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Megadeth, "Killing Is My Business..."
When thrash metal passed through a craze for comic books in the late 1980s, Punisher T-shirts became as essential a wardrobe cue as bullet belts. Though Megadeth had its own comic creation, Vic Rattlehead, Dave Mustaine later explained that the title track of the band's debut album was inspired by the Punisher. This speed-crazed clip from the era documented in the book Murder in the Front Row captures the band in its intense infancy.