Demos
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1981 - Metal Massacre I (1st pressing)
Tracks
1. Hit The Lights
Also recorded during the same session
1. Mechanix
Line-Up
Lars Ulrich - Drums
James Hetfield - Vocals and Rhythm Guitar and Bass
Lloyd grant - Lead gutiar (Solos)
1982 March - Rehearsal
Tracks
1. Sucking My Love
2. The Prince
3. Jump in the Fire
4. Am I Evil
5. Hit The Lights
Line-Up
Lars Ulrich - Drums
James Hetfield - Vocals and Rhythm Guitar
Ron McGovney - Bass
Dave Mustaine - Lead guitar
1982 March - Metal Massacre I (2nd pressing)
Tracks
1. Hit The Lights
also recorded during the same session
1. Let It Loose
2. Killing Time
Line-Up
Lars Ulrich - Drums
James Hetfield - Vocals and Rhythm Guitar
Ron McGovney - Bass
Dave Mustaine - Lead guitar
1982 July 6 1982 - 'No Life Till Leather'
There are 2 slightly different version, the rarer one being one with
false starts at the begining of some of the tracks
Tracks
1. Hit The Lights
2. The Mechanix
3. Motorbreath
4. Seek and Destroy
5. Metal Militia
6. Jump in the Fire
7. Phantom Lord
Line-Up
Lars Ulrich - Drums
James Hetfield - Vocals and Rhythm Guitar
Ron McGovney - Bass
Dave Mustaine - Lead guitar
1983 March 16 - 'Megaforce Demo'
Tracks
1. Whiplash
2. No Remorse
Line-Up
Lars Ulrich - Drums
James Hetfield - Vocals and Rhythm Guitar
Cliff Burton - Bass
Dave Mustaine - Lead guitar
MetallinewS (was What are the band up to at the moment...)
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The band went into the studio earlier this year. As of July 1 95, they
have recorded some basic tracks for 9 songs. Again Bob Rock is producing
the album. In late August early sept
the band take about 4 weeks out of the studio to play 3 dates. There are
currently do plans to play any other shows. From a very recent report the
new untitled album is due in spring 96.. A single '2 by 4' is due out in
october with some 'demos and live shit' on the b-side
And now some stuff from lars...
Lars July 95: "We started writing about six month ago (Feb 95), and that
part turned into a waterfall, an endless cornucopia of ideas that just
keep on coming out. We thought we'd be in the studio in early march, and
for the first time ever we kept on writing songs over and over. The ideas
kept on coming, we decided tto wait and go into the studio when we were
ready. Come the middle of april we were ready. We've been in for 8 or 10
weeks and it's going a lot better than we thought."
Lars July 95: "The new songs we're writing just called for a looser,
livelier type of thing, and we set our goal with this record to try and
capture more the spirit of the songs rather than worrying about the
technical stuff."
James July 95: "We've eased into it very well. There's still some
songs to write, but we've been doing stuff at Lars' pad or my pad which
aren't very far away. We go into another enviroment to write the songs,
head down to the studio, introduce them, basically jam on them, the tape
is rolling and thats how its working together."
Kirk July 95: "This album is much more groove oriented then even the last
album. On this album we have songs that swing; we're playing with some
'boogie', but it still has the crunch, attitide and anger that's embedded
in all of us"
Donnington 95
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The usual intro tape stops halfway through with the announcement 'due to
the recent death of heavy metal tonights MetallicA has been cancelled', to
which james replies 'fuck you muthafucka', after which they launce into
breadfan and a set list similar to last years 'shit hits the sheds tour'.
Buried in there are two new tracks '2 by four'-a really groovy number and
destined to be the next sandman. 'Devils Dance' is the other newie which is
slower and a lot heavier, partly similar in style to Sad but true... Other
changes in the live set include Misfits 'Lundon Dungeon' and Maidens
'Remember tommorow' and a shortend version of Seek and destroy (without the
singalong part)
Misc
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Metallica logo was originally designed by James. The name MetallicA
was stolen by Lars from Ron Quintana who was at the time putting
together a fanzine, MetallicA was one of the possible titles for the
zine.
The intro the band have used live since the begining is "Ecstasy of
Gold" by Ennio Morricone, from the movie "The Good, The Bad and the
Ugly."
