Monday, September 27, 2010
They Are Legend - Cliff Burton
Twenty Four years ago today Cliff Burton, bass player for Metallica died. He was 24 years old.
The day Cliff died me and some friends had just pulled into the High school parking lot and someone asked us if we heard? We hadn't. We tuned our radio to the only rock station in Chicago at the time (Z- Rock) and they explained he died overnight and they were playing Metallica all day commercial free to honor Cliff. We immediatly got back in our cars and pooled our money together and bought a dozen donuts and a case of beer.. We drove to the woods and along with 8 or 10 other cars played Z-Rocks Metallica tribute loud and in sync while we ate donuts, drank beer, and tried not to cry.
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I saw them open for Ozzy when Master of Puppets came out. I was not into Ozzy and went to see Metallica. Burton always amazed me as a kid who wanted to play bass. Too bad I sucked at it :-D Also too bad I am not at all into Metallica anymore. And Justice for All is kind of the last time I really got into their stuff.
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