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    quotations related to Cliff Burton. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cliff Burton. Cliff Burton Family on Facebook Cliff In Our Minds – memorial...
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    Megadeth after being fired from Metallica, and bassists Ron McGovney, Cliff Burton and Jason Newsted are former members of the band. Metallica first found...
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  • was released on November 17, 1987, as a tribute to Metallica's bassist Cliff Burton, who died in a tour bus accident on September 27, 1986, at the age of...
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    was decided by a card draw, which Cliff Burton won by picking the Ace of Spades. Once the draw was completed, Burton looked at Hammett and said "I want...
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  • previous bassist Cliff Burton in 1986. Burton received posthumous co-writing credit on "To Live Is to Die" as Newsted followed bass lines Burton had recorded...
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  • Orion (Metallica song) (category Songs written by Cliff Burton)
    and is entirely instrumental. "Orion" was written primarily by bassist Cliff Burton. The song was named after the constellation of the same name, Orion,...
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    The site of the crash has been marked with Burton's commemorative memorial stone. Video Of Cliff Burton Memorial Stone Unveiling Posted Online blabbermouth...
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  • Flemming Rasmussen, it was the band's final album to feature bassist Cliff Burton, who died in a bus accident in Sweden during the album's promotional...
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  • eventually relocated to San Francisco to secure the services of bassist Cliff Burton. The group's No Life 'til Leather demo tape (1982) was noticed by Megaforce...
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  • For Whom the Bell Tolls (Metallica song) (category Songs written by Cliff Burton)
    obliterated during an airstrike after taking a defensive position on a hill. Cliff Burton plays the bass guitar introduction with heavy distortion and a wah pedal...
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    years of his career before joining Metallica in October 1986 to succeed Cliff Burton, who died the month prior. Newsted performed on the albums ...And Justice...
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  • showcased the band's musical growth and lyrical sophistication. Bassist Cliff Burton introduced the basics of music theory to the band and had more input...
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  • drums Dave Mustaine – lead guitar, backing vocals Ron McGovney – bass Cliff Burton is credited on the inside sleeve of the demo, but does not perform. Metal...
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    members of the band, as well as previous bassists Jason Newsted and Cliff Burton. Trujillo is married and has a son and a daughter. Trujillo's wife, Chloé...
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    Mustaine (lead guitar), and Ron McGovney (bass), who was soon replaced by Cliff Burton. Hetfield referred to their early sound as power metal. The term "thrash...
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    When Ulrich and fellow Metallica members James Hetfield, Jason Newsted, Cliff Burton, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo were inducted into the Rock and Roll...
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    technique, and skill on the bass have inspired many rock musicians such as Cliff Burton of Metallica, Steve Harris of Iron Maiden, John Myung of Dream Theater...
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  • Hetfield, Cliff Burton and Kirk Hammett had discussed firing Lars Ulrich upon completion of the tour, but plans were set aside upon the death of Burton on September...
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    band formed in 1981. The band is best known for having a then-unknown Cliff Burton in its initial lineup, who would leave the band in 1982 to join Metallica...
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  • quit on December 10, 1982, due to growing tensions, and was replaced by Cliff Burton. After leaving Metallica, McGovney became uninterested in playing music...
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    lead guitarist changes (including Dave Mustaine), the band settled on Cliff Burton and Kirk Hammett, respectively. Metallica started playing locally, releasing...
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  • Creeping Death (category Songs written by Cliff Burton)
    the scene of the final plague killing every Egyptian first-born child, Cliff Burton remarked "Whoa – it's like creeping death", as the plague was represented...
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    recorded (bassist Cliff Burton was credited for the bass solo "(Anesthesia) – Pulling Teeth"). On the 1984 follow-up Ride the Lightning, Burton received more...
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    much of an influence on me. Other bassists such as Peter Steele, and Cliff Burton have also listed Butler as an influence. Butler met his first wife Georgina...
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  • Giorgio, Robert Trujillo, and Cliff Burton. Several bassists use a distorted bass tone, an approach popularized by Burton and Motörhead's Lemmy. Lyrical...
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    quoted as making derogatory remarks about deceased Metallica bassist Cliff Burton as well as deceased Pantera guitarist Dimebag Darrell; stating "I laughed...
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    alongside all three Metallica bassists over the years; he played with Cliff Burton in EZ-Street and with Jason Newsted and Robert Trujillo with Ozzy Osbourne...
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    for the final movement of the second symphony of Ernst von Dohnányi. Cliff Burton based the introduction of the song "Damage, Inc." (a series of reversed...
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  • days. It is the group's first release following the death of bassist Cliff Burton and the first to feature his successor, Jason Newsted. With Metallica...
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    now let me write the fuckin' way I write." Cheng has cited bassists Cliff Burton, Geezer Butler, and Steve Harris as the fundamental influences on his...
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