Jackhammer [pre Whiplash] "Lethal Injection" Demo #1 1983 & "Chainsaw Love" Demo #2 1984

A long forgotten nugget from the very early days of thrash, the first tape features Tony Scagilone on drums and Rob Harding on bass, both of whom would turn up in Whiplash with the guitar and vocals handled by Chris Ott. The riffs owed a lot to the NWOBHM, but "Live By The Sword" is pretty thrashy for the day. The second tape was a more embryonic version of Whiplash with Tony Portaro now on guitar and vocals, and it shows the beginning of the buzzing guitar tone he would use to great effect in the next few years. Although these are far from the best demos ever recorded I've posted them out of historical interest and I also have a number of other demos from famous musicians making their first tentitive and often embarrassing steps into the world. If you think this is a little lack lustre, wait until you hear the band that came before Darkthrone!

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