First Time Reaction To Metallica (Kill em all) Hit The Lights

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  • In this video, I revisit Metallica's Kill em all as experienced metal head and react to hit the lights.
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  • @jenniferandrews1917
    @jenniferandrews1917 Pƙed 2 lety +59

    IMO, their best album. Every song is a banger!

  • @Sierra_Charlie-5_by_5
    @Sierra_Charlie-5_by_5 Pƙed 2 lety +42

    The first time I heard this song, or Metallica for that matter, was a live performance back in 1983 at a small club in Reseda, Ca. Friends at school told me I needed to check them out. Glad I did, and bought this album after the show.

  • @samhain9283
    @samhain9283 Pƙed 2 lety +34

    Hit the Lights was the first song that James and Lars wrote together, so in essence you're listening to the birth of Metallica in this song. It also perfectly sets the tone for the rest of the album.

    • @stephanea5364
      @stephanea5364 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Lars have nothing to do with this. Hugh Tanner.

    • @flamethegame1
      @flamethegame1 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      It was in the works before Metallica even officially formed

    • @sadsadasdsadasdsadas
      @sadsadasdsadasdsadas Pƙed 2 lety

      @@stephanea5364 Do provide evidence for that, lol.

    • @stephanea5364
      @stephanea5364 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@sadsadasdsadasdsadas It's well known James wrote that with Tanner, but Lars always gets a songwriting credit anyway because he makes mouth noises.

    • @sadsadasdsadasdsadas
      @sadsadasdsadasdsadas Pƙed 2 lety

      @@stephanea5364 Well, it is not that known actually. I know Tanner wrote most of Motorbreath, but not sure about Hit the lights.. therefore I asked for a link for your claim, care to provide?

  • @SrpskoNightmare
    @SrpskoNightmare Pƙed 2 lety +48

    The songs were re recorded with Kirk Hammett after Mustaines dismissal. The solos are Dave inspired but Kirk Is the one playing the solos in Kill em all. As far as the rest of Metallica each song is equally as amazing. Sure they changed their sound during the 90s but they were still amazing.

    • @JeremyPatMartin
      @JeremyPatMartin Pƙed 2 lety +2

      The death of Cliff Burton was a major hit to them. Cliff was a heavy hitter as far as song writing this forcing the band to change forever. Tragic. Cliff is still a major influence on my bass playing

    • @rubyawh
      @rubyawh Pƙed 2 lety +2

      I’m pretty sure the lights solos were Lloyd Grant’s writing but Kirk recording btw. At least the demo of the song was Lloyd for sure.

    • @redshift912
      @redshift912 Pƙed 2 lety +4

      Most of kill em all sounded like Black Sabbath or Motörhead .. it’s cool stuff but ride was a much better album

    • @deletedhero5579
      @deletedhero5579 Pƙed rokem

      @@JeremyPatMartin cliff was amazing but they didn't change their sound because they didn't have him it was inevitably going to happen after the justice tour. They became dissatisfied with the long drawn out songs they wrote on justice and wanted to simplify their sound

    • @Damage_Inc999
      @Damage_Inc999 Pƙed 10 měsĂ­ci

      @@redshift912
      Nope. Kill em all was so raw and real.
      Kill em all is better.

  • @randybaker6042
    @randybaker6042 Pƙed 2 lety +15

    This is the album that kicked it all off. This is the song we heard the first time we put the album on.
    We already had bootleg videos of them playing live but this is it.
    Geddy Lee was blown away by it. All of us heavy rockers were.

  • @pc574
    @pc574 Pƙed 2 lety +7

    I started listening to Metallica in 1987. A friend of mine in school liked them and I went out and bought this album. This was the first song I ever heard and I was hooked right away. Justice had already come out at the time but for some reason this was the one I bought and I couldn't have made a better choice

    • @vlt873
      @vlt873 Pƙed 2 lety

      Justice was '88, sorry to nitpick đŸ€˜

    • @pc574
      @pc574 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@vlt873 It could have been, I was in 8th grade and thought it was the first half

  • @TheSuperSnake313
    @TheSuperSnake313 Pƙed 2 lety +8

    đŸ”„đŸ”„đŸ”„đŸ”„đŸ”„đŸ”„đŸ”„
    This is an album I can play start to finish any day of the week. Think they reached peak Metallica perfection with the Master album. Shows evolution and maturity without too much commercial sound

  • @northstar7694
    @northstar7694 Pƙed 2 lety +11

    i literally just impulse bought this album at Walmart an hour ago. My first copy of this was a cassette tape. My favorite Metallica

    • @royster7170
      @royster7170 Pƙed 2 lety

      My favorite is Ride the Lightning. I believe their best album.

