My Life With Deth (31 page)

Broderick, Chris,
199

Brooks, Garth,
122

Brotman Medical Center, Culver City,
79

Brown, Ray,
66

Brown, Rex,
107

Brown, Scott Wesley,
152

Buenos Aires, Argentina,
139

Buprenex (medication),
86
,
87
,
90

Burbank,
80
,
115

Burns, Bobby,
153
,
154

Burns, Randy,
61

Burr, Clive,
48

Burton, Cliff,
44
–45,
66
,
67

Bush, John,
117

Cacophony (band),
88

Camden, New Jersey,
137

Capitol Punishment
,
220

Capitol Records,
58
,
61
,
63
,
65
,
89
,
97
,
104
,
125
,
132
,
138
,
140
,
218
,
220

Captain Beefheart,
55

Carpenter, Mary Chapin,
105

Carr, Tim,
61

Carruthers, Ben,
45

Carruthers, Dijon,
45

Cars, The,
19
,
26

Cavalera, Gloria,
153
,
154

Cavalera, Max,
153

CBGB (club),
62

Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
32

Chameleon (band),
30
,
31
,
32

Chateau Marmont (hotel),
46

Cherry Hill, New Jersey,
137

Chimaira,
160
,
165

Civic Center, Lubbock, Texas,
108

Child, Desmond,
85

Cinderella (band),
73
,
137

Clarke, Stanley,
29
,
45

Clash of the Titans
(movie),
196

Clash of the Titans (tour),
100
,
101
,
102
,
196
,
219

Clash, The,
179

Clink, Mike,
89

Cobham, Billy,
48

Collins, Tim,
86

Combat (record label),
48
,
52
,
55
,
57
,
61
,
218

Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, Canada,
135

Conley, Steve,
151

Conner, Monte,
144

Constrictor (Alice Cooper album/tour),
67

Cooper, Alice,
67
,
85
,
140

Corrosion of Conformity,
121

Countdown to Extinction
,
7
,
57
,
102
,
103
,
104
,
105
,
107
,
108
,
115
,
116
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119
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120
,
124
,
144
,
198
,
199
,
219

Country Club, Reseda,
53

Coury, Fred,
73
,
74

Cowboys from Hell
(Pantera album),
82
,
106

Cranston, Alan (senator),
38

Crosby, David,
76

Cryer, Jon,
67

Cryptic Writings
,
119
,
122
,
123
,
124
,
131
,
132
,
137
,
159
,
219

Culver City, California,
42
,
79

Curly Joe,
46

Cushman, Mike,
9
,
10
,
11

Cyrus, Billy Ray,
105

Daisley, Bob,
39
,
179

Daltrey, Roger,
163

Dan Armstrong bass guitar,
9
–10,
23

Danbury, Connecticut,
25

Dark Angel,
46

“Dawn Patrol,”
89

Dean Guitars,
26
,
182
,
183
,
198

Death Rap
(Necro album),
163

Deep Purple,
45
,
164

Def Jam,
63

Def Leppard,
26
,
162

DeGrasso, Jimmy,
125
,
135
,
136
,
160
,
161
,
162
,
166

Des Moines River,
12

Destroyer
(KISS album),
8

Destroyer tour,
14

Dette, Jon,
160
,
221

“Devil’s Island,”
38
,
46
,
58

Diamond Head,
106

Dio (band),
71
,
89

Dio, Ronnie James,
181
,
211

Dio, Wendy,
181

Dirty Dozen, The
(movie),
45

Disturbed,
126

Dodgers Stadium,
78

Donington Festival (aka Monsters of Rock; later renamed Download Festival),
75
,
76
,
77
,
181

Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert
,
13
–14

Download Festival,
181

“Dread and Fugitive Mind,”
220

Dream Theater,
185

Drover, Shawn,
183
,
184
,
185
,
186
,
187
,
188
,
189
,
192

Dry Kill Logic,
144
,
152

Dudes
(movie),
67

Durkin, Jim,
46

East Coast Sound (guitar store in Danbury, Connecticut),
25

Eastwood, Clint,
120

Electric Ballroom, Phoenix,
124

Electric Bass Method Volume 1 & 2
(Mel Bay books),
8

Electro-Harmonix Big Muff (effects pedal),
11
,
12

Elektra Records,
61
,
63
,
120

Ellefson, Anna,
1

Ellefson, Athena,
95
,
126
,
148
,
164
,
177
,
200
,
205

Ellefson, David:

