Cliff Burton Speaks On Kirk Hammett Joining Metallica, Early Metallica Interviews 

Always high

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@@rockmetalhead7680 on what? H? OR WHAT MAN

@@albertgein3082 on weed

@@albertgein3082 pot lol

Wow! That DID work!

lol, excellent advice. Actually made it watchable.

On the other hand, if one wants to get high with Cliff, turn the speed down to 0.5 ;D

If you speed it up to 2.0x speed you realise parts of the interview were actually being conducted in Chinese.

Nice! Magical 🤣

You can't tell that the audio has been slowed down? 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

@@martyschriver Marty, the tape is NOT slowed down, that's why the pitch of their voices sounds completely normal AND they do in fact sound quite high. That's some sharp ears you got yourself there buddy, no doubt connected to an equally sharp brain. You were wrong and then you capped your idiocy with a triple face-palm emoji. Such a tool.

@@andrewsimmons7289 have a snickers bro

You never know, could be heroin. Or maybe valium.

@@elgatofelix8917 nah cliff looks more stoner than junkie

.......wow

You’ll probably get a lot of hate for this, but we’ll done sir. Well done.

Yo 😭

I hope nobody throws you under the bus for this comment

@@chrissmith3668: Nice.

Yeah I had to put it on 1.25 speed so it sounds more normal

Ha ha! Cliff laying down a fat bass line for snoop to rap to...

@@doomguy8324 lol.

No doubt! Cliff would have learned some good slang, too. Hey Lars, remember deez riffs I showed you the other day? Which ones?....DEEZ NUTS!!!

@@quarantineclips488 lolol

@@doomguy8324 with "Public Enemy," around the corner, that actually sounds pretty legit for the time. Lmao

Best thing that ever happened to Mustaine. If he’d stayed in the band it was inevitable that he’d crash eventually. Then we wouldn’t have Megadeth. IMO and it only an opinion Megadeth was heavier and stayed true to its roots longer. Just a more instrumentally technical band. Kirk has nothing on Friedman from a play from the soul aspect. Both iconic bands though to say the least.

@@creationlabsinc.189 Metallica was heavier than Megadeth from start to current. Megadeth may have stayed true to their roots but they always came in 2nd behind Metallica at literally everything.

He knew the date they invited Kirk into the band and thus was obviously a contributor to Dave's dismissal.

@@creationlabsinc.189 Megadeth stop being thrash after peace sells... Mary jane, hook in mouth and 502 aren't staying true to your roots compared to the 1st 2 albums... Oh I forgot, they couldn't recapture that unique jazz/thrash fusion of the 1st 2 because they kicked out the members who were responsible for it... Gar and Chris Poland 😂

@@truthhurts79 megadeth was never jazz lmao

Rob and Jason are cool too

Yes! Cliff, Kirk, and Rob are the most chill guys in the band.

@@oliviapetrowski4553*jason*

Listen to his 9-21-86 interview. He was so clear headed. He's obviously tired and most likely stoned here. I'm sorry this was your first interview of him.

WOW

As a musician that makes sense. Being that pumped and high off of adrenaline after a concert I can see that happening.

According to his sister he basically practiced all day every day

what??? Was he on the Lemmy powder diet????

​@@crimsondeath7468I wouldn't be surprised if he imbibed a bit. For a lot of folks of that generation, it was common. He definitely did use psychedelics a lot, according to Kirk, and in that interview Kirk said he used them too, but never in a professional setting, which kind of suggests Cliff would, haha. He said Cliff would run into him and say, "I'm tripping, don't tell the other guys," so maybe he played shows tripping, and psychedelics definitely give you energy. A lot of folks I know who use psychedelics, including me, also use other stuff; some people call stuff like speed "hard drugs," but it's definitely not like heroin. I can personally take speed or leave it, or cocaine. Alcohol is actually more along the lines of heroin, definitely more physically addictive, and they definitely drank a lot. You can't just drink like they did and not use an upper on the road, no doubt.

*for real tho*

Unfortunately, Metallica never played tampa until after cliff died. It was monsters of rock at the ole sombrero with vh, scorpions,Dokkan and kingdome come. Great show,but no Cliff

Anyone in that room would be stoned in just minutes.

He sounds like he is high as fuck

Finally someone who know their shit

and holt took guitar playing to heights that kirk couldnt touch

@@davehendrix671 And Kirk could buy your family as slaves.

