"The Mechanix" is a song performed by American heavy metal band Megadeth. Dave Mustaine originally wrote the song for a pre-Metallica band, and brought it with him to Metallica. He was later kicked out of the band right before they recorded their debut album, Kill 'Em All. The remaining members of Metallica then changed the lyrics and added a new bridge section as well as a new, melodic guitar solo, and released it on the album, retitling it "The...
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"The Mechanix" is a song performed by American heavy metal band Megadeth. Dave Mustaine originally wrote the song for a pre-Metallica band, and brought it with him to Metallica. He was later kicked out of the band right before they recorded their debut album, Kill 'Em All. The remaining members of Metallica then changed the lyrics and added a new bridge section as well as a new, melodic guitar solo, and released it on the album, retitling it "The Four Horsemen". Mustaine was still given credit for the song, although Mustaine claims he asked the band not to use his material, a charge Metallica disputes. The new lyrics refer to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Mustaine formed Megadeth and released the song with its original lyrics a year later on Megadeth's debut album, Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good! The lyrics, which are about a gas station attendent who is sexually attracted to one of his customers, use several different automotive phrases and terms as sexual...
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