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David Ellefson

David Ellefson is a person, active since 1964. Member of Altitudes & Attitude, Avian, Ellefson, Ellefson-Soto, F5, Killing Machine, Megadeth, Metal Allegiance, Soulfly, Supergroup A, The Lucid.

David Ellefson

Person · Active since 1964

David Ellefson is a musician in the Credits.fm index identified by 2 IPI numbers and 1 ISNI identifier. A musician is the person or group behind the codes — IPI numbers identify them as a songwriter or publisher, ISNI identifiers as a creative contributor, and their recordings each carry an ISRC.

IPI identities

CISAC can issue more than one IPI name number to the same person. Each number below is a registered identity, not a separate person.

David EllefsonIPI 00231635788MusicBrainz·MLC·Notes·Musician Verified David EllefsonIPI 00231943873MusicBrainz

ISNI

0000 0001 1462 3370

SourcesMusicBrainzMLCNotesMusician Verified✓4 sources

Last verified: September 20, 2026

Verified on

MusicBrainz artist record
ISNI.org identity 0000000114623370

Identifier Graph

Member of

Altitudes & Attitude Avian Ellefson Ellefson-Soto F5 Killing Machine Megadeth Metal Allegiance Soulfly Supergroup A The Lucid

Credit Chain

MusicianDavid Ellefson

ISNI0000 0001 1462 3370

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David Ellefson

Ellefson, David

Songwriter · Performer

Member of Altitudes & Attitude, Avian, Ellefson, Ellefson-Soto, F5, Killing Machine, Megadeth, Metal Allegiance, Soulfly, Supergroup A, The Lucid

IPI: 00231635788 IPI: 00231943873 ISNI: 0000 0001 1462 3370

326Recordings

33Works

2Releases

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Credits

(Anesthesia)—Pulling Teeth

David Ellefson

SongwriterPerformer

1,320'

Megadeth

1000 Times Goodbye

Megadeth

1000 Times Goodbye

Megadeth

13

Megadeth

502

Megadeth

electric bass guitar

502

Megadeth

A House Divided

Megadeth

A Secret Place

Megadeth

A Secret Place

Megadeth

A Tout le Monde

Megadeth

Á TOUT LE MONDE

Unknown Artist

ComposerLyricist

À tout le monde

Megadeth

À tout le monde (demo)

Megadeth

À tout le monde (Set Me Free)

Megadeth

ComposerLyricistPerformer

Absolution

Megadeth

Addicted to Chaos

Megadeth

Aiming High

Accept, Chuck Billy, Gary Holt, David Ellefson, Christopher Williams

All I Want

Megadeth

All I Want for Christmas Is You

Tim “Ripper” Owens, Ron “Bumblefoot” Thal, David Ellefson

Songwriterbass guitar

All I Want for Christmas Is You

Cesár Sampson

All I Want for Christmas Is You

Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Brennan Heart

All I Want for Christmas Is You

Tarja

ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU

Unknown Artist

All I Want for Christmas Is You (Trap Remix)

Trap Remix Guys

Almost Honest

Megadeth

Almost Honest

Megadeth

electric bass guitar

Almost Honest

Megadeth

Amerikhastan

Megadeth

Architecture of Aggression

Megadeth

Ashes in Your Mouth

Megadeth

Ashes in Your Mouth

Megadeth

Bad Omen

Megadeth

Bad Omen

Megadeth

BAD OMEN

Megadeth

BAD OMEN

Megadeth

Bargaining Depression

Lost Symphony, David Ellefson, Jimi Bell, Joey Concepcion, Marty Friedman

SongwriterPerformer

Beginning of Sorrow

Megadeth

Black Swan

Megadeth

Blackmail the Universe

Megadeth

Blackmail the Universe

Megadeth

Blessed Are the Dead

Megadeth

Blood of Heroes

Megadeth

Bodies

Megadeth

Breadline

Megadeth

Breadline

Megadeth

Built for War

Megadeth

Bullet to the Brain

Megadeth

electric bass guitar

Bullprick

Megadeth

Burn!

