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Date	Process	Result
June 13, 2007	Good article nominee	Not listed
December 10, 2007	Good article nominee	Listed
November 17, 2023	Good article reassessment	Delisted

Current status: Delisted good article

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"recently published interview"[edit]

What is the

recently published interview that claims to have been conducted with Cliff Burton hours before his death

you are talking about ? May I have a link ?

Since no link or proof was provided for that article, I removed it. - Keith

Added the song "Enter Sandman" to the song list that Cliff Burton contributed to. Many people do not know that he put his ideas in this song since it was put on album in 1991, but it says on the CD,(Metallica AKA The Black Album) that he did infact contribute to the musical process.

Clifford Lee Burton was the greatest bass player, ever. His creativity gave Metallica their leading edge when it comes to Metal. Don't believe me... Listen to Kill 'em All, Ride The Lightning, and Master of Puppets, listen to the detail in the songs, now listen to ...And Justice for All (good album, but not as good as their first three... NOTE: They also used some riffs Cliff wrote), Load/Reload, Garage Inc, St. Anger, the list goes on. The solos from their first three albums are, well the best in Metal, or at least thrash metal. Although Cliff did not play the electric guitar, he did help write up some riffs for his former band member, Kirk Hammett. It is very obvious that he had a major impact on the greatness of Metallica. If it wasn't for Cliff, I don't think Metallica would have been as big as they were back in the 80's. *RIP* Cliff

                                                                            -Nick

Bass Influences[edit]

I think that a possible influence on Burton is being overlooked, Black Sabbath's Geezer Butler.

In an interview Cliff specifically stated Steve Harris was not an influence, and also states: "Geddy Lee, Geezer Butler, uh, Stanley Clark...Uh, Jimi Hendrix and Ulrich Roth, Shankar to a little degree, Maybe Tony Iommi...also had an influence."

The page can be found here (good reading): [1]

So I'm taking off Steve Harris

His effects[edit]

http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo3/666Demo666/Cliff.jpg - I recognize those two pedals anywhere, the green is an old Ibanez Tubescreamer and the blue is an old 80s Boss CS-2 Compresser, the Big Muff was controlled by a sound director.

Jewish heritage[edit]

Wasn't Burton of Jewish heritage? 173.88.246.138 (talk) 01:51, 6 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

GA Reassessment[edit]

Cliff Burton[edit]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Result: Violates GA criterion 2. ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) 13:25, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

This 2007 listing has one citation needed tag and relies on a few self-published/primary/questionable sources, which would fail criteria 2 of the GACR. Spinixster (chat!) 08:05, 23 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Since someone has asked, I would like to showcase a few questionable sources here.

Reference 3 (rockcelebrities.net), unsure of reliability
Reference 17 (capital.net)
Reference 25 (cliffinourminds.com), seems to be a fan project; it says that it's affiliated with "Metallica Club Scandanavia", also [2]

These references are used in critical parts of the article, and along with the unsourced statements, I think this fails criteria 2 of the GACR. Spinixster (chat!) 01:15, 6 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.