When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images The metal world of the early '80s had not yet encountered a bass player with ...

So desperate were the teenage James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich to persuade Cliff Burton to join their band that, after the homebody bassist point-blank refused to move from his home in San Francisco to ...

Metallica is still making new music more than 40 years after releasing their scorching debut Kill ‘Em All. And during the songwriting process, co-founder James Hetfield always asks the same question: ...

Though bassist Cliff Burton died in 1986, Metallica frontman James Hetfield reveals that the late bassist still impacts the band creatively to this day. As part of the recent Metallica Podcast, a ...

The classic lineup of Metallica—frontman/guitarist James Hetfield, guitarist Kirk Hammett, bassist Cliff Burton, and drummer Lars Ulrich—unleashed a trio of albums that are bona fide classics in the ...

Two of thrash metal's finest make it to the quarterfinals of our Greatest Metal Bassist competition. Get ready for this 'Big 4' battle. Late Metallica bassist Cliff Burton left this world far too ...

My Morning Jacket were joined by NYC rocker Karina Rykman for a cover of Metallica's "For Whom the Bell Tolls" in Brooklyn.

As for the previously-announced beer, it's called the Cliff Burton (Cliff 'Em All) IPA Beer. A portion of the proceeds from both will go to the Cliff Burton Music Scholarship Foundation. The Cliff ...

Chloe Trujillo, the wife of Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo, has released the first song from her forthcoming EP.

Cliff Burton was the revolutionary bassist for the metal band Metallica. However, a freak fatal accident ended his career—and his life—before he had the chance to truly shred. Supreme Court makes ...