Metallica’s Secretly Tragic History

Metallica, the only band that has played on all seven continents, has a long history filled with tragedy, overindulgence, and making a lot of people really, really angry.
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[@Liz-cmc313]

Ive known this story since day one. I was fortunate to have see Cliff play about 3 months before he died. RIP Cliff,you are missed by so many. 🤘🏼

[@danzemacabre8899]

Me too, but is was in the spring just before going on tour with Ozzy ,Decatur il. Best show of my life. Only about 500-700 people ,very intimate and Armored Saint opened ,both bands stuck around and hung out after the show, smoked some pot ,drank a couple of beers and kirk was skateboarding around the place, Cliff was out in the crowd in the back watching Armored Saint ,a few of us jumped on stage and sang some parts, it was like a local band gig and it was unforgettable especially considering what the future held, I'll always remember how they were genuinely intrigued with what alot of us had to say and were asking questions it was just damn cool, where did you see them with Cliff?

[@davidr1676]

Damn commercial erased my comment. Another time. Remembering 1986 and their trips through Chicago and area, Wisconsin too???

[@davidr1676]

After Cliff died, Slayer became my go to when I saw them Feb 87 at the Aragon Ballroom. The audience pelted the headliners with insults, refuse, seat cushions, probably piss in beer pails. Blackie didn't look too pleased and Slayer didn't come back out sadly, but that's not how it works.

[@Nylon_riot]

I went to the Guns n Roses tour. Axl became infamous for screwing concerts up. He basically destroyed Guns N Roses. At my concert, he was over 3 hours late coming to the concert when it was 100*F. t was a stadium, and they ended up hosing people down to prevent heatstroke. People ended up having to leave to catch transportation home. Didn't support the band after that. I actually think Lars ended up being correct about streaming because look what it has done to the music industry. And the stranger things fans *tried* to cancel Metallica, and were shut down in about 6 hours because they came up against Metallica fans. Many had to delete their accounts. We lived through congressional censorship and the Satanic panic, lol.

[@user-mv9tt4st9k]

Axl behaved like a first class jerk. I found Guns N Roses loathesome. 😂

[@HeathenDance]

Personal judgements aside, I think Guns is a very annoying band. Both voice and instrumental section. And yes, the Internet ruined, at least, the Metal Industry. Number of professional Metal bands whose careers started in the 21st century: ZERO. Big labels like Nuclear Blast, Century Media, and Metal Blade keep milking the dinosaurs from the 80's and 90's, also profiting with KZbin's revenues on that regard. But after those dudes are gone, bye bye. There are great Metal bands today, they are simply kept underground.

[@nicholashardin3704]

Metallica will live on forever as far as I’m concerned, but I am a fan and you don’t cancel on them right before the concert they give you several chances to cancel asking for. It’s only fair. These guys are legends

[@SeanEnginetechnology]

Nylon riot, can't believe I haven't thought about the whole "backwards masking" Satan worshipers and so on for years now 😅😮! Yeah I got it hard with Christian parents, but I still snuck in and learned every single metal song I could possibly learn!! And listened to it all non-stop 🎸🙏💯

[@user-fu2mi1nd5l]

@@SeanEnginetechnology The backmasking was started by the Fabs, and yes they have occult messages there

[@JonKorpi-fk7yo]

My favorite member of Metallica was always Hammett because he's not full of s*** he's just happy being there

[@bondalero0074]

Yes, Screw the rest!#Kirk#Metallica🤘🏻

[@mjames97301]

Davey!!

[@christinecrawford]

Not to mention those awesome guitar solos!! Agree 💯%!

[@SeanEnginetechnology]

Yep, not sure if it's because I'm a guitar player or whatever but yes, I have enjoyed learning their music since I started playing around 12 years old I'm thinking..

[@michaelking42]

Sadly, Kirk let politics go to his brain and I've heard him rant a time or two. If he'd just shut his mouth and play, that would be nice.

[@WildWestGal]

Alright, I'm going to say it again. The brilliant narration by the young man with the wonderful Scottish brogue, dry wit, excellent writing/editing skills making these videos... whoever you are, you are really TALENTED! Keep up the great work!

[@cadavera666]

Haha! I was thinking this guy's got a great Scottish brogue. Lol I love me a great Scottish brogue. Everybody likes their own brand. Lol

[@cgh7337]

One can't help but wonder what Metallica would've been like if Cliff never died & how him being influenced by punk rock would've shaped the band in years to come. It's a fucking shame what happened to him. RIP.

[@MetaITurtle]

As good as Justice album is, it definitely would of at least sounded better if Cliff was still alive. Justice was meant to be over the top because of their anger. But im confident in saying if Cliff was around, it would of been a better album. It would of still had that classic Metallica kind of vibe. It could of been even bigger than the black album who knows. Only mysterious thing about this would be, we wouldn't have that Justice sound or Black album sound. That was influenced by Jason joining the band. Because Jason played with a pick, his bass tone was more pronounced. So the guitar tones changed as well.