Bands Profiles
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Lars Ulrich - Born 26 Dec 63, Copanhagen,Denmark
Previous Bands : none
Marital status : divorced
He drives a Porsche, Chevy Blazer and a Range Rover
James Hetfield - Born 3 Aug 63, Los Angeles, California
Previous bands : Obsession, Leather Charm
Marital status : single
He drives a Chevy Blazer and a Dodge Ram Pick-Up.
He was brought up in a strict Christian Science house hold, his older
brother Dave Hetfield had guitars in their garage which he used to
play about on. His mother tried to get him more interested in classical
music, and even paid for 2 years worth of piano training...
Whilst not in MetallicA he enjoys hunting and beer....
Cliff Burton - Born 10 Feb 62
Died 27 Sept 86
Previous bands : Trauma, EZ Street, A.D. 2 million
Cliff's ashes were spread at various points around
the bay area, including the Maxwell Ranch House area.
Kirk Lee Hammet - 18 Nov 62 Born San fransisco, California
Previous bands : Exodus
Marital status : divorced
He owns a Porsche, LandCruiser and a mountain bike.
Jason Curtis Newsted - 4 Mar 63 Born Battle creek, Michigan
Previous bands : Flotsom + Jetsom
Marital status : divorced
He has a 1967 Ford Mustang and a LandCruiser
Discography of Essential Official Releases
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For details of how to obtain a full Discography see the
bootleg section further down.
'Kill Em all' - July 1983
Side 1
1. Hit the Lights
2. The Four HorseMen
3. MotorBreath
4. Jump in the Fire
5. (Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth - (awesome bass solo)
6. Whiplash
Side 2
1. Phantom Lord
2. No remorse
3. Seek & Destroy
4. Metal Militia
(also re-released with 'Am i Evil' and 'Blitkrieg' both covers originals
by Diamond head and Blitkreig respectively.)
'Jump in the Fire' EP 1984
1. Jump in the Fire
2. Seek and Destroy (live)
3. Phantom Lord (live)
These last two tracks are not actually live they are studio versions with
crowd noises over the top....
'Creaping Death' EP 1984
1. Creaping Death
2. Am i Evil
3. Blitzkrieg
('Am i Evil' and 'Blitkrieg' are both covers originals
by Diamond head and Blitkreig respectively.)
'Ride the Lightning' LP 1984
Side 1
1. Fight fire with fire
2. Ride the lightning
3. For whom the bell tolls
4. Fade to Black
Side 2
1. Trapped under ice
2. Escape
3. Creeping death
4. The Call of Ktulu
'Master of Puppets' LP 1986
Side 1
1. Battery
2. Master of Puppets
3. The thing that should not be
4. Welcome home (sanitarium)
Side 2
1. Disposable Heroes
2. Leper Messiah
3. Orion
4. Damage, Inc
'The 5.98 EP Garage Days Re-Revisited' EP 1987
Side 1
1. Helpless (original by Diamond head)
2. The Small Hours (by Holocaust)
Side 2
1. The Wait (By killing Joke..this is Not on the UK version)
2. Crash course in brain surgery (by Budgie)
3. Last Caress/Green Hell (by Misfits)
'Harvester of Sorrow' EP 1988
1. Harvester of Sorrow
2. Breadfan (original by bugdie)
3. The prince (original by Diamond Head)
'...And Justice for all' LP 1988
Side 1
1. Blackened
2. ...And Justice for all
SIde 2
1. Eye of the Beholder
2. One
Side 3
1. The Shortest straw
2. Harvester of Sorrow
3. The Frayed ends of sanity
Side 4
1. To live is to die
2. Dyers Eve
'Eye of the Beholder' EP 1988 (US Only)
1. Eye of the beholder
2. Breadfan
'One' EP 1988 (europe only) #1
1. One
2. Seek + Destroy (live)
'One' EP 1988 #2
1. One
2. For whom the bell tolls (live)
3. Welcome Home (sanitarium)
'One' EP 1988 #3 - Black gatefold with black logo...Limited edition...
