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The Latest Breaking News from Cliff Burton

When Cliff Burton met Geddy Lee: “He started pacing, he started smoking pot, and he was like, ‘Oh my God!’”

Kirk Hammett remembers when Rush frontman Geddy Lee showed up at a Metallica show

Guitar World

Joe Satriani: the 10 greatest instrumental tracks ever written

Guitar wiz Joe Satriani picks 10 instrumentals that have guided him on his long career through rock

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“Metallica loved it”: why Hesher is the greatest Hollywood movie ever to be inspired by Cliff Burton

Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt channelled late Metallica bassist Cliff Burton as the nihilistic title character in cult movie Hesher

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Jason Newsted calls And Justice For All the best garage duo album ever: "There was never any big bass on Metallica's albums until the Black Album"

"It was their trip, you know?"

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Metallica’s Kirk Hammett: “With 72 Seasons, I improvised 20, 30 solos, gave them all to Lars and Greg Fidelman, and went, ‘You guys edit them!’”

Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo draw back the curtain on the metal album of the year: the gear shakeups, the Angus Young and Ritchie Blackmore-inspired guitar approach, and the response to critics of Kirk’s improvisational soloing approach

Guitar World

"With no disrespect to Cliff Burton, I think my picking brought a new tightness to Metallica. Cliff's sound wasn't very defined": An interview with Jason Newsted on the release of The Black Album

From the Bass Player archive: Jason Newsted on picking vs fingers, the gear and technique behind The Black Album and how it feels to fill Cliff Burton's shoes...

Guitar World

Cliff Burton wrote one of Metallica’s heaviest riffs on a de-tuned classical guitar

Kirk Hammett: “To this day, I think: ‘How did Cliff write that?’”

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10 surprising artists who have sampled Metallica

From hip hop icon Eminem to drum 'n' bass heavyweights Chase & Status, these are some of the artists to have reimagined classic Metallica moments for their own songs

Metal Hammer

Flashback: see remastered footage of Metallica doing press for Master Of Puppets in 1986 with Cliff Burton

"We're doing it our way"

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Metallica's Kirk Hammett shares tender memories of the late, great Cliff Burton: "When he left us, Cliff was as powerful as he could be as a person"

As part of Classic Rock magazine's Metallica cover feature, guitarist Kirk Hammett salutes his late room-mate, friend and bandmate Cliff Burton

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The story behind every single Metallica album cover art

Electric chairs, toilet bowl stabbings and, erm, semen – the Four Horsemen have had quite the eclectic visual journey

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Stranger Things Features 'The Most Metal Concert Ever' With Song From This Band

For the second time since the release of “Stranger Things” season four, downloads of a 1980s song that was used on the show's soundtrack soared. Read on to learn more about the hit, and how it ties into the plot of this popular Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) series.

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