Cliff Burton's talent was discovered by James and Lars. While Cliff was in the backroom of a bar wailing out a insane bass solo, James and Lars wondered what the hell that sound was. It turned out to be the work of the best bassist in the history of Heavy Metal, Cliff Burton. So Lars and James asked him if he would join the band and he said he would if they re-located to San Fransisco, so they moved to San Fransisco and the rest is history. On the morning of September 26, 1986 a great tragedy occured. Metallica's tour bus hit a patch of ice on a deserted side road in Sweden sending the bus into a spiral, flipping over on its side and finally coming to a rest on top of Cliff. Cliff was killed instantly underneath the side of the humungous bus. Metallica had lost their bassist and more importantly an ingenious bass player and a friend.
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