The legend goes Kirk taught Gary a couple of things on the guitar and six months later Gary was playing better Kirk

​@@jacobgarcia2660 lmao Holt's solos are nothing home to write about. Name a legendary one by Holt that every Metal lead player knows by heart, technical or iconic. I'll be waiting....

@@user-au2296 Metal Hammer Festival 1985 Creeping Death

He is the best bass player

One of my top 1 favourite bass players

*Steve Harris *Jacko

@@user-au2296 his tone towards the end of ride the lightning was terribly muffled. If done today I think he would’ve sounded a lot better

Jason is awesome as well.....good person.

Wrong comment thread....funny comment though.....cliff was high as fuck...

*Horsemen

Kirk did Heroin??

@@johnnybrown9581 he tried it a couple times but he said he didn’t like the high

@@emilykilpatrick9989 he’s the first person I’ve ever heard of that didn’t lol 99 out of 100 people who try it are addicted from the first time

Mustaine: all of the above.

that’s the weed

Bay area accent

J Branum Bay Area accent, yes. But sounds more like marihuana accent to me. 😂

@@jbranum3087 Dave was from SoCal, which is like 7 hours away

😐

Easy

I heard creeping death when they wrote it ..

@6 String Therapy YAWN.

@6 String Therapy like to hear anything you can play that sounds anywhere near what Kirk can do at all... we’ll all be waiting in anticipation of your amazing axe work

@6 String Therapy Ben playing since you were 3 or 4? That’s such a worn out trope that Metallica gave the finger to their fans after ajfa. How about you write and record 4 albums and tour behind them maybe 275 to 300 days a year on the road. Then write another album and see if you flip your core fans off. They went with a new producer who had the balls to call them out on being lazy or formulaic. So what. I for sure love the first four albums way better than all the rest. And I don’t even argue with anyone about who’s better. But dude-get over the black album. It happened and they were introduced to a whole new gang of fans. Anecdotal evidence of how good you play is also kinda lame. Get over yourself. You aren’t edgy for bashing Kirk on a video about Kirk.

No no no,he's cliff burton,bro. There's only one. Don't ever forget it.

Cliff Burton was the Cliff Burton of bass, he’s the gold standard when it comes to not just the instrument, but music in general. He was great at theory, and had amazing chops, he was better than Hendrix when it comes musicianship, creativity and influence.

I'm pretty sure it's right after their Cleveland 1983 show, you can find the full interview with that info.

Yes there is. They whole thing is recorded. Full version.

@@Evin07 you Sir, are a gem

Just play it on half-speed. ;)

@@tonyiacomi4822 link please

Look for Cleveland 1983 with his name in the search bar; he did a full interview after the show.

I agree. Mustaine is to.

@@todddavis4274 Super literate.

He's cliff burton,the one and only. No comparisons needed.

I believe it’s a Fernandes brand guitar

@@calvintryon4463 Thanks man.

Felt the same thing.

yeah he sounds dissapointed they had to let him go. which is probably because Mustaine was much more of a character than Hammett

@@Bananenbennie well a louder character maybe, but i would definitely say Hammet has character. He's known as this quiet "nerdy" guitarist who can shred ass when needed and fail easy riffs when getting filmed. But yeah, perhaps people see Mustaine as a more "out there" kinda guy. Everyone knows what he's thinking cause he allways speeks his mind.

@@Bananenbennie Dave's ego was too big. Metallica was James and Lars's baby, and Dave was hogging the spotlight on stage. On top of that, Dave couldn't chill, he was a mean drunk, there were fisticuffs with James. Just look at how long he carried that chip on his shoulder for - that's not a sign of an emotionally well-adjusted dude. There's no denying he was a great thrash metal songwriter, and it's perhaps a shame that Metallica lost a bit of bite in dropping him. On the other hand, if he hadn't been kicked out, it's highly doubtful the band would've survived to this day.

Pretty sure it was a well known that Cliff and Dave didn't really get along all that well. Especially when Dave got drunk

Except for the creaks and bumps in the background, like someone shifting their weight in a pleather chair; those sound faster (and thus unnatural) at 1.25x speed. People also DID actually speak much slower in the '80s compared to what sounds normal to our ears today, though Cliff is still extra slow compared even to what was normal then.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA! Get em fuckin enchiladas tooooo mah guy!