What were Cliff Burton’s last words?

What were Cliff Burton’s last words?

I said ‘Hey, Cliff — maybe I’ll see you tomorrow. ‘ And as he’s leaving the room the last thing he says is, ‘Maybe I will. ‘ God rest his soul.

How did Metallica’s bus crash?

The driver later told authorities that he lost control of the bus after hitting a patch of black ice. The bus left the road and flipped over on its side, and Burton – who had been asleep in the preferred top bunk – was thrown through the window. As the bus came down, it landed on top of the 24-year-old musician.

Was Cliff Burton a stoner?

“Weed was like oxygen to him, although he wasn’t a burned-out stoner, it just gave him an extra dimension. I don’t think there was much of a difference between Cliff stoned and Cliff not stoned! He was a pretty relaxed guy, but you couldn’t mess with him, he wasn’t a pushover.

What would Cliff Burton think of Metallica?

I think the ‘Black Album’ was a great album and I appreciate the fact that we did have the balls to do that… I would certainly think that the ‘Load’ and ‘Reload’ [era], I would have had an ally that was very against it all — the reinvention or the U2 version of METALLICA.”

Who gets Cliff Burton’s royalties?

His father, 92-year-old Ray Burton, recently revealed in a podcast interview with Alphabetallica, that he donates his son’s royalty checks to music scholarship programs.

Who is bigger Iron Maiden or Metallica?

According to that list, Metallica has sold 125 million albums. With Iron Maiden, it’s harder to tell. They don’t show up on that list, but their Wikipedia page claims to have sold over 100 million albums.