Late in August 1981, Dave Mustaine (lead guitar), James Hetfield (rhythm guitar/vocals), Ron McGovney (bass), and Lars Ulrich (drums), formed the Metallica band as the original members. In late 1982, the band did, however, had to let go of Dave and Ron. To fill the void Kirk Hammett and Cliff Burton swiftly stepped in. Since…
Chris Kael, Kentucky native, and bassist for the heavy metal band, Fiver Finger Death Punch (known by fans as 5FDP) was recently awarded an honor from the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Andy Beshear. More specifically, he was commissioned as a Kentucky Colonel. As many are not familiar with this honor or its long…
Lars Ulrich started one of the influential metal bands with a few phone calls. He found James Hetfield, Dave Mustaine, and Ron McGovney. Initially, Metallica’s sound favored punk. However, as they became more influenced by groups like Discharge, their music style changed to thrash metal. After a few demos with original bassist Ron McGovney, he…
In 1970, a ragtag quartet from Birmingham created a new genre of music. The band was Black Sabbath. The genre was heavy metal. It didn’t emerge from the blue: over the previous few years, bands like Iron Butterfly and Led Zeppelin had been getting progressively heavier. But Black Sabbath was the first band to master…
Megadeth is an American thrash metal band formed in Los Angeles, California on December 18th, 1983. After the breakup of Metallica, Dave Mustaine teamed up with guitarist Marty Friedman and bassist David Ellefson to create Megadeth. Their debut album was released in 1985 and it was called “Killing Is My Business… And Business Is Good!”….
David Ellefson, the bassist, and co-founder of the MEGADETH shared special memories about the band’s albums and evaluated the albums. David Ellefson, the full name David Warren Ellefson, was born in Minnesota in 1964. David is the bassist and co-founder of the American heavy metal band MEGADETH. Although David had a few disagreements with Dave Mustaine…
David Ellefson revealed when they will release the new MEGADETH album. This upcoming album follow-up to their 2016’s “Dystopia” album. One month ago, Dave Mustaine and MEGADETH members also working on new music. They focus on the upcoming new album. For that, Dave said that “We’ve got one record left that we owe the record label….
ANTHRAX‘s guitarist Scott Ian talks about the Big Four, the early days of the thrash scene. He also says, “METALLICA just does things the right way” in the music industry. This is one of the most well-known metal band in the thrash scene. Also, Scott Ian and bassist Dan Lilker is co-founder of ANTHRAX band….
MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson talks about the early days and METALLICA band. He also says how they missed the lead to the “Big Four” of 1980s thrash metal. When we back to METALLICA‘s existence Dave Mustaine, who was the original lead guitarist of the band. But a few times later he was dismissed from the…