{"id":12376,"date":"2010-02-25T08:20:24","date_gmt":"2010-02-25T13:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=12376"},"modified":"2010-02-27T10:09:22","modified_gmt":"2010-02-27T15:09:22","slug":"metallica-rare-1982-demo-of-hit-the-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themetalden.com\/?p=12376","title":{"rendered":"METALLICA – Rare 1982 Demo Of “Hit The Lights”"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\nTMD has received one of the earliest METALLICA demo recordings ever<\/em> unearthed. It is a recording of a rough ‘work in progress’ version of the classic song “Hit The Lights” off the groundbreaking heavy metal album Kill ‘Em All<\/strong> from 1983.
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\nThe song features Dave Mustaine on guitar, Ron McGovney on bass, Lars Ulrich on drums and James Hetfield on vocals. As the story goes, McGovney soon departed the band – only to be replaced by the greatest metal bass player of them all CLIFF BURTON. It’s said McGovney left the fold because he was being bullied\ufeff by Mustaine… such as getting beer spilled on his bass guitar.
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\nNot long after that incident, Mustaine himself was booted from the band by Ulrich and Hetfield for drinking too much and just being a general nuisance. Dave of course went on to form Megadeth with bass player David Ellefson in Los Angeles, California.
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\nThe rest as they say… is Rock N Roll history.
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\nListen to the track below.
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