Diamond Head - Shoot Out The Lights (Live in 1979) 

Interesting. Diamond Head's first song was "Shoot Out The Lights" and Metallica's first song was "Hit The Lights".

Even back in this day, live, with a poor camera; still sounds better than almost anything done today.

Just stumbled across this. What a fantastic lineup. Everything about it is awesome.

Its a fucken shame, Diamond Head didnt get the recognition they deserved... They were so bad ass...

"Two things are not long hidden from this world. 1. A great singer still sounds great live and in the raw, with no overdubbing. 2. A great production will never hide the fact that a terrible singer cannot sing... Especially live." - Steven Cannon... Lol... He always had the pipes... Glad that the new singer holds his own next to Sean...

LONG LIVE BRITISH ROCK,METAL....!!!

absolutely awesome! So much talent & ingenuity.

They were sensational < I saw them loads of times and they were easily one of the very best NWOBHM as good as Maiden and Saxon without doubt.

The lights in this video where definitely shot out but I fuckin love it I wish more teens could experience the brilliance and excellence of the one and only Diamond Head

Still got the vinyl 45 of this. Love it.

Man where are the remasters of these tracks? They rock.

He sings so well !

Camera and film quality wise, it’s like 1970, not 1979. Still, a damn enjoyable document of a band I never heard back then.

This live version is about the standard of my garage band when I was a teenager. We were called ‘The Cherry Poppers’

Simply the greatest NWOBHM band of all time. Nobody comes close.

Such a fun song, great driving music.

The White album. My favourite rock CD of all time. Awesome.

this is fucking AWESOME!!!

Should have made it big without a doubt.

This was the blueprint for Metallica's first album and 1982/1983 concerts, from look, sound, style, posture and attitude.

Excellent !!!

Wooow!!! This old videos are really amazing, thank you so much, guys!!! ^_^

this kind of reminds me of Zeppelin concert on Danish TV 10 years prior to this

Well.... at least the cameraman realized he was shooting the bassist, then went to the lead guitar!

My fave D.H. jam, done to perfection! Thanks so much!

*wow, I better download this before Twat Tube takes it down!, I love this song. I will forever be indebted and will always respect Metallica, but their long and illustrious career rightfully belonged to this incredible band.*

Ah man that's so sweet posting this rocker

excellent footage! thx for uploading!!!!!

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amazing stuff

Esse vocalista sensacional, que eu não sei o nome, e gostaria de saber, NEM PRECISA DE BACKVOCAL, na boa! 🧡😦🙂

Amazing. The song 'Helpless' sounds a bit like a early form of Megadeth. Nice guitar sound and drum pattern. Ace!!

Whoa.

sometimes college arts can save some of the best performances never seen .

Good stuff!

I really really do think that those are some of the nicest drapes/curtains I have ever ever seen. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 SoH ~ Sons of Handkerchiefs

shoot out the lights..... hits the lights! Here's METALLICA ! They look like them. Guitarrist looks like Hetfield when as young

now i now where metallica get those melody and seems like a past "hit the lights" song.

Rawwwwk !

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so... Metallica even copied their look??

If only they had this same camera work for am i evil

This next one is Hit the Lights .

One person shoots out darkness.

1979

Smokes chunks mi amigos

2:37 Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't that the little lick from and justice for all?

Lead singer looks like Jim Morrison

Same amount of claps than hates. This is one of their songs that would end up on Re-Load.

So this is what people mean when they say Metallica is the greatest cover band ever. Do they play anything original?

Pentagram vibes

Strange... I remember Metallica having a song called "Hit The Lights" on their debut album...

Hadir bosku..mari mmpir ke gubukku bos

What happened to the singer ?... Watched a hellfest vid..they got some bald ginger now... Did he fall off the wagon

Great band,but the lyrics to this song are not good. Not good at all.

I had a garage band called Virgin Blood that sounded better than this. We had two guitars, a really good bassist who is now a session musician and our lead guitarist who subsequently released two albums and toured Europe playing for Holocaust and now is the soloist in the UKs biggest Pink Floyd tribute band. There is nothing he can’t play. The drummer was good but had a crap drum kit. He played for U.K. Subs on tour for a few dates. The singer died in a horrific industrial accident. The rhythm guitarist quit, too many arguments and prima donnas for my taste. I went to Portsmouth got a job on the docks and began DJ’ing. I’ve met the band orbital, I met N-Joi, The Prodigy and The Orb and a bunch of other folk like MC Kinky, Alice DJ and Lisa Lashes amongst others. Oh and I met that band New Atlantic who released ‘take me into insanity’. They were mental and really made the most of their fifteen minutes of fame. They were caning it every time I saw them. The band split because some who were real posers and had the talent to back it up wanted to play cock rock like Motley Crue, Bon Jovi, Ratt and Poison. Others wanted a more thrash metal sound. The bassist wanted to do experimental music, he wanted to play slap bass, and double bass and fretless bass. He wanted to copy the sound of Suicidal Tendencies and Infectious Grooves, he wanted to try Lemmy’s style which was like playing the bass like a guitar. He just wanted to explore styles and master them and never really had his heart in this band. It’s a shame because I believe if we had come together at the right time we could have made a name for ourselves. I’m not saying we were great but there are a lot of bands out there who when it comes to playing live sound really amateur. We weren’t even famous and there were so many cliches. I had a problem with amphetamines,the bassist smoked hash like a fiend. Another was obsessed with his image and had leather trousers, tattoos, big hair that he would spray like a madman before gigs. We had the nuts and bolts and everything you need to make a great band, but it remained half cobbled together with many parts and nuts, bolts and screws scattered around it. Then it was abandoned.