Cliff Burton - Gets Memorial Stone

In Connection with the 20th anniversary of Cliff's death (i.e. 27th September) a memorial stone for Cliff Burton was placed on Saturday 30th September, close to the site of the accident which took his life.

A picture of the stone can be seen here http://www.cliffinourminds.com/ceremony/5.jpg

An interview with James Hetfield in a Swedish newspaper can be found at http://www.cliffinourminds.com.

Source:	cliffinourminds.com
Band profile:	Metallica

Posted: 05.10.2006 by Warman

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NoRb3 Account deleted	Permalink 05.10.2006 - 19:26 NoRb3 Account deleted What can I say...R.I.P Cliff Burton Loading...
Warman Erotic Stains Posts: 7695	Permalink 05.10.2006 - 19:29 Warman Erotic Stains Posts: 7695 I'm gonna go and show my respect someday. ---- Loading...
Der Meister Account deleted	Permalink 05.10.2006 - 19:46 Der Meister Account deleted Why did he have to die, I don't know how, but I know Metallica would be alot better today if it wouldn't have happened. Maybe they would still be playing Thrash! Loading...
Spyroid Rosetta Stoned Posts: 1023	Permalink 05.10.2006 - 20:31 Spyroid Rosetta Stoned Posts: 1023 Anyone knows where in Sweden this is? Loading...
Thryce Retired Staff elite Posts: 4346	Permalink 05.10.2006 - 21:03 Thryce Retired Staff elite Posts: 4346 Written by Spyroid on 05.10.2006 at 20:31 Anyone knows where in Sweden this is? I know a Memorial Day in honor of Cliff Burton was held at The Gyllene Rasten venue (http://www.gyllenerasten.se), located in Ljungby, Dörarp, Sweden. And that is near the place of the accident/memorial stone... BTW More photos can be viewed here. ---- Your favorite band sucks. Loading...
danzig111 Account deleted	Permalink 06.10.2006 - 00:46 danzig111 Account deleted Oh I thought it was in Norway where he died. I guess I was wrong. Loading...
AnGina-- Dark Phoenix Posts: 3555	Permalink 06.10.2006 - 00:52 AnGina-- Dark Phoenix Posts: 3555 I'm just playing Orion to his honour. ---- You think darkness is your ally? You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it. Molded by it. I didn't see the light until I was a man. But it was nothing to me but blinding. Loading...
W-Lash Metal Master Posts: 2531	Permalink 06.10.2006 - 00:52 W-Lash Metal Master Posts: 2531 Written by Guest on 05.10.2006 at 19:46 Why did he have to die, I don't know how, but I know Metallica would be alot better today if it wouldn't have happened. Maybe they would still be playing Thrash! That was an accident...Yeah, maybe they still would be playing trash. Loading...
TheSlaughter Account deleted	Permalink 06.10.2006 - 01:50 TheSlaughter Account deleted Heh, how much did that cost? 300$? No... it couldnt have... James Hetfield wouldnt drop 300$ for someone else. Loading...
?Bodomchild? Posts: 210	Permalink 06.10.2006 - 06:29 ?Bodomchild? Posts: 210 R.I.P Cliff ---- asd Loading...
Beto Gtz Account deleted	Permalink 06.10.2006 - 06:37 Beto Gtz Account deleted Thanks for everything Burton... Loading...
PRIMAL FEAR Account deleted	Permalink 06.10.2006 - 08:14 PRIMAL FEAR Account deleted They should have done this earlier if they really cared for his death... Loading...
Eight Shapeshifter Posts: 2134	Permalink 06.10.2006 - 09:52 Eight Shapeshifter Posts: 2134 Rest in peace, and thank you ---- Book: "I am a Shepherd. Folks like a man of God." Mal: "No, they don't. Men of God make everyone feel guilty and judged." Loading...
Taktsekte Your Ad Here! Posts: 2808	Permalink 06.10.2006 - 10:04 Taktsekte Your Ad Here! Posts: 2808 If I ever go to Sweden, I shall definitely visit that place. Thrash Metal would sound much different if he were still alive today. Loading...
ElCon Account deleted	Permalink 06.10.2006 - 13:26 ElCon Account deleted On youtube.com you can watch this ceremony ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uxv2VDmVT0 Loading...
Baz Anderson staff Posts: 13237	Permalink 06.10.2006 - 13:30 Baz Anderson staff Posts: 13237 only 24 when he died. how sad Loading...
Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck elite Posts: 40071	Permalink 06.10.2006 - 14:51 Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck elite Posts: 40071 Written by Guest on 06.10.2006 at 00:46 Oh I thought it was in Norway where he died. Norway? You must of course mean Sweden. ---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 Loading...
