Metallica Bassist Cliff Burton Tribute on The MetalSucks Podcast #164

The latest episode of your favorite metal podcast is absolutely
crucial for every Metallica fan. This week marks the 30th
anniversary of one of the greatest losses in metal history, the
untimely death of Cliff Burton. We wouldn’t normally commemorate an
artist on their death date, but it really is stunning that three
decades after the tragic bus accident on September 27, 1986,
we still compare metal bass players to Cliff. We took the
opportunity to talk to Joel McIver, author and biographer, who has
released several books on Metallica including To Live Is To
Die: The Life And Death Of Metallica's Cliff Burton, which has been
recently updated. We talk about Cliff’s influence on metal, we
discuss how fans to this day are affected by his influence even
without knowing it, and Joel gives us more details about the
events surrounding the fatal bus crash in Sweden. We also are very
honored to interview Cliff’s father Ray Burton. We talk about who
Cliff was as a child, how he saw himself in the world of
metal, the loss of his brother at the age of 13, the decision to
start playing bass, his experience with Metallica and how his loss
affected the family. Take the opportunity to listen to
Cliff's music and realize how advanced his songwriting and
playing really was. Songs Metallica – "Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth)"
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