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The Four Horsemen
Premiere: July 29th, 1983 - Yonkers, NY - Rising Sun Last Played: December 7th, 2011 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore

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Notes:

• Originally written by Dave Mustaine, it used to have different lyrics and be called "The Mechanix"
• The lyrics of "The Four Horsemen" are relating to the subject matter of a bible story in the final
  book of the New Testament in the "Chapter 6 of Revelations" which is called
  " The Four Horsemen of Apocalypse". The horsemen should spread in each of the four directions
  to pronounce "The Last Jugdement - Doomsday" of the world.
• As can be seen in the "A Year And A Half..." video tape the young John Smith who was
  diagnosed with cancer played "The Four Horsemen" together with metallica as his final wish.
• The four horsemen could also stand for the four Metallicans and their conquest of the world, as a heavy metal band.
  In fact more recently when they are about to play this song James will ask the crowd
  "How many band members on stage??"
• James sez: "Dave [Mustaine] brought that song over from one of his other bands;
  back then it was called "The Mechanix". After he left Metallica, we kind of fixed
  the song up - the lyrics he used were pretty silly."

Different/Notable Plays:

• June 6th, 2004 - Donington Castle, GB - Donington Park - Lars absent due to medical emergency.
  Drums were played by Dave Lombardo of Slayer.
• December 7th, 2011 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore - Full version played for the first time since approx 1985.