Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles writer Carl Begai caught up with Dave Ellefson of F5 recently to talk about the bands debut release A Drug For All Seasons from 2003 and their most current release The Reckoning:
Having made a name for himself as a founding member of Megadeth, and having played on what is considered the best album in the band’s catalogue to date, Rust In Peace, bassist David Ellefson set himself up for a truckload of negativity when he officially launched F5 in 2005. Beyond his name there was nothing to connect the two bands, with Ellefson trading up his thrash roots for a modern-edged radio metal sound on the F5 debut, A Drug For All Seasons. It was far from being the disaster many diehard Megadeth fans had expected, however, earning F5 a grudging respect from the old guard due to the infectious nature of the music. The band’s second outing, The Reckoning, sees F5 taking their established sound to the next level with a distinctive good ol’ days metal delivery thrown in for a good measure. And while the fans won’t mistake it for Mustaine-powered music the album is indeed a tip to Ellefson’s past.
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