Dave Ellefson Says Megadeth Aren’t Breaking Up

After Chris Broderick and Shawn Drover both peaced out of Megadeth last week, someone asked Glen Drover if he’d ever re-join the band and he said no, and I assume that sooner or later someone will get around to asking Marty Friedman, Chris Poland, and Al Pitrelli if they’d ever re-join the band, and that they will all say no. But Young’s alleged quote — that Megadeth “is done” — apparently got some fans worried that Megadeth might actually be Megadone. So Dave Ellefson had to tell a bunch of fans during an online Q&A…

“As you can probably tell by me being here today, we are not disbanding. As of right now, we are looking at all the options, of which there are many. We’ll certainly continue working on the new songs for the next record, Hopefully that brings everyone up to speed on things as of today. Thank you for all of your kind words, concerns and support to us.”

But I really just can’t wrap my head around anyone with a quarter of a brain thinking that ‘Deth were breaking up. I mean…

• Assuming Jeff Young’s quote is real, it seems pretty clear that he was speaking metaphorically, not literally. The fact that people took it literally is actually kind of amazing. Young also allegedly said that you could “put a fork” in Megadeth; it’s a wonder nobody asked Ellefson if the band did, indeed, now have a fork in it.
• Why the fuck would you think that anything Jeff Young says about the current state of Megadeth is legit? He hasn’t been in the band in twenty-five-fucking-years. Angus Jung has closer ties to Megadeth than Jeff Young does.
• The mere fact that I have had to mention SIX guitarists during the course of this article should clue you in re: how important band members are to Megadeth. Dave Mustaine’s fans have proven, time and again, that they will show up as long as Mustaine is there with three other musicians and a banner that says “Megadeth” hanging behind them. Losing two members isn’t gonna suddenly kill this band.

So, basically, all anyone is ever doing by asking former members of Megadeth if they’d ever re-join Megadeth is confirming what we already know: Dave Mustaine is a horrible person to work for, and all his ex-employees hate him. They might as well ask the kid who used to work the drive-through at McDonald’s if he’d ever return to McDonald’s.

[via Lambgoat]