Brian Slagel from Metal Blade Records was present at one of these shows and asked Overkill to do a three song demo.
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In late '82, Overkill played at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, with the band Trauma and it was at that show that Metallica's singer-guitar player James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich saw Trauma bass player Cliff Burton for the first time and hired him.