Although Dave Ellefson is a founding member of Megadeth, he and frontman Dave Mustaine had a falling out in 2002 that actually disbanded the group for a time. When Megadeth re-formed shortly after, Ellefson was not in the line-up. Early last year, the Daves (Ellefson and Mustaine) patched up their differences and Ellefson was back in the band as bassist, weeks before the band would embark on the Rust In Peace tour and subsequent dates with The Big Four in Europe. (Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax are dubbed ‘The Big Four’ bands that came out of the 1980’s thrash metal movement).

With both Megadeth and Slayer headlining this years Mayhem Festival, and Megadeth performing at Heavy TO (with Slayer and Anthrax), Toronto area fans can see the band up close and personal. Anyone who has seen The Big 4 DVD, or the recently released Rust In Peace DVD, already know that the band are performing at the top of their game at the moment. Don’t wuss-out and miss what will surely be one of the best two days of live music this year at Heavy TO!!!

Dave Ellefson was good enough to give me twenty minutes of his time to chat about being back in Megadeth. The gist of our conversation follows the links below.

Watch for Megadeth at Heavy TO this summer in Toronto, and on the Mayhem Festival in North America for the rest of this Summer. Megadeth play the Heavy TO festival in Toronto on July 23rd.

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