Remembering Cliff Burton, 1962-1986 R.I.P. Twenty-four years ago this Monday, I was sitting at a four-way stop in the Briarwick neighborhood of San Antonio when news came over my Dad’s VW Rabbit radio that Metallica bassist Cliff Burton had been killed in a freak tour bus accident on an icy road somewhere in Sweden. I […]
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Rewind: Cliff Burton, R.I.P.
Posted: 24th September 2010 by admin in RewindTags: bus accident, cliff burton, letter, master of puppets, metallica
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Rewind: Metallica’s Memories Remain
Posted: 31st August 2010 by admin in RewindTags: cliff burton, exodus, kiss, metallica
Until I heard Metallica, I thought thrashing was something sharks did (how fitting that I also discovered Accept around this time). Meaner, faster and uglier than everything that came before, Metallica took the hierarchy of heaviness to impossible new extremes. I mean, the band debuted with an album/mission statement called “Kill ‘Em All!” Any […]