![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
![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-630x420.jpg?w=980&q=75)
Anthrax's Scott Ian Looks Back on Cliff Burton's Death: 'Words Can't Really Describe How Dark It Was'
![METALLICA Bassist Cliff Burton Dies In Tour Bus Accident Aged 24 (September 27th, 1986) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine METALLICA Bassist Cliff Burton Dies In Tour Bus Accident Aged 24 (September 27th, 1986) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine](http://www.metalforcesmagazine.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/metallica_cliffburton1985photo01news.jpg)
METALLICA Bassist Cliff Burton Dies In Tour Bus Accident Aged 24 (September 27th, 1986) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine
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Charles Apple en Twitter: "The bus skidded and then rolled several times. Bass player Cliff Burton was killed. https://t.co/HOM1ZX0UWV" / Twitter
![The Story It was approaching dawn on Saturday, the 27th of September, 1986. Metallica's two tour buses were making their way along a god-forsaken road that lies somewhere between the Scandinavian cities of Stockholm and Copenhagen. Apart from ... The Story It was approaching dawn on Saturday, the 27th of September, 1986. Metallica's two tour buses were making their way along a god-forsaken road that lies somewhere between the Scandinavian cities of Stockholm and Copenhagen. Apart from ...](https://cliffb1986.tripod.com/bus_site.jpg)
The Story It was approaching dawn on Saturday, the 27th of September, 1986. Metallica's two tour buses were making their way along a god-forsaken road that lies somewhere between the Scandinavian cities of Stockholm and Copenhagen. Apart from ...
![Pictured: The trail of destruction left by bus crash which killed Polish migrant worker and left three critically injured | Daily Mail Online Pictured: The trail of destruction left by bus crash which killed Polish migrant worker and left three critically injured | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/08/19/article-1046543-0256874100000578-516_468x341.jpg)
Pictured: The trail of destruction left by bus crash which killed Polish migrant worker and left three critically injured | Daily Mail Online
![Metallica Cliff Burton death: James Hetfield's FURY 'I blamed him and wanted to kill him' | Music | Entertainment | Express.co.uk Metallica Cliff Burton death: James Hetfield's FURY 'I blamed him and wanted to kill him' | Music | Entertainment | Express.co.uk](https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/35/590x/Metallica-james-hetfield-cliff-burton-1339522.webp?r=1601115183733)