MEGADETH Bassist David Ellefson - The Year In Review, Top 10 Albums Of 2010 Revealed
December 27, 2010, 13 years ago
Roadrunner Records recently caught up with MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson for a bried Year In Review interview. It is available below:
Q: What was your personal theme song this year and why?
Ellefson: "RAMMSTEIN’s 'Feuer Frei'. After playing on several festivals with them this year, there is NOTHING more metal than attaching a flame thrower to your face and spewing 12-foot flames during the show with your bandmates!"
Q: What’s the most embarrassing or funny thing that happened on tour this year? Tell us the story!
Ellefson: "Chuck Billy (TESTAMENT frontman) throwing Chris Broderick's birthday cake from the stage into the crowd at a show in Calgary, Canada."
Q: What’s the biggest lesson you learned this year?
Ellefson: "Live in the moment because that’s where the action is."
Q: What’s the coolest thing you discovered this year?
Ellefson: "ToonTrack drum programs and Logic Express for the Mac."
Q: What’s your new year’s resolution?
Ellefson: "To keep doing what I’m doing."
In addition, Ellefson has issued his Top Ten Album Of 2010 for Roadrunner Records. It is as follows:
1) THE BIG FOUR - Live From Sofia, Bulgaria (DVD)
2) MEGADETH - Rust In Peace Live
3) ACCEPT - Blood Of The Nations
4) DISTURBED - Asylum
5) HALFORD - Halford IV: Made Of Metal
6) PANTERA - A Decade Of Dominance
7) SOULFLY - Omen
8) THERION - Sitra Ahra
9) AVENGED SEVENFOLD - Nightmare
10) MOTÖRHEAD - The World Is Yours
