photo thanks- Lars the drum god
LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES SEPTEMBER 27, 2019-SAD DAY IN ROCK HISTORY…32 YEARS AGO METALLICA’S CLIFF BURTON LOST HIS LIFE WHEN THE BAND’S TOUR BUS CRASHED IN SWEDEN. METALLICA WAS ON THE EUROPEAN LEG OF THE ‘DAMAGE INC’ TOUR, WHEN THE TOUR BUS SKIDDED OFF THE ROAD. THE NIGHT BEFORE THE ACCIDENT THE BAND COMPLAINED THE SLEEPING CUBICLES ON THE BUS WERE “SHITTY AND UNCOMFORTABLE.” TO DECIDE WHO GOT THE PICK OF THE BUNKS, BURTON AND KIRK HAMMETT DREW CARDS. BURTON WON THE GAME BY CUTTING THE ACE OF SPADES, AND THEN TOLD HAMMETT “I WANT YOUR BUNK.” HAMMETT THEN RESPONDED “FINE TAKE MY BUNK, I’LL SLEEP UP FRONT, IT’S PROBABLY BETTER UP THERE ANYWAY.” AROUND 7A.M. SEPTEMBER 27, ACCORDING TO THE DRIVER, THE BUS HIT BLACK ICE AND SKIDDED OFF THE ROAD AND FLIPPED ONTO THE GRASS OF A NEARBY FIELD. BURTON WAS THROWN THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE BUS, ONLY TO HAVE THE BUS LAND ON TOP OF HIM RESULTING IN HIS DEATH.
DESPITE THE FACT THERE WERE MANY QUESTIONS SURROUNDING THE CLAIMS OF BLACK ICE CAUSING THE ACCIDENT, NOT ENOUGH EVIDENCE WAS FOUND TO FIND THE DRIVER AT FAULT AND NO CHARGES WERE BROUGHT AGAINST HIM.
photo-lamont’s metallica archives
THIS IS REALLY COMPELLING STUFF FROM METALLICA ON THE NIGHT CLIFF BURTON DIED