[@soundmattersuk]

Dave didn't need to audition, because they heard him warm up. He is the godfather of thrash. It wasn't until after he joined, they discovered his personality...

[@SweetEmotions2000]

Mustang Sucks! As he proved it. Metallica didn't need that! So f*ckin what!

[@soundmattersuk]

@@SweetEmotions2000 I think we need to be even handed though. Clearly, he would have never lasted with them long term, I mean look at how many line up charges Megadeth have had, but they did use his music, and arguably his influence on their style lasted for 4 albums.

[@davidr1676]

He was an ass after adding alcohol and probably everything else. However, I still loved the first few albums and live shows all the same. By And Justice, my love was gone but Black Album turned me off their new material. By 1991 I was onto far more complex music with a different vibe. Sometimes the music still calls me back, and I remember lyrics I've not heard in decades. Lars got too wrapped up with album sales, live shows was always where the real money and real fans exist.

[@davidr1676]

Damn commercials keep bumping my comments. Lars blows is my opinion at the moment. Too focused on album sales instead of playing live for fans and real money.

[@davidr1676]

​@@SweetEmotions2000Mustang??? Nah, he sucked while drunk and later totally strung out. 86-88 he was very on top and material was good. Black Album was one I stopped playing after Sandman overkill. Overkill...that's another band that was interesting and opened for Megadeth in 87.

[@anneh6316]

I was 18 in ‘83, I remember partying with friends & someone played a tape of Metallica. Everyone got quiet & looked at each other- we all listened to a lot of metal - but they were unlike anything we’d heard before. Good times ! Btw I’ve got the original 3 man Metal Blade LP compilation release somewhere.

[@kayakchrispy]

This happened to me in 88 when I heard kill em all .. I was 15

[@HeathenDance]

That's genuinely very cool.

[@toddhaines4733]

That’s exactly what happened to me in 83 I was listening to Iron Maiden in more melodic produced metal and when I heard kill them all, I didn’t know what to think. It actually took me two years to come around to Metallica and then I was a die hard fan for life.

[@anneh6316]

@@toddhaines4733 love Maiden too, was able to get backstage in San Diego in the 80s have some pics with them, they were all nice but maybe Bruce , back then I think he was kinda bored with the fans lol -anyhow Steve Harris = #1 HM bassist all time, that’s imho. I liked how they incorporated history lessons in their songs too. 👍👍

[@rosiewhitfield123]

That’s incredibly awesome you have such great memories. I was only almost 5 in 1983.

[@corm1000]

As an interesting side note, the band Morbid Angel was traveling down the same stretch of highway in almost exactly the same place, around 7 or 8 years after Metallica had been there, and they also got into a bus accident.

[@MsRocker961]

Wow

[@EvilSkeltos]

No way that's a creepy coincidence if you think about it, but it almost seems like a paranormal kind of a thing

[@crashburn3292]

I went to see Metallica open for Ozzy at Cal Expo in Sacramento in the summer of 1986, but just before the show began it was announced that Blue Oyster Cult would be replacing Metallica. (Hetfield wrecked on a skateboard) That poor band. Throughout their set the entire crowd flipped them off, booed nonstop and chanted "Where's Metallica?! Where's Metallica?! Where's Metallica?!" But BOC were the ultimate pros. They played through all of it, without complaint and they finished their set, unlike Axl Rose and Guns N Roses did when Hetfield was burned on stage.

[@teresastommel6367]

BOC IS a much better band!!

[@aussiejubes]

That's such a dog act to do that to a band. Concert goers can be foul with this sort of thing.

[@DickGozinya-zl2bd]

@@teresastommel6367 Yeah, I guess if you're like 70 you might think that. BOC is a good band but, they're no Metallica. Especially Metallica in 1986, before they sold out.

[@JeffPalasek-cw2hv]

​@@DickGozinya-zl2bdYa' know what? I love BÖC. But their concert set that year was not better than a Metallica set. For all the awesome songs BÖC has under their belt, their hits just aren't that great. And they always play their hits in concert.

[@normatible9795]

Boc were professionals to finish their set afterall ,boc were paid . Like them or not, rhey had their money 😂😂

[@nicholashardin3704]

These guys are legends and will live on through the time. There’s no band like them in the world

[@AudiophileTommy]

I will ALWAYS believe the bus driver fell asleep .

[@Thetenmaumau]

Drunk drivers often do that.

[@marktoken6052]

​@@Thetenmaumau Or those driving through the night without proper rest.

[@Thetenmaumau]

@@marktoken6052 True but knowing the bands reputation, when i say band i mean band+crew, alcohollica was in full swing during that time and jägermeister was their poison.

