What is Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox album | name = Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! | type = studio | artist = [[Megadeth]] | caption = The original cover art created by Combat Records | released = {{Start date|1985|6|12}} | recorded = December 1984–January 1985 | venue = | studio = {{hlist|Indigo Ranch Studios, [[Malibu, California]]|Crystal Sound Labs, [[Hollywood, California]]}} | genre = {{hlist|[[Thrash metal]]<ref>{{cite journal |author=CMJ Network, Inc |date=February 11, 2002 |title=Loud Rock |journal=[[CMJ New Music Report]] |page=45 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y7cms1PnqKUC&dq=killing+is+my+business&pg=PT13 |accessdate=November 24, 2013}}</ref><ref name=Metallum>{{cite web|url=https://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/Megadeth/Killing_Is_My_Business..._and_Business_Is_Good%21/659/|title=Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! - Reviews - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives|publisher=Encyclopaedia Metallum|access-date=September 18, 2024}}</ref> |[[speed metal]]<ref name=Metallum></ref>}} | length = {{Duration|m=31|s=10}} | label = [[Combat Records|Combat]] | producer = {{hlist|[[Dave Mustaine]]|Karat Faye}} | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = [[Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?]] | next_year = 1986 | misc = }} '''''Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!''''' is the first [[Album|studio album]] by American [[thrash metal]] band [[Megadeth]]. The album was released on June 12, 1985. It was released by [[Combat Records]]. In early 1985, the band was given $8,000 by Combat Records. The band was given this money to record and [[Record producer|produce]] their first album. Later, the band was given another $4,000. Most of the money was spent on drugs, alcohol, and food. Megadeth fired their producer, and produced the record by themselves.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/dave-mustaine-on-super-collider-endgame-risk-and-more-575401/8|accessdate=2014-10-29|title=Dave Mustain