MEGADETH's Dave Ellefson Says Being KISSed Changed His Life
May 3, 2012, 12 years ago
One concert by one band with a one-word name changed the life of MEGADETH's Dave Ellefson.
"For me, it was KISS," Ellefson tells Tom Netherland from TriCities.com . "My mom took me to see them in Minnesota on their Rock And Roll Over tour."Six years later, Ellefson and Dave Mustaine formed Megadeth.
Currently on tour in support of the band’s Grammy-nominated album Th1rt3en, Ellefson retains a firm grip on why he took up the bass to play music.
"When I saw KISS I said, ‘I want to do that,’" Ellefson said last week by phone from his home in Phoenix, AZ. "I watched them and thought, ‘how does that work?’"Nearly three decades later... "And now I know how," he said.
And each Megadeth show reflects that the bassist adds: "There’s still that 13 year old in me that says they’re still rock gods. Rock ‘n’ roll is all about being able to take people to a different place. It still means the world to us. We’re fans. If we ever lose being a fan, then we should get out of the business."
Read the entire interview at TriCities.com.