[@limeycheesehead97]

I love the fact that one day I learn about someone Royal, and the next you kick a** with a piece on Metallica. As always, keep up the great work!

[@YourWifesBoyfriend]

What?

[@Gman_-bq7wq]

Kmuuuuuu

[@YourWifesBoyfriend]

@@Gman_-bq7wq I clicked "Translate to English" but your comment still doesn't make sense

[@keithherndon5317]

Saw Metallica. 3/15/92 . They didn't have a opening band They played four hours. From Mast of puppets to the black album . I was 18 and it was my second. Concert I left. That. Show with whiplash. and Dream of being in a heavy metal. Singer and. Guitar player I'm now 50 and. The dream is still alive . Thank you James Hatfield for saving my life and giving it purpose

[@SeanEnginetechnology]

No doubt, I got to see them Soo many times throughout the years, probably the most live shows of any band, although I have never listened to anything After the black album, and even that I think and justice for all is the last great album they have made.. And yes, guitarist and (wish)I was a singer, at 52 years old now..

[@michaelking42]

Similar experience here. James Hetfield is a one of a kind.

[@eddieelprimoflores5620]

You sir are the shit and fucking rock!!!!🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@glenclaypool1678]

I actually went to High School with Cliff Burton. He was a pretty cool 😎 dude for being an upper class man. I just remember him being into metal music. I started playing the guitar at 10 years old. I started out playing the Congas, and the bongos, then I graduated to the drums. But the guitar just always called me. In fact, when my Grandpa passed away, I got the very first guitar that I had ever played. My wife Sindi Lu perfectly measured the tuners and the barrels (it's a classical guitar). She did an amazing measuring job. The guitar is in excellent shape for it's age. But anyway, Cliff was just a person that you wanted to be noticed by. I always brought my guitar to school, and we would just jam on the lawn. Whenever James talks about the crash, that might be helping him out, but to me, that's not who Cliff was. He was a person who was always wanting to be in a band to get the girls. That's how I want to remember him, He isn't the way he died, he was the way that he lived.

[@12thDecember]

Black ice is almost impossible to see, because it's just a thin layer of transparent ice over asphalt. The ice is clear and gets its "color" from the road beneath it. I don't know how someone can return to an accident scene and search for black ice, especially if the temperature has risen and the ice melts. Terrible accident, but I tend to believe the driver. Once you hit black ice, you have zero traction and lose control of the vehicle.

[@sunshineyone2081]

Not taking sides either way, but he probably knew that driver quite well and may have had a reason to believe that wasn't exactly what happened. I'm not a fan of him, personally, at all.

[@tiffanysjustcoloring]

@@sunshineyone2081Agreed, and the way I understand it from seeing multiple videos on the subject (but definitely could be wrong of course!) it sounds like he basically crawled out of the wreckage unharmed, overheard the driver blaming the wreck on black ice and ran back down the road to check it out. It’s the only way it would make sense to be checking the scene out (in my opinion, anyway) since as they said, black ice is pretty much invisible and it would most likely be gone by morning. Conditions wouldn’t be the same every night, so it would be useless to go looking at any time other than the time of the accident.

[@Nylon_riot]

But it has the same effect on people. You can't walk on it either without losing control.

[@cosmicraysshotsintothelight]

Almost impossible to see from the perspective of a vehicle operator looking through a windshield. This ice was looked for with boots on the ground. It does not hide from direct ocular inspection. He said he could find none. Then there was none. And he didn't "return to an accident scene" He was there at the time, right then and there. The ice didn't melt, your brain did.

[@12thDecember]

@@cosmicraysshotsintothelight No need to be rude. Your comment deserves to be flagged.

[@jenniferdnoseworthy2348]

While I do enjoy Metallica, I always thought they were a bit full of themselves, especially Ulrich. Great video, thanks ⭐️🇨🇦

[@DickGozinya-zl2bd]

Metallica's arrogance & money grubbing has always reminded me of KISS.

[@joshpelton8068]

Well they did play a huge part in shaping what would be known as thrash metal...

[@dsxa918]

They did play a huge role in *popularising* thrash metal And part of that is their "crossover appeal".

[@joshpelton8068]

@@dsxa918 popularizing it? Hetfield and Mustaine are the two most important guitarists in thrash metal. Saying anything else is just objectively wrong. Slayer, Testament and Anthrax credit Metallica for inspiring them . Kerry King said Slayer were more like Judas priest before seeing Metallica live.

[@straightrippnable706]

​@@joshpelton8068 thrash existed, was developed, is a subgenre outside of the scope of two bands, is my point.

[@jeannadriver9552]

"Probably a good place to end a video." - Love that!

[@andywalex]

If you're here to figure out Jame's discovery, don't waste your time, it's just clickbait.

