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Megadeth - Bassist Wants To Be A Lutheran Pastor


According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Megadeth's bassist Dave Ellefson is an online student in the Specific Ministry Program at Concordia Seminary.

"Most people want to be a rock star," said Jon Bjorgaard, pastor of the Lutheran church in Scottsdale, AZ, where Ellefson and his family are congregants. "David's a rock star who wants to become a pastor."

Ellefson grew up attending Lutheran services in his native Minnesota, but when he moved to L.A. and joined Megadeth, he was lured into the rock & roll lifestyle. At 25, he entered a 12-step recovery program and reconnected with his faith. When Bjorgaard asked the rocker to start a contemporary worship service, he began performing for the church.

Ellefson commented: "For a Christmas service, I remixed some classics, not quite in a Megadeth fashion, but in a pretty heavy rock fashion. Some people want to morph things together into one, but I have a hand in both worlds. I love praise and worship music, and I love heavy metal."

Source: stltoday.com
Band profile: Megadeth
Posted: 29.01.2012 by Cuca Beludo


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29.01.2012 - 20:34
Andreas

Written by Joppe on 29.01.2012 at 19:46

Always thought religious people despise rock and metal "devil's music" being evil. Yet they in play bands of the said genres... hypocrisy I say.

I'm a faithful christian. Yet I love metal music. Not all christians say metal is the devil's music, so you can't say these guys are hypocrites.
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29.01.2012 - 20:56
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Written by Windrider on 29.01.2012 at 19:39

What the fuck?
"he entered a 12-step recovery program and reconnected with his faith."
Sounds sick as hell. To recover from what?


It says 12step recovery program so it's clear he recovered from alcoholism
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29.01.2012 - 21:24
MyNameJeff

He just uploaded this on his facebook page, it's real!!!

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29.01.2012 - 21:43
Lethean
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Written by MyNameJeff on 29.01.2012 at 21:24

He just uploaded this on his facebook page, it's real!!!
what a funny smile!
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29.01.2012 - 23:07
Fredd
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The number of fucks I give cannot be divided by itself.
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29.01.2012 - 23:33
Ernis
狼獾
Written by Joppe on 29.01.2012 at 19:46

Always thought religious people despise rock and metal "devil's music" being evil. Yet they in play bands of the said genres... hypocrisy I say.

Hello, I'm a religious person and I don't think that just metal and rock can be "devil's music." Actually, I could say some pop music is more evil than some rock/metal bands.

Being honest... how can a music genre itself be evil? I'm sad for you if you know religious people who consider certain genres evil...

Written by Zap on 29.01.2012 at 13:07

Aw man... I used to like this guy.

C'mon mate, it's not like he's getting a sex-reassignment surgery or something!

Written by Guest on 29.01.2012 at 17:43

u have to care if you really a fan. We dont want to start hearing jesus loves u and wants to save your soul crap in new Megadeth songs

As a religious person I can say that I don't want to hear neither "Satan rules!" nor "Jesus loves you!" in the lyrics of the songs I listen to. The reason for it is that these kinds of lyrics usually sound incredibly cheesy and are often (but not necessarily) accompanied by low quality music.

It's sort of hilarious to see some people react to it as if he came out as a homosexual or something. All this "Oh God, I would never have thought. Well it's his private life, what can we do."
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29.01.2012 - 23:47
Iron Nostarion
Maiden Whore
Moving backwards, eh? o.O This won't reverse your age, y'know. Probably will make you die earlier.
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There is their gold, treasure and wealth,
The only condition is to ignore them,
Those who feed on corruption and weave death
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30.01.2012 - 00:02
Void Eater
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Well I want to be the bassist of Megadeth. Surely there can be a way that this will work out for both of us, capiche?
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30.01.2012 - 00:16
Symmachus

Written by Joppe on 29.01.2012 at 19:46

Always thought religious people despise rock and metal "devil's music" being evil. Yet they in play bands of the said genres... hypocrisy I say.

Well that's quite a close-minded statement in itself. Someone who is religious can still enjoy metal music and vice verse without being a hypocrite; I know from personal experience. With a large group of people, such as Christianity, there will be diversity. One of these examples of diversity would be different personal philosophies or world views. There are people that are both religious and into metal; there are people who are into one but not the other; then there's the group that doesn't like religion or metal. So, assigning a large group such as "religious people" to one opinion about something non-religious is misguided.
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30.01.2012 - 01:10
LeChron James
Helvetesfossen
Written by Tenski on 29.01.2012 at 17:18

LOL
Yea I'm not too keen on this, But I don't give a fuck about Megadeth so...

Yeah, his desire to be a Lutheran pastor doesn't affect me either way. I'm just glad he isn't some crazed Evangelical christian, cuz they're (generally) bad news.
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Music was my life, music brought me to life and music is how I will be remembered long after I leave this life. When I die there will be a final waltz in my head that only I can hear.
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30.01.2012 - 01:37
Carl Berg
Carl Berg
Written by Fat & Sassy! on 29.01.2012 at 20:11

What do you mean, I don't believe in God?

