David Ellefson Recalls First Time Hearing Metallica, Names Favorite Release

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As two pillars of thrash metal with a complicated history, Megadeth and Metallica had a longstanding feud through much of the '80s and '90s. And though Ellefson has praised Metallica in the past, he's seemingly been more vocal about his Metallica fandom since he was fired from Megadeth in 2021.”,”podInfo”:{“type”:”tag”,”name”:”p”,”attribs”:{“dangerouslySetInnerHTML”:{“__html”:”As two pillars of thrash metal with a complicated history, Megadeth and Metallica had a longstanding feud through much of the '80s and '90s. And though Ellefson has praised Metallica in the past, he's seemingly been more vocal about his Metallica fandom since he was fired from Megadeth in 2021.”}}}},”currentTextLength”:315,”runningCounter”:2,”cumulativePodTextLength”:436,”totalSimilarConsecutiveElements”:11,”totalTextLength”:2321},{“type”:”singlePostInArticleAd”,”data”:{}},{“type”:”singlePostText”,”data”:{“text”:”

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