[@borobinson7005]

People who've only heard one Metallica song on a TV show or heard "Enter Sandman" and "Sad but True" on the radio a couple times have no right to judge anything they've done the last 40 sum years!! 🤘 Ron McGovney was the original bassist before Cliff Burton 🤘

[@user-fu2mi1nd5l]

Cliff was the sacrifice, like Jones, Moon, Bonham et all

[@RBass1978]

EXACTLY! Cliff was the sacrifice for fame. Metallica, the biggest name ever in rock music… it comes at a price. When you look at James now, you can see it in his demeanor that he’s terrified cause he knows the end has come. The ride is over, and there’s nothing left but eternity to pay. I pray for him to one day break the deal he made and turn to Christ for forgiveness. For those that say BS, watch the 60 Minutes interview with Bob Dylan.

[@user-fu2mi1nd5l]

@@RBass1978 And backmasking in Stairway and other classic tunes

[@-WolfMan-]

​@RBass1978 Unfortunately, as the old saying goes ... "A Deal's a DEAL" Contracts that are inked in Blood are absolutely UNBREAKABLE

[@RBass1978]

@@-WolfMan- yeah, I hear ya on that. Only thing that can break a deal in blood is the deal God made with the blood of Christ.

[@psalm23v6]

Wow...I thought I was the ONLY person who thought this...

[@SageX85]

What part is the secret?

[@dddux]

I think Ulrich ordered the un-aliving of Cliff Burton. Just kiddding! I love stories of the music band's beginnings. So nostalgic. Thank you for this Metallica story!

[@YeshuaHamsandwich]

Is that where the saying "they threw me under the bus" comes from?

[@hockeyeverything4339]

The first three Metallica releases are arguably the greatest, most important releases in heavy metal history. This is undeniable. If you were actually present at the time, no one. Not one true metal fan, ever, at any time, wasn't in absolute love with Metallica. They changed the entire landscape of metal and mainstream acceptance. This is a fact that is written in stone, and always will be

[@glennt69lol]

Yeah man, living through the early years pre load, they were a juggernaut

[@HeathenDance]

Metallica is one of my favourite bands of all time, but they also got lucky. And it's important to mention that Mustaine's influence and teachings regarding how to play in tremolo, completely changed the game, regarding Metal. Metallica got this from him. Also, a significant part of Metallica's early sound comes directly from Diamond Head, which never really took of, and instead served as bridge for bands like Metallica. It's also not a secret anymore, that they ripped off several riffs from other bands, during that period. Some were very obscure, like Bleak House and Axe Witch. But one of them is even from David Bowie. The riff after the solo on Master of Puppets. It's literally the same as a previous Bowie release.

[@hockeyeverything4339]

@@HeathenDance Mustaine is great. But Metallica didn't need him. In fact, they felt otherwise

[@hockeyeverything4339]

@@HeathenDance lucky. Lololol

[@HeathenDance]

@@hockeyeverything4339 You need luck to achieve success. Even the name "Metallica" helped. It's super catchy. Small things make all the difference. In the 21st century, no Metal band achieved or will achieve success from scratch. Internet era: Not so lucky.

[@user-uz1si3fu1i]

February 10th 1962-September 27th 1986 he was twenty four years old when he tragically died.

[@michaelrowe7161]

😮😮 On my birthday???!!!!!?!?

[@marcdewey1242]

This story has been told again and again,every Metallica fan should know it by heart.

[@user-uz1si3fu1i]

Rest in peace 🪦 Cliff Burton

[@Spyder1972]

Metallica is a heavy metal band, and they always will be my first and my favorite ❤️ I've been listening to them since 1982, they were here at the start, middle and will be here in the end. METALLICA RULES ❤❤

[@YeshuaHamsandwich]

Did you know that Metallica's first album "Kill em all" was almost called "Only kill some if em"? They changed the title at the last minute.

[@thisdyingsoul76]

I am skeptical about the tarot card theory. Even if he actually had them. If the detail about drawing cards to get dibs on the bunk is true and Cliff drew the Ace of Spades, that is very creepy, that he drew the death card.

[@cynhanrahan4012]

Tarot cards with blood that dated back to the Salem witch trials? I have never heard anything more ludicrous in my entire time as a witch, like 50 years. The cards would have disintegrated long ago, and even been eaten by bugs because of the blood. Plus there were no real witches at Salem, unless you count Tituba who confessed, but being an enslaved black woman, she was probably forced into that confession. And she lived to be sold by her owner. So y'all need to at least consult some real witches before making statements that are impossible to have happened, and actually can cause harm to our still maligned community. Take this back into post and cut out that last bit and we won't turn you into a newt.

[@user-fu2mi1nd5l]

Are you a good witch like Stevie?

