DAVID ELLEFSON on Post-Megadeth Fun, Last Words With Cliff Burton, Addiction & More | IANO

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Topics Discussed:
0:00 - Catching up with David
0:34 - Cheers / Ellefson Coffee
1:09 - Any memories of Buffalo, NY?
2:36 - Today In Music: Pink Floyd perform the live debut of ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon’ (1972)
2:59 - Covering “Wish You Were Here” on ‘Still Wish You Were Here - A Tribute To Pink Floyd’ (2021)
3:26 - David's admiration of David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
4:47 - Pink Floyd’s original name was Megadeth?!
5:39 - This Week in Music: Ian Hill (Judas Priest) turns 70 / Paul Stanley (KISS) turns 70
5:52 - Two of David’s icons: Paul Stanley and KK Downing (KK’s Priest, ex-Judas Priest)
8:17 - Will you play into your 70s? / Cutting his hair in 1997
10:38 - Today's Quote: “Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success.” - Dale Carnegie
"I ASK SOMEONE" W/ DAVID ELLEFSON (THE LUCID, KINGS OF THRASH, ELLEFSON-SOTO, EX-MEGADETH)
11:08 - A 1994 conversation in the car with Dave Mustaine (Megadeth) / Separating from Megadeth
17:40 - Excitement in writing and recording The Lucid's self-titled (2021) debut record
23:12 - Have you listened to Mastodon's 'Hushed And Grim' (2021) and Gojira's 'Fortitude' (2021), yet?
25:33 - Metal Allegiance’s 2016 tribute show for Lemmy Kilmister (Motörhead) at the Whisky
27:42 - Chilling Jeff Young (Kings Of Thrash, ex-Megadeth) the "November Rain" booth at the Rainbow Bar & Grill
29:04 - David on Troy Sanders (Mastodon, Killer Be Killed, Gone Is Gone): “He’s kinda like Glenn Hughes!”
31:12 - Metal Allegiance’s Motörhead covers of “Overkill” and “(We Are) The Road Crew” / Doro Pesch (Doro, Warlock)
33:00 - Fieldy's (KoЯn, StillWell) comment on creating one's signature sound
34:00 - Lars Ulrich (Metallica) to Dave Mustaine: “I want Metallica to be the US Motörhead.” / David on "authentic" Lemmy
35:39 - Megadeth’s dissension with Motörhead in 1986
37:42 - Reconciling with Motörhead at Graspop 2001 / Scott Ian (Anthrax) on "real" Lemmy
39:48 - “Killed-by-death!”
40:02 - Did the success of Metallica’s ‘Metallica’ (The Black Album) (1991) help or hurt the metal community?
43:08 - Learning from your mistakes…
44:52 - Playing 'The Big 4' shows (2010-11)
47:45 - New Year’s Eve 1985 show with Metallica, Exodus, and Metal Church / Lars & Dave's respect for each other
50:39 - Performing “My Last Words” for James & Lars at Cow Palace (2010) / The Metallica family tree
52:15 - Final conversation/laughs with the late, great Cliff Burton (Metallica)
55:20 - Clash Of The Titans 1991 / Hooking up with Alice In Chains
59:14 - Friendship with the late, great Michael Starr (Alice In Chains)
1:00:35 - Conversation with the late, great Layne Staley (Alice In Chains) on recovery in 1991 / Layne’s voice
1:02:58 - Coming clean in 1989 / Help from Steven Tyler (Aerosmith) / “The rock ’n roll dies if you die.”
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1:06:09 - How has suicide personally impacted you? / Addiction
1:14:46 - Writing contributions in ‘So Far, So Good…So What!’ (1988)
1:15:46 - What songs inspire you to write music?
1:17:24 - 'This Was My Life - The Story of Nick Menza' (2023) documentary
Links:
"Wish You Were Here" (ft. Rik Emmett, Joe Satriani, Edgar Froese, David Ellefson, and Carmine Appice" (2021): • Wish You Were Here
David's Pink Floyd setlist from Tempe, AZ (1994): • Wish You Were Here
"Trust" by Megadeth (1997): • Megadeth - Trust
Errors & Omissions:
4:47 - Pink Floyd's original name was The Megadeaths. They took their eventual name as a tribute to bluesmen, Pink Anderson and Floyd Council.
5:12 - Chris Poland (ex-Megadeth) once played guitar for Circle Jerks on their 1988 tour in support of 'VI' (1987)
26:13 - Ian Fraser Kilmister (aka "Lemmy") passed away on 28 December 2015, four days after he had turned 70. Cause of death was prostate cancer, cardiac arrhythmia, and congestive heart failure.
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