Cliff Burton's shredding fingerstyle bass solo (Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth, from Metallica's 1983 debut album, Kill 'Em All, stamped his identity firmly on the emerging thrash metal movement.

Crucially, it was Burton’s mother who approached him immediately after he finished playing. “So I am just composing myself for a second, putting my bass down, turning off Cliff’s amp – I ...

One of the items guaranteed to be turning some heads is the new Aria Pro II Cliff Burton Signature Bass, designed with the consent of the late Metallica bassist's family and bandmates. The ...

After spending hours listening to Metallica for the past two months, Rocks Off decided we wanted to try our hand at bass guitar for the fourth time in our life, because of the late Cliff Burton.

Crucially, it was Burton’s mother who approached him immediately after he finished playing. “So I am just composing myself for a second, putting my bass down, turning off Cliff’s amp – I’m playing ...

Metallica have released a music video for 1983 Cliff Burton bass solo (Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth. The Kill ’Em All instrumental’s new clip, released yesterday (September 3), features never ...

Speaking of Metallica: someone went ahead and isolated Cliff Burton’s bass track from the Master of Puppets classic “Orion,” possibly by ripping it from the video game Guitar Hero: Metallica; you can ...

The late, original bassist of Metallica, Cliff Burton, played the hell out of the bass, specifically, an Aria Pro II bass. A replica of his instrument will display at NAMM this Thursday through ...

Of course, he is also pictured with his classic Aria Pro II bass. Proceeds from the sale of the figure will go to the Cliff Burton Music Scholarship Fund. “Before his untimely death in 1986, Cliff ...

The Cliff Burton Museum, funded in part by the Swedish ... The museum will open its doors on May 14 with a launch event featuring a talk by Bass Player magazine editor Joel McIver, who penned ...