Metallica’s original bassist Cliff Burton was killed 30 years ago this past week when the band’s tour bus was in a crash as Metallica was travelling between concerts in Sweden. But his father Ray says his son had a sense of the major success the group was on the verge of, telling METAL SUCKS “He could see things coming along … he felt that they were doing well. He told his mom and me, ‘I’m gonna buy you two a house when this thing gets going better.’ So he had an idea that the band was going to be a success — and boy, was it ever.
While Burton would never realize the immensity of Metallica’s global stardom 30 years after his passing, royalties provide for his family and Ray Burton is a part of the band’s inner circle to this day.
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