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"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"
Song by Megadeth
from the album Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!
Released	June 12, 1985 (1985-06-12)
Recorded	December 1984 – January 1985[citation needed]
Studio	Indigo Ranch, Malibu, California Crystal Sound Labs, Hollywood, California
Genre	Thrash metal[1] speed metal[2]
Length	4:20
Label	Combat
Producer(s)	Dave Mustaine Karat Faye

The song was written for and recorded for frontman Dave Mustaine's former band Metallica, and featured on their 1982 No Life 'Til Leather demo.[3] After Mustaine was fired from Metallica, he explicitly requested that the band not use any material he contributed, including "Mechanix".[4][5][6] The song was reworked into "The Four Horsemen", which appeared on Metallica's debut album Kill 'Em All in 1983.[7][8]

Music and lyrics

"Mechanix" was originally written by Dave Mustaine before his tenure in Metallica.[9] He would perform the song with them during his time in the band and, after his departure, the music and lyrics were modified to create "The Four Horsemen". Originally, "Mechanix" was the same speed as "The Four Horsemen", but once Mustaine was kicked out of Metallica, he sped up the songs he wrote, including "Mechanix". He, quote, "Wanted to be faster and heavier than them".[10]

Lyrically, "Mechanix" is about having sex at a gas station.[11] They were inspired by Mustaine's time as a gas station attendant.[12]

Controversy

When Mustaine was kicked out of Metallica, he reportedly told the band to not use his songs.[13] However, the band not only used solos and riffs, but some of Mustaine's entire songs, including "Mechanix".[14][15] Metallica frontman James Hetfield wrote lyrics about the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, and added a bridge (also written by Mustaine) and cleanly picked guitar solo in the middle.[16] The two songs have sparked debate between many metal fans, over which one is better.[17] In an interview after Megadeth's first ever show, Mustaine talked about the set they played, and said "... and then (we) go into the Mechanix, off of the No Life 'Til Leather demo. Exactly that way. Not with this 'Four Horsemen' wimp shit".[18]

Personnel

Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.[19]

References

На других языках

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- [en] Mechanix

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[es] Mechanix

«Mechanix» es una canción escrita por el guitarrista, compositor, y vocalista de la banda de thrash metal Megadeth, Dave Mustaine. Tras abandonar Metallica, Mustaine fundó Megadeth, y "Mechanix" apareció en su primer álbum, Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!, como último corte del mismo. Ambos grupos hicieron sus propias versiones de la canción, con suficientes diferencias en la música, y sobre todo en la letra, para considerarse dos temas diferentes, ya que Dave lo que principalmente quería era hacer una versión mejorada, por lo que los riffs de la canción, en la versión de Megadeth, fueran muy rápidos todos esto como el inicio de la declaración de guerra y venganza contra Metallica. Dave Mustaine, en los conciertos de Megadeth, casualmente dice "esta canción tiene dos versiones, la nuestra y la de ellos. ¿Cuál es su preferida?".

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