    • @daniellysohirka5079
      @daniellysohirka5079 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      I believe Master of Puppets is the greatest metal album ever recorded, front to back with no weak song or covers, and fillers like Dawn Patrol.

  • @BlackieNuff
    @BlackieNuff Pƙed rokem +2

    DUDE! I have been listening to this shit for forty years and I NEVER drew the parallels between the FIRST TRACKS on the FIRST ALBUMS from Metallica and Megadeth!
    Especially that "Whoaw!" once the songs take off! I can't believe I never made the connection myself sooner! Great catch!

  • @conniekat3424
    @conniekat3424 Pƙed 2 lety +5

    Well that brought back memories...my best friend was a huge Metallica fan so anytime I rode with her it was what we were listening to...every now & then she would compromise & play some AC/DC for me but she drew the line at Foreigner & Journey LOL...she would be shocked at what I'm listening to now!

    • @conniekat3424
      @conniekat3424 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@bschuler6216 and everything else by Skull Fist! It's so cute how you pretend you don't love them! 😊

    • @conniekat3424
      @conniekat3424 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@bschuler6216 and now I will too...couldn't allow that one up on me so I just ordered it...and the new one!

  • @randybaker6042
    @randybaker6042 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    What's wild is 1983 when this came out along with Iron Maidens Piece Of Mind album. The new and the old. Two great albums. It was like being in some kind of time warp.

  • @insufferablethrashelitist9305

    Dude, your on FIRE!
    Zeppelin, sabbath and now this?!?!?

  • @russellchrom
    @russellchrom Pƙed 2 lety +8

    Man this whole album is fire!!!!!!

    • @russellchrom
      @russellchrom Pƙed 2 lety

      I use to Listen to this whole album As I was falling to sleep every night for a year or two.

  • @nonserviam751
    @nonserviam751 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    Best do Motorbreath on this album. The catchiest one imo.

  • @keithemery9063
    @keithemery9063 Pƙed rokem

    TY for going back to the good stuff, it is real for me. Metallica fade to black was playing in the room next door to mine, in the group home I went to after my mom tried to kill me when I was 12 yrs old, so, yeah...

  • @scorpionking4012
    @scorpionking4012 Pƙed 2 lety +4

    Such a great song I love it, just to think how young they were it’s crazy.

  • @dexterjankaren
    @dexterjankaren Pƙed 2 lety +7

    Kill Em All is like one album long thrash song. It's Metallica at their rawest. It's Kirk Hammett playing but he may be copying Mustaines licks. Mustaine with Metallica is out there on CZcams on Metallicas demo tape No Life Til Leather.

    • @sadsadasdsadasdsadas
      @sadsadasdsadasdsadas Pƙed 2 lety

      Kirk copied like the first second of the solos and then made them his own, which are way better than the Mustaine ones, you can find them playing these live with Mustaine and Kirks are way better.

  • @TropicalBonsai
    @TropicalBonsai Pƙed 2 lety +2

    Living in Belgium I heard Motorbreath on a French speaking radio station. Took almost a year for me to learn the name of the band.

  • @jeremystanton382
    @jeremystanton382 Pƙed měsĂ­cem

    First song of first album! Direct shot at Dave by giving Kirk so much spotlight on this song and he did well with extra time.

  • @debratroeak77
    @debratroeak77 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    I remember when this came out on album with the picture actually on the album, I had to have it lol. Yes, I agree, where do you go from here-this song really blows the hair back or off đŸ€˜đŸŒđŸŽžđŸ€˜đŸŒ

  • @Journey-of-1000-Miles
    @Journey-of-1000-Miles Pƙed 2 lety +1

    The only Metallica album that i can still handle listening too!

  • @Brettwbeyer14
    @Brettwbeyer14 Pƙed 2 lety +4

    Just for your education. The songs off this album written by Dave were "Four Horseman,"(mechanix) "Jump into the Fire," "Phantom Lord" and "Metal Militia." However the recording of this album, Dave was not a part of. All lead you hear is by Hammett

  • @marcochrist1015
    @marcochrist1015 Pƙed 11 měsĂ­ci

    I grew up with that and iI remember when this album came out. Keep on rocking, brother.

  • @fmaren
    @fmaren Pƙed 2 lety +2

    Dave was kicked out before album was recorded but they used several of his songs, pissing him off to no end.

