Mechanix

For other uses, see Mechanix (disambiguation).

"Mechanix"
Song by Megadeth
from the album Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!
ReleasedJune 12, 1985 (1985-06-12)
RecordedDecember 1984 – January 1985
Studio
Genre
Length4:20
LabelCombat
Songwriter(s)Dave Mustaine
Producer(s)
  • Dave Mustaine
  • Karat Faye

"Mechanix" is a song by the American thrash metal band Megadeth. It is the eighth and final track from their debut studio album, Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!, which released in 1985 under Combat Records. "Mechanix" has been featured on many Megadeth releases, including multiple greatest hits albums, as well as live albums.

The song was performed live by frontman Dave Mustaine's first two bands, Panic[3] and Metallica,[4] and was included on many Metallica demo tapes, including Power Metal[5] and No Life 'Til Leather.[6] After kicking Mustaine out, Metallica reworked the song into "The Four Horsemen", which was featured on their debut album, Kill 'Em All (1983). Mustaine claims that the idea for the title "The Four Horsemen" came from his suggestion that Metallica play a cover of the Gamma song "Four Horsemen".[7]

  1. ^ CMJ Network, Inc (February 11, 2002). "Loud Rock". CMJ New Music Report: 45. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
  2. ^ "Killing Is My Business.. and Business Is Good! - Review". metal-archives.com.
  3. ^ "Dave's band Panic?". Megadeth.com. August 27, 2007. Archived from the original on July 6, 2012.
  4. ^ "THE MECHANIX". Metallica.com. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
  5. ^ Brannigan, Paul (September 20, 2022). "Megadeth's Killing Is My Business: hamburgers, heroin and one of metal's greatest debut albums". Metal Hammer. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  6. ^ Gelsani, Michelle (March 3, 2015). "Metallica unearths 1982 demo tape No Life 'til Leather for first-ever commercial release". Consequence. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
  7. ^ "DAVE MUSTAINE: The Story Behind METALLICA's 'The Four Horsemen'". Blabbermouth.net. August 15, 2011. Retrieved August 3, 2023.