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To Live Is to Die: The Life and Death of Metallica's Cliff Burton
Metallica, the seventh-biggest recording act in American history, are consummate musicians - but it wasn't always that way. A significant proportion of their playing expertise was acquired from a pivotal three-year period in their history - 1983 to 1986 - during which their music, a potent variant of thrash metal, evolved from garage-level to sophisticated, progressive hei...more
Paperback, 272 pages
Published
July 1st 2009
by Jawbone Press
(first published January 1st 2009)
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Just finished To Live Is to Die, and as one of the few books I'll be fortunate to finish all summer, I must say it proved quite entertaining. Picked it up at Twist & Shout on a whim, and didn't expect it to be nearly as engrossing as it was. Metallica fans will already be well-acquainted with the tragic ending (on a lonely stretch of highway in Sweden, in August 1986), but for those who want a glimpse into one of the man who gave the band its defining charisma during their heyday, definitely wor...more
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This book is a great read not only for Metallica fans, but for any bassist who has been inspired by Cliff. Joel did a great job of breaking down many of Cliff's bass lines and fills and even pointed a few out that I'd never noticed before. This book inspired me to go back and listen to the early Metallica records with a whole new pair of ears.
I was also pleased to hear from Cliff's girlfriend at the time of his death. I believe this book marks the first time that she has spoken about h...more
I was also pleased to hear from Cliff's girlfriend at the time of his death. I believe this book marks the first time that she has spoken about h...more
After reading the Mustaine bio, Enter Night about Metallica and this book, there are some common themes: WWCD- What Would Cliff Do? After Master of Puppets, Black Album, Load, etc...., we don't know, Metallica doesn't know, Dave Mustaine doesn't know. NO ONE KNOWS. Leave it alone, move on, focus and celebrate Cliff for what he brought to Metallica and music overall. One single truth is evident - without Cliff coming to Metallica, there is no Ride the Lightning or Master of Puppets in the form we...more
It's good but every time his mom is interviewed she overuses "very very" when talking about something he did or a certain way he is. Annoying!
Good read. Read it in 4 days. Alot of information about Cliff. Alot of information on how Metallica got started. Real truth and facts interviewed by girlfriends,band members,friends and magazine articles. This book is more for memory about a man who died accidently before his time.
good book, it just shows how metallica sucks after he died
A great look at one of metal's greatest bassists.
Amazing...Cliff Rulz!!!!
mettalically inspirational
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