  • @JeremyPatMartin
    @JeremyPatMartin Pƙed 2 lety

    I was 11 years old when this album came out in 1983 and it was foundational for me. It wasn't long before I was wanting guitars, drums, and more metal albums. I am so nostalgic with this album. Their bass player Cliff Burton is still a major influence on my bass playing

  • @omarfernandez1620
    @omarfernandez1620 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    Glad taht you take your time and enjoy the music, when this came out Dave was out of the band despite he was the composer of many songs in this album!

  • @smftv
    @smftv Pƙed 2 lety

    Another favorite of mine (not off of this album) it was recorded for the B-side of the song Eye Of The Beholder in 1988, and it's off of their album "Garage Inc". The song is a cover called "Breadfan".
    Breadfan was song by the Welsh group "Budgie" about greed and someone who cherishes money more than anything. Originally put out by the band in 1973! A true early metal anthem.
    When I saw Metallica in 1994, they opened with Breadfan and it was electric! I was 4th row and I'll never forget it. The black album was Metallica's latest release, but this was a breath of fresh, thrashtastic air in the moment. I'm 229 years old, and It still gets me pumped! đŸ€˜

  • @patricksmith3376
    @patricksmith3376 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    Oh brother if you haven't heard Kill em all in it's entirety your in for a treat. Super raw, aggressive and relentless. Holy Wars is my favorite metal song but Kill em all is my favorite album (Ride the lightning being an extremely close 2nd) Try Whiplash next bro. You won't be disappointed

  • @720kla
    @720kla Pƙed 2 lety +4

    This is still my fav Metallica album. Have an old tape of this that has Blitzkreig and Am I Evil on it. I’d love it if you’d do the whole album

    • @olydriver
      @olydriver Pƙed 2 lety +1

      I have the cd with those songs; unfortunately, it is stuck in my cd player along with Master of Puppets, Ride the Lightning, Sepultura Arise, and a couple of others lol.

  • @repooc84
    @repooc84 Pƙed 2 lety

    One of my favorite things in the world is watching black people discover and lose their minds to Metallica!! đŸ€˜đŸ»đŸ€˜đŸ»

  • @danareynolds1786
    @danareynolds1786 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    This is one of James favorite songs for audience participation. It's hilarious watching the concert footage of this song in Mexico! James goes down to the front line of the audience and has people sing/scream "HIT THE LIGHTS"! They butcher the words and most definitely CAN'T sing, but it's fun to watch!

  • @madmaxwolf
    @madmaxwolf Pƙed 2 lety

    There is also the fact in the bass player, Cliff Burton-RIP, was there too

  • @user-fg4bt3nf1u
    @user-fg4bt3nf1u Pƙed 8 měsĂ­ci

    The 1st time I heard this was on the Metal Massacre album. I went to my 1st Metallica show on June 7th 1984 and went to see them specifically because of this song. This was in Germany so we drove to Frankfurt. We ate at the Wendy's there and happened to sit next to some guys we assumed were also going to the show. After eating we walked over to the hall that was up on the 2nd floor of this old building. Behind us the same guys were walking with guitar classes and They went in the side door. Turned out to be Metallica and we had never seen photos of them. They warmed up for Twisted Sister that night and I got their autographs after the show on a Jump in the Fire poster. Still have the poster and a good memory to go with it.

  • @AnibalAvelar
    @AnibalAvelar Pƙed rokem

    Would be amazing the last song from their last album they called it as “turn off the lights”.

  • @zeplica2004
    @zeplica2004 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    first song they ever wrote jon zazula (rest his soul) sold me this album before it was released to the public and i still have it (never played) !!!!!!!!

  • @Montey15
    @Montey15 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Dude I saw them live at the Texas Jam 85, 86 or so and they tore the whole cotton bowl stadium a new one
    It had to have been 120 degrees in the stands and they were spraying water on everyone close enough to the stage with a fire hose.

    • @FreeMTrider
      @FreeMTrider Pƙed 2 lety +1

      Oh yes. The early days. I saw them on the Lightening tour ‘85 Sacramento and then in Oakland for Day on the Green. Great times.

  • @vincentpeake
    @vincentpeake Pƙed rokem

    Great take on a great song man!

  • @robmin1973
    @robmin1973 Pƙed 2 lety

    This song reminds me of drinking beers in the woods, riding arnd on minibikes blasting this album, Having to hit RadioShack for 16 D batteries multiple times in a weekend, also denim jackets.

