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Cliff Burton

real name Clifford Lee Burton

Castro Valley, United States

Cliff Burton is credited on 1,006 releases across 201 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1982–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,006

Credits

201

Albums

5

Decades active

1,744

In collections

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Born on the 10th of February in 1962 Castro Valley, California. Former bass player of Metallica. On the 27th of September in 1986, he died in a tour bus accident in Sweden.

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Credited work

1,006 releases · 201 albums · active 1982–2026

  • Performance · 1,849
  • Other credits · 87

Studios: Music America Studios, Rochester · Sweet Silence Studios · Kabuki Theatre · Tushino Airfield

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