As most of us know, Metallica has changed over the years. A new band member has joined since the beginning of the magnificance. Many horrible trajedies have occured, and not all of the band members have lived through them all. Yes, I'm talking about Cliff Burton. Cliff Burton was the original bass player for Metallica. He was an incredible bassist, and played a major role in Metallica's success. A terrible trajedy happenned one night to the band that they would never forget. On september 27, 1986, as the Metallica tour bus was bringing the band to a concert they were going to be performing at, the bus hit a spot of black ice, and overturned. Cliff was pinned underneath the bus, and died at the scene. I wrote this page, because I love Metallica, and I know i speak for all of us when I say, we miss you Cliff. Later in Metallica's career, during a live performance, Metallica played a solo from the song "To Live is to Die", in memory of Cliff. I have included this solo in MP3 format at the bottom of this page. Click on the link to download the solo. This page is dedicated to Cliff Burton, whose music will live on in everyone's hearts forever.