Megadeth - The Sick, The Dying...And The Dead.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Hired gun replaces hired gun.

[Don Gately]

We're all just hired guns I suppose

[The Great Cull]

Dave Ellefson thought he was a pump action hired shotgun 

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

We're all just hired guns I suppose

Except The Edge. He's a pro bono gun.

[Don Gately]

Ha ha very good

[DaveG]

Wintersun?

I'm surprised they could get him out of the sauna.

[jobrok1]

Not that Wintersun fella...

[Giggles]

He can fairly shred

https://youtu.be/_Vp4DXPNZGM?si=9EYsWhXKnvNyMGCi

[astfgyl]

We're all just hired guns I suppose

Except The Edge. He's a pro bono gun.

Ooh la la well played

[Pagan Saviour]

I see Kiko Loureiro has organised an extended leave of absence - Mexican Stand-Off? Has he asked for the proverbial percentage after such a long tenure?

[Bürggermeister]

Hardly a wise move, if that's what it is, given the long history of disposable chumps in Megadeth. Does anyone actually give a single fuck if it's Kiko or any other temp worker playing the Tornado of Souls solo, once they play the solo? Oul Marty has been sniffing around too. For a lad who lives in Finland, you'd think he might know what thin ice looks like, wha?

[Pagan Saviour]

I hear ya, but after such a long time I get it, it's quite possible he's on a lot less than you'd imagine as is the case so often with these things. If you're going to be away from home 11 months of the year it'd want to be worth it to your family.

There's been a load of these cases recently Sergio in Deftones and Jay from Slipknot both with long residency and all with as you say the same outcome.

[The Great Cull]

I thought I saw somewhere online that his absence was because he was getting divorced? Possibly only saw that in the comments on Blabbermouth though.

Still, I wouldn't fancy his chances on returning to the band at all. But as has already been said, who gives a fuck who is in that band anymore.

[Don Gately]

I do

[Born of Fire]

The days of the other musicians contributing significantly to the Megadeth sound are long gone. The revolving door doesn't bring any fresh ideas to the table anymore, doesn't really matter what hired hands show up, as long as they can play the classics the MegaDave show will roll on.