Megadeth

Burning Bridges

Megadeth

Burnt Ice

Megadeth

Captive Honour

Megadeth

Captive Honour

Megadeth

CAPTIVE HONOUR

Unknown Artist

Chosen Ones

Megadeth

Cold Sweat

Megadeth

Conjuring

Megadeth

Conquer or Die!

Megadeth

electric bass guitar

Crush ’em (Jock mix)

Megadeth

Crush ’Em (Jock mix)

Megadeth

Dance in the Rain

Megadeth

Dawn Patrol

Megadeth

Dawn Patrol

Megadeth

electric bass guitar

Dawn Patrol

Denis Pauna

ComposerLyricist

Deadly Nightshade

Megadeth

Death From Within

Megadeth

electric bass guitar

Delivering the Goods

Megadeth

Demon’s Night

Accept, Bobby Blitz, Andy Sneap, David Ellefson, Ray Luzier

Denial of Anger

Lost Symphony, David Ellefson, Jimi Bell, Marty Friedman, Matt LaPierre

SongwriterPerformer

Devil’s Island

Megadeth

DEVILS ISLAND

Megadeth

Dialectic Chaos

Megadeth

Die Dead Enough

Megadeth

Die Dead Enough

Megadeth

Disconnect

Megadeth

Disconnect

Megadeth

Dogs of Chernobyl

Megadeth

Don’t Turn Your Back…

Megadeth

Dread and the Fugitive Mind

Megadeth

Dread and the Fugitive Mind

Megadeth

Dread and the Fugitive Mind

Megadeth

electric bass guitar

Dread and the Fugitive Mind

Megadeth

DREAD AND THE FUGITIVE MIND

Unknown Artist

ComposerLyricist

Dystopia

Megadeth

electric bass guitar

Ecstasy

Megadeth

Ecstasy

Megadeth

Endgame

Megadeth

Enter the Arena

Megadeth

Enter the Arena

Megadeth

Evil That’s Within

Megadeth

Fast Lane

Megadeth

Fatal Illusion

Megadeth

electric bass guitar

FFF

Megadeth

FFF

Megadeth

Five Magics

Megadeth

Five Magics

Megadeth

Five Magics

Megadeth

electric bass guitar

Five Magics (demo)

Megadeth

For All You Give

The Paper Kites, Lucy Rose

Foreclosure of a Dream

Megadeth

Foreign Policy

Megadeth

electric bass guitar

Forget to Remember

Megadeth

Gears of War

Megadeth

Good Mourning / Black Friday

Megadeth

Good Mourning / Black Friday (Randy Burns mix)

Megadeth

Guns, Drugs, & Money

Megadeth

Hangar 18

Megadeth

Hangar 18

Megadeth

Hangar 18

Megadeth

electric bass guitar

Hangar 18

Megadeth

electric bass guitar

Hangar 18

Megadeth

Have Cool, Will Travel

Megadeth

Have Cool, Will Travel

Megadeth

High Speed Dirt

Megadeth

Holy Wars (reprise)

Megadeth

Holy Wars... The Punishment Due

Megadeth

Love Child

Accept, Billy Corgan, David Ellefson, Tommy Aldridge

Mary Jane

Megadeth

ComposerLyricistelectric bass guitar

MARY JANE

Unknown Artist

ComposerLyricist

New World Order

Megadeth

ComposerLyricistbass guitar

Reckoning Day

Megadeth

ComposerLyricist

She's So Evil

Nuclear Messiah, Chris Poland, David Ellefson, Joel Hoekstra, Andrew Freeman, Don Airey, Simon Wright

SongwriterPerformer

Take Control

Noturnall, David Ellefson

Songwriterelectric bass guitar

Territory

Sepultura, David Ellefson

Songwriterelectric bass guitar

THE KILLING ROAD

Unknown Artist

ComposerLyricist

The World Needs a Hero

Megadeth

The World Needs a Hero

Megadeth

THE WORLD NEEDS A HERO

Unknown Artist

TORNADO OF SOULS

Unknown Artist

ComposerLyricist

WHATEVER I WANT

Carta

Wish You Were Here

Rik Emmett, Joe Satriani, Edgar Froese, David Ellefson, Carmine Appice

SongwriterPerformer

Musical Works (25)