I TALK TO HIM EVERYDAY. >:[


Win.
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30.01.2012 - 02:27
Arcticus

Written by selken on 29.01.2012 at 19:53

Written by Arcticus on 29.01.2012 at 15:58

This was in Terrorizer magazine about 3 months back...

Well, I'm not a staff member but in MS defense, you could have submitted this back then

Fair enough, but to be honest, I was surprised they included it in the magazine, just as I'm surprised it was posted as news here - I mean, who cares? It has nothing to do with Ellefson's musical career, and just provides fuel for the Mega-haters out there...personally I would rather have not known about this, but whatever. Guess I'll just ignore it
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30.01.2012 - 02:51
Lit.
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Written by MyNameJeff on 29.01.2012 at 21:24

He just uploaded this on his facebook page, it's real!!!




Dude, even I can tell that's photoshopped and I'm not even wearing my glasses right now.
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30.01.2012 - 02:52
Burebista

cool. He has his faith but at the same time he's not stereotyped.
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30.01.2012 - 03:08
Cuca Beludo
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Well, I imagine him at church, the "MegaFaith".
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30.01.2012 - 03:42
Tenski

Written by LeChron James on 30.01.2012 at 01:10

Written by Tenski on 29.01.2012 at 17:18

LOL
Yea I'm not too keen on this, But I don't give a fuck about Megadeth so...

Yeah, his desire to be a Lutheran pastor doesn't affect me either way. I'm just glad he isn't some crazed Evangelical christian, cuz they're (generally) bad news.



Not familiar but I'll keep an eye out for them Oh wait, isn't that what my neighbour is?!!! NOOOOOO
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30.01.2012 - 05:18
Scuzzy McDouche

That's a shame...
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30.01.2012 - 07:43
Stabby
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First Marty Friedman quits to to become Japanese and now this. MegaFail! I expect Mustaine to quit to become a Buddhist monk next.
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30.01.2012 - 14:02
3rdWorld
China was a neat
Written by Guest on 30.01.2012 at 02:51

Written by MyNameJeff on 29.01.2012 at 21:24

He just uploaded this on his facebook page, it's real!!!




Dude, even I can tell that's photoshopped and I'm not even wearing my glasses right now.

Either you have a IQ lesser than 50 or never seen a photo in all you're life.I mean,isn't that pic is legit as fuk??!!
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30.01.2012 - 18:23
Lit.
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Written by 3rdWorld on 30.01.2012 at 14:02

Written by Guest on 30.01.2012 at 02:51

Written by MyNameJeff on 29.01.2012 at 21:24




Dude, even I can tell that's photoshopped and I'm not even wearing my glasses right now.

Either you have a IQ lesser than 50 or never seen a photo in all you're life.I mean,isn't that pic is legit as fuk??!!


Don't call up what you can't put down.
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30.01.2012 - 18:54
3rdWorld
China was a neat
Written by Guest on 30.01.2012 at 18:23

Don't call up what you can't put down.


You sir, are a horrid example of a human being.
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30.01.2012 - 18:58
Lit.
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Written by 3rdWorld on 30.01.2012 at 18:54

Written by Guest on 30.01.2012 at 18:23

Don't call up what you can't put down.


You sir, are a horrid example of a human being.


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30.01.2012 - 19:08
3rdWorld
China was a neat
Written by Guest on 30.01.2012 at 18:58

*copies meme from random trollsite*

Anymore'll be deemed off-topic and irrelevant so... Now before any of the mods, comes around here...
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30.01.2012 - 19:11
Lit.
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Written by 3rdWorld on 30.01.2012 at 19:08

Written by Guest on 30.01.2012 at 18:58

*copies meme from random trollsite*

Anymore'll be deemed off-topic and irrelevant so... Now before any of the mods, comes around here...


My decision stands firm, but I'll display it in words since you can't even comprehend pictures
I know you're a troll, but what am I?
*Insert childish laughter here*
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30.01.2012 - 22:38
Robstar

If that is what he want so be it...
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30.01.2012 - 23:43
AngelofDeth
Cyborg Raptor
Random and pretty interesting, not a big deal tho. I have a friend who looks almost exactly like this dood, is a major heavy metal guitar shredder and also leads multiple christian based youth groups. We poke fun at him for it but at the end of the day hes still a chill guy and a good friend.

Faith can describe a person but doesnt completely define a person.
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31.01.2012 - 04:52
3rdWorld
China was a neat
Written by Guest on 30.01.2012 at 19:11

blah blah blah

^ *unable to shutup, butthurt nerd*

LMAO
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31.01.2012 - 16:38
Kub

Written by Windrider on 29.01.2012 at 19:39

What the fuck?
"he entered a 12-step recovery program and reconnected with his faith."

Isn't this AA? They have all this conditioning, and people often end up brainwashed (but sober!) at the end. Like Peter Steele, who went full Christian Retard in his last period in life. I hope Dave still has some gray matter left in the brain and Megadeth music will be fine.
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03.02.2012 - 06:30
Garth Vader

You guys must all be around 14 years old...seriously. Grow up.
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06.02.2012 - 20:40
RottingDeathHead
kingnothing_92@yahoo.com
Strange?
I wouldn't want to give up a metal lifestyle for a lifestyle on my knees \m/
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