A Little History Lesson

The first of the two bands to be crated was Metallica. They were formed in 1981, in the city of Los Angeles. The band had four main members: James Hetfield- Rhythm Guitar/ Lyrics, Dave Mustaine- Lead Guitar, Lars Ulrich- Drums, and Cliff Burton- Bass (Cliff wasn’t with the band in the very beginning but was the first basses to earn the spot.) This small but powerful underground band hit L.A. by storm. Their first demo track was releaced in 1982 and was titled No Life ‘til Leather. This demo tape surged through the underground music world. By the time Metallica got their first record deal in 1983 their were more over five times as many copies of the demo tape than there were of actual hard copies. Shortly after flying to New York to start recording their first album Metallica kicked lead guitarist Dave Mustaine out of the band due to poor behavior (In other words Dave was an out of control alcoholic and had excessive violent behaviors). Dave was replaced with the current lead guitarist Kirk Hammett. This separation unknowingly sparked the biggest rivalry the upcoming Metal world will ever see.