Former Megadeth bassist David Ellefson‘s bought lots on his plate proper now. Between Kings of Thrash, Dieth, and quite a lot of different tasks, the dude is fairly busy writing, recording, and selling his work. But it looks as if all anybody desires to speak to him about is his previous in some of the influential thrash bands of all time. It’s actually gotta be irritating.

Throughout a current chat with the Sobre La Dosis YouTube channel for his or her “My 3 Inquiries to” collection (transcribed by Final Guitar), Ellefson was requested what he felt was the moist “demanding” to work on throughout his time in Megadeth. And whereas it’d make sense in case you guessed that he stated one thing like Rust In Peace or Peace Sells… However Who’s Shopping for?, you’d be unsuitable.

“Arms down Countdown to Extinction, for positive. As a result of it was such a step up on each degree. And particularly the digital recording that we did was very demanding.

“Additionally, considered one of my favourite dalbums we ever did. [Laughs] In order that’s cool.”

With songs like “Sweating Bullets,” “Symphony of Destruction,” and “Foreclosures of a Dream” on that album, there definitely are some bangers on that document. However listening to it in 2023, it’s laborious to think about that it was significantly laborious to place collectively as a bassist.

Then once more, I don’t play bass so what the hell do I do know?

He additionally defined how he reconnected with Jeff Younger, one other ex-Megadeth member who solely performed on So Far, So Good… So What? The 2 of them are actually band mates in Kings of Thrash.

“I did a jam for Ronnie Montrose Remembered at NAMM 10 years in the past possibly. And Jeff was on that as properly. I used to be taking part in with Jimmy DeGrasso and Gilby Clarke and Brad Gillis and a bunch of individuals. And I regarded over and there’s Jeff over there.

“In order that was most likely the primary time I’d seen him in… God, 20, 25 years. So it’s good to reconnect with him on new music, some new songs.

“He had a riff from 1988 that he hummed to me. One evening, we had been out for dinner and he simply hummed the riff and I went ‘Oh my God, I completely do not forget that. In order that began our musical friendship and brotherhood once more. After which Kings of Thrash occurred after that.”