I guess this is cool? It seemed to me that James LoMenzo was the better bassist, back-up vocalist, and songwriter (when allowed).

Edit: I updated the pic to reflect the current line up.

Awesome, Ellefson always was a huge part of Megadeth.

Not to discredit bassists at all, but whether this makes an impact in whenever they decide to record the follow-up to Endgame remains to be seen. Just another person booted out of Megadeth at the end of the day

yeah but ellefson is the man

It's still Megadeth though and I could care less about them and Metallica. There is plenty of thrash out there that makes both of these bands look medicore.

ellefson really is... i'm really excited to hear what they put out next now

Don't know too much about this band's history, so I thought it was Broderick being replaced. Glad it wasn't.

This is pretty cool

Meh some good albums were done without him

There is plenty of thrash out there that makes both of these bands look medicore.

Awesome, he's a great bassist. One thing I dislike about Megadeth, though, is their lack of a band identity, it's always just Dave. I don't even know who the bassist was who played on Endgame, or how many other times people have switched in and out of this band for different records or tours.

It's good that he's coming back for the RIP tour though.

"There is plenty of thrash out there that makes both of these bands look medicore."

It's always interesting to hear some people so arbitrarily dismiss bands like these. They seem completely oblivious to fact that many of the bands they're trying to compare them with might never have existed if not for the influence of the Megadeths/Metallicas etc.

How many thrash metal bands out there haven't at some stage in their career belted out a metallica track at some stage? Whether it's just practice, live, or even an official cover. Not fucking many.

^ True but on Sputnik to like Metallica is pretty much taboo, especially liking them more than Megadeth.

lol at least its not the other way round like everywhere else

Yeah but according to this site Converge > Megadeth so idk

sputnik does not lie

Cool news

That's fucking gay, does the LoMenzo just get kicked out? That's fucking bullshit if you ask me.

thats the mustaine way

lomenzo left the band....not kicked out

ellefson's megaresume speaks for itself.

also good to hear lomenzo left willingly

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Megadeth_band_members#Timeline

I bet he will leave the band by this suummer

This sucks if you're James Lomenzo

Saw this coming.

you guys are tards this shit is fucking awesome. getting my ticket NAO

"This shows the power of brotherly love and forgiveness” - Dave Mustaine

LOL...... yeah ok....

Lets hope he never gets rid of Broderick. Motherfucker shreds.

unless friedman were to come back

Hell no. Broderick is the better fit for the band. So, someone said that James wasn't kicked out, that he left willingly. Does anyone have a link to where it says that because that doesn't sound like Mustaine's style.

There was nothing wrong with Lomenzo, but in the eyes of fans Ellefson is THE Megadeth bassist.

I kind of feel like this was a fanservice move. Mustaine wrote like 80% of Megadeth's material anyway. "Endgame" proved that Megadeth could make an awesome album even with a revolving door of musicians. Also, there wasn't anything that Ellefson could do that Lomenzo couldn't.

But then again, what Bfhurricane said is really true

yea but i heard all those and rust in peace is still better ;)

A matter of opinion buddy ; ).

It's always interesting to hear some people so arbitrarily dismiss bands like these. They seem completely oblivious to fact that many of the bands they're trying to compare them with might never have existed if not for the influence of the Megadeths/Metallicas etc.

How many thrash metal bands out there haven't at some stage in their career belted out a metallica track at some stage? Whether it's just practice, live, or even an official cover. Not fucking many.

Dude, it's not like I've never listened to those bands, let alone understand the profound influence that both had on thrash in general. However, that wasn't the point of my statement and just because you reinvented the wheel doesn't mean someone can't come along and do it better.

^ True but on Sputnik to like Metallica is pretty much taboo, especially liking them more than Megadeth.

With people like myself, it has nothing to do with that. I could give two fucks about what this site thinks in my taste in metal.

Yeah I would also like a source saying he left willingly. I have no idea what's true so I'm not saying that's not, but it's definitely bullshit if he got kicked out for this.

on an unrelated not can u recommend me some thrash? ..i haven't listened to anything apart from these two bands and maybe anthrax and testament ..i am really confused what thrash is really does it include bands like Atheist and Meshuggah ??..lol im ignorant

No.

Exodus, Slayer, Overkill, and Destruction are your friends.

Toxic Holocaust's first two albums rape.

friedman is who made that band awesome for me.

Hell no. Broderick is the better fit for the band.

ugh idk

Broaderick bored me to tears when I watched him shred with Megadeth.

marty 4 life

This is okay news I guess

See, Canadians don't even find it that impressive. We have better things to worry about in music like........let's see......the Tragically Hip. hahahahah

What's up shindip?

Why dont they get the SFSGSW? lineup back?

But seriously, they should bring Friedman. Best guitarist the band ever had

friedman, mustaine, ellefson, menza line-up is dead forever

Lomenzo was a great bassist. He did this sick solo in Ecuador, was like whoa man. Real good live.

Ironic that the bands best lineup will never happen....Menza was their best drummer.

cant beat the rip lineup fo sho, too bad after their first album together they went soft

"It's still Megadeth though and I could care less about them and Metallica. There is plenty of thrash out there that makes both of these bands look medicore."

and then...

"it's not like I've never listened to those bands, let alone understand the profound influence that both had on thrash in general."

see i don't get that, lol. doesn't the 'profound influence' bit even elicit any level of respect at all? no? yet you feel obligated to make a post expressing your complete dismissal of them as relevant musical entities?

these guys are like the elder statesmen of the genre. they're mostly a bunch a 50 year olds still doing a reasonable job of tearing shit up. give em a break ffs, lol.

^He can acknowledge the fact that they've both had a profound influence on music in general and still think they suck.

for sure. still it's unusual for someone to say 'i love thrash metal', and then go out their way to say a couple of the bands that were pioneers of the genre suck. not that i thought he was saying they suck btw.

the post is about a change in bass player. he said he doesn't care what people think of his opinion, yet it was obviously important enough to him to make sure we're all crystal clear on exactly where he stands.

if you don't care what ppl think, and you 'couldn't care less' about the bands in question, why go to a thread that will undoubtedly attract ppl who do and post that shit?. unless of course ur some kind of tosser who gets off in pissing ppl off... i don't have issue with his opinion at all, i just thought the comment was weak.

hes a killer bassist and it's awesome hes back in there

"This shows the power of brotherly love and forgiveness,”

More like "This shows the power of the big dollars", I guess.

LoMenzo was fine and I felt the band was whole and sparkly shiny with Broderick and him rounding out the lineup with Shawn on the drums.

Bringing Ellefson back in just makes it seem like Dave's pining for the glory days again.

And, granted I fucking love Marty Friedman, I see zero chance of him rejoining Megadeth, and that's a good thing considering that Broderick is about a pinch and a half better than him.

This would have been cool if I hadn't heard the new album!

i would care about this if Mustaine wasn't a born-again Xtian faggot

go back to being an angry against the world fuck like on RIP you old fart

kickass

hmmmm............. thats ok i guess

Sorry to bump this, but I guess LoMenzo was leaving anyway, and Shawn Drover alerted Ellefson of this and told him to talk to Dave.

http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/dave-ellefson-exclusive-why-im-back-in-megadeth/

Just to shield Dave from any undue accusations on the matter. I know nobody really cares. :]

awesome