The front cover marked the debut of band mascot Vic Rattlehead, who regularly appeared on subsequent album artwork.
(meta data) TITLE: Megadeth: The Making Of The New 'Vic Rattlehead' Mask (Video) - Blabbermouth.net (meta data) AUTHOR: Blabbermouth # Blabbermouth.net - # MEGADETH: The Making Of The New 'Vic Rattlehead' Mask (Video) October 2, 2012 MEGADETH and the band's official mascot, Vic Rattlehead, were featured on the hourlong premiere of Travel Channel's "Making Monsters" this past Sunday, September 30. The Distortions team took a stab at recreating the Vic Rattlehead mask for MEGADETH's recent tour. You can now watch the segment below. "Making Monsters" follows Distortions Unlimited, at its very basic a monster model-making company, but at its most refined is a world renowned leader in the horror industry., Distortions owner Ed Edmunds and the rest of the crew are headquartered in Greeley, Colorado. Vic is a skeletal figure who embodies the phrase, "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil." His eyes are covered by a riveted-on visor, his mouth is clamped shut, and his ears are closed with metal caps. His image appears on several MEGADETH album covers, including the band's first four LPs — "Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!", "Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?", "So Far, So Good... So What!" and "Rust In Peace". Vic did not appear on the cover of any MEGADETH albums or compilations from 1991 to 2000. However, when MEGADETH tried to bring back a more "classic" vibe to its material, the group also brought back its old mascot, and Vic returned for the 2001 album "The World Needs A Hero", the 2004 follow-up, "The System Has Failed", and 2007's "United Abominations". In an August 2010 posting on the band's MySpace page, MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson stated about Vic's live debut, "In our ongoing effort to always improve the live show we had a special introduction of our beloved mascot Vic Rattlehead, who came out and domineered the stage during the song 'Dawn Patrol' in Cleveland, Ohio. "Vic has been with us since our beginning in 1985 on the 'Killing Is My Business...' album but really came into his own on the 'Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?!' album cover in 1986. "We were happy for his debut with us [in August 2010] on the 'American Carnage' tour in Cleveland and will likely be making more appearances at upcoming shows. Be aware..." ### COMMENTS To comment on a story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends). ### Browse Blabbermouth Archive CD Reviews DVD Reviews #### LATEST NEWS SKINLAB: Making Of New Album 'Venomous' Part Two (Video) Ex-NECROPHOBIC Bassist ALEXANDER FRIBERG Slams His 'So-Called Brothers' After Getting Fired From Band SLIPKNOT Guitarist Says TORTILLA MAN Is 'A Hell Of A Musician': 'He's Just Out Of His Mind' GENE HOGLAN Feels Good About DETHKLOK's Future Original AC/DC Singer DAVE EVANS Says 'A Lot Of Fans' Want Him To Write A Book About His Time With The Band #### CD REVIEWS #### HAMMERFALLDominion ##### Rating:8.5Comments:0 #### TWILIGHT FORCEDawn of the Dragonstar ##### Rating:8.5Comments:0 #### ERADIKATORObscura ##### Rating:8Comments:0
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History.:1985: "Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!".
After considering several labels, Mustaine signed the band to Combat Records, a New York-based Independent record label that offered Megadeth the highest budget to record and tour. In 1985, Combat Records gave the band $8,000 to record and produce its debut album. After spending $4,000 of the budget on drugs, alcohol, and food, the band fired the original producer and finished the recording themselves. 
 Despite its low fidelity sound, "Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!" was relatively successful in underground metal circles and attracted major-label interest. Music writer Joel McIver praised its "blistering technicality" and stated that the album "raised the bar for the whole thrash metal scene, with guitarists forced to perform even more accurately and powerfully".