Crossroads - Metallica bass player Cliff Burton died 33 years ago today in a fatal bus crash in Sweden while Metallica was on tour. The driver of the bus hit a patch
![Photo of Lars, James and Kirk getting dropped off at a hotel after Cliff Burton was killed in the bus crash. : r/Metallica Photo of Lars, James and Kirk getting dropped off at a hotel after Cliff Burton was killed in the bus crash. : r/Metallica](https://static.cdn-expressen.se/images/dd/b5/ddb524af00ef4449b4bb0fe7a1759be8/16x9/640@60.jpg)
Photo of Lars, James and Kirk getting dropped off at a hotel after Cliff Burton was killed in the bus crash. : r/Metallica
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Anthrax's Scott Ian Looks Back on Cliff Burton's Death: 'Words Can't Really Describe How Dark It Was'
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Lars Ulrich Remembers the Accident That Killed Metallica's Original Bassist Cliff Burton (1996) - YouTube
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METALLICA Bassist Cliff Burton Dies In Tour Bus Accident Aged 24 (September 27th, 1986) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine
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Metallica Inc. - Photo of Lars, James and Kirk getting dropped off at a hotel after Cliff Burton was killed in the bus crash. 💔 | Facebook
![The Cliff Burton Museum opens this weekend in Lagan, outside Ljungby in Sweden. The museum will honour the life of the late Metallica bassist, who died in a tour bus accident on The Cliff Burton Museum opens this weekend in Lagan, outside Ljungby in Sweden. The museum will honour the life of the late Metallica bassist, who died in a tour bus accident on](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2J853N3/the-cliff-burton-museum-opens-this-weekend-in-lagan-outside-ljungby-in-sweden-the-museum-will-honour-the-life-of-the-late-metallica-bassist-who-died-in-a-tour-bus-accident-on-september-27-1986-12-miles-north-of-ljungbythe-initiators-are-krister-and-anna-lena-ljungberg-together-with-tom-johansson-picture-cliff-burtons-memorial-stone-photo-anders-anderssontt-code-11091-2J853N3.jpg)