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Get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Megadeth’s iconic record, Rust in Peace, from the band’s lead vocalist and guitarist. When Rust in Peace was released in 1990, the future of Megadeth was uncertain. Fresh off their performance at the record-breaking Monsters of Rock festival, and...

In this follow-up to his 2013 memoir My Life with Deth, Megadeth bassist and co-founder David Ellefson carries on where he left off, charting his mid-2000s departure from Megadeth through his triumphant return in 2010, and offering an inside look at the continuing saga of one of the world’s biggest and most enduring heavy-metal bands.

In My Life with Deth, cofounder and bassist of Megadeth David Ellefson reveals the behind-the-scenes details of life in one of the world's most popular heavy metal bands. If you're looking for revelations, they're here, including the drug habits that brought the band members to their knees. You'll learn of David's unsuccessful attempts at rehab and the period when he was strung out on methadone, cocaine, and heroin - all at the same time.

Part two of Bay Area Godfathers continues where part one left off, continuing the sensational story of the Bay Area metal scene that gave rise to many mavericks of metal today. Featuring in-depth interviews and outlandish stories from Bay Area metal icons including musicians, DJs, journalists, and label execs. MetalRock Films takes the listener on a journey into heavy metal yesteryear from the late ‘70s into the early ‘90s, when the San Francisco Bay Area metal scene literally took the world by storm.

Rock Star Hitman: The Sledge Chronicles is the first chapter in the action-packed saga of Sledge, an up-and-coming musician who uncovers a startling quid pro quo: In exchange for achieving his dreams of rock stardom, he must enlist as a ruthless killer for a clandestine agency.

MetalRock Films takes you on a transcendental journey into heavy metal yesteryear covering the golden era from the late ‘70s into the early ‘90s, when the local hard rock and metal scene of the San Francisco Bay Area literally took the world by storm. Featuring in-depth interviews with Bay Area metal icons and pivotal players - musicians, managers, journalists, and label execs - this is a the riveting insider story of the Bay Area metal scene that gave rise to many mavericks of metal today.

This third installment and second volume of the groundbreaking Inside Metal series takes the listener on a journey into the evolution of thrash metal, or “speed metal” as it was originally labeled. Appropriately titled, The Rise of LA Thrash Metal explores the '80s metal counterculture with firsthand insight from the bands and artists that ruled the LA metal underground, as well as journalists, scenesters, and insiders from a time in history when metal music was becoming more and more creative, experiential, uncompromising, and extreme - a time when thrash metal was thriving in LA.

Bloomsbury Presents Making Music Your Business, written and read by David Ellefson. Get the inside scoop on breaking into the music industry from the bassist of MEGADETH, David Ellefson...