Megadeth bassist and core member David Ellefson recently discussed his time away from the band, the eight years between 2002 and 2010.
As you may or may not know, Megadeth disbanded in 2002 due to Dave Mustaine’s arm injury, but when they returned in 2004, Junior was not a member of the fold and was instead involved in a legal battle with Mustaine.
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During this time, David was a member of Soulfly, F5, Avian, Temple of Brutality, and more bands. He told The Right to Rock:
“Megadeth was disbanded from 2002 until 2004. There were couple of years when band wasn’t working at all.
“But yeah, I continued to greatly expand my musical horizons. F5 was funny because they were younger guys than me and they even grew up on some Megadeth records, so they had a much different ear and also influenced with other artists, other than what I grew up with.
“It’s interesting to play with them and I did some writing with some other artists during that time. And it really opened my mind to not being in one band, playing one genre of music.
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“I enjoyed having my mind opened. It was kinda scary, I gotta be honest with you. There’s a comfort being in a band if you know what you’re gonna do every day. There’s a very small window of what’s acceptable and you kinda just go with that.
“But when you’re out on your own going rogue suddenly you’re kind of opened to anything and everything.
“And I think the trick there is to try to focus on the things you enjoy doing and you’re good at and in my case the things that your fans will come along with you on.