Rare Metallica recording is found

It’s one thing to discover your favorite band but it’s another thing to come across really rare recordings that have never been heard by anyone. Our buds at Consequence Of Sound (via The Metal Den) came across that type of recording from Metallica.



Back when Metallica was just starting out and had Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine as their guitar player, they practiced in someone’s garage just like every other band. The garage belonged to their first bass player, Rob McGoveny, and the song was called “Hit The Lights” which would later appear on their debut album Kill ‘Em All.

The 1982 recording features only Mustaine on guitar duty since James Hetfield still wasn’t an experience enough axeman. This Metallica lineup wouldn’t last too long though. Mustaine and McGoveny would be replaced by current guitarist Kirk Hammett and Cliff Burton.

Check out the song down below and prepare to be wowed by the young and, still inexperienced, rock legends Metallica.

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7 Responses to “Rare Metallica recording is found”

  1. Rock it Out! Blog » Blog Archive » RiO!B episode – Mar. 2, 2010 Says:
    March 2nd, 2010 at 12:02 pm

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  2. James Says:
    June 23rd, 2010 at 1:53 am

    The name of the bass player is Ron McGovney not Rob McGoveny

  3. Kellen Says:
    August 19th, 2010 at 6:52 pm

    uhm, i believe that james was always on guitar, dave was on lead, and james played rhythm. and it’s ron mcgovney not, rob.

  4. Jose Says:
    August 26th, 2010 at 8:54 pm

    James was a little reluctant to play guitar in the early days. They did entire gigs with just Dave on guitar.

  5. Owen Trembinski Says:
    February 9th, 2011 at 12:39 pm

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  6. asdf Says:
    February 18th, 2011 at 1:31 pm

    omg

  7. metal Says:
    April 20th, 2011 at 11:43 am

    it seems like a classic metal song

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