Metallica’s Kirk Hammett says he still wonders what the band might sound like if original bassist Cliff Burton hadn’t died.
In an interview with YouTuber Rick Beato, Hammett said he feels the band had finally “coalesced” before recording Master Of Puppets, Burton’s final album before his death in 1986.
Hammett says “It just makes me wonder what…And Justice For All would’ve been like with Cliff. That’s a thought that I still contemplate.”
Reflecting on his time with Burton, Hammett explained, “But Master Of Puppets, for me, it’s a very sentimental album. We knew we were on to something and we knew it was provocative and we knew that it might not be accepted by anyone, but we were fully, a thousand percent committed to it — every single note. And we had to be, really — we had to be. And I think it shows. When I revisit it now, I get flooded by a bunch of memories.”
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