cliff burton
:cliff burton was born on Feb.10th 1962 at 9:38pm.He Cliff went to Earl Warren junior high and then Castro Vally high school.He graduated in 1980 from Castro Vally high school.At one of Cliff's performances Metallica saw Cliff play,so they were astonished by Cliff's performances and started asking him if he would join Metallica.Although the first time Metallica asked he said no, but a few times after that he said yes.Cliff played many styles on the bass.He played old jass and psychedelic melodies.Good examples of his awsome solos can be found on such songs as "kill em all", "for whom the bell tolls", and "call of kutulu".Their album master of puppets was released in 1986.But later on Sep. 27th 1986 the tour bus was flipped over and cliff fell out causing the bus to fall on him and then fall on him again. Everyone was sure at that moment that Cliff had died. So his funeral was held oct.7th 1986 at the chapel of The Valley in his hometown in Castro Vally C A. Now his grave stone lies and has Cliff's written lyrics "When a man lies he murders" " Some part of the world" "These are the pale deaths" "Which men miscall thier lives" "All this i cannot bear" "To whitness any longer" "Connot the kingdom of salvation" "take me home ?"