Cliff Burton played a Rickenbacker 4001 bass before joining Metallica. He removed the original pickups from the instrument, replacing the neck pickup with a Gibson "Mudbucker" and the bridge with a Seymour Duncan Classic Stack Jazz Bass pickup, among other modifications.

Jun 12, 2020 · No event had such a dramatic impact on Metallica's history, though, as the death of the bassist Cliff Burton. Following the success of their debut Kill 'Em All (1982) and its followup Ride the Lightning (1984), Metallica went on a worldwide Damage, Inc., tour in 1986 in support of Master of Puppets.

Sep 20, 2022 · The legend of Cliff Burton has been the biggest unifying influence on all subsequent generations of heavy metal bands, whatever their stripe. Being true to yourself may have been the founding tenet of the original rock and metal giants, but by the time Metallica came along to redraw the musical map in the 80s, metal had become codified.

Sep 27, 2021 · Clifford Lee Burton was born in Castro Valley, California, on February 10, 1962. The third child of Jan and Ray Burton, the young Cliff was a loner who preferred reading and music to playing ...

Sep 27, 2023 · Not for a second did party-goers stop to think it would be the last drink they would ever share with Cliff Burton. Tragedy struck just six days later when, in the early hours of a journey between Stockholm and Copenhagen, the band’s tour bus skidded – supposedly on a patch of ice – then careered off the road and overturned.

Sep 27, 2023 · Few rock ‘n’ roll deaths are more tragic than Cliff Burton’s. The Metallica bassist was just 24 years old when he died from a freak tour bus accident. Burton was an integral part of the ...

8 hours ago · February 10, 2018 was proclaimed "Cliff Burton Day" by Alameda County supervisors. The late METALLICA bassist would have turned 56 years old on that date had he lived. Burton died in a tragic tour ...

Sep 27, 2024 · The legendary Bass player Cliff Burton was born Clifford Lee Burton on February 10th, 1962, in Castro Valley, California. Unlike what many people may think, his earliest musical influences came from classical music, he took piano lessons during his early years and his interest in Rock music begun around that period.

Burton was born in Castro Valley, California. He was born to Raymond "Ray" (1925–2020) and Janette "Jan" Burton (1925–1993). He had two older siblings, Scott (1958–1975) and Connie. Burton's liking in music began when his father introduced him to classical music and he began taking piano lessons.

Sep 12, 2022 · For decades after Cliff’s death, his father Ray Burton represented him among Metallica’s fanbase, right up until he passed away in 2020 at the age of 92. “Ray Burton was a good friend,” says Trujillo. “He would come and see me play with my bands Mass Mental or Infectious Grooves.