[@Sith_dude]

Are you going to turn them into Newt Gingrichs? Lol

[@jasonrogers7318]

R.I.P cliff. Cheers 🎉

[@LLtigers]

Coolest thing i seen today , at 1:35 into the video, a Randy Rhoads polkadot flying V behind James.

[@bencolwell2260]

Na, I remember the newpaper report.. The bus got hit with a rockslide and cliff got crushed when a bolder smashed his bunk.. NOW internet has YOUR version of the story.. EVEN though the photo YOU showed of the bus CLEARLY DIDN'T " roll over multiple times"

[@chuckz2934]

Great ending 😂😂😂

[@alansilverman8500]

Between "Rock" and a hard place...

[@Jeff-mm1en]

Ok so im gonna go ahead and say this. I use to have premonitions about different things that i was surprised by when they actually came true some time later. Months or years or more about different People and situations i saw that they could possibly go through. But possibly could avoid by strickly guarding the situation at Pinnacles of troubling times. With more effort from ourselves for safety through weaknesses at weakened or careless times. In trusting a situation too much without taking the lead in the situation and guarding against the trouble or weakness in it. Or making a change to a better thing while and when kan. The Metallica Bus crash was one of those premonitions for some reason that i periodically kept hearing, the Avenge 7 fold drummer was another. I wasn't really a Metallica fan but one of my little brothers was and i was impressed with the early guitar Duo playing between Mustaine and Hetfield. I thought it was headed in a really exciting and solid kreative enjoyable way between two Kreative guitar players, like Pete Willis in early Def Leppard songs but better with two. So i paid some attention to them and kept having a premonition about them and a Bus crash, and knowing they needed to change the driver and make sure they had a solid driver situation and balance with others against natural fatigue on the road. So there was something going on with the Spirits in the sky as to why i was getting this read of premonition about them. I have since learned more about the Spirits in the sky and the more negative than positive and more positive than negative ones. It was most possibly that the more negative spirits were looking for ways to Attack and kill Metallica at that time. And were attacking the bus driver frequently and seeking to cause that Crash and others at different times. I was feeling that one of them was targeted more so than the other ones but wanted to kill the whole band. From what i heard about the total situation of that time, it must have been Burton that was initially targeted the most.

[@cadavera666]

I was at monsters of Rock in 1988 at the LA coliseum during the riot. It was unbelievably out of control and I do not like being around a lot of people. I remember a huge container of ketchup flying past us and splattering all over me all over my back all in my hair so my hair was all crunchy after it dried and a big container you know like those big 32 oz refillable jugs that you get at like Smart & final for picnics and stuff? Those sizes of mustard flu past us and hip my ex and a couple of my friends so we had mustard and ketchup all over us and that was at the beginning cuz Metallica played early it was still light outside. I was as sticky sunburn mess and then we get to our car and find that it was broken into at the end of the night and my purse was stolen. My ex's leather jacket was still sitting there but my freaking purse with my ID and everything in it was stolen. I was 17 years old then and goth AF but I worked for ticketron and I knew this was going to be a show that was going to make headlines so I pulled 10 tickets out cuz that was the max I could buy when they went on sale and got tickets about I want to say 14 rows back but don't quote me on that I'll have to look at my ticket stub which I still have. Cuz I want to see if in the right video if someone does something with it and makes it not so grainy and you can make out the people I want to see if you can see me in the crowd because I bet you can cuz I'm not far back. But yeah that's my claim to fame right there. Freaking catch up all over me sunburned with ketchup and then my purse stolen but it was a great show and let me tell you, the scorpions freaking ruled that show. They kicked ass just like ministry killed it at Lollapalooza when the Red Hot chili peppers headlined. Administrate took the show by the way just like the scorpions did it monsters Rock in my personal opinion. Scorpions kick ass and they sounded amazing live.

[@purplebutterfly7257]

Really Tarot cards covered in blood that sounds so utterly ridiculous. 🙄

[@cosmicraysshotsintothelight]

Yes, with the only possibility for a user being one of the witches, because the accusers didn't use them. I do not recall a lot of Tarot use being mentioned with the Salem thing. Maybe it was chicken blood, or F D & C Red Dye #3.

[@anneh6316]

Funny I was throwing the cards while watching this- then they say that at the end.

[@apurugganan]

@@anneh6316 Whatever you do, mate, don't take the bus.

[@anneh6316]

@@apurugganan 👍👍

[@freddiekirschman4933]

And just like every crazy conspiracy theory the past 5 years, they’ve all turned out to be true

[@theinsane7255]

What makes this story crazier is that if the band members of Metallica stuck to their seats then Kirk Hammett would've died

[@Tempashot]

If the bus driver’s parents had chose not to have kids… then none of them would have died.🤷‍♂️

[@gypo_gault]

Does anyone on the planet like Lars

[@Thetenmaumau]

I would rather have Mustaine than Lars in the band.

