Since Being Expelled, Dave Ellefson Has No Longer Been In Contact With Anyone In Megadeth

David Ellefson (Instagram @davidellesfonbass)

JAKARTA - While appearing in the latest episode of "Drinks With Johnny", an Internet TV program hosted by the bassist Averaged Sevenfold, Johnny Christ, David Ellefson reflected on his departure from Megadeth.

Two and a half years ago, Ellefson was kicked out of Megadeth due to an explicit video case that spread on social media.

"Being in a band is... We go through the seasons that get along, don't get along, tired on the way together," he opened.

You build a family together and your descendants are your songs and recordings,' he continued.

"And that's what you will always share forever. And just admit our songs will live longer than ours. Those songs will continue to live through us. So, at some level, that's what you leave when you sail into the next universe after you die."

"We have created something bigger than us. And I think that's the challenge, the best you can do while you're on planet Earth, try to be a good manager, take care, because you have differences, try to solve them."

"It's funny. When I saw my friend KK Downing leaving Judas Priest, and I was friends with him. I made friends with him and then reunited his good friendship here in recent years," added Ellefson.

"And we performed together at his Steel Mill at Wolverhampton and it was great to bring him back on stage, and he was so excited to be able to play."

"Then he built KK'S Priest. He released the album again. He came back as a recording artist and toured again. I just told him, 'You're not done yet, friend. Take your guitar. Let's go.'... It's impossible for Johnny Christ, David Ellefson, and KK Downing to sit at home without playing music anymore. "

"That day will never happen. Until the day of our death, this is what we do, whether full-time, part-time, once in a while, or... good."

Asked if he was still in touch with anyone from Megadeth's camp, Ellefson said: "No. Kiko [Loureiro, guitarist of Megadeth] is a good friend. He and I chatted several times. He contacted me. And Kiko wasn't afraid of anything. He's an adult. Look, he runs Angra. I shouldn't have said 'run'. However, he's a rock-star guitar player from the band, so he's the one who owns the band."

"After you've been doing this for some time, you're not just a musician, you're like a business owner," David explained.

"Almost all the bands I joined, I was a founding member. I started it, I brought the corporation together, I did the press package, I called the agent and manager, I invested my own money in it. So for me, it continues to recycle funds for the next business. And that's how I work, friend. That's what we do."

"I bought real estate. I did various things. Another band? Yes. Why not? And I learned it from my father. Farming is very entrepreneurial, especially to run a big agricultural business. And the bands are the same too. Party or hunger, right? We have a record album, we have an album that is not very successful. Suddenly the world likes heavy metal, and sometimes not."