  • @bayareathrasher666
    @bayareathrasher666 Pƙed 2 lety

    As a Bay Area resident my whole life, I’m 53 now, I was 14 in November 83 when I saw them at Berkeley, Ca. Dude get the movie Murder in the Front Row
.seriously Google it
.this was our scene and our life..and it changed the world

  • @brandonchristopher1083
    @brandonchristopher1083 Pƙed 10 dny

    You can hear punk's influence on thrash metal with this song. Also Motorbreath

  • @MasterTapes1960
    @MasterTapes1960 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    One thing is for sure
    Metallica's music gives you a life"s lesson.

  • @danlatour6360
    @danlatour6360 Pƙed 2 lety

    Ft. Bragg 1983, in a shoe box on the counter of a Peaches Record Store I found this for the first time. One first listen I basically gave up on every other metal out there for months. Wore this cassette out multiple times, rebuying it during my military tour. Great Album

  • @YouTubecanbitemyhairybanger
    @YouTubecanbitemyhairybanger Pƙed 11 měsĂ­ci

    It's amazing to think it was 18 months between this rough raw garage metal debut and the complicated mastery of ride the lightning

  • @deletedhero5579
    @deletedhero5579 Pƙed rokem

    Kirk Hammett plays these solos and both Kirk and Dave based them off the solos of Lloyd grant who played on the original metal massacre hit the lights release in 1982

  • @mattsabath
    @mattsabath Pƙed 2 lety +1

    I’m not a big Metallica fan nowadays but this album is the best pure thrash metal album ever. Changed the game.

  • @michaelanderson8327
    @michaelanderson8327 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Battery is incredible!! Different album but Creeping Death is also!

  • @slayer91340
    @slayer91340 Pƙed 2 lety

    When me and my cousins perform, this is the song we always end with. Of course, faster...always fun

  • @lartistafred
    @lartistafred Pƙed rokem

    Hello
    U've been listening to that stuff for 30 years now
    Thank you for your review !!
    By the way, you seem to be strong like hell !!!

  • @michaelandersen6434
    @michaelandersen6434 Pƙed 2 lety

    my first caset of metallica was *kill em all* (tape) when i was 8-9yrs old :) i rand that bit.. to she broke :) hehe

  • @andreacassone524
    @andreacassone524 Pƙed 5 měsĂ­ci

    Probably my favourit!!!

  • @astro2691
    @astro2691 Pƙed 2 lety +7

    Kirks playing the solo but he's emulating what Dave used to play. So even if Dave didn't write it, his style is still all over it.

    • @sadsadasdsadasdsadas
      @sadsadasdsadasdsadas Pƙed 2 lety +1

      You can listen to Dave's version of these solos live, Kirk sounds so much better and more creative. Also in this song Dave was emulating the black guy who they hired for the solos for the demo of Hit the lights.

  • @munkeeBraynStoo
    @munkeeBraynStoo Pƙed 2 lety +1

    This is real Metallica, imo. 1st of all, we still had Cliff. 2nd, they were still young and raw,.. hadn't grown up, gotten married, had kids. They were still kids themselves, basically. Check out Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth). It's Cliff Button's masterpiece

  • @BlackieNuff
    @BlackieNuff Pƙed rokem +1

    I think Mustaine was already booted out before this album was recorded and released.
    One of the most interesting links was when Mustaine formed Megadeth and modified The Four Horsemen's arrangement to a shorter but faster track called Mechanix.

  • @vovindequasahi
    @vovindequasahi Pƙed 2 lety

    YESS! FInally! You can hear that this song is Dave's really, including the solos.

    • @deletedhero5579
      @deletedhero5579 Pƙed rokem +1

      Dave didn't write this song James did. And Kirk and Dave based the solos off Lloyd grant

  • @THE_CDN
    @THE_CDN Pƙed 2 lety

    I love this whole album!! I had it on cassette when I was training in the CAF Reserves. Great to work out to. If you could, review The Four Horsemen.

  • @captaincapitalism264
    @captaincapitalism264 Pƙed rokem +1

    Pure, precision thrash, with elements of their future evolution into progressive speedmetal over the next 3 albums already heard here (when you listen to their discography from start to finish). This album and Ride The Lightning are my top favorites of the band. Nothing against the 90s+ material, that was their choice to change things up (and garnered different new fans, which is cool too), but I'm an 80s metal kid. "Where do you go from here?" They went on to better production quality & gear due to this success -- so of course the sound changed a little by the next album, but it was essentially still the same Metallica, IMO. On that very next album is my favorite Metallica song of all time, Creeping Death (who else but Metallica could put a scary Old Testament story to metal? Chilling & cool)...that phenomenal song is every bit as fast and metal as anything on this album, simply with better production values, that's all.

