To Live Is to Die: The Life and Death of Metallica's Cliff Burton

by Joel McIver

Book Overview

(Book). Metallica, the seventh-biggest recording act in American history, are consummate musicians but it wasn't always that way. A significant proportion of their playing expertise was acquired from a pivotal three-year period in their history 1983 to 1986 during which their music, a potent variant of thrash metal, evolved from garage-level to sophisticated, progressive heights thanks to the teachings of their bass player, Cliff Burton. The San Francisco-raised...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 190600224X
• ISBN13: 9781906002244
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Jawbone Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.3"