Hangar 18 (song)
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| Single by Megadeth from the album Rust in Peace |
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| Released | 1990 | ||||
| Recorded | 1990 | ||||
| Genre | Thrash metal, heavy metal | ||||
| Length | 5:11 | ||||
| Label | Capitol Records | ||||
| Producer | Dave Mustaine | ||||
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"Hangar 18"(sample ) is a song by American thrash metal band Megadeth from the 1990 album Rust in Peace. UFO conspiracy theories, or possibly Hangar 18, the 1980 film based on those theories, inspired frontman Dave Mustaine to write the song. Hangar 18 is located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, and it is speculated that an alien aircraft was brought there from Roswell in 1947.
The song's intro has a chordal structure in D minor also used by Metallica in their song "The Call of Ktulu" from Ride the Lightning. This was made for the demo When Hell Freezes Over which was written in part by Mustaine while he was still in Metallica. After a standard verse/chorus structure, the second half of the song is instrumental. Former Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman claims that the original version of the song was much longer than what appears on Rust in Peace. This song is notable for containing no fewer than eleven guitar solos by Friedman and Mustaine.
A sequel to this song called "Return to Hangar" was included on Megadeth's ninth album The World Needs a Hero. It tells the fictional story of the life-forms said to be contained in Hangar 18 coming back to life and killing those inside the building before escaping.
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[edit] Music video
The "Hangar 18" video is themed after the song's lyrical concept. It depicts the torture of aliens and, at the end, shows all the band members in freezing chambers. The video was shot in San Pedro, California at a Water & Power building. Coincidentally, the band would film the video for "Crush 'Em" on this same site nine years later.[1] An edited version of "Hangar 18" is typically shown on MTV2 which has the song length cut down drastically.
[edit] Cultural references
Some believe that this song was the basis for a music track in the PC video game Doom II: Hell on Earth in the Entryway stage.[2] Such connections have been made between numerous heavy metal and video game songs such as Metallica's "Seek & Destroy" and Mega Man 2's Flash Man level music.
"Hangar 18" was used in the video game Guitar Hero 2 in the "Face Melters" section due to the song's many fast solos.
The "Hangar 18" video is reminisced in the Duck Dodgers episode "In Space, No One Can Hear You Rock." In it, the title character unfreezes Dave Mustaine (played by himself) to play enough heavy metal to overload an evil device.
[edit] CD single track listing
- "Hangar 18 (AOR Edit)" - 3:18
- "Hangar 18 (LP Version)" - 5:13
- "The Conjuring (Live)" - 5:06
- "Hook in Mouth (Live)" - 4:30
- Special Message for Japanese Fans - 4:40
- Capitol Records DPRO-79462
[edit] Credits
- Dave Mustaine - Guitars, Vocals
- Marty Friedman - Guitars
- David Ellefson - Bass
- Nick Menza - Drums
[edit] References
- ^ Rosen, Craig "Megadeth Talks About 'Crush 'Em'; Donates Horse To School" Yahoo! Music (June 15, 1999). Retrieved on April 19, 2008.
- ^ Doom 2 "Entryway" music YouTube (April 18, 2008). Retrieved on April 19, 2008.
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