R.I.P. Cliff

[Shpongled]

It was 20 years ago today that one of my greatest influences, a great bass player, and great person passed away.

R.I.P. Cliff Burton. You made the world a better place.

 

[0neEyedWilly]

Damn I'm old! 20 years ago??? I remember that like it was yesterday.

R.I.P. Cliff!

 

[ms. anthrope]

R.I.P.

Can't believe it's been that long...

 

[DreamNeonBlack]

Who?


Did he play for Skynard?

 

[ms. anthrope]

Kev,

When the Stone in SF (on Broadway) was still around, Cliff would drive by before shows in his beat up ol' VW station wagon.

It was funny and cool to see how down-to-earth he was...

 

[MetalSteph]

Wow I feel really old now. I saw Cliff play with Metallica when they opened for Ozzy at the Oakland Coliseum. Ozzy was on the Ultimate Sin tour, Metallica on the Master of Puppets tour. I was just a kid, but I remember Cliff was a headbanging fool. I couldn't figure out how his neck did that.

 

[DreamNeonBlack]

Yeah, I'm old also, I remember that tour Steph. I was in high school.
I also remember I was in class and someone asked me what happened to him they heard he died.

 

[ShadowsWithin]

Wow I feel really old now. I saw Cliff play with Metallica when they opened for Ozzy at the Oakland Coliseum. Ozzy was on the Ultimate Sin tour, Metallica on the Master of Puppets tour. I was just a kid, but I remember Cliff was a headbanging fool. I couldn't figure out how his neck did that.

whos the guy to the left of fat warrel in your sig?

 

[Anvil]

Wow... RIP Cliff. You made Metallica, and they'll never be the same.

 

[flying_whale]

RIP Cliff! You made metallica and master of puppets
I wish I was born 20 years earlier than i was, so i could catch metallica with cliff.
in his honor watch http://youtube.com/watch?v=GlF0amKrkhY
disposable heroes live with cliff, for the first time they ever performed it!
And orion at rar this year http://youtube.com/watch?v=D_kHFvt5zhk (great performance)
RIP cliff

 

[flying_whale]

cliff's last show bootleg http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LUDQSFO1 (from metallica's board)
and the setlist

1. Ecstasy of Gold
2. Battery
3. Master of Puppets
4. For Whom The Bell Tolls
5. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
6. Ride the Lightning
7. Bass Solo
8. Whiplash
9. The Thing That Should Not Be
10. Fade To Black
11. Seek & Destroy
12. Creeping Death
13. The Four Horsemen
14. Guitar Solo
15. Am I Evil?
16. Damage, Inc.
17. Blitzkrieg

that is one great metallica setlist. rip cliff

 

[RockMyMonkey]

Bass solo...take one.

 

[metalkingdom]

It's awesome that Ms. A and Stef were actually in the Bay Area when all of that was going down. I lived in London at that time, and I used to daydream about posing for band pics with the Golden Gate Bridge behind me. I know you guys know what I'm talking about!

R.I.P. CLIFF

 

[Cephalopod]

whos the guy to the left of fat warrel in your sig?

80s Warrel.

R.I.P. Cliff.

 

[ShadowsWithin]

80s Warrel.

R.I.P. Cliff.

dear god...

 

[Phoenix5]

cliff and dime formed a supergroup i hear

afterlife news

 

[Lies and Perfidy]

A truly influential musician and, by all reports, a genuine stand-up guy. \m/

 

[Mephistophiliac]

Wow I feel really old now. I saw Cliff play with Metallica when they opened for Ozzy at the Oakland Coliseum. Ozzy was on the Ultimate Sin tour, Metallica on the Master of Puppets tour. I was just a kid, but I remember Cliff was a headbanging fool. I couldn't figure out how his neck did that.

well, at least you had the honor to see him, my parents saw that tour before i was even a thought.

RIP Cliff

 

[Super Mahrio]

R.I.P.

Can't believe it's been that long...

same here...
RIP Cliff!

 

[fading]

R.I.P. Cliff. I remember seeing Metallica with Cliff on the Ride The Ligthning tour opeing for Armored Saint. AS sucked after seeing Metallica.

Cliff, you are sorely missed.