You can now watch the four hour livestream event celebrating the life of late METALLICA bassist Cliff Burton below.
As a celebration of “Cliff Burton Day”, on what would have been his 60th birthday, February 10, a four-hour livestream event was held and emceed by Nicholas Gomez honoring the late bassist. Guests included Big Mick, Metal Joe, Gary Holt (EXODUS, SLAYER), Dan Riley, Brian Lew, Dean Delray, Brian Slagel, Charlie Benante (ANTHRAX), Mike Bordin (FAITH NO MORE), Canada Dave and Connie Burton.
Cliff joined METALLICA in 1982 and played on the band’s first three albums, “Kill ‘Em All”, “Ride The Lightning” and “Master Of Puppets”.
Cliff Burton died at the age of 24 in a tour bus crash on September 27, 1986 in Sweden while METALLICA were on tour.
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.