![September 27, 1986 - Metallica Bassist Cliff Burton dies in bus crash - This Day In Automotive History September 27, 1986 - Metallica Bassist Cliff Burton dies in bus crash - This Day In Automotive History](https://automotivehistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Metallica-bus-crash.jpg)
September 27, 1986 - Metallica Bassist Cliff Burton dies in bus crash - This Day In Automotive History
91.3 WYEP - The Daily Feedback: Cliff Burton was Metallica's founding bass player. He died tragically on this day in 1986 when the band's bus went off the road and crushed him.
![raysaglassforcliff is a hashtag promoted by official Cliff Burton Family on FB in honor of Ray's passing and Cliff's death anniversary. Here's my leg piece (a blend of albums Kill Em All - raysaglassforcliff is a hashtag promoted by official Cliff Burton Family on FB in honor of Ray's passing and Cliff's death anniversary. Here's my leg piece (a blend of albums Kill Em All -](https://i.redd.it/gmlyt7zhlqp51.jpg)
raysaglassforcliff is a hashtag promoted by official Cliff Burton Family on FB in honor of Ray's passing and Cliff's death anniversary. Here's my leg piece (a blend of albums Kill Em All -
![Anthrax's Scott Ian Looks Back on Cliff Burton's Death: 'Words Can't Really Describe How Dark It Was' Anthrax's Scott Ian Looks Back on Cliff Burton's Death: 'Words Can't Really Describe How Dark It Was'](https://townsquare.media/site/295/files/2014/09/scott_and_cliff.jpg)