    • @kirktown2046
      @kirktown2046 Pƙed 7 měsĂ­ci +1

      Insightful comment, spot on. I enjoy most of their stuff, but mostly in passing nowadays. As a young guitar player, it was hard not to love Metallica's iconic, challenging, and FUN riffs!

  • @hansvandermeulen5515
    @hansvandermeulen5515 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    The extreme metal from the 80s was ignited by this album.
    If you want to hear earlier extreme metal, check out early Venom, albums Welcome To Hell and Black Metal (yep, they coined that term way back in '82).

  • @mattmarkowitz8894
    @mattmarkowitz8894 Pƙed 2 lety

    haha i remember when my dad first heard this he was like "not bad for a bunch of drunk kids!" perfect statement

  • @XARALAMBOS
    @XARALAMBOS Pƙed 2 lety

    After all these years, all 10 albums ... this guitar solo remains in the top of my best ones... it is .. .let me find the right words .... immaculate conception !!!!

  • @C_mao
    @C_mao Pƙed 2 lety

    Slayer - Aggressive Perfector
    Has a kinda similar intro
    It's off their Haunting the Chapel 4 song EP
    You'll probably like it
    That whole Kill Em All album is good, every song
    I had it on vinyl back in the day, like 83

  • @michaeljordan5131
    @michaeljordan5131 Pƙed 2 lety +5

    Hello T! To me this is Metallica at their best. You ought to try some songs from Garage Days it's all covers but it's great. There are 2 Garage Day albums, try the 1st one.

    • @RoadLessTraveledMedia
      @RoadLessTraveledMedia Pƙed 2 lety

      I agree this album is Metallica at their rawest - funny, I love garage inc., but I prefer disc two for whatever reason.

  • @metalmark1214
    @metalmark1214 Pƙed 2 lety +7

    This is Metallica in it's raw form, before they became commercial I started with Ride the Lighting, still my favorite, than I went back to Kill 'Em All. This one has a lot of good songs. I'd recommend you do the whole album. There is one song that Metallica and Megadeth have that is very similar song but with different title, lyrics and tempo. Metallica's For Horseman and Megadeth's Mechanix. The Four Horseman has Hetfield , Ulrich and Mustaine cited as writers. You had reacted to both back in April of 2020.

