the act in are , but it wasn’t that way。 Their early is by a from to , an by their bass , Cliff 。 the band to new with his ,,and bass three : Kill ‘Em All (1983)live free or die hard,Ride The (1985) and ‘slive free or die hard, Of (1986)。
He was the first heavy metal since Black ‘s to the bass as a lead ,live solos based on and even down a solo track on ‘s debut album。Cliff’s life was short but ; his death was and 。 At the age of just 24optimus live, he was when ‘s tour bus on a road in the early hours of 27 1986, to death after being from his bunk a 。
The , who has never been , told the rest of the band that the bus had hit black ice, to the ; James to him and has often about his 。With Cliff’s death,’s most of ended。 They went on tolive free or die hardlive free or die hard|To Live Is to Die: The Life and Death ,but by their own never the as as they had done in the first four years of their 。 In 2006live free or die hard, a group of fans a to Cliff at the site of his death; the cult of grows year on year, with of many (even heavy metal) his 。
This and , to mark the 30th of ‘s sad , adds a new of Cliff’s on a new of rock and metal bass ,with from the cream of the bass scenemiss world 2022 live stream, plus a look at his bass gear and ‘s , which the era more than ever 。