[@marktoken6052]

His folks

[@Karl-FriedrichWild-md4jr]

Lars was always nice to the fans as far as I can say. Met him at least 4 times.

[@travisjohnson622]

NOE

[@bricknmotor]

I do because I'm smart enough to know how much he means to the longevity of Metallica!! Gotta be dumb not to know this!

[@mikec573]

I'm sorry but and justice for all was not 1st album Jason Newsted played on. He was on the 5.98 EP

[@MetaITurtle]

I wish Justice album sounded like Garabage Inc. The bass was better loud like that

[@marktoken6052]

Jason was awesome but treated like shit. No offense to Rob Trujillo but Newstead was deserving of a million dollars from the band instead.

[@bricknmotor]

​@@marktoken6052pretty sure he made way more then that in all them years there. Just off black alone! He's on like 8 albums or something ain't he? His net worth is like 50 million and all because he got hired by the greatest band ever!!

[@Fowl.Hooked.Fishing]

Not an Album. It’s an EP

[@thebikewatcher9819]

​@@Fowl.Hooked.Fishingcorrect, whereas Justice is an LP

[@fullyasleep8209]

Love this narrator!

[@maureenjacobs3697]

Rock on my favourite narrator and something I did not know about Metallica.

[@johnbaker5698]

Wow, how haven't you heard of Metallica

[@maureenjacobs3697]

@@johnbaker5698 no, I know Metallica, just didn’t know about the bus accident.

[@bricknmotor]

​@@maureenjacobs3697yea how you not know about that till just recently?

[@maureenjacobs3697]

@@bricknmotor no clue.

[@bricknmotor]

@@maureenjacobs3697 good enough for me. Ha

[@SadisticSadistOfficial2]

Mentioned the original lineup without Ron Mcgovny and there was an interview Cliff did where he said he was already planning on leaving Trauma because he was always trying to play more technically and they wanted him just to 00000000

[@aportugal771]

Dude what did U just say at the end of the video??!! Not a damn cliffhanger!! Elaborate!! Elucidate!! Investigate more damn it!! I want to know MORE!!

[@DanielAgado]

Love metallica but metallica has never been the same since Cliffs death so sad metallica are very aware of this situation still in 2024

[@michaelking42]

Great documentary, thank you.

[@Jason-qx6sz]

Dave stayed true to his roots! Just like the greatest metal band of all times! ANTHRAX!!!!

[@bricknmotor]

I live 2 hours from Rochester NY and saw my first concert in that city when i was 16 at the war memorial. Cinderella opening up for acdc. I like Cinderella but they got booed off stage. I didnt get that at the time. Still dont actually because youre just cutting your night short. But man when they played for those about to rock. Ill never forget how loud them canons were inside that arena!! Coolest thing ever for a set of 16 yr old ears!!! 😁

[@ScotsGal]

2:21..I always preffered Megadeth to Metallica ...Ulrich has always just struck me as a slimey little dude ..like he'd sell his own mother to get ahead 6:04...Hetfield has said in many interviews that they had to fire Mustaine in this way ..the alternative was a fully awake unpredictable Mustaine and he'd have done god knows what to them

[@raymckigney2118]

Mustaine for Hammett is the real tragedy. KH got zero rizz.

[@weareparkerful]

Kirk stole all of Dave’s cliff notes for his solos

[@rossdevin9799]

Metallica will always be the greatest heavy metal band of all time, fuck all the bullshit that people tried to tie them to. Their music speaks for itself. Long live the Metal Militia.

[@annareismith6843]

I downloaded their music, but I already had all their albums and still bot them all and only wish to have on my PC easier to listen to. I did not like being made to feel wrong after all the money I put into their band, and felt betrayed. I did not buy any of their albums after that.

[@scottshuler4324]

Cliff cut himself on the devils card sealing his fate !!!! The band soon found out you don't dabble in witch-craft & not pay the consequences !!!!!! Hatfield indeed partaked into the dark side ...think younger ....( you know what I mean)

[@GereBrewstein]

about of 6:10 when you claim how soon it was time for tragedy, because chronologically thinking, hammet joined metallica in 83 since he played already on the first album. then ride the lightning 84 and then master of puppets 86, which was the year and tour the tragedy occurred. but of course, it was soon, too soon.

[@johnmclaughlin5660]

No need to use there music to torture prisoners, jst listen to Lars talking!

[@marktoken6052]

😂

[@bricknmotor]

Or your comments! 🤣

[@livc1981]

😂😂😂😂 Thanks for all the band info

[@realtriple7allday]

Tarot cards covered in human blood that dated to the Salem Witch trials...............hahahahahahahaha. Anyone ever look into the "stars on the belt of the hunter", and who the hunter actually symbolizes!!! Orion is such a badass instrumental

[@bricknmotor]

Lady gaga doing moth into the flame with Metallica is epic!!!

