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دیوید الفسن
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نوازندهٔ گیتار بیس آمریکایی
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David Ellefson is an American bassist, composer, guitarist, and musician born in Jackson, Minnesota, on November 12, 1964. He is a member of the American thrash metal band Megadeth. His musical career began in 1982, and he primarily performs heavy metal music, including thrash and speed metal genres.
Ellefson plays the bass guitar and writes in English. He is represented by Broadcast Music, Inc. as his copyright representative. He identifies with Lutheranism and speaks English as his native language. He is also known by the nicknames Dave Junior and Junior.
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Film & TV
Jackson, Minnesota, USA
David Ellefson is a musician. He is a renowned bassist and was member of the American thrash metal band Megadeth.
Known for
- Robot Dracula — David2026
- This Was My Life: Nick Menza's Metal Memories with Megadeth and Beyond2025
- Back to the Beginning: Ozzy's Final Bow — Self2025
- Di'Anno: Iron Maiden's Lost Singer — Self2025
- Beneath the Bassline - Lost Backstage — Self2021
- Dwellers — Ellefson2021
- Bay Area Godfathers II — Self2021
- Murder in the Front Row: The San Francisco Bay Area Thrash Metal Story — Self2019
- Megadeth Bloodstock 2017 — Bass2017
- Sepultura Endurance — himself2017
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1964
Discography
- Sleeping Giants2019
Member of
- Megadeth1983–2002
- Soulfly2006–2006
- Megadeth2010–2021
- Metal Allegiancesince 2014
- The Lucidsince 2020
- Ellefson-Sotosince 2021
- Supergroup A
- F5
- Altitudes & Attitude
- Killing Machine
- Ellefson
- Avian
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,532
- Total plays
- 9,194
Tags
David Warren Ellefson (born November 12, 1964 in Jackson, Minnesota) is a bass guitar player who is best known as one of the founding members of American thrash metal band Megadeth. He currently resides in Scottsdale, Arizona. He is also currently a member of Temple of Brutality, F5, Killing Machine, but as of 2010 he has rejoined and made Megadeth his top priority. Early life Ellefson started to play bass guitar because of its presence in heavy rock music. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/D
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1964-11-12 ) November 12, 1964 (age 61) , Jackson, Minnesota
- Genres
- Heavy metal thrash metal speed metal power metal hard rock
- Occupation
- Bassist
- Years active
- 1982–present
- Member of
- The Lucid Dieth Metal Allegiance Kings of Thrash Metal Church
- Formerly of
- Megadeth KK's Priest
- Website
- davidellefson .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- David
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Jackson
- Occupation
- executive producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Religion
- Lutheranism
- Field of work
- rock music
- Genre
- heavy metal music
- Instrument
- bass guitar
- Official website
- www.davidellefson.com
- Image
- David Ellefson (cropped2).jpg
Show 6 more facts
- Commons category
- Dave Ellefson
- date of birth
- 1964-11-12
- start of work period
- 1982-00-00
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
- writing language
- English language
- nickname
- Junior
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