I know he fell out of the tour bus window and was crushed..but how did it all happen in the first place?
2006-12-16 12:42:26 · 7 answers · asked by ? 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Metallic were on tour in Europe when their bus hit some black ice at night and flip over. Unfortunately Cliff flew out of it and the bus landed on him. Crews showed up to lift the bus off of Cliff and when it was halfway up in the air it slipped and crashed back down on his body. He was definitely dead after that!
2006-12-16 12:53:02 · answer #1 · answered by jasonstephenadams 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It seems a bit of a bizarre death to be fair and the guy was very young as well. Dont know much about the band, nor really know any of their music (i know they are one of the biggest and most famous thrash metal bands around), but i did manage to find this:
While on the European part of the Master of Puppets tour, the sleeping cubicles were reportedly unsatisfactory and uncomfortable, and so the band drew cards to decide who got to sleep in the most comfortable bunk. Burton and guitarist Kirk Hammett drew from a stack of cards to see who would get the top bunk. Burton won the card game with the ace of spades and therefore he got to sleep in Kirk Hammett's bed, as recalled on MTV's Rockumentary 1992 bio of the band (as well as in the VH1 show Behind the Music and the Metallica biography Metallica: Unbound by K. J. Doughton).
Burton died when the band's tour bus hit black ice (although it is still disputed that it may have crashed as the driver had been drinking) and flipped over in rural Sweden (Kronobergs län). Burton fell out of the emergency exit door's window, and the tour bus landed on top of him, killing him instantly. He was crushed again when the winch cable lifting the bus off him snapped, dropping the bus on him a second time.
Burton's body was cremated. At the ceremony, the instrumental "Orion" from the album Master of Puppets was played. Subsequently, Metallica never played "Orion" live in full until June 6 2006, when they performed the album Master of Puppets in its entirety to mark the 20th anniversary of its release. Previously, parts of the song had been used to bridge between other songs. During the 1990s, Burton's replacement, Jason Newsted, sometimes played the bass line for "Orion" as part of a Master of Puppets medley.
2006-12-16 13:01:53 · answer #2 · answered by bobby t 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Burton was sleeping in the top bunk against the window, and the tour bus hit a patch of black ice, skidded, and flipped over, Burton fell through the window and the bus landed on top of him crushing him.
2006-12-16 12:51:54 · answer #3 · answered by JimmytheKing 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
THe tour bus started to skid because of the icy roads.
2006-12-16 12:46:18 · answer #4 · answered by ernie_casarez 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
dont know. all i know is that megadeth are vastly better than metallica and that slayer are the dark masters of all thrash. hell, slayer are the dark masters full stop.
2006-12-16 13:36:43 · answer #5 · answered by BERNON W 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
hi
he died in 1986
bye
2006-12-16 21:19:18 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
someone played him a mettallica album and it got to much for him
2006-12-16 12:54:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