DAVID ELLEFSON Says ‘Rock Is Dead In America’: ‘I Know People Will Lambaste Me For Saying That, But It Is’ [Video]

In a new interview with Ernest Skinner of Canada’s Border City Rock Talk, former MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson spoke about his recent “Basstory” and “Bass Warrior” tours which saw the now-60-year-old musician performing cherished classics, deep cuts and providing insightful storytelling from his illustrious career. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET):  ”I wrote my memoir, ‘My Life With Deth’ back in — I think it came out in 2013 or something. And a friend called me and said there was a promoter who wanted to bring me to Australia to do a spoken-word tour. And I thought spoken word was, like, Mike Myers and that movie ‘So I Married An Axe Murderer’, where everybody’s sitting around in the coffeehouse and they’re drinking coffee and reading poetry… So I thought, ‘Well, let me take my bass with me ’cause maybe, if worse comes to worse and it all falls apart, I can play some basslines and everybody …