James MacDonough

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James MacDonough born on April 3, 1970 in Jacksonville, Florida U.S.A. is a professional bass guitarist. He has played with Iced Earth and, most recently, Megadeth.

MacDonough was part of Iced Earth's line up from 1996- 2000 and again from 2001-2004. With Iced Earth he recorded: 3 full length albums, an EP, a live album, and a single. In late 2004, he was recruited into Megadeth. James toured with Dave Mustaine and the band for almost 2 years, appearing with Megadeth on the first ever Gigantour festival, the brainchild of Mustaine. He appears in Megadeth's music video for the song "Of Mice and Men", the Arsenal of Megadeth DVD, and (in cartoon form) the band's cameo in an episode of Duck Dodgers. He never recorded a studio album with Megadeth.

On February 10, 2006 James posted a message on the Megadeth forums saying he was parting ways with Megadeth. The forum post MacDonough made was entitled "Hello Droogs" and contained the following:

"I just wanted to say thank you all so much for making me feel so welcome and thank you for all the awesome memories along the road. I will not be playing with Megadeth any longer. I'm sure Dave will post about it soon. Thanks again my Metal brothers and sisters, James."

The next day Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine posted in the forums saying he had nothing bad to say about James and that he hopes they remain friends.

On April 25, 2006, Blabbermouth.net reported that James would fill in for Nevermore bass player Jim Sheppard as he underwent treatment for Crohn's Disease. James is a long-time fan and friend of the band (on his Megadeth.com bio, he stated Nevermore's Enemies of Reality as one of his favorite albums ^[1]) and performed with them on their tour with In Flames in the mid part of 2006.

It was then announced on July 25 that James would fill in for Strapping Young Lad bassist, Byron Stroud on the end of the Ozzfest tour, as Byron had to return to Fear Factory for European festival dates. ^[2]

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With Iced Earth:

Days of Purgatory - 1997
Something Wicked This Way Comes - 1998
The Melancholy E.P. (Limited Edition) 1999
Alive in Athens - 1999
The Melancholy E.P. - 2001
Dark Genesis - 2001
Tribute to the Gods - 2002
The Reckoning E.P. - 2003
The Glorious Burden - 2004

With Megadeth:

Arsenal of Megadeth (DVD)
Live in Buenos Aires (Not Yet Released CD & DVD)
Gigantour (CD & DVD)

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Official Website

Former members: Matthew Barlow \| Ralph Santolla \| Steve DiGiorgio \| James MacDonough \| Mark Prator \| Richard Christy
Iced Earth
Jon Schaffer \| Tim 'Ripper' Owens \| Brent Smedley \| Tim Mills
Discography
Albums: Iced Earth \| Night of the Stormrider \| Burnt Offerings \| The Dark Saga \| Something Wicked This Way Comes \| Horror Show \| The Glorious Burden
E.P.'s and demos: Enter the Realm \| The Melancholy E.P. \| The Reckoning
Live albums: Alive in Athens
DVDs: Gettysburg (1863) \| Alive in Athens
Other releases: Days of Purgatory \| Dark Genesis \| Tribute to the Gods \| The Blessed and The Damned
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Discography
Megadeth
Dave Mustaine \| Glen Drover \| James Lomenzo \| Shawn Drover
David Ellefson \| Chris Poland \| Gar Samuelson \| Jeff Young \| Chuck Behler \| Nick Menza \| Marty Friedman \| Jimmy DeGrasso \| Al Pitrelli \| James MacDonough
Studio albums: Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good! \| Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? \| So Far, So Good... So What! \| Rust in Peace \| Countdown to Extinction \| Youthanasia \| Cryptic Writings \| Risk \| The World Needs a Hero \| The System Has Failed \| United Abominations
Live albums: Live Trax \| Rude Awakening \| That One Night: Live in Buenos Aires
Compilations: Capitol Punishment \| Still Alive... And Well? \| Back to the Start
Extended plays: Hidden Treasures \| Cryptic Sounds
Videos and DVDs: Rusted Pieces \| Exposure of a Dream \| Evolver: The Making of Youthanasia \| Rude Awakening \| Video Hits \| Arsenal of Megadeth \| That One Night: Live in Buenos Aires
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