In the collection
18 records
Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!
Megadeth, 1985
Peace Sells... But Who’s Buying?
Megadeth, 1986
So Far, So Good... So What!
Megadeth, 1988
Wes Craven’s Shocker (No More Mr. Nice Guy - The Music)
Various, 1989
Hangar 18
Megadeth, 1990
Rust In Peace
Megadeth, 1990
Countdown To Extinction
Megadeth, 1992
Foreclosure Of A Dream
Megadeth, 1992
Symphony Of Destruction
Megadeth, 1992
Youthanasia With Hidden Treasures
Megadeth, 1994
Cryptic Writings
Megadeth, 1997
Risk
Megadeth, 1999
The World Needs A Hero
Megadeth, 2001
Rude Awakening
Megadeth, 2002
Countdown To Extinction Live
Megadeth, 2013
Super Collider
Megadeth, 2013
Altitudes & Attitude
Altitudes & Attitude, 2014
Dystopia
Megadeth, 2016
Played with
Megadeth
17 records together
Dave Mustaine
17 records together
Nick Menza
8 records together
Marty Friedman
8 records together
Max Norman
5 records together
Jimmy DeGrasso
3 records together
Mike Clink
2 records together
Al Pitrelli
2 records together
Bill Kennedy
2 records together
Shawn Drover
2 records together
Chris Broderick
2 records together
Dann Huff
2 records together
About
Born: November 12, 1964 in Jackson, Minnesota.
David Ellefson is best known as the original bass player for Megadeth, a band he helped found with guitarist/frontman Dave Mustaine in 1983 following Mustaine’s dismissal from Metallica. Ellefson, known as “Junior” within the band, remained the only player to perform with Mustaine and Megadeth throughout the band’s initial run from 1983 through 2002. When Mustaine resurrected the Megadeth name in 2004, Ellefson was not included. An unsuccessful lawsuit brought by Ellefson against Mustaine over Megadeth rights and royalties only served to heighten tensions between the former band mates. Although Mustaine would announce that the two had eventually settled their personal differences, he did not foresee Ellefson ever rejoining the band, and Megadeth released 3 studio albums with different bassists. In the meantime, Ellefson performed with the groups F5 and Hail and went to work for Peavy Amplifiers.
In February 2010, it was announced that Ellefson had rejoined Megadeth. He remained a member until May 24, 2021, when they split up with Ellefson again due to explicit videos of him that were posted online causing a scandal.