[@bdawg2513]

Says Metallica was furious about Napster.... no no... it was Lars. Lars was furious.

[@richardbelew6812]

Soooo WHOSE version of this story are we hearing? Cause the leadup to his death are waaay wrong

[@user-kg4ye9zg4t]

Great to know their best mates

[@Ricothunder]

18:39 for people who only wanted to know the thumb nail

[@weareparkerful]

I think cliff was depressed (Under the bus)

[@TheBLGL]

Gotta love how it skips all the good albums with Cliff to talk about the black album 🤮.

[@catherinegearhart2102]

Isn’t it amazing that, in this time of scientific progress, people still blame inanimate objects for tragedies!?

[@tomperkins5657]

Very well compiled and produced!

[@bigjermboktown6976]

This video was a joke. This s*** ain't anything people didn't already know.

[@bricknmotor]

Good thing you weren't forced to watch it then!

[@JamesVandevanter]

RIP Cliff. This is choke bait.

[@colbyclayton8052]

At what minute/second is the chilling discovery?

[@juanramirez-wk8ty]

Nice video but that transition from Kirk Hammett replacing the ousted Dave Mustaine to Cliff's untimely demise was a pretty quick gloss over of the making of the band's first three albums, probably the best creative period they ever had.

[@lifeofgaming6112]

Imagine being the guy who rejected metallica in 83.

[@bricknmotor]

I'm closing my eyes rn!!!! 😂

[@DickGozinya-zl2bd]

What "controversial past" did Metallica ever have??? I know they had to fight a lawsuit (that they won) because some grifters tried to falsely claim the song "no remorse" was about exterminating Black people but, in Metallica's early days they were just a bunch a happy partying drunks.... No Remorse is one of my all-time favorite Metallica songs & there's absolutely NOTHING racist about it.

[@bricknmotor]

Well Lars left behind a very promising tennis career. That was a tragedy in itself!! 😆

[@bricknmotor]

They all forgot their combs on the same day. Ha

[@garytaylor-ty6xt]

18:40 the black ice bus crash story.

[@rncine]

Love Metallica but Lars is one mean dude. He took 12 yr olds to court during the Napster Witch trials.

[@johnbaker5698]

Dumb ass Napster an anything like it ruined the music disness..an anyone in a band knows this.Lar's had the balls to speak out...

[@user-mv9tt4st9k]

Napster allowed kids to afford music. Unfortunately, the music available on Napster was uploaded without permission. Artists and labels want their royalty payments. It was that simple. 'Annoying, yet simple. Metallica took down Napster, and it bears remembering that anyone with a sense of ethics could see Napster's end coming. Had it not been Metallica, it might have been another artist.

[@bricknmotor]

​@@user-mv9tt4st9kit wasn't uploaded. People just installed all their songs onto their computers and then by way of napter they were able to share them by people all across the lands downloading them onto their computers. No one was selling any copyrighted material.

[@weareparkerful]

Lars threw cliff under the bus like he did to Jason

[@madcarpkirb6238]

No mention of Ron? Although I did see his name in the demo credits shot.....

[@marktoken6052]

Ron who...😂 (McGovney, JK)

[@mfi8412]

Change the caption of this video please as it is deceiving

[@workinprogress4870]

AJFA was a tribute to Cliff not hazing for Jason. No Cliff so the band decided without him then no bass on the album. For obvious reasons Jason wasn’t involved in that decision so took it as childish hazing but that isn’t the case.

[@bricknmotor]

I got plenty of tunes off napster before it got shut down. Sucks i dont still have all them cds i burned back then. 😁

[@MrJeffcoley1]

Forcing anyone to listen to overplayed Metallica songs like Enter Sandman is worse than water boarding

[@ElansaryM]

What's the track started playing at 16:35? Thank you!

[@ElansaryM]

@factinate

[@ThatPatriot]

Cliff Em’ All 🤘🏼

[@ghostface9171]

Well, it was a chilly night

[@berenc7619]

The Era of big hair bands

[@PamelaThrasher]

Lars said in an interview, they all drew straws, but Burton picked the longest one, for that bunk. I know it's usually the shortest straw pulled , ( like their song about it) but these sell out ritual magicians, all use opposites. I've believed Cliff was a sacrifice since it happened, cuz after Puppets, they were mainstream and commercial af!

[@PamelaThrasher]

Furthermore, the Grammy loss was a Humiliation Initiation Ritual. I've seen Metallica twice, once right after Cliff passed, then on Justice....I was their biggest fan, and wished they never sold out...look up Hetfield, talking about his All Seeing Eye tattoo, at Guitar Center...he admits he's alllll in

[@Voiceinthewoods]

@@PamelaThrasher yes sacrificed.glad i'm not the only one.pisses me off seeing some band that are christian metal sold out as well.i quit listening.still listen to metallica and other bands not so much now anymore more.

