Happy Birthday Cliff, R.I.P

scudzilla

Today would have been the 48th Birthday of one of Rock's best ever Bass guitarists, Cliff Burton of Metallica.

In my eyes the guy was the best Bassist ever to have walked this earth, pure genius.

If anybody gets chance to read the book 'To Live is to Die' then do it, a great read and a true insight to the man.

I saw him live twice, in 85 and a week before his death in '86, seeing him live remains one of the top memories of hundreds of gigs.

R.I.P Cliff and Happy Birthday,

Gone but never forgotten

lord lucan

scudzilla wrote: »

If anybody gets chance to read the book 'To Live is to Die' then do it, a great read and a true insight to the man.

I saw him live twice, in 85 and a week before his death in '87, seeing him live remains one of the top memories of hundreds of gigs

He died in '86.;)

The "To Live is To Die" book is excellent,just finished it a couple of weeks ago. He was one of Rocks true good guys.:)

JohnnyCrash

lord lucan wrote: »

He died in '86.;)

The "To Live is To Die" book is excellent,just finished it a couple of weeks ago. He was one of Rocks true good guys.:)

Have ye seen Cliff 'em All?

smooch71

JohnnyCrash wrote: »

Have ye seen Cliff 'em All?

Have it buried in the attic somewhere.

I don't have a VCR in the house but this is making me want to go out and buy one.

I wonder what Cliff would have thought of Load and Re-Load.

scudzilla

lord lucan wrote: »

He died in '86.;)

The "To Live is To Die" book is excellent,just finished it a couple of weeks ago. He was one of Rocks true good guys.:)

Sorry, typo, should have been 86. Was in Manchester.

The more i read that book the more i thought that Cliff wouldn't have stayed with Metallica when they hit the big time, he just hated all the crap that came with being a 'rock star', he even hated the term

scudzilla

smooch71 wrote: »

Have it buried in the attic somewhere.

I don't have a VCR in the house but this is making me want to go out and buy one.

I wonder what Cliff would have thought of Load and Re-Load.

I had CEA on VHS but recently downloaded it (fuck you lars :P)

Great video, my fav is Bells from The Day on the Green, mainly cos of the awesome quality.

Check out the torrent sites, there's a few copies out there

Max Power1

smooch71 wrote: »

Have it buried in the attic somewhere.

I don't have a VCR in the house but this is making me want to go out and buy one.

I wonder what Cliff would have thought of Load and Re-Load.

the argument has been done to death as to how cliff would have reacted to the nowadays metallica. Im sure he would have approved tbh, hes renowned for liking music ranging from REM to Bach

scudzilla

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O9zMnwD65Q

dasdog

scudzilla wrote: »

I had CEA on VHS but recently downloaded it (fuck you lars :P)

Great video, my fav is Bells from The Day on the Green, mainly cos of the awesome quality.

I've the audio recording of the whole Day on the Green gig (good quality). There's rumours the entire set was recorded on camera but I've yet to see it emerge but I've got the whole set video of the 1983 gig (Cliff's second gig?) and the Master of Puppets gig (supporting Ozzy) from Cliff em All. The quality isn't great for either but still...

lord lucan

JohnnyCrash wrote: »

Have ye seen Cliff 'em All?

Yep. Savage DVD. There's a tendency nowadays to dismiss Burtons influence and effect on the Metal world but imho the guy was a massive influence on the genre both then and even now. He broke the mold for metal bass players,doing things that others weren't. Whether that be not doing the usual playing in line with the guitarists to using a wah pedal he was way ahead of his time.

As to whether Cliff would have liked the 'Load' era,the author of "To Live Is To Die" makes the point that Cliff was open to all types of music and probably would've approved. It's a moot point as we'll never know.

waltersobchak

Cliff was a legend, and the reason i started to learn a instrument

#RAISE'S A BEER#

Motley Crue

scudzilla wrote: »

Today would have been the 48th Birthday of one of Rock's best ever Bass guitarists, Cliff Burton of Metallica.

So hard to think of him as a 48yr old, out there in the mainstream, with Metallica

I'll be honest, if Burton hadn't of died, Metallica wouldn't be the band they are today - whether better or worse I cannot say - and Newsted would be playing but not with much money

I reckon Metallica would have been a well respected Trash Metal act who bridged into Symphonic collaboration and had fans half the number they do today

buck65

I have Cliff's last gig on cassette from years back got it from the bootleggers on Merrion square, anyone remember them?

Max Power1

buck65 wrote: »

I have Cliff's last gig on cassette from years back got it from the bootleggers on Merrion square, anyone remember them?

yep.. I have it too. From some town in sweden beginning with an S wasnt it? Dont have the name of the place on the CD

fartmaster

R.I.P Cliff

To Live is to Die is my favorite song, Ever!

lord lucan

Max Power1 wrote: »

yep.. I have it too. From some town in sweden beginning with an S wasnt it? Dont have the name of the place on the CD

Yep,the Solnahallen in Stockholm,Sweden was his last show. Died on the road from Stockholm to Denmark.:(

JohnnyCrash

The Major Rager on the 4 String Mother****er

PeterIanStaker

This thread makes me wanna crank up Orion! \m/

carchaeologist

scudzilla wrote: »

Today would have been the 48th Birthday of one of Rock's best ever Bass guitarists, Cliff Burton of Metallica.

Jeez,48 is young,even nowadays.Id have thought he would have been older.As usual,the good die young,legend of a bassist.
R.I.P.

Jako8

PeterIanStaker wrote: »

This thread makes me wanna crank up Orion! \m/

That has to be one of my favourite songs ever. No matter how much I listen to it I NEVER get sick of how perfectly arranged it is.

RIP Cliff. \m/

tony1kenobi

Been a long time since he rock and rolled.

Max Power1

tony1kenobi wrote: »

Been a long time since he rock and rolled.

... and yet his musical ability and talent is still self evident