 In late June 1983 , Metallica embarked on the two @-@ month Kill ' Em All for One tour with British co @-@ headliners Raven . The tour name melded the titles of the albums the two bands were promoting : Metallica 's Kill ' Em All and Raven 's All for One , both released on Megaforce . The two groups met in Zazula 's home two days before the tour began , and traveled in the same vehicle throughout the tour with five roadies and sound engineer Whitaker . The tour was set to conclude with three shows in San Francisco , thus Hetfield painted " No Life ' til Frisco " on the Winnebago tour bus . The tour had a few poorly attended gigs , such as a performance at the Cheers club in Babylon , New York , attended by some 50 people . After the conclusion of Kill ' Em All for One in early September , Metallica returned to El Cerrito to work on new material . Seven weeks after the tour ended , Metallica booked a number of performances at Bay Area clubs , the first a Halloween gig at the Keystone in Palo Alto . At the Country Club in Reseda , the group debuted " Fight Fire with Fire " and " Creeping Death " , along with an early version of " The Call of Ktulu " , then titled " When Hell Freezes Over " . Three days later , at a gig at The Stone in San Francisco , Metallica premiered " Ride the Lightning " , the title track from the upcoming album . In December , Metallica went on a short tour in the Midwest and eastern United States with a three @-@ man road crew : Whitaker , guitar technician John Marshall , and drum technician Dave Marrs . The January 14 , 1984 concert in Boston was canceled because the band 's equipment was stolen the night before . 