[@PamelaThrasher]

Thanks for the reply man...if you have the eyes to see, you'll be shown...keep the faith ❤

[@Thetenmaumau]

That makes sence with James saying he did rly dark stuff, unless hes talking about "forced bedroom activities" on fans while on tour.

[@PamelaThrasher]

Yes, plus notice how Hetfield has increased anxiety on stage, and has had to endure years of therapy? He knows his time here is short, and he will have to pay pennance soon. The older he gets, the heavier the weight to bear...

[@rkr7372]

I thought this was supposed to be about Cliff not lawsuits!! In that case, I’m 60 years old & love the band even w/drama queen Lars average drumming.

[@stevenfunderburg1623]

How come some Scottish people have completely intelligible accents (like this videos narrator and the members of Alestorm) but others (like Andy, host of "That UFO Podcast") require close and occasionally repeat listening to mentally transcribe for my perfectly neutral (yes, it's objectively neutral, regardless of how it sounds to you personally, as made clear in a video by Thoughty 2) American accent? What's going on there?

[@almighty_c_lo4359]

15:08 😂😂😂 that’s hell

[@darkkrenaissance42]

Where is the secret part?

[@jasonlemere1683]

I loved Cliff. I miss Cliff.

[@TheRealCeeJai]

Go to 18:30 for the clickbait part you actually clicked on this for. You're welcome.

[@RotluangaTlau]

Life is a journey and the only people who know what Life is actually like are those prople who went through the painful reality journey of Life as they were suppose to which is why two of my Guitar Song are called All the Goid Matured Adults and All the Goid Non Politicians cause they are the Real People who actually know what Life Really is😮😊😊😊

[@13MWM13]

Great last statement of the video. I’m still laughing. 😂

[@Factinate]

Glad you enjoyed

[@TheBraddles82]

Ron Mcgovney? No?

[@amuroray4171]

Dave had a job ... yeah selling drugs😂😂😂😂

This is all bullshit. Although I have no proof, this is my hypothesis: Metallica's first three albums were magnificent, powerful, true thrash metal. When Cliff died, they tried to continue with thrash, but I believe they were aware that deep down, they were children of LA. ...And Justice for All is an album that tested that bifurcation between being a glam thrash metal band and a true thrash band. Without Cliff, they knew they didn't have the genius to continue down that path, so they had to decide whether to make real metal or ballads for teenagers. In the end, they opted for the Black Album, which is very good, a great album, but honestly, it could have been composed by Guns N' Roses, Alice in Chains, or Pearl Jam. The Metallica of Kill 'Em All ended, and after the Metallica album, they became a rather boring band. However, thanks to the god of Metal, they left three unforgettable thrash metal albums, incomparable, far superior even to Slayer: Kill 'Em All, Ride the Lightning, and Master of Puppets. Just for those three albums, Metallica deserves to be in the Rock Olympus, but frankly, they owe it to Cliff. I mean, they went to San Francisco; the first producer of their music wasn't from LA or NY, but from San Francisco. And they owe all of that to Cliff.

[@stathia_talp.4804]

No truth at all .

[@dethangel88]

Secretly Tragic? Everybody knows about this... This channel is more secretly Tragic than the bus incident.

[@DickGozinya-zl2bd]

Metallica never sold out while Cliff was alive. They didn't do that until the black album. No one ever would have heard of Metallica if it wasn't for fans sharing their music.

[@Thetenmaumau]

Ppl called them Sellouts in RtL album with the fade to black song, Cliff literally just says that in the first 3 seconds of this vid, so what u on about?

[@DickGozinya-zl2bd]

@@Thetenmaumau A handful of people called them sellouts on RtL. They actually DID sell out with the Black album & beyond. RtL is actually a Thrash Masterpiece.

[@Thetenmaumau]

@@DickGozinya-zl2bd a handfull ??? ahahaha dude ive lived it, thousands called radio stations about it every time that song played, it got so bad that media asked that question so much it left them that pissed off. The bay area hardcore fans called them pousers for now having a powerballad.

[@DickGozinya-zl2bd]

@@Thetenmaumau "The Bay Area hardcore fans" which consisted of what, 5 thousand fans at the most? & radio stations barely knew Metallica existed when RtL came out. There was only ONE other kid (besides me) who liked Metallica in my entire high school when RtL came out. I doubt Metallica had 50,000 fans nationwide when RtL was released. RtL GAINED Metallica a lot of fans for sure & MoP turned them into Superstars. It really doesn't matter what the "Bay area hardcore fans" said about RtL. The FACT is that Metallica didn't sell out until the Black Album.

[@Thetenmaumau]

@@DickGozinya-zl2bd no point talking to you, you werent there and i bet not even old for that mater