What was Metallica's first demo entitled?

gburton63

No Life 'Till Leather Dec 25 06, 10:19 AM

CrazeeTracy

You are correct GBurton! No Life 'Til Leather 1982- Metallica did their first demo "NO LIFE 'TIL LEATHER" Dec 25 06, 10:41 AM

BungeeAZ

No Life Till Leather. This was the underground tape that fell into the hands of Jon and Marsha Zazula, and was the impetus for form Megaforce records and bring Metallica out to New Jersey from their native SF to record their first album titled Kill 'Em All. Dec 25 06, 10:49 AM

skysmom65

No Life 'Til Leather is Metallica's widely circulated demo tape featuring Dave Mustaine on lead guitar. All the tracks are early recordings of songs that would later appear on the band's Kill 'Em All album. The track listing on Kill 'Em All is the same as that on the demo tape, save the addition of Cliff Burton's bass solo "(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth", "Whiplash", "No Remorse" and "The Mechanix" (the latter of which was re-written by Metallica as "The Four Horsemen"). The demo has been re-released twice so far unofficially, first under the title of Metallica—Bay Area Trashers, 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. Soon this was discovered by Metallica and all copies were removed from stores. The second time it was re-released was under the title Metallica—In the Beginning... Live, which is exactly the same as Metallica—Bay Area Trashers, but simply with a new title. This is the most well-known Metallica demo, showing the band's NWOBHM roots very clearly. The tracks are quite similar to the final versions on Kill 'Em All, apart from the modified lyrics for "The Mechanix" and "Jump In The Fire". "The Mechanix", a Mustaine written composition, turned into Metallica's own "The Four Horsemen". Mustaine recorded his own version of "The Mechanix" on Megadeth's debut album Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good! The album, along with two other songs, can be found floating on many peer-to-peer networks under the moniker "One Last Visit". http://www.answers.com/topic/no-life-till-leather Dec 25 06, 6:09 PM

gianlux

Their first recording is "Hit the Lights/Metal Massacre" demo, Oct.81/Jan.82, their VERY first recording, just for Metal Massacre deal. Then, there's "Ron's Garage", March 1982. If you mean the first official demo, maybe it's "Power Metal" demo, April 1982: Four original tracks, sold after gigs. Then comes "No Life Til Leather" (summer 82). Their "most official" one: surely, their best known! Feb 10 07, 3:25 AM