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"Rush is one of the very few bands where they somehow had a friendship in there and they made it work financially”: Megadeth bassist David Ellefson on songwriting credits and their potential to upend bands

David Ellefson playing bass on stage.

David Ellefson has been talking songwriting splits – that tricky issue that has sunk friendships in so many bands and one, as he explains, that was also problematic in Megadeth.

Talking to The Metal Voice podcast, Ellefson, said it was “always an issue in Megadeth – always. We'd have many conversations about it. Youthanasia (their 1994 album) we went into it — it was actually Nick's (Menza, drummer) idea. He goes, 'Let's just pre-decide upfront how much everybody's gonna get.'

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