Among those in attendance were James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, both members of Metallica, which had formed the previous year. In 1982, Trauma traveled to Los Angeles to perform at the Whisky a Go Go. Burton recorded the track "Such a Shame" with the band on the second Metal massacre compilation. Burton joined his first major band, Trauma, in 1982. The video also shows Burton playing parts of what would soon be two Metallica songs: his signature bass solo, "(Anesthesia) - Pulling Teeth", and the chromatic intro to " For Whom the Bell Tolls". Their audition was recorded on video and features some of the earliest footage of Burton's trademark playing style. Their second band, Agents of Misfortune, entered the Hayward Area Recreation Department's Battle of the Bands contest in 1981. Burton and Martin continued their musical collaboration after becoming students at Chabot College in Hayward, California. Other members of EZ Street included future Faith No More guitarist "Big" Jim Martin as well as Faith No More and Ozzy Osbourne drummer Mike Bordin. The band took its name from a Bay Area topless bar. While still a student at Castro Valley High School, Burton formed his first band called EZ-Street. īurton cited Geddy Lee, Geezer Butler, Stanley Clarke, Lemmy Kilmister and Phil Lynott as major influences on his style of bass playing. Along with classical and jazz, Burton's other early influences varied from southern rock and country music to the blues. His parents quoted him as saying, "I'm going to be the best bassist for my brother." He practiced up to six hours per day (even after he joined Metallica). He began playing the bass at age 13, after the death of his brother. In his teenage years, Burton had an interest in rock, classical, and eventually heavy metal. Burton's interest in music began when his father introduced him to classical music and he began taking piano lessons. He had two elder siblings, Scott and Connie. Ĭlifford Lee Burton was born in Castro Valley, California, to Ray and Jan Burton. He was selected as the ninth greatest bassist of all time in an online reader poll organized by Rolling Stone magazine in 2011. He was also posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Metallica on April 4, 2009. Burton was replaced by bassist Jason Newsted the following month. On September 27, 1986, Burton died in a bus accident in Kronoberg County, a rural area of southern Sweden, as the band was touring in support of the Master of Puppets album. He also received a posthumous writing credit for the song "To Live Is to Die" from the band's fourth studio album. Clifford Lee " Cliff" Burton (February 10, 1962 – September 27, 1986) was an American musician and songwriter, best known as the second Bassist for the American thrash metal band Metallica from December 1982 until his death in September 1986.īurton joined Metallica in 1982 and performed on the band's first three studio albums: Kill 'Em All, Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets.
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