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Ellefson out of Megadeth

Posted on 5/24/21 at 1:15 pm
Posted by TommyCheeseballs
Milwaukee WI
Member since Jan 2007
8351 posts
Posted on 5/24/21 at 1:15 pm
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Don’t search for the videos, trust me
Posted by Hoodie
Donaldsonville, LA
Member since Dec 2019
2977 posts
Posted on 5/24/21 at 1:39 pm to
Oh, goodness... I hate to see a member of one of the "Big Four" thrash metal titans go down this way, but if Ellefson's diddling, it's justified. Kudos to Mustaine for cutting ties, here.
Posted by Hetfield
Dallas
Member since Jun 2013
6947 posts
Posted on 5/24/21 at 1:39 pm to
This entire story is nuts. Ellefson is an essential part of the band. It’s going to be interesting to see who they replace him with on the heels of a summer tour that hopefully will happen. I have tickets for the Irving show in August & I’m sick of it being postponed.
Posted by Hoodie
Donaldsonville, LA
Member since Dec 2019
2977 posts
Posted on 5/24/21 at 1:41 pm to
If Mustaine could somehow lure ex-Metallica bassist Jason Newsted out of retirement, I'd buy my ticket, today. The PR for those shows writes itself.
Posted by Hetfield
Dallas
Member since Jun 2013
6947 posts
Posted on 5/24/21 at 1:50 pm to
I’m with you but Newstead just said in an interview that he can no longer play hard & fast music due to his physical issues from his past surgeries. If you saw him play back in the day this is not a surprise with what he did to his body onstage.
Posted by Hoodie
Donaldsonville, LA
Member since Dec 2019
2977 posts
Posted on 5/24/21 at 1:54 pm to
Oh, man. Not to hijack this thread, but Newsted's stage presence was second-to-none. The headbanging, the hair windmill, the growling back-up vocals...
This post was edited on 5/24/21 at 1:54 pm
Posted by massilsu
Oz
Member since Sep 2020
1947 posts
Posted on 5/24/21 at 3:12 pm to
Saddens me if Ellefson is guilty .Always seemed like a stright up cat in interviews .Megadeth has been a shell of itself since Countdown to Extinction came out . Every album after that one was garbage .Mustaine has no vocals left ( i know throat cancer contributed to this but even before that he was shot) . The first 4 Megadeth albums rival anyones first 4 albums but after that they really fell off .
Posted by Hoodie
Donaldsonville, LA
Member since Dec 2019
2977 posts
Posted on 5/24/21 at 3:15 pm to
I give 'em the nod for Youthanasia and Cryptic Writings, too. Things went sour for me with Risk.
Posted by Saintsisit
Member since Jan 2013
3905 posts
Posted on 5/24/21 at 3:26 pm to
I love that you're sticking to your schtick that Countdown sucks. One of the best written and produced metal albums ever. Never change.
Posted by Hoodie
Donaldsonville, LA
Member since Dec 2019
2977 posts
Posted on 5/24/21 at 3:28 pm to
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Don’t search for the videos, trust me


I've heard these sentiments echoed across the internet in the last few hours. Would you care to offer us an inkling as to what is shown?
Posted by TommyCheeseballs
Milwaukee WI
Member since Jan 2007
8351 posts
Posted on 5/24/21 at 3:37 pm to
I don’t know if they’re still around but someone on Twitter posted multiple videos showing him pleasuring himself complete with money shot.
Posted by Hoodie
Donaldsonville, LA
Member since Dec 2019
2977 posts
Posted on 5/24/21 at 3:55 pm to
Oh, man... It's gonna be difficult to bounce back from that.

There's lots of debate online as to what should be done and if Mustaine is wrong from showing Ellefson the door in light of recent events. I can't fault Mustaine for this; Ellefson should've exercised better judgment.

One question being asked is, "Essentially, is Dave Mustaine "Megadeth?" I believe he is.
Posted by Blizzard of Chizz
Member since Apr 2012
18940 posts
Posted on 5/24/21 at 4:46 pm to
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There's lots of debate online as to what should be done and if Mustaine is wrong from showing Ellefson the door in light of recent events.


I do find it ironic any 80’s rockstar standing in judgment of their peers sexual proclivities. God knows what kind of crazy shite their got into across the globe. That being said, this ain’t the 80’s. Jacking off online with a 19 year old fan isn’t the smartest decision he could make.
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
20006 posts
Posted on 5/24/21 at 4:55 pm to
I thought the woman came out and said she was of age?

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The woman in the case also posted that “Yes, those video calls did happen, but I was the one who initiated them, and never was I underage, I was always a consenting adult. Nothing inappropriate ever happened before that.” The unnamed woman posted under the IG name edophosauruses and the comment has since been deleted.
This post was edited on 5/24/21 at 5:03 pm
Posted by Blizzard of Chizz
Member since Apr 2012
18940 posts
Posted on 5/24/21 at 5:08 pm to
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I thought the woman came out and said she was of age?


Rumor on the street is that this isn’t isolated and there are other young girls. Take it with a grain of salt though
Posted by MBGamecock
South Carolina
Member since Jan 2013
914 posts
Posted on 5/24/21 at 5:09 pm to
The whole "with an already strained relationship" bit makes me think there's more to this than we know. Don't forget mustaine and ellefson were going through a nasty legal battle not long ago.

My guess, they weren't getting along before any of this happened and mustaine saw this as his excuse to finally fire ellefson.
Posted by Big Scrub TX
Member since Dec 2013
33257 posts
Posted on 5/24/21 at 7:32 pm to
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Megadeth has been a shell of itself since Countdown to Extinction came out . Every album after that one was garbage .
Desperately misguided hot take.
Posted by Big Scrub TX
Member since Dec 2013
33257 posts
Posted on 5/24/21 at 7:33 pm to
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One question being asked is, "Essentially, is Dave Mustaine "Megadeth?" I believe he is.
I think he needs Junior to make it whole.
Posted by Boring
Member since Feb 2019
3792 posts
Posted on 5/24/21 at 7:53 pm to
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pleasuring himself complete with money shot.


...if I’ve sent one of these to my girlfriend, should I be worried? She’s 34 fwiw

Junior is innocent until proven guilty and will always be a first class bass player in my book.
Posted by themetalreb
Mississippi
Member since Sep 2018
3982 posts
Posted on 5/24/21 at 8:37 pm to
There is obviously a lot we don’t know here...what DE did was idiotic and embarrassing, but fireable? No way...now, if it comes out that under age girls were involved in any way, then obviously that changes everything...
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