METALLICA RIDE THE LIGHTNING DEMO FULL

Both the name and album cover of the demo were to be used as the name of the band's debut studio album and album cover. Two covers of Diamond Head songs were played: 'Am I Evil?' and 'The Prince', however 'The Prince' was not recorded as the tape had ran out.

The band played all of its original material (nine songs) that the group had written up to that point, which included all of the songs from its previous demo No Life 'til Leather and two new songs (which were later released on the Megaforce demo). The supporting band was Exodus, featuring Metallica's future lead guitarist Kirk Hammett. Metal Up Your Ass was recorded on November 29, 1982, at the Old Waldorf in San Francisco. All bass tracks were played by original bassist Ron McGovney. Cliff Burton is given credit on the demo but does not perform.Dave Mustaine вЂ“ lead guitar, backing vocals.James Hetfield вЂ“ lead vocals, rhythm guitar.Live, containing no differences from Metallica: Bay Area Thrashers. The demo was re-released a second time under the title Metallica: In the Beginning. This was soon discovered by Metallica and all copies were removed from stores. The demo has been re-released twice unofficially, first under the title of Metallica: Bay Area Thrashers, and was alleged to be a live bootleg recording of Metallica in the early days, however all 'live' sounds had been added from various sources including the Metallica video Cliff 'Em All. The title of the demo comes from the first line of 'Hit the Lights'. The track listing on Kill 'Em All is the same as that on the demo tape, with the exceptions of Cliff Burton's bass solo '(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth', ' Whiplash', 'No Remorse' and 'The Four Horsemen' (See notes above). All of the tracks are early recordings of songs that would later appear on the band's debut album Kill 'Em All. No Life 'til Leather is Metallica's widely circulated demo tape. Mustaine increased the pace from the original version of the song, renamed it simply 'Mechanix', and included it on the first Megadeth album, Killing Is My Business. 'The Mechanix' was the original version that later would be renamed to 'The Four Horsemen'.

Dave Mustaine - lead guitar, backing vocals.James Hetfield - lead vocals, rhythm guitar.The demo was recorded in Ron McGovney's garage on March 14, 1982. Most of the covers were later released as b-sides and on the compilation album Garage Inc. 'Hit the Lights' and 'Jump in the Fire' were later released on the No Life 'til Leather demo and eventually were released on the band's debut studio album, Kill 'Em All. These include one Sweet Savage cover, a Savage cover and four Diamond Head covers. The demo contains two original songs, 'Hit the Lights' and ' Jump in the Fire' along with six cover songs.

METALLICA RIDE THE LIGHTNING DEMO FULL

Ron McGovney's '82 Garage demo is a demo tape that was never officially released, but the tape found wide circulation in full and partial versions.

Metallica ride the lightning demo