![]() This demo was first given out at the March 27th, 1982 gig at the Whisky, when they opened for Saxon.Ī live demo was recorded on November 29th, 1982, on a road trip to San Francisco. The band at this point had several rehearsal tapes floating about, but then in response to one of those being pressed to vinyl by Bongus Loadus Records, decided to record their first demo, with the Grant version of Hit the Lights and two covers. ![]() James did only vocals, and Dave was the single guitarist. ![]() The first live show was on March 14th, at Radio City Music Hall in Anaheim. This line-up re-recorded "Hit the Lights" for the second pressing of Metal Massacre. Ron (who also designed the famous Metallica logo) was James's roommate, and James taught him to play bass, so that the band could play live. He quickly found Hetfield, who was playing in Leather Charm at the time, and one day in December of 1981, they recorded the rhythm tracks to a remake of a Leather Charm song, "Hit the Lights", and the song appeared on Metal Massacre in February.ĭave Mustaine (Megadeth) was brought in in February of 1982, and a bassist, Ron McGovney was found. Ulrich (who originally went to the US to play tennis) had, during that summer, met Brian Slagel of Metal Blade Records and had secured an appearance on an upcoming compilation called Metal Massacre but had no band. Metallica was formed by Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield in the fall of 1981.
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