I met cliff after a gig during the damage tour everybody ran towards James and Lara and I went over to Cliff and spoke to him for half hour about a mutual admiration for the Misfits a lovely human being, my friend took a pic of us talking I was only 16 I’m 47 now and Metallica are still my favourite band
Burton is one of those guys that always leaves me wondering what could've have been. I always get the feeling that he would've made an incredible "elder statesman" of rock.
Thomas W no kidding. I’d imagine he’d be as close of a brother to James as you could get. A John Entwistle to younger bassists to be. Fair bet he’d had beef up like James did 1987-1991 and would be a crazy ass beast. If that member from Anthrax was right about Cliff James and Kirk planning on kicking Lars from the band after the Damage tour I wouldn’t be surprised that they would have made Groove Metal style stuff before it occurred.
Every time I think of people talking about or my own thoughts on what Cliff would’ve looked alive after 1986, I keep thinking of the Monsters of Rock concert on the airfield in Moscow 1991. I mean the menacing look of James and seeing that reflected on Cliff’s more frail shape when they were still kids in 1984-6. Just seeing James who already is a tall and intimidating figure next to a guy who’s taller than him with the bass blasting 1.5 million people with the power of freedom like Lemmy did. To say the least if they hired somebody like Dave Lombardo their material would’ve been nuts in terms of metal insanity... And Justice for an bygone Thrash Metal 90s for Metallica.
Survivors guilt man. James, Kirk, and Lars survived the crash that killed Cliff and were relatively unhurt. Think about losing your best friend like that and you probably wouldn't want to talk about it either.
My friends got all the pics still I’m gonna get prints done of them, we just didnt know as a sixteen year old fan that they were gonna be so famous as a group, an amazing exciting time and an awesome concert
Me too,saw him several times with S.T..first time,clash of the titans in London 1990...thirty years already.A mate of mine even saw infectious grooves around that time,I believe.
@runehater666 They may not have alloted Dave the time...hell, as all of us long-term fans have known, Dave was in total awe of Cliff Burton, took it very hard when he died. You know it hits ya when you pen a song in your friend's memory.
Why must it buffer every 5 seconds!!! Damn I just wanna hear the story!! This what I hear "Cliff is a great guy he has *buffering......* inspired all of us, and I think we all can say that *buffering...* when he passed we all have a *buffering......* hole in us.
According to Cliff's Dad Ray, he spoke about her at Cliff Burton Day when someone asked, he said she was close with the family for awhile after his death, then moved to Chicago without even saying goodbye to them. He said Jan, Cliff's Mom was really shocked & heartbroken. Apparently she was married for awhile. No further information than that. Also Connie is Cliff's sister. Corinne was his girlfriend. Cliff is also one of my Spirit Guides, we're really plugged in to one another, so I know over the years he's checked in on Corinne. He still keeps an eye out for many of those he left behind. ❤
@LamboLighting think about it. You may not hav met him in real physical form. but you did met him musically and spiritually. As gay as that sounds. Think about it.
Huh this must have been an important event. Fatso apparently really dosent like puff and that’s the main reason he left the band. That and he got to write record his parts last.
