The Mechanix

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"The Mechanix"
Song by Metallica
from the album No Life 'Till Leather
Released	July 1982
Recorded	1982
Genre	Thrash metal
Length	4:28
Label	Self-released
Writer(s)	Dave Mustaine
Producer(s)	Metallica
No Life 'Till Leather track listing
Hit the Lights (1)	"The Mechanix" (2)	Motorbreath (2)

"Mechanix"
Song by Megadeth
from the album Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!
Released	June 1985
Recorded	December 1984 & January 1985
Genre	Thrash metal
Length	4:21
Label	Combat Records
Writer(s)	Dave Mustaine
Producer(s)	Dave Mustaine and Karat Faye
Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good! track listing
Looking Down The Cross (7)	"Mechanix" (8)

"The Mechanix" is a song written by Dave Mustaine. It was used on the No Life 'Til Leather demo. The lyrics pertain to Dave Mustaine's sexual experiences at a gas station.^{[citation needed]}

When Mustaine was kicked out, Metallica changed the lyrics to write "The Four Horsemen" but still gave Mustaine credit for the song. The new lyrics refer to the four horsemen of the apocalypse.

Mustaine released the song with its original lyrics a year later on Megadeth's first album. However, it was not as long as "The Four Horsemen", which had an added bridge into the song making it over seven minutes long, while "The Mechanix" remained around four and half minutes long.

In the original version of the song, Mustaine screams "Fuck yeah!" at 3:07; however, on the greatest hits album, this was cut out.

The different versions of the song are as follows:

• The Mechanix - Metallica - Power Metal - 1982
• The Mechanix - Metallica - No Life 'Til Leather - 1982
• The Four Horsemen - Metallica - Kill 'Em All - 1983
• Mechanix (demo) - Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good! (Remastered) - 1984 (released 2002)
• Mechanix - Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good! - 1985

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