One of the most inspired and well-received moments of Metallica's recent S&M2 shows with the San Francisco Symphony came when Scott Pingel performed a special tribute version of Cliff Burton's ...

When Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich first heard that one of the members of the San Francisco Symphony wanted to pay tribute to Cliff Burton, the band’s late bassist, at the group’s S&M2 collaboration ...

Cliff Burton's shredding fingerstyle bass solo (Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth, from Metallica's 1983 debut album, Kill 'Em All, stamped his identity firmly on the emerging thrash metal movement. Heavy ...

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 ...

For once, we’ve got a story about a Dave from Megadeth that doesn’t involve him reminding everyone that he was once in Metallica. Hey, did you know Dave Mustaine was a member of Metallica? No, this ...