back in - I didn't really care for any of his replacements - just didn't seem right.

Their sound has changed a lot indeed, and yeah, they might've lost "something", but they gained "another thing".

It's awesome to see such an old band (nearly 30 years old!) to still kick a**!

The band had it's up's and downs, but they're totally back on track, but heading a different direction than the one they used to follow say... 15-20 years ago.



And about the fact that both Dave and David and Goliath (random, stupid joke ) turned christian won't change much from the way they were already heading, that's what I think.

Megadeth isn't Black or Death Metal, they're Megadeth, and nothing can change that! (Although, when Mr. Money joined them during Risk, it took a turn, glad Dave (also) kicked him out).

I like Risk, but it's not a Megadeth album.