1. One (demo) (2nd week Nov 87)
2. For whom the bell tolls (live)
3. Creeping death (live)
This is a limited edition gatefold 12" with booklet
'The 6 and a half year anniversary EP' EP 1990
Features
'Jump in the fire' EP
'Creaping Death' EP
'The 5.98 EP Garage Days Re-Revisited' EP
'Harvester of Sorrow' EP
'One' EP #2
'The 6 and a half year anniversary EP'
1. Harvester of sorrow (live)
2. One (live)
3. Breadfan (live)
4. last Caress (live)
These four recorded Seattle 29/30 89
'Enter Sandman'
1. Enter Sandman
2. Holier than thou
3. Stone Cold Crazy
4. Enter Sandman (demo) (13 Aug 90)
'MetallicA' LP 1991
Side 1
1. Enter Sandman
2. Sad But True
3. Holier Than Thou
Side 2
1. The Unforgiven
2. Wherever I May Roam
3. Don't Tread On Me
Side 3
1. Through The Never
2. Nothing Else Matters
3. Of Wolf And Man
Side 4
1. The God That Failed
2. My Friend Of Misery
3. The Struggle Within
'The Unforgiven' EP 1991
1. The Unforgiven
2. Killing Time (original by Sweet Savage)
3. The Unforgiven (demo) (4 Oct 90)
'Sad But True' EP 1991 #1
1. Sad But True
2. Nothing Else Matters (elevator version)
3. Creeping Death (live) Tushino Airfield, Moscow, Russia
4. Sad But True (demo) (13 Aug 90)
'Sad But True' EP 1991 #2
1. Sad But True
2. So What (original by Anti Nowhere League)
3. Harvestor of Sorrow (live) Tushino Airfield, Moscow, Russia
'Nothing Else Matters' EP
1. Nothing Else Matters
2 . Enter Sandman (live) Tushino Airfield, Moscow, Russia
3 . Harvestor Of Sorrow (live) Liebnau, Graz, Austria
4 . Nothing Else Matters (demo) (13 Aug 90)
'Live At Wembley Stadium, 20th April' EP 1992
1. Enter Sandman
2. Sad But True
3. Nothing Else Matters
'Wherever I May Roam' EP 1992
1 . Wherever I May Roam
2 . Fade To Black (live), Tushino Airfield, Moscow, Russia
3 . Wherever I May Roam (demo) (13 Aug 90)
'Live Shit: Binge & Purge' DLP 1993
1. Enter Sandman
2. Creeping Death
3. Harvestor Of Sorrow
4. Welcome Home
5. Sad But True
6. Of Wolf And Man
7. The Unforgiven
8. Justice Medley
9. Solos
10. Through The Never
11. For Whom The Bell Tolls
12. Fade To Black
13. Master Of Puppets
14. Seek & Destroy
15. Whiplash
16. Nothing Else Matters
17. Wherever I May Roam
18. Am I Evil?
19. Last Caress
20. One
21. Battery
22. The Four Horsemen
23. Motorbreath
24. Stone Cold Crazy
'Rubiyat' Elektra Records 40th Aniversary
includes
MetallicA - 'Stone cold crazy' (original by Queen)
Other Stuff
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These are tracks not listed above that MetallicA Have recorded in the
past but aren't officially available
The Mechanix written by Hetfield,Ulrich,Mustaine
(this is basically the original version of 4 Horsemen, it has different
lyrics and as well as being played slightly differently didn't include
the 'Time has taken its toll on you...' part. A version of Mechanix was
was recorded by MegaDeth on their first album 'Killing is my business')
When Hell Freezes Over written by Hetfield,Ulrich,Burton
(This was the original demo title for "The Call of Ktulu")
Let It Loose written by Bradley,Dawson (Savage)
Sucking My Love written by Diamond Head
Promo Vids
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One (Short Version)
One (Long Version)
One (Long Version but with no shots from JGHG)
Enter Sandman
Sad But True
Unforgiven (Normal Version)
Unforgiven (Extended Version...Extra 6 minutes...)
Nothing Else Matters
WhereEver I May roam
Whiplash (Live from Live Shit)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Live from Live Shit)
Videos
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'Cliff em all' - A collection of bootlegs and TV recordings from the
Cliff era.
'Two of One' - Two versions of the one video
'A year and a half in the life of Metallica' - A documentery style video
covering the making of the MetallicA album
'A year and a half in the life of Metallica...Continued' - Another
documentery video this time covering the first third of the tour that
followed the album
'Outrageous video' Only available in the Metalli-Can
contains So-What,Helpless,Am i Evil recorded live
at Birmingham NEC 91 and Wembley London 91
'Live Shit Binge and Purge' #1 Avaible only as part of this box set it
features a gig recorded Seattle 29/30 Aug 1989
'Live Shit Binge and Purge' #2 Avaible only as part of this box set it
features a gig recorded San Diego 13/14 Jan 1992 (
geocities.com/sunsetstrip/towers) (
geocities.com/sunsetstrip)