Wish You Were Here0 verifiedT-010461800-9 (Anesthesia)—Pulling Teeth0 verifiedT-070005830-5 ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU0 verifiedT-070007067-2 A TOUT LE MONDE0 verifiedT-070941439-0 Take Control0 verifiedT-313756657-1 Untitled Work0 verifiedT-911056619-3 Dawn Patrol0 verifiedT-911057016-6 IN MY DARKEST HOUR0 verifiedT-911063700-8 Lucretia0 verifiedT-913831571-6 Untitled Work0 verifiedT-913831623-1 Untitled Work0 verifiedT-913831689-9 THE WORLD NEEDS A HERO0 verifiedT-071115222-5 DREAD & THE FUGITIVE MIND0 verifiedT-910252977-1 ARCHITECTURE OF AGGRESSION0 verifiedT-911054095-9 ASHES IN YOUR MOUTH0 verifiedT-911054200-2 CAPTIVE HONOUR0 verifiedT-911055776-1 LIAR0 verifiedT-913831565-8 MARY JANE0 verifiedT-913831574-9 RECKONING DAY0 verifiedT-913831684-4 THE KILLING ROAD0 verifiedT-913831687-7 Untitled Work0 verifiedT-915667823-8 KILL THE KING0 verifiedT-071007436-4 Untitled Work0 verifiedT-070941438-9 RECKONING DAY0 verifiedT-903118629-5 Untitled Work0 verifiedT-911059888-4

Groups (11)

Altitudes & Attitude

Group

Avian

Group

Ellefson

Group

Ellefson-Soto

Group · Since 2021

F5

Group

Killing Machine

Group

Megadeth

Group · 1983–2002

Metal Allegiance

Group · Since 2014

Soulfly

Group · 2006–2006

Supergroup A

Group

The Lucid

Group · Since 2020

Discography (2)

All I Want for Christmas Is You

All I Want for Christmas Is You

2023

She's So Evil

She's So Evil

2026

Top Collaborators

OLIVER RODRIGUEZ

RightsAdministrator · 19 songs

Publishers

MUSTAINE MUSICOriginalPublisherIPI: 00205595570

19 recordings

SM PUBLISHING UK LIMITEDOriginalPublisherIPI: 00584082436

4 recordings

RYAN STARSubPublisherIPI: 00187062752

4 recordings

MEGA MUSTAINE MUSICOriginalPublisherIPI: 00716476135

1 recording

Who is David Ellefson?

David Ellefson is a songwriter and performer, active since 1964. David Ellefson is a member of Altitudes & Attitude, Avian, Ellefson, Ellefson-Soto, F5, Killing Machine, Megadeth, Metal Allegiance, Soulfly, Supergroup A and The Lucid, and credits from those groups are included in this catalog.

Our database contains 326 recordings, 33 musical works, and 2 releases credited to David Ellefson. Credits data is sourced from the Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC), MusicBrainz (CC0), and Spotify.

People also ask

What identifiers does David Ellefson have?+

David Ellefson is identified by IPI 00231635788, 00231943873 and ISNI 0000 0001 1462 3370. IPI numbers identify a songwriter or publisher across collection societies; ISNI identifies a creative contributor across registries.

How many recordings is David Ellefson credited on?+

The index links David Ellefson to 326 recordings and 33 musical works, each carrying its own ISRC. Credits come from the MLC, MusicBrainz (CC0), and Spotify.

Is David Ellefson in a group?+

David Ellefson is a member of Altitudes & Attitude, Avian, Ellefson, Ellefson-Soto, F5, Killing Machine, Megadeth, Metal Allegiance, Soulfly, Supergroup A, The Lucid; credits earned through those groups are included in this catalog.

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