  • @sumonjamal1653
    @sumonjamal1653 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    'Hit the lights' was the first song James Hetfield ever wrote with Lars Ulrich in 1981... When the 2 met that year, neither was experienced in playing music. James & then-bassist Ron McGovney were auditioning musicians, and Lars was terrible on drums ("his kit was ten different colors... he hit the cymbal and it kept falling off..."). However, Lars had connections w/ the L.A. metal scene, and one was Brian Slagel, the founder of Metal Blade Records - Slagel gave Lars a slot on a compilation release called 'Metal Massacre' of various demos of local bands. Lars also had a name for the band - Metallica, which he took from metal fanzine editor Ron Quintana... Lars still had no band, but he went back to James Hetfield and convinced him to record a demo on tape... James had 'Hit the lights'... James played guitar, Lars played drums, Ron McGovney played bass... and they got a local guitarist Lloyd Grant to play lead guitar. James sang lead, but had laryngitis at the time, so he sounded hoarse on the original demo. 'Hit the lights' made it on the first pressing of 'Metal Massacre' on Metal Blade Records in 1981 (Ratt was also on the original pressing)... A lot of bands got exposure on 'Metal Massacre' compilation releases - Slayer, Flotsam & Jetsam, were included on later releases.
    With Metallica becoming a band in late 1981, Dave Mustaine came into the picture in early 1982 when he auditioned for the band on lead guitar... Metallica played their first 2 shows in L.A. opening for Saxon at the Whiskey-a-go-go club... They also started writing more songs, primarily from James & Dave (according to Dave, Lars contributed little to the early songs, but still got credit for songwriting)... 'Hit the lights' was re-recorded w/ Dave Mustaine on lead guitar and a proper vocal track from James... They approached Armored Saint vocalist John Bush (later of Anthrax) to join Metallica, but he declined. The demo versions of 'Hit the lights' are available on CZcams.
    In the first few months of 1982, Metallica had also recorded a demo cassette they named 'No life til leather' which had early recordings of 'Hit the lights'... 'Mechanix' ... 'Jump in the fire'... w/ Dave Mustaine on lead guitar and Ron McGovney on bass. But after some friction between Dave & Ron, Metallica wanted a new bass player... they saw Cliff Burton play in San Francisco is a band called Trauma, and begged him to join. In early 1983, Cliff Burton agreed to join Metallica if they moved to San Francisco... and they did. Cliff Burton played his first shows w/ Metallica in the spring of 1983 and were contacted from New York City by Megaforce Records label owner Jon Zazula to travel to the East Coast to play gigs and record an album. By that point, most of the songs on "Kill 'em all" had been written & performed at shows.
    When Metallica arrived in NYC in mid-1983, they had enough hassles w/ Dave Mustaine and wanted to replace him (On the road trip to NY, Dave had a tendency to constantly find trouble) ... They were given a rehearsal space next to Anthrax, and then opted to bring in Exodus guitarist Kirk Hammett... Dave Mustaine was woken up 1 morning and fired, whisked to the bus station and sent back to L.A. and when Kirk Hammett arrived, they were also apprehensive cos they didn't have money to send him back if he failed the audition. Thankfully, he pulled off Dave's solos on the record, so Hammett was in.
    Megaforce Records also had Manowar on their roster, and they had just recorded their 2nd album 'Into glory ride'... so Metallica were recommended that same NY studio to record "Kill 'em all"... w/ Jon & Marsha Zazula overseeing the album's production. The only changes were to 'The Four Horsemen' which was an extended version of Dave's song 'Mechanix'... James Hetfield played all the rhythm guitars... Kirk Hammett played all of Dave's solos for the record... Originally titled "Metal up your a--", Megaforce couldn't get a distributor w/ that album title and artwork 😂 So, it was renamed "Kill 'em all" and released in late 1983, just ahead of Slayer's debut album 'Show no mercy' and Anthrax's 'Fistful of metal' ...but it was the best record of the thrash metal genre, hands down.
    According to Dave Mustaine, he was furious when he heard all his tracks had been recorded by Metallica without him... he had to write a new batch of songs for Megadeth's debut album 'Killing is my business' which came out in 1985.

    • @tallycahamuhlhetru26
      @tallycahamuhlhetru26 Pƙed 2 lety

      Not Ron Mc Govney on first compilation pass. James did the bass on top of rythmn.

    • @sumonjamal1653
      @sumonjamal1653 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@tallycahamuhlhetru26 There's some debate about that. Ron McGovney is credited on bass on the original pressing. The song was recorded on a 4 track, so they jammed on it. Also, McGovney was working w/ Hetfield on putting a band together when Lars auditioned. Their first recordings were made in McGovney's garage where they jammed.
      Another possibility was that they had another guitarist who played bass but was never credited... (Iron Maiden never credited Dennis Wilcock for lyrics to 'Charlotte the harlot' or guitarist Paul 'Mad Mack' Cairns for the Soundhouse tapes).

  • @brettmoore1302
    @brettmoore1302 Pƙed 2 lety

    Kill’em all, Ride the lighting, master, and injustice for all. All of them are in my top ten albums. Lol probably top five

  • @m60user
    @m60user Pƙed rokem

    I couldnt play that song loud enough in my jacked up, large tired 73 Super Beetle. 😂

  • @eddyjohnson1096
    @eddyjohnson1096 Pƙed rokem

    That is a great song to open up a new Band đŸ‘ŒđŸŒ

  • @robertdysonn
    @robertdysonn Pƙed 2 lety +1

    This is back in the days when Metallica deserved their title as king of metal. They were awesome through and justice for all but then they fade it out to a lot of us fans when they went main stream but in their credit that also made them explode in popularity.

    • @keithbrown7685
      @keithbrown7685 Pƙed rokem

      Black album did it. It made them world famous, loved by old people, and what can I say, awful.

    • @robertdysonn
      @robertdysonn Pƙed rokem

      @@keithbrown7685 that’s right, the Black album made them soft and appetizing enough for those who were not really into thrash metal and that’s where they’re true fame, began for sure. And justice, for all was a great album, and it kind of kick them a little more into the lime light, but it was black that blue them up. That was the album that turned a lot of us old time thrash heads that started with them away because it was not the same.

