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Kill 'em All
Hit The Lights The Four Horsemen Motorbreath Jump In The Fire Anesthesia Whiplash Phantom Lord No Remorse Seek & Destroy Metal Militia

Ride The Lightning
Fight Fire With Fire Ride The Lightning For Whom The Bell Tolls Fade To Black Trapped Under Ice Escape Creeping Death The Call Of Ktulu

Master Of Puppets
Battery Master Of Puppets The Thing That Should Not Be Welcome Home (Sanitarium) Disposible Heroes Leper Messiah Orion Damage, INC

...and Justice For All
Blackened ...and Justice For All Eye Of The Beholder One The Shortest Straw Harvester Of Sorrow The Frayed Ends Of Sanity To Live Is To Die

Metallica
Enter Sandman Sad But True Holier Than Thou The Unforgiven Wherever I May Roam Don't Tread On Me Through The Never Nothing Else Matters Of Wolf And Man The God That Failed My Friend of Misery The Struggle Within

Load
Ain't My Bitch 2x4 The House That Jack Built Until It Sleeps King Nothing Hero Of The Day Bleeding Me Cure Poor Twisted Me Wasting My Hate Mama Said Thorn Within Ronnie The Outlaw Torn

Re-Load
Fuel The Memory Remains Devil's Dance The Unforgiven II Better Then You Slither Carpe Diem Baby Bad Seed Where The Wild Things Are Prince Charming Low Man's Lyric Attitude Fixxxer


