in 1981, the mob put together sufficient funds to record a demo tape. still without a singer, tate was once again enlisted to help, much to the disapproval of his then-current band, myth. the group recorded the four songs "queen of the reich", "nightrider", "blinded", and "the lady wore black", the latter of which tate had written the lyrics for. for an entire year, they brought their demo to various labels and were rejected by all of them. the mob were ultimately offered a management contract by kim and diana harris, the owners of easy street records. however, as tate remained committed to staying in myth, the band reluctantly searched for another singer.