  • @clausgreenpetersen7076
    @clausgreenpetersen7076 Pƙed 2 lety

    The song that started it All. My world changed 666 procent after this one. ❀

  • @tilemonkee5510
    @tilemonkee5510 Pƙed 2 lety

    WHOOOOO!! Therapy for the adolescent in all of us! đŸ˜„â€

  • @r3aper3175
    @r3aper3175 Pƙed rokem

    I know I commented about Marty making love to the guitar and Dave fucking it😂😂

  • @sepulmattica7649
    @sepulmattica7649 Pƙed 2 lety

    I wants Metal Meltdown shirt
where do I order!!!!
    Also Kirk didn’t have time to construct much for his own solos, so the producer suggested starting the first bars of the solo as Dave’s solo then kinda go where he wanted after that. Honestly, I think Kirks solos were miles beyond Mustaines demo solos for this album
but Dave went on to become fucking awesome on his own!

  • @Frostrazor
    @Frostrazor Pƙed 2 lety

    So many fanfukntastic songs on this album. Whiplash, Four Horsemen, No Remorse, Seek and Destroy, Jump in the Fire, and of course Am I Evil which was added later and is a remake.
    I think we can all wonder if thrash would have been as prominent as it was had it not been for this album - it paved the way for this music because it was so damn good, people started paying attention.

  • @wompa70
    @wompa70 Pƙed 2 lety +4

    This is Kirk on lead. Mustaine has writing credit for 4 songs. I was still doing mostly older metal (Accept, Motorhead, etc) when this came out.

    • @profanepersonality
      @profanepersonality Pƙed 2 lety +1

      He wrote more than he got credit for, on three albums. They only gave him credit for recordings that had already been in hands of himself, and others that could prove he wrote them. You can always hear Dave's stank on songs he wrote. His style is unique.

    • @imagereflection4826
      @imagereflection4826 Pƙed rokem

      @@profanepersonality No he got credit for everything he helped write o don't understand why people keep saying he didn't.

    • @imagereflection4826
      @imagereflection4826 Pƙed rokem

      @@profanepersonality literally the only one Dave says he didn't get credit for was a riff in leper messiah but that's because his riff on an old jam barely resembles the riff in leper Messiah just a close chord progression

  • @pookiemartinez1745
    @pookiemartinez1745 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    Ride the Lightning is the BEST! They really matured in a year and Fight Fire with Fire is the way to kick off a Metal album.
    James really came into his own Lyrically and the Growl really came through on their 2nd slice. Album reaction without a doubt. Peace.

    • @susanconstable2113
      @susanconstable2113 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      There are no songs on ride the lightning or master that you just say nope I’m skipping this song!

    • @pookiemartinez1745
      @pookiemartinez1745 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@susanconstable2113 Cliff 'em all. ( ÍĄâ›â€ŻÍœÊ– ͡❛)✌

  • @mseddie
    @mseddie Pƙed 2 lety

    Ahhhhh! High Schol memories

  • @ericschmidt5510
    @ericschmidt5510 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    I used to have the Metal Massacre compilation album w/ this song on it, and from what I remember it was a different version of the song and had their first bassist before Cliff. Wish I still had it :( do not know what happened to it.

    • @tallycahamuhlhetru26
      @tallycahamuhlhetru26 Pƙed 2 lety

      The first compilation of "Kill 'Em All" was Lars, James rhythm & bass & Lloyd Grant on lead.

  • @jaimekreator7978
    @jaimekreator7978 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Thrash Till Deeeath !!! ❀❀❀❀

  • @thechickenlord9825
    @thechickenlord9825 Pƙed 2 lety

    One thing you could do is go and look at the old 'No Life 'Til Leather' Demo. It features the same set-list but with Dave on lead and Ron Mcgovney on base. I actually prefer the sound on the demo to how they're mixed in 'Kill 'Em All'.

  • @Metaltorium
    @Metaltorium Pƙed 2 lety

    Love u bro \m/...dont fuckin stop...peace

  • @terryconnelly484
    @terryconnelly484 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Mustang was credited for 2 songs from Ride the lightning and four songs from kill em all

  • @heyoka1994
    @heyoka1994 Pƙed 2 lety

    This song is by James and Lars. James played both bass and guitar.

  • @chaospoet
    @chaospoet Pƙed 2 lety

    "That was exhausting."
    And song 2 is The Four Horsemen.

  • @Regin333
    @Regin333 Pƙed 2 lety

    Definitely do the songs individually for sure! Let the journey begin đŸ€˜đŸŸ

  • @smftv
    @smftv Pƙed 2 lety +1

    One of my favorite Metallica songs is "The Four Horsemen" off of Kill em All. A 5 member Metallica song, because Dave basically wrote it (which became Mechanix with Megadeth) but I personally enjoy this reworked version and the storytelling of it. It's just epic! Rock on!

