Monday, October 19, 2009
The Death of the Legendary Bassist- Cliff Burton
In 1986, while Metallica was touring in Europe, the tour bus hit a patch of black ice in Sweden causing Cliff to be thrown out of the bus’ window and then crushed by the bus. This tragic event was a gigantic blow to the band that had risen so far so fast. In respect for Cliff, Metallica didn’t play the song Orion, track 7 on the album Master of Puppets arranged by Cliff, until the twentieth anniversary of the album release and Cliff’s death.
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That is a really unfortunate way to die...I can't imagine how things were after his death too. Though, on a lighter note, it was pretty classy of the band to wait until the 20th anniversary to release his song, Orion. Did no one else get hurt in this crash?..
ReplyDeleteThey only got minor injuries. It is really unfortunate that Cliff was the only one who died.
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