""I hear it and I go, 'Okay this is a Dave solo record.' This is Dave and his new band, Dave and his new guys," Ellefson said (as transcribed by The PRP). "It says Megadeth, so obviously it gets all the attention, but realistically I hear it, and to me it just doesn't sound like Megadeth. And that's just me, period. You know? It's like Dave, doing what Dave does, but with a different set of guys in a new day. And this is Dave's retirement, you know? So that's my view on it.""
""The funny thing is [Mustaine] was mad at Kirk Hammett [Metallica guitarist] for playing his [Mustaine's] solos and now here's Dave playing Kirk's solo, unless that's Teemu.""
David Ellefson was ousted from Megadeth in 2021. He recorded bass for The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead!, but Dave Mustaine chose to have those bass parts re-recorded by James LoMenzo. The final studio album features Mustaine, LoMenzo, drummer Dirk Verbeuren, and guitarist Teemu Mäntysaari. Ellefson characterized the self-titled album as essentially a Dave Mustaine solo record that does not sound like Megadeth to him. He noted the irony of Mustaine re-recording parts related to Metallica's "Ride the Lightning." The self-titled album reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and the band will begin a Canadian farewell tour.
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