To Live Is To Die The Life And Death Of Metallica's Cliff Burton
by:
Joel McIver (author)
Kirk Hammett (author)
Metallica, the seventh-biggest recording act in American history, are consummate musicians ¯ but it wasn't always that way. A significant proportion of their playing expertise was acquired from a pivotal three-year period in their history ¯ 1983 to 1986 ¯ during which their music, a potent...
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Metallica, the seventh-biggest recording act in American history, are consummate musicians ¯ but it wasn't always that way. A significant proportion of their playing expertise was acquired from a pivotal three-year period in their history ¯ 1983 to 1986 ¯ during which their music, a potent variant of thrash metal, evolved from garage-level to sophisticated, progressive heights ¯ thanks to the teachings of their bass player, Cliff Burton. The San Francisco-raised Burton pushed the band to new musical levels with his musical training, songwriting ability, and phenomenal bass guitar skills. Cliff's life was short but
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781906002244 (190600224X)
ASIN: 190600224X
Publish date: June 1st 2009
Publisher: Jawbone Press
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
Make no mistake this book will further mythologize Mr. Burton.Like an inane fan McIver will offer his look on what Metallica would have become if Burton would have survived which is totally uncalled for, not to mention preposterous.In essence he argues that Metallica would have turned out pretty muc...
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