  • @terryconnelly484
    @terryconnelly484 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    I just saw your face melt!

  • @afewminuteswithchrispycubi8945

    Im thinking this this first track

  • @BudhagRizzo
    @BudhagRizzo Pƙed 2 lety +2

    I've listened to the demo with Mustaine's solos ("No Life 'Til Leather"). In my opinion, Kirk's solos are just better.

  • @kooltrini735
    @kooltrini735 Pƙed 2 lety

    the lead guitar on the entire album of Kill em all is played by Kirk Hammett . Dave Mustaine wrote some of the songs but never got to record kill em all with Metallica. a lot of people get confused with that

  • @oscarbm4930
    @oscarbm4930 Pƙed 2 lety

    Listen to parkway drive- wishing wells

  • @sonusworld5357
    @sonusworld5357 Pƙed 2 lety

    The songs were first written with Mustaine and recorded with Hammett - Kirk played lead on all Metallica records except the Demo No Life Till Leather

    • @deletedhero5579
      @deletedhero5579 Pƙed rokem

      Mustaine had nothing to do with he writing of this song, just 4 of the songs on kill em all

    • @sonusworld5357
      @sonusworld5357 Pƙed rokem

      @@deletedhero5579 True he didn’t write this one . It was all Hetfield and Ulrich

    • @deletedhero5579
      @deletedhero5579 Pƙed rokem +1

      @@sonusworld5357 Yea Dave wrote four horsemen (90% if it), jump in the fire, phantom lord and metal militia

    • @sonusworld5357
      @sonusworld5357 Pƙed rokem +1

      @@deletedhero5579 Right on đŸ€˜đŸ€˜

    • @sonusworld5357
      @sonusworld5357 Pƙed rokem

      @@deletedhero5579 I will add this though the first lead solo on the four horsemen was Kirk’s contribution - His only contribution to Kill Em All

  • @onenationunderground2360
    @onenationunderground2360 Pƙed 2 lety

    T will u please react to Metallica's Garage Days re-revisited $5.98 EP. It's the only time you'll hear Jason's bass in the mix of an album. Its raw and powerful, Lars sounds good (no drum splicing in the recording), James' voice sounds better than any other album, and Kirk's solos are flat out amazing. You won't be disappointed.

  • @kingnothing8286
    @kingnothing8286 Pƙed 2 lety

    1st day this came out friends at Anaheim High School blasted this album

  • @mirkecWii
    @mirkecWii Pƙed 2 lety +1

    The solos are all kirk, but a whole bunch of riffs on the album are dave's

  • @goranilincic2644
    @goranilincic2644 Pƙed 2 lety

    Raw,young,hungry and honest.
    Just wait to hear Metal Melitia and Four Horseman.
    Their 2nd best album,RTL is the best one,in my opinion,of course.

  • @eddoyle3486
    @eddoyle3486 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    what you don't understand is when they came out the were considered underground music and not popular at all. It's people like me and my friends who made them popular with our support which I still agree with!!!

    • @beezle1976
      @beezle1976 Pƙed 2 lety

      like every single other metal band in existence.

  • @jaizarulrohayu44
    @jaizarulrohayu44 Pƙed 2 lety

    This song more INFLUENCE into 80'S UK PUNKS BAND

  • @BlackieNuff
    @BlackieNuff Pƙed rokem

    Whiplash is THE song from this album - it's the ultimate eponymous anthem.
    This one comes close, as does Motorbreath, but Whiplash is the best.

  • @luishernandez-id4dk
    @luishernandez-id4dk Pƙed 2 lety

    Do all 4 albums kill em all ride the lightning master of puppets and and justice for all

  • @MetalMilitia83
    @MetalMilitia83 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    Big misconception. Dave has never been on a Metallica album. He was only ever on cassette and on stage for about a year. Kirk rewrote a lot of the solos but also re recorded every last bit Mustaine played.

  • @warlord_n_warheads7198
    @warlord_n_warheads7198 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    Listen to No Life Till Leather Demo that has Dave on it its horrible quality but god damn Dave Mustaine Guitar rips through that old sound equipment

    • @rattlehead1816
      @rattlehead1816 Pƙed 2 lety

      Totally agree, may open the eyes to the stubborn Metallica fans that disregard any contribution Dave Mustaine had with the band

    • @deletedhero5579
      @deletedhero5579 Pƙed rokem

      @@rattlehead1816 I don't think any metallica fan does though they just dispute the myths that Dave wrote everything haha