No Life til' Leather (Demo)



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 debut album Kill 'Em All. 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" (See notes above). The title of the demo comes from the first line of Hit the Lights.

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. This was soon discovered by Metallica and all copies were removed from stores. The demo was re-released a second time under the title Metallica—In the Beginning... Live, containing no differences from Metallica-Bay Area Thrashers.

Track Listing

 * 1) Hit the Lights
 * 2) The Mechanix
 * 3) Motorbreath
 * 4) Seek & Destroy
 * 5) Metal Militia
 * 6) Jump In the Fire
 * 7) Phantom Lord

Personnel

 * James Hetfield - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
 * Dave Mustaine - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
 * Ron McGovney - Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
 * Lars Ulrich - Drums