About four hours in the room, never mixed, never meant for release. The studio time was paid for with an old boat, which later sank.
The band cut several more songs that day — “Evolvement,” “War on Drugs,” “When It Rains It Pours” with vocals, and AC/DC’s “Walk All Over You” — but only these two survived in usable shape, with fresh leads added by Luke Brewer.
Phoenix gave thrash two Metal Blade bands and a future Metallica bassist, and Tucson added a Roadrunner band. Here is who they were, which record to play first and where they stand in 2026.
The Danish singer Metallica and Slayer learned from has lived in Dallas–Fort Worth for three decades, and a run of his 1990s records was made in North Texas studios.
Dimebag, Rex Brown and Vinnie Paul tracked it in the small city of Dalworthington Gardens, Phil Anselmo sang it hundreds of miles away in New Orleans, and thirty years later it has a festival named after it.
