{"id":82443,"date":"2020-08-09T08:11:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-09T13:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=82443"},"modified":"2020-08-09T08:14:21","modified_gmt":"2020-08-09T13:14:21","slug":"david-ellefson-drops-three-song-ep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=82443","title":{"rendered":"David Ellefson &#8211; Drops Three Song Covers EP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ellefson - No Cover - Freewheel Burning\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QmEKGKx3q1w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>MEGADETH<\/strong> bassist <strong>David Ellefson<\/strong> has released a three-song EP previewing his upcoming covers album, \u201c<strong>No Cover<\/strong>.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The three tracks included on that release include his <strong>Ellefson<\/strong> band\u2019s takes on <strong>Def Leppard<\/strong>\u2018s \u201c<strong>Wasted<\/strong>\u201d (feat. <strong>Frank Hannon<\/strong> of <strong>Tesla<\/strong>, <strong>Jacob Bunton<\/strong>, <strong>Dave McClain<\/strong> of <strong>Sacred Reich<\/strong> and <strong>Ron \u201cBumblefoot\u201d Thal<\/strong>), <strong>Judas Priest<\/strong>\u2018s \u201c<strong>Freewheel Burning<\/strong>\u201d (feat. <strong>Jason McMaster<\/strong> of <strong>Dangerous Toys<\/strong>, <strong>Gus G.<\/strong> of <strong>Firewind<\/strong> and <strong>Dave McClain<\/strong> of <strong>Sacred Reich<\/strong>) and <strong>Mot\u00f6rhead<\/strong>\u2018s \u201c<strong>Love Me Like A Reptile<\/strong>\u201d (feat. <strong>Doro Pesch<\/strong>, <strong>Greg Handevidt<\/strong> of <strong>Kublai Khan<\/strong> and <strong>Chuck Behler<\/strong>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Ellefson<\/strong>&#8216;s full-length covers album \u201c<strong>No Cover<\/strong>\u201d is slated to be out on October 2nd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">From humble farm roots in rural Minnesota, David Ellefson has come a long way, literally and figuratively, to conquering stages around the World as bassist of thrash metal titans MEGADETH. Revered for his unique, hard-hitting playing style, and unwavering dedication to his musical craft, Ellefson has woven a vast professional tapesty as a bassist, songwriter, record producer, clinician and author. As a member of MEGADETH, he has been awarded 10 Grammy nominations, countless gold &amp; platinum records and toured the world for the better part of 3 decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  data-gnlv=\"hey\" src=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/davidellefson2019.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-82447\" width=\"404\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/davidellefson2019.jpg 830w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/davidellefson2019-600x253.jpg 600w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/davidellefson2019-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themetalden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/davidellefson2019-768x324.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">In addition to Megadeth, David has lent his playing and writing abilities to several other recording and touring projects including Soulfly, F5, Temple of Brutality, Altitudes and Attitude (With Frank Bello of Anthrax) and Metal Allegiance, the &#8220;supergroup&#8221; formed by Mark Menghi with David, Mike Portnoy, and Alex Skolnick who released their eponymous debut in 2015 on Nuclear Blast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Ellefson who holds a Bachelor&#8217;s degree in business marketing and continues to lecture on a variety of music and business related topics, has also ventured out into other related forays, as president of record label <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidellefson.com\/emplabelgroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EMP Label Group (Ellefson Music Productions)<\/a>, and with his own coffee brand Ellefson Coffee Co.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">If you are looking for a complete professional voice over &amp; narration solution in radio, TV and film please contact David <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidellefson.com\/contact.php\">HERE<\/a>. You can also read more information <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acx.com\/narrator?p=AVZXX6ZTNAQUY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center>\n<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 350px; height: 470px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=4032069739\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/transparent=true\/\" seamless><a href=\"http:\/\/ellefson.bandcamp.com\/album\/no-cover-preview\">NO COVER (Preview) by ELLEFSON<\/a><\/iframe>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p><\/center>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson has released a three-song EP previewing his upcoming covers album, \u201cNo&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82443"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82448,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82443\/revisions\/82448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}