danzig111 Account deleted	Permalink 06.10.2006 - 14:52 danzig111 Account deleted ^^yeahhhh i acknowledged that i made a mistake....lol. Loading...
Warman Erotic Stains Posts: 7695	Permalink 06.10.2006 - 15:10 Warman Erotic Stains Posts: 7695 Written by Guest on 06.10.2006 at 01:50 Heh, how much did that cost? 300$? No... it couldnt have... James Hetfield wouldnt drop 300$ for someone else. James Hetfield didn't pay for that, he didn't even know about it until it was finished. It was contributions from fans that paid the stone and it costed about $1250. ---- Loading...
kakalokola Posts: 64	Permalink 07.10.2006 - 00:29 kakalokola Posts: 64 come on ppl !! its been 20 fuckin years !!! i think he is already rotted and beeen eaten by worms Loading...
Thrash666 Posts: 217	Permalink 07.10.2006 - 02:34 Thrash666 Posts: 217 I will be going 2 Sweeden soon 2 pay my respects 2 the most underrated musician ever. R.I.P. Cliff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ---- LONG LIVE THASH!!!!!!!!! R.I.P. "Dimebag" Darrell Abott Drink a "blacktooth" for Dimebag Loading...
NECURATU Posts: 265	Permalink 07.10.2006 - 15:02 NECURATU Posts: 265 Written by kakalokola on 07.10.2006 at 00:29 come on ppl !! its been 20 fuckin years !!! i think he is already rotted and beeen eaten by worms His corpse was taken to the crematory you dumbass. ---- When the sun rises I take my flock on the balks When the moon rises I tell the woods good night Loading...
TheSlaughter Account deleted	Permalink 07.10.2006 - 19:28 TheSlaughter Account deleted Written by Warman on 06.10.2006 at 15:10 Written by Guest on 06.10.2006 at 01:50 Heh, how much did that cost? 300$? No... it couldnt have... James Hetfield wouldnt drop 300$ for someone else. James Hetfield didn't pay for that, he didn't even know about it until it was finished. It was contributions from fans that paid the stone and it costed about $1250. it was a joke... Loading...
Lucas Mr. Noise elite Posts: 13427	Permalink 07.10.2006 - 19:34 Lucas Mr. Noise elite Posts: 13427 I thought this was known a long time ago.. ---- SLUDGE. DOOM. DEATH. Wait, what? "The reason I'm running for president is because I can't be Bruce Springsteen." - Barack Obama Loading...
Warman Erotic Stains Posts: 7695	Permalink 07.10.2006 - 19:39 Warman Erotic Stains Posts: 7695 @: TheSlaughter: NO, was it a joke! Oh my god! Haha, of course I got that, hehe ... I just wanted to tell how much the stone costed and how it was payed. ---- Loading...
SETHULHU yogi_lb@hotmail.com elite Posts: 7197	Permalink 07.10.2006 - 22:18 SETHULHU yogi_lb@hotmail.com elite Posts: 7197 sad thing when we see this now and not years before. and even sader when the band didnt do it. oh well ... ---- This site is great. FOR ME TO POOP ON. reBubblefuckered !!!BAAAALEEETEEED!!! Loading...
Daru Jericho Posts: 2098	Permalink 08.10.2006 - 05:02 Daru Jericho Posts: 2098 Pretty cool stone. And I agree with SETHULHU. ---- Aborted Misanthropic Smurf Puppy On Acid. Loading...
kakalokola Posts: 64	Permalink 08.10.2006 - 17:23 kakalokola Posts: 64 Written by NECURATU on 07.10.2006 at 15:02 Written by kakalokola on 07.10.2006 at 00:29 come on ppl !! its been 20 fuckin years !!! i think he is already rotted and beeen eaten by worms His corpse was taken to the crematory you dumbass. i just dont care, he is a good bassist, but comon on guys its been 20 years its not like that you are related to him or somthing !!!! Loading...
Insineratehymn Account deleted	Permalink 09.10.2006 - 02:54 Insineratehymn Account deleted I should visit his memorial stone and pay my respects to him sometime in my life. Whenever I play 'Fade To Black', I always remember his work. Why was he taken from this world so soon? Loading...
NECURATU Posts: 265	Permalink 11.10.2006 - 18:39 NECURATU Posts: 265 Well grinder...i don't care you don't care. It really has nothing to do with being related and crap. That guys' ideas & work mean a hell of a lot to me and i don't give a rotten apple if it's been 20 or 200 hundred years. Those songs never die you know. ---- When the sun rises I take my flock on the balks When the moon rises I tell the woods good night Loading...