June 21, 2024 8:18 pm
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The eternal reflection on how in the 90s grunge entered the scene, sweeping practically everything in its path and becoming almost an enemy of metal, is put back on the table during an interview in which David Ellefsonwho was the bassist of Megadethensures that “it was illegal” that a metalhead said he liked it Nirvana at that time.
The words offered to X5 Podcast are added to those that the bassist left convinced that “Megadeth, along with Metallica, not only survived grunge, we thrived in it”, which arrived last May. Now, David remembers what his first opinion of Nirvana’s sound was like: “I lived in Los Angeles, and when I left the album stage ‘Rust In Peace’, In 1991, we started composing ‘Countdown To Extinction’, and I remember driving down the highway and KNAC It was the great rock station. And I remember hearing… was it a song called “Breed”? And I was, like, “That’s fucking brutal. What a great song.”
Then it turned out he was from Nirvana. And I liked Nirvana. They seemed great to me. I loved its sound. I totally understood it. But it was basically illegal for a metalhead to say that he liked Nirvana. I mean they could basically crucify you and shoot you if you said that. So none of us were allowed to say that.”
Ellefson continues remembering how he experienced that transition that changed everything established in the world of rock in general: “Look, they changed… They went from the “hair band” stuff to Seattle, especially, with the MTV and the media and stuff. And I guess we got a little caught up in it.
When we take out the album ‘Youthanasia’, our first single, “Train Of Consequences”was well received. “A Whole World” No. And then they basically changed the channel. Of course, Metallica They cut their hair. They began to alter their sound a little, but above all their image. They remained a largely metal band. Metallica and Megadeth, of course, survived. “We adapted and survived.”
Dave closes the topic of grunge by remembering that they were difficult years and how later another trend in metal came: “Some of our contemporaries continued down the same path and, as a result, their business declined for another ten years, until the 2000s hit. So, yes, the ’90s were tough, especially for thrash metal bands. Because there was Seattle and then nu metal came along, you know, Korn, Coal Chamber, Limp Bizkit…”
We will be able to enjoy the good work of Ellefson on bass with his new band, Diethnext July, in which They will visit Madrid and Bilbao accompanying the concerts of KK’s Priest the day 6 in the But room and the 7 at Santana 27. The entries They are for sale at this link.
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