ancestry,
1

birth,
2

farm upbringing,
2
,
3

Lutheran faith,
3
,
4

confirmation,
4

introduction to rock music,
4
–5

introduction to bass guitar,
6

family and alcohol,
6

early music education,
7

in Headstone,
9

teenage fashion,
8

bass guitar technique,
10

in the River City Band,
12

youthful drinking,
17
,
18

pot smoking,
19

teenage fears,
21

as student,
22

“David Schaller” early stage name,
26

on farm work,
26
,
27

thoughts on childhood,
28

music lessons,
29

high school graduation,
33

moves to California,
33
,
34

“Junior” nickname,
41

tries heroin,
51

addiction forms,
52

on psychedelic drugs,
53

sells pot,
58
,
59

on ecstasy,
62

addiction revealed,
78

gets sober,
90

deals with fame,
104

wedding,
111

death of father,
112

on fatherhood,
126
,
127

split of Megadeth,
143

works for Peavey,
146

lawsuit against Dave Mustaine,
155

business studies,
159

thoughts on addiction,
170
,
173

thoughts on playing bass guitar,
179

thoughts on faith,
207

Ellefson, Eliot,
2
,
4
,
8
,
9
,
10
,
17
,
19
,
112

Ellefson, Frances,
2
,
6
,
13
,
59
,
112
,
177

Ellefson, Henry,
1

Ellefson, Gordon,
12
,
4
,
13
,
21
,
22
,
25
,
27
,
28
,
49
,
59
,
61
,
62
,
76
,
112

Ellefson, Julie,
94
,
110
,
111
,
112
,
113
,
116
,
122
,
123
,
126
,
127
,
130
,
139
,
140
,
148
,
149
,
177
,
186
,
189
,
204

Ellefson, Roman,
94
,
95
,
122
,
123
,
131
,
148
,
177
,
186
,
200

EMI Music Publishing,
116

Endgame
,
195

Enterprise Studios, Burbank,
115

Erskine, Peter,
29

Estherville, Iowa,
32

Exciter,
55
,
56

F5,
151
,
152
,
153
,
154
,
155
,
157
,
158
,
182
,
196
,
221
,
222

Facelift
(Alice in Chains album),
101

Fairmont, Minnesota,
7
,
11
,
12
,
25

Faith No More,
162

Fallen Angel,
40

Faye, Karat,
53

Fear (band),
67

Fender guitars and amplifiers,
5
,
7
,
10
,
11
,
130
,
140

Ferguson, Maynard,
29
,
30

Flea (Michael Balzary),
67

Flynt, Larry,
87

Foley, Julie; see Ellefson, Julie

“Foreclosure of a Dream,”
4

Foreigner (band),
176

Forest Lawn Mortuary (Burbank, California),
40

Fort Myers, Florida,
221

Fox Lake Ballroom,
25

Francis, St.,
195

Franklin Plaza Hotel,
73
,
74

Fredrickson, Brett,
30

Freeman, Matt,
73
,
74

Fresno, California,
125

Friedman, Marty,
6
,
7
,
88
,
89
,
95
,
96
,
103
,
105
,
106
,
108
,
109
,
123
,
125
,
133
,
134
,
135
,
136
,
140

From the Depths of Time
(Avian album),
157
,
221

Garcia, Juan,
160
,
221

Gaskins, Tony,
1

Gee, Willie,
183
,
185
,
186

Gershwin, George,
157

Giant (band),
122

Gibson Amphitheatre, Universal City,
196

Gibson guitars,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9
,
11
,
13
,
23

Giefer, Jerry,
28
,
30

Giese, Brent,
33
,
36
,
42

Gill, Pete,
66

Gillette Grove, Iowa,
1

Girlschool,
33

Godsmack,
126

Grammy Awards,
105
,
106
,
164

Grand Ole Opry, Nashville,
23

Green Day,
180

Graspop Festival,
66

Gray, Paul,
147

Grove (venue in Anaheim, California),
183
,
198

Grunge,
119

Guitar Hero
(video game),
184
,
189

Guitar Institute of Technology,
70

Guns N’ Roses,
71
,
73
,
74
,
77
,
79

Hail! (band),
166
,
185

Halford (band),
122
,
151

Hammett, Kirk,
190

Handevidt, Greg,
5
,
10
,
13
,
14
,
22
,
25
,
29
,
33
,
36
,
38
,
40
,
42
,
43
,
44
,
70

Harder, Faster
(April Wine album),
32

Harris, Steve,
29
,
39
,
179

Hartke (amplifiers),
183
,
197

Hawaii (band),
88

Hawaii (state),
111
,
112

Headstone,
9
,
11

Heartbreak Ridge
(movie),
120

Heaven and Hell (band),
181

Hee Haw
(TV show),
6

Hellion,
44