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on stage with megadeth in 2005 . iced lad earth , megadeth , nevermore , strapping young 1995 -- present jacksonville , florida , usa non_vocal_instrumentalist bass 3 april 1970 heavy speed metal , power metal metal , thrash metal , hard rock , james macdonough.jpg james macdonough
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james macdonough

james macdonough born on april 3 , 1970 in jacksonville , florida u.s.a. is a professional bass guitarist .
he has played with iced earth , nevermore , 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 -lrb- in cartoon form -rrb- 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 -lrb- on his megadeth.com bio , he stated nevermore 's `` enemies of reality '' as one of his favorite albums -rrb- 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 .
