R I P - Cliff Burton 19 yrs ago Today
 

Metallica's first bassist Clif Burton Died today 19 yrs ago, I still say if Cliff didnt pass Metallica would have never sold out. I know alot of you on this board are too young to Remmber this but i remember exactly where is was when i heard he was killing in a bus crash.

Still one of the best bassists i have ever heard and he was one of the reasons i started playing bass.

Great bass player for sure :thumbsup

Helped get me playing bass as well :winkwink:

Bass Solo. Take 1. aka Pulling teeth.

I must have worn out my first cassette tape listening to that over and over again.

RIP Cliff

:pimp

:thumbsup :thumbsup :(

gone way before his time:(

R.I.P Cliff.

And i disagree with the sellout statement. Im sure Cliff would be ecstatic at the bands success. And i dont buy the sellout as even something that happened, they adapted, they put out albums, they play the music, they sell a shitload with every release.

How is being one of the most successful bands of their era (and the current) and be sellouts? I think mainstream went heavy, i dont think metalica went mainstream.

that guy was a fucking animal! I love anestheisia - pulling teeth!!

RIP Cliff :( :(

R I P - Cliff

Actually he wasn't their first bassist.

Great musician -- great performer. I remember exactly where I was when I heard he died -- on my way to pick up my bass player for band rehearsal -- in my mother's Volkeswagon Rabbit :1orglaugh

RIP Cliff -- I know you and Rhoads are kicking it with Bonham when Jimi and Stevie Ray are trippin' too hard to tune up!

RIP bass man

I was into Metallica pretty much from the beginning. I was lucky enough to see Metallica live before Cliff died. I remember cutting class the day the 'Black Album' was released so I could pick it up as soon as the mall opened. About half way through listening to it in the parking lot, I was so pissed I wanted to throw it out the window. There's no way you can convice me they didn't sell out, I was there when it happened.

The so called 'heavy' bands that are mainstream today, have little in common with the 'real' heavy bands that are still around today, like Slayer for example.

As far as the comment that they wouldn't have sold out if Cliff lived, I've said that before too, but I'm not totally sure about it. After all, I never thought Celtic Frost would sell out either. And I did throw Cold Lake out the window after I listened to it once.

Cherry Orchard, oh god i thought i forgot about that, thanks alot for reminding me :mad: Can you believe Tom Warrior went from Hellhammer to Celtic Frost (heavy Version) to Celtic Forst ,Stryper Wannabes.

I recently sold off all my old cassettes on ebay. While I was sorting through them I paused to listen to Hellhammer. I hadn't listened to them in years. I'm happy to say that Apocalyptic Raids has held up very nicely.

Time to set Cliff em all in the DVD deck and crack open some beer :)

I too am an 80's kid...but

You have to let it go man, don't be that guy that looks and talks so 80's that people point at him and snicker....you don't want to go out like that....

You nailed it! Cliff Em ALL...Bass Solo Take 1 Rocks!

I remember where I was. It was an awful tragedy. I can't believe that it's been 19 years already! Wow, time fly's.

Best bass player ever! RIP!

the legacy still lives on. RIP.

Cliff was awesome, as far as metallica selling out they can make whatever type of music they want you dont own them. Sure bands like slayer still play "real metal" but if a tree falls in the forest and nobody hears it does it still make a sound?

He will always be and stay in our minds and hearts.

Oh that's sad! my friend told me that he had a great talent... RIP Cliff!

RIP Cliff.

yeah... he died in Sweden! :(

RIP--

he was a great bass player , for sure

RIP Cliff, you are deeply missed. Although I liked Jason, you will forever be number one.

Metallica sells out every concert. I'm sure they laugh at the sell-out comments. What do they care about a minority being pissed off, when the majority are buying everything they produce and making them rich. Living well is the best revenge.

everybody gets older...getting rich can soften a bitch up too. If Metallica were the type of band to let others influence their sound then they would have ended up sounding like Ratt or Van Halen in the first place.

...And Justice For All

Was the pinnacle of their careers and they know it. Everything else after was dog shit, prepackaged for the billboard lists.

They had no radio play, no videos, and still sold tons of CDs.

They got the money, and they softened up, as does everyone. When you are not pissed at the world, poor, and rehab was finally successful, your days of making cutting edge music disappear.

Pull out Kill 'em all, Master of Puppets, Ride The Lightning, and And Justice For All and compare them to Black Album, Load, Re-Load. I did not buy anything after Re-Load so I can only assume the other ones sucked as hard.

Sad to say, Cliff would have sold out too... Bird's of a feather flock together, and these dudes turned into douche bags.

You hit it right on the head. :thumbsup

Cliff was a decent bassist, especially creative considering how limiting heavy metal is for the bass guitar. I auditioned for Metallica along with every other Bay Area bassist. My favorite comment was Lars' comment about Les Claypool (Blind Illusion, later Primus) auditioning for Metallica - "He's too good."

yup, rip cliff; my first heavy band it was cool to not like what everyone else did. They have been playing this documentary for the last month up here about the last album they did; was not bad but alot of the bullshit was present as expected.

damn, i remember that day. i was in 7th grade. been a big metallica fan since 85

YARGH! Sad day. Great bass player. Man I be gettin' old.

Yargh. me too 31 and still wearing metallica shirts