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Cliff Burton: February 10, 1962 - September 26, 1986
R.I.P.
Clifford Lee Burton was born on February 10, 1962, in San Francisco. His parents were hippies, from them Cliff took his ideals, his image, and his attitude. Lars and James were thinking of replacing their bassist, Ron mcGovney, in 1982. When they saw a band called Trauma play at the Whiskey-A-Go-Go they were impressed with Cliff's playing. James and Lars wanted Cliff to join Metallica, but Cliff would only join if they moved to San Fransisco, where he lived. In March 1983, Cliff played for the first time as a member of Metallica at The Stone in San Fransisco. This was the beginnin of three unforgettable years. Then the tradegy happened on September 26, 1986. Metallica had finished their tour across Europe and were headed to Lund, Oslo, and Stockholm to play another three shows. While on their way to play a fourth show in Copenhagen, the bus suddenly lost control because of icy roads. Everyone on the bus had minor or no injuries, except Cliff Burton who was killed instantly at only 24 years of age. I think there are many of us that will never forget the guy that meant so much to many people, Cliff Burton, R.I.P.
QUOTES FROM :CLIFF BURTON
1."Personally, I would say the 'master' of this whole thing is fate... Who ever is on the playing field is fair game, and it's up to them to avoid being used." Cliff Burton
2."When I started, I decided to devote my life to it and not get sidetracked by all the other bullshit life has to offer." Cliff Burton
3."You don't burn out from going to fast. You burn out from going too slow and getting bored." Cliff Burton
4."Live your life through insanity" Cliff Burton
James Hetfield
"He was a wild,hippy-ish, acid-taking, bell-bottom-wearing guy. He meant business, and you couldn't fuck around with him. I wanted to get that respect that he had. We gave him shit about his bell-bottoms everyday. He didn't care. 'This is what I wear. Fuck you.' He loved music. He was really intellectual but very to the point. He taught me a lot about attitude." James Hetfield "I remember this guy lit my couch on fire a couple of times." James Hetfield "I saw the bus lying right on him. I saw his legs sticking out. I freaked. The bus driver, I recall, was trying to yank the blanket out from under him to use for other people. I just went, 'Don't fucking do that!' I already wanted to kill the guy. I didn't know if he was drunk or if he hit some ice. All i knew was, he was driving and Cliff wasn't alive anymore." James Hetfield "Knowing Cliff's attitude, he'd kick our butts if we quit." James Hetfield (on continuing after Cliff's death) "People probably thought, 'Oh, they're not going to do the heavy lyrics now because of what happened.' Man, those lyrics mean alot more to me now." James Hetfield "We heard this wild solo going on and thought, 'I don't see any guitar player up there.' It turned out it was the bass player, Cliff, with a wah wah pedal and this mop of hair. He didn't care whether people were there. He was looking down at his bass playing." James Hetfield "He definitely deserves all that we've got." James Hetfield
Kirk Hammett
"To this day, I think about him every day." Kirk Hammett "He was always against looking too posey, he was always into just looking natural." Kirk Hammett "The only person who was able to figure out a time and write it on a piece of paper was Cliff. He had an immense knowledge of timing, musical harmonies and music theory in general." Kirk Hammett "I had seen Cliff in this band called Easy Street when I was like 16 years old at a club called International Cafe in San Francisco... It always stuck out in my mind. This guy with wild, wild red hair flying all over the place and a Rickenbacker and a real distinct bass style, and I thought to myself, 'this guy is fuckin' wild!"Kirk Hammett "If we had hung it up, Cliff would've been so pissed off." Kirk Hammett (on continuing after Cliff's death) "In Denmark while recording Master Of Puppets, we hung out a lot. We'd go out and play poker for 8 hours straight after being up for 24 hours. We'd find a seafood restaurant that was open, eat raw oysters and drink beer, scream at the natives while we were drunk... that's some of my best memories of him." Kirk Hammett
Lars Ulrich
"Cliff was so completely honest to himself and the people around him. He hated all this being-put-on-a- pedestal bullshit." Lars Ulrich "We always miss Cliff, but he is kind of on the record. (...And Justice For All) The song 'To live is to die' is really based on a number of riffs that Cliff wrote a couple of years ago. It's kind of cool to have something written by Cliff on the new album." Lars Ulrich "I know Cliff, more than anyone else in the band, would have been the first guy to give us a kick in the ass, and wouldn't want us to sit around. It's what he would have wanted us to do." Lars Ulrich "I wasn't too angry in the beginning. I was obviously grieving, but the anger started setting in when I realized that it's not new that people in rock-n-roll die, but usually it's self-inflicted in terms of excessive drink or drug abuse. He had nothing to do with it. It's so useless. Completely useless." Lars Ulrich
Jason Newsted
"He was a great and very special talent... Cliff's solos were absolutely brilliant." Jason Newsted "He is the Hendrix of bass for his ground breaking style. " Jason Newsted "Cliff had alot of very loyal fans, including me." Jason Newsted "There was a huge shadow there. I'd always looked up to him so much." Jason Nested (upon replacing Cliff)
Cliff With A Cool Hat
Cliff Will Grab You
Cliff Smoking
Cliff Smoking 2
HELLO U
Cliff Playing Live
Live Photo
Live Photo 2
Dawn Of The Dead
Dawn Of The Dead 2
Dawn Of The Dead 3
Dawn Of The Dead 4
Dawn Of The Dead 5
Cliff Burton
Cliff Is Headbanging
Animated, Headbanging Cliff
B/W Photo
Cliff Lookin "Groggy"
Cliff Sreaming
Passport Photo??
Cliff Wearing Purple Clothes
B/W Whole Figure
Whole Figure
Whole Figure 2
Cliff Wearing Hat
From Kill ´Em All
An Ordinary Photo
Cliff Is Smiling
Cliff In Green Light
B/W Cool Tattoo
B/W Cliff

Yoga??

Laughter, Laughter...

Master Of Puppet´s Cross

 

Cliff With Other Members

Cliff And Lars

Cliff And James Live

Cliff With The Band

Cliff With The Band 2

Party??

Old Live Pic

CRUDE

B/W Group Pic

Old Group Photo With Mustaine

In Front Of Brickwall

Band In Front Of Bars

 

Memorials

Memorial

Memorial 2

Memorial 3

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