Killing Is My Business...

You know what bothers me the most? In 1995 Lee Hazlewood actually won. He quoted Melanie (look what they done to my song, ma) and complained that Megadeth's version of These Boots Are Made for Walkin' was vile and horrible. Yes, that was the point. The only character being defamed was Dave himself. Killing Is My Business... is the result of Dave being sent home mid-tour for being the worst drug abusing alcoholic in a band comprising drug abusing alcoholics. His sales pitch was whatever Metallica does, i'm gonna do it louder/faster/nastier 'cause i wrote most of Kill 'Em All and i want revenge. Capitol Records said ok, here's $8000. They immediately spend half that on drugs, fired their producer, asked for another $4000 and produced it themselves. I don't think it sounds terrible at all. It sounds like early thrash metal. Dave is the bad guy. Vic Rattlehead, the victim of anonymous torture, is their new mascot. It's not satanic because this is just the evil side of the coin: you're doin' swell but i feel like hell.

People make a big deal about him getting fired, but Dave has pretty consistently said that he was mad that they didn't say anything. Not once did they mention that his substance intake and behavior was scaring them, they just sent him home one day. He thanks Slayer, Anthrax, and Metallica in the liner notes. They are the Big 4 because they all invented thrash together, trying to one up each other for the sheer love of heavy metal. Megadeth will go on to much more coherent social/cultural/political statements, but we have to start somewhere. From Kill 'Em All, we get a little more refinement. If killing is my new job, then i've got plenty of work to keep me busy and i better get started. Hi everybody, we're Megadeth, rattle your head 'til your brains fall out.

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