Megadeth Albums

Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good! Combat, June 1985 Produced by Dave Mustaine and Karat Faye Co-produced by Megadeth Dave Mustaine - vocals, guitars, piano David Ellefson - bass, backup vocals Chris Poland - guitars Gar Samuelson - drums Total running time: 31:12 Lyrics # Track: Music, lyrics by: Single: Video: Length: 1. Last Rites/Loved to Death Mustaine     4:40 2. Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good! Mustaine     3:06 3. Skull Beneath the Skin Mustaine     3:47 4. These Boots1 Lee Hazlewood     4:39 5. Rattlehead Mustaine     3:43 6. Chosen Ones Mustaine     2:55 7. Looking Down the Cross Mustaine     5:02 8. Mechanix Mustaine     4:22 1 not featured in 1996 re-release This album was Megadeth's first, rawest, and angriest album. Recorded during the height of Dave Mustaine's bitterness toward Metallica, the hatred is apparent in Dave's voice and the band's playing. "I listen to Killing Is My Business... now, and I scratch my head wondering, 'What the fuck was I on when I wrote that?' That was a point in my life when I was filled with a lot of angst and had a lot to prove. On those beginning records, I didn't really have an emotional balance, and I wasn't experiencing any feelings other than anger. I would feel pain and I would get angry. I'd feel lonely and I'd get angry. I'd feel guilt or shame and I would get angry. I would feel joy and I would feel uncomfortable about it, and I would think that someone was setting me up." (Mustaine, 1995) The album was very poorly recorded, due to the fact that the producer was fired halfway through its recording, leaving the band to finish the recording itself. Combat Records gave Megadeth $8000 to make the album with, but they spent half of the money on drugs, before they even got into the studio, so they had to fire the producer halfway, since they couldn't afford to pay him if he stayed on any longer.