James MacDonough (born April 3, 1970) is an American bass guitarist. He has played with heavy metal bands

Iced Earth Iced Earth is an American heavy metal band formed in Tampa, Florida and currently based in Columbus, Indiana. They were formed in 1984 under the name the Rose, then Purgatory, by guitarist and main songwriter Jon Schaffer and original drummer ...

Nevermore Nevermore was an American heavy metal band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 1991. The band has been inactive since 2011, due to personal issues between the band members. In April 2015, lead singer Warrel Dane confirmed that Nevermore had n ...

, and

Megadeth Megadeth is an American thrash metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1983 by vocalist/guitarist Dave Mustaine. Known for their technically complex guitar work and musicianship, Megadeth is one of the "big four" of American thrash metal along wit ...

Career

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

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and the band for almost 2 years, appearing with Megadeth on the first ever

Gigantour Gigantour was a sporadically organised traveling heavy metal music festival organized by Dave Mustaine of Megadeth. The tour was founded in 2005 with dates across North America (see also Gigantour 2005), and the 2006 and 2007 line-ups also trav ...

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

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. 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: The next day Megadeth frontman

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

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as he underwent treatment for

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. 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) and performed with them on their tour with

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in the mid part of 2006. It was then announced on July 25 that James would fill in for

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bassist,

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on the end of the

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tour, as Byron had to return to

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for European festival dates.www.jamesmacdonough.net

Bands

1996–2000, 2001–2004 *

2004–2006

Discography

Iced Earth

* ''

Days of Purgatory ''Days of Purgatory'' is a heavy metal album by Iced Earth. It is a collection of remixes and remakes from previous albums, with the exception of their then-recent record ''The Dark Saga''. Most of the songs from the '' Enter the Realm'' EP, ' ...

'' – 1997 * '' Something Wicked This Way Comes'' – 1998 * ''The Melancholy E.P. (Limited Edition)'' – 1999 * ''

Alive in Athens ''Alive in Athens'' is a live album by American heavy metal band Iced Earth. It was recorded on the nights of January 23 and January 24, 1999, in front of sold-out crowds of approximately 2000 people (on both nights) at the Rodon Club in Athens, ...

'' – 1999 * ''The Melancholy E.P.'' – 2001 * ''

Dark Genesis Dark Genesis is a five-disc box set by American heavy metal band Iced Earth, released on November 27, 2001. It contains remastered versions of their first three studio albums (''Iced Earth'', ''Night of the Stormrider'' and '' Burnt Offerings'') ...

'' – 2001 * ''

Tribute to the Gods ''Tribute to the Gods'' is a covers album by heavy metal band Iced Earth. It is notable as the last Iced Earth album featuring Larry Tarnowski on lead guitar, and the last featuring singer Matt Barlow on vocals until his 2007 return. It was al ...

'' – 2002 * '' The Reckoning'' – 2003 * ''

The Glorious Burden ''The Glorious Burden'' is the seventh studio album by the American power metal band Iced Earth. It is a concept album, which explores various moments in military history, such as the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the American Revol ...

'' – 2004

Megadeth

* ''

Arsenal of Megadeth ''Arsenal of Megadeth'' is a DVD by American heavy metal band Megadeth, released on March 21, 2006 via Capitol. Presented as an anthology of the band's first 20 years, the two-disc DVD set contains music videos, live performances, interviews, ...

'' (DVD) – 2006 * ''

'' (CD & DVD) – 2006 * '' That One Night: Live in Buenos Aires'' (CD & DVD) – 2007

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