Hangar 18 (song)

Hangar 18 (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Hangar 18


Artist = Megadeth
from Album = Rust in Peace
Released = 1990
Format =
Recorded = 1990
Genre = Thrash metal
Length = 5:11
Label = Capitol
Producer = Dave Mustaine
Chart position =
Reviews =
Last single = "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due"
(1990)
This single = "Hangar 18"
(1990)
Next single = "Symphony of Destruction"
(1992)
"Hangar 18"(audio| Hangar 18 sample clip.ogg |sample) is a song by American heavy metal band Megadeth from the 1990 album "Rust in Peace". UFO conspiracy theories, or possibly "Hangar 18", the 1980 film based on those theories, inspired frontman Dave Mustaine to write the song. Hangar 18 is located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio, and it is speculated that an alien aircraft was brought there from Roswell in 1947.

A sequel to this song called "Return to Hangar" was included on Megadeth's ninth album "The World Needs a Hero". It tells the fictional story of the life-forms said to be contained in Hangar 18 coming back to life and killing those inside the building before escaping.

Music video

The "Hangar 18" video is themed after the song's lyrical concept. It depicts the torture of aliens and, at the end, shows all the band members in freezing chambers. The video was shot in San Pedro, California at a Water & Power building. Coincidentally, the band would film the video for "Crush 'Em" on this same site nine years later. [Rosen, Craig [http://music.yahoo.com/read/news/12045621 "Megadeth Talks About 'Crush 'Em'; Donates Horse To School"] Yahoo! Music (June 15, 1999). Retrieved on April 19, 2008.] An edited version of "Hangar 18" is typically shown on MTV2 which has the song length cut down drastically.

Cultural references

Some believe who that this song was the basis for a music track in the PC video game ' in the Entryway stage. [ [http://youtube.com/watch?v=r7T1KuW0S8I Doom 2 "Entryway" music] YouTube (April 18, 2008). Retrieved on April 19, 2008.] Such connections have been made between numerous heavy metal and video game songs such as Metallica's "Seek & Destroy" and "Mega Man 2s Flash Man level music.

A cover of "Hangar 18" is featured in the music video game "Guitar Hero II" for PlayStation 2 and Xbox 360, where it's considered one of the hardest songs in the game, being placed in the eighth and last setlist tier.

The "Hangar 18" video is reminisced in the "Duck Dodgers" episode "In Space, No One Can Hear You Rock." In it, the title character unfreezes Dave Mustaine (played by himself) to play enough heavy metal to overload an evil device.

CD single track listing

#"Hangar 18 (AOR Edit)" - 3:18
#"Hangar 18 (LP Version)" - 5:13
#"The Conjuring (Live)" - 5:06
#"Hook in Mouth (Live)" - 4:30
#Special Message for Japanese Fans - 4:40
*Capitol Records DPRO-79462

Credits

*Dave Mustaine - lead guitar, vocals
*Marty Friedman - lead guitar
*David Ellefson - bass guitar
*Nick Menza - drums

References


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