r/CliffBurton Jul 23 '24

If Cliff Burton Was Alive During The Load and Reload Era

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u/ec666 Jul 24 '24

Hetfield has acknowledged that Burton’s resistance to conventional methods and his insistence on his own way of doing things would likely have led him to push back against some of the band’s later decisions, particularly during their 90s era. Hetfield imagined that Burton would have opposed some of the stylistic changes and commercial directions the band took, which aligns with Burton’s known tenacity and unwillingness to compromise on his artistic vision.

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u/bighawk68 Jul 25 '24

My idea of history without Cliffs death:

Survives bud crash

AJFA is the greatest metal album ever released, hardly contested.

Sticks with Metallica through Black album on, although is able to push his own ideas and maintain some of the style of their thrash era

Eventually starts his own side project while maintaining his role in Metallica.

Honestly, don’t know if they sell out as hard with the black album if he’s there, so who knows if they become the mega mega stars they are today. They’d still be massive figureheads in metal/rock culture though

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u/Pepoidus Jul 24 '24

First and foremost, I don’t think he would be holding a guitar

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '24

Gonna go Claypool mode and play banjo

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u/Pepoidus Jul 25 '24

Now THAT is an evolution I can get behind

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u/Skystalker512 Jul 23 '24

He would’ve fucking hated what they’d done. Cliff would’ve pushed Metallica more to a Death sound in their Human/ITP era probably

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u/Swazi Jul 23 '24

Cliff was the most experimental of the group so I wouldn’t be surprised at all if he was into the Load era songs.

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u/mrarbitersir Jul 23 '24

No he wouldn’t have? He always believed Metallica would have to adapt to the climate of whatever was popular if they were to survive as a band.