His name was clifford lee burton before he join metallica he was in another band called trauma after some months the new band metallica was looking for a bassplayer cuz the bass player they had had manny problems with familly etc ..... they go to see cliff burton and when they see him (james hetfield the singer ) to (lars ulrich the drummer) this is the bass dude !!!!
After some days of calling cliff burton in telephone finally he joined but he said i will come only if we go to san frasisco all the bands member agreed they moved to san fransisco and the first album came out called kill em all at 1983 this album had good songs like seek and destroy live version at 1983 with cliff burton http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=b5wms7k0Wh4 and studio version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUoWZ_zcPpE and the famous bass solo from cliff burton called anesthesia (pullings teeths) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm02dZdF76g after that album ride the lightining came out a good album also at 1986 the last year cliff burton was in metallica the album master of puppets came out wich sold 40 milion copies without a radio singal or video clip here is the link of some songs of the album master of puppets http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z-hEyVQDRA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7kfD4lsy4o this are my fav btw during master of puppets tour metallica was traveling to sweden by bus . later that night they agree to draw cards for get the most confortable bunk i mean bed to sleep cliff burton won the matche he draw the card (ace of spades this card symbol the bad luck and the death) later that night at around 5-6 o 'clock the driver lost the control and go out of the right side of the road he tried his first try to corect it was fail the second suceed but he overcorect it and the bus starting making circles about 180 deegrees when this was happening the bus was bouncing too and the windows broke cliff was half way out of the window but when it stop do circles the bus fell the side that was cliff half way out and boom when the bus falling down from the side that he was out he droped out of the window and the bus landed on him :'( the other bands member heard anyone screaming exept cliff james hetffield ask the driver wtf hapened he said we hit some black ice james hetfield with another band member was looking for miles this black ice and when they go to the driver they said where is the black ice i don't see any black ice james hetfield said in interview that he was going to kill that go finish him there when they came to pick up the bus again land on cliff some hours after cliff's dead was announced metallica was in a hotel and james hetfield was drunk on the road and he was starting hitting the windows of the shops and screaming cliff where are you !! everyone was in absulutely shock they sleep in hotel with open the lights. Btw cliff was creamated and his ashes send in his favorite place
cliff burton was knew for his tallent master of puppets orion and all the other hits was writen buy him and james hetfield he was also knew for his headbanging see at 00:37
also he was writting poems like this :When a Man Lies He Murders
Some Part of the World
These Are the Pale Deaths Which
Men Miscall Their Lives
All this I Cannot Bear
to Witness Any Longer
Cannot the Kingdom of Salvation
Take Me Home
he died at 24 years old at 1986
Rest in peace cliff