Metallica Music:

Bay Area Thrashers The Early Days Track Listing:
1. Hit the Lights [Live]
2. Seek and Destroy [Live]
3. Motorbreath [Live]
4. Phantom Lord [Live]
5. Mechanix [Live]
6. Jump in the Fire [Live]
7. Metal Militia [Live]

Editorial Review:
Eight pre-Metallica live recordings, which are the earliest known recordings by the band. Includes 'Hit The Lights', 'Seek And Destroy', 'Motorbreath', 'Phantom Lord', 'The Mechanix', 'Jump In The Fire' and 'Metal Militia'. Ranch Life. 1998.

Bay Area Thrashers The Early Days Reviews:
For Metallica collectors only for completion
2008-06-02 - This CD is nothing special. I did not know what it really was when I bought it. I thought this was a 'live' album and not a dubbed copy of 'No Life til Leather' with fake crowd noise. Still, collectors would probably want this just for the absurdity of it all.

I am a huge fan of Cliff Burton and do not even consider Metallica as a band without him, but this early lineup with Dave and Ron is great to hear because it was a great time for metal before Larz and Jaymes turned into a couple of self indulged pus bags.

this cd is great
2007-06-26 - This cd is one of the best metallica live cds. I never knew that their was a bass player before cliff. the mechanix song sounds pretty cool.


Live?
2006-09-22 - First of all, let me say that I love Metallica. Let me get that straight before I condemn this terrible dubbed "live" set. What we have here is actually the famed 'No Life 'Till Leather' demo, made to sound live using stock crowd noise, and some of Hetfield's concert remarks from the 'Cliff 'Em All' collection. The songs are so poorly dubbed that this is not even an acceptable way to attain the Leather demos.

However, I did give the disc 3 stars. This is because I feel like any legal and authentic bootleg cd by the Horsemen of the Apokalypse is worth the money. And I feel like this odd cd will eventually be re-salable for more than its original asking price.

Die-hard fans should get this one, but others will probably feel ripped-off.

No Life til Bootleged
2006-04-19 - Yes this is just a bootleg copy of Metallica's No Life Til Leather Demo with a lame attempt to sound live. Fact is they never recorded any of shows in the era this claims to be. As far as who ripped who off? You're all a bunch of idiots. Nobody ripped anybody off. The Mechanix is the early version of the Four Horseman. This version was written by Dave Mustaine who at the time was Metallica's lead guitarist. In a vain attempt to sound original and not use Dave's material, they changed the lyrics and added a few changes, after they axed him. He formed Megadeth to spite Metallica. Ring the bell kiddies, class dismissed.

hmm
2005-10-11 - yea...this is junk, not worth buying, an hey retard metallica didnt copy "the mechanix" , and anyways who cares, megadeth has some good songs, but trust me, they are NOT better than metallica.