Editing Cliff Burton (section)

== Legacy ==
[[File:Memorial stone 2.jpg|thumb|Cliff Burton memorial stone October 15, 2018]]
Many metal bassists have expressed admiration, or have cited Burton as an influence to their playing. These include, [[Adam Duce]], [[Alex Webster]], [[Chi Cheng (musician)|Chi Cheng]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tasteful 'Tones. By Joel McIver : Articles, reviews and interviews from Rock's Backpages |url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/tasteful-tones |access-date=February 18, 2024 |archive-date=June 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629184904/https://rocksbackpages.com/Library/Article/tasteful-tones |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Dick Lövgren]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Casadei |first=Stefano |date=March 2, 2016 |title=Exclusive FBPO interview with Dick Lövgren |url=https://forbassplayersonly.com/dick-lovgren/ |access-date=February 20, 2024 |website=For Bass Players Only |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Avenged Sevenfold|Johnny Christ]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=West |first=Kelly |date=November 3, 2011 |title=Avenged Sevenfold Bassist Johnny Christ Tells Us His Influences [INTERVIEW] |url=https://katsfm.com/avenged-sevenfold-bassist-johnny-christ-interview-on-94-5-kats-audio/ |access-date=February 20, 2024 |website=94.5 KATS |language=en}}</ref> [[Justin Chancellor]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tool's Chancellor Explains How He Gets So Much Clarity in Bass Tone, Names Strings He Uses |url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/tools_chancellor_explains_how_he_gets_so_much_clarity_in_bass_tone_names_strings_he_uses.html |access-date=February 20, 2024 |website=www.ultimate-guitar.com |language=en}}</ref> [[Liam Wilson]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Casadei |first=Stefano |date=April 13, 2020 |title=Liam Wilson talks Dillinger Escape Plan, Azusa bands |url=https://forbassplayersonly.com/liam-wilson/ |access-date=February 20, 2024 |website=For Bass Players Only |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Mike D'Antonio]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Killswitch Engage - Mike D'antonio Bass Gear Rig and Equipment |url=https://www.uberproaudio.com/who-plays-what/225-killswitch-engage-mike-dantonio-bass-gear-rig-and-equipment#:~:text=D'Antonio%20formed%20the%20band,Cro-Mags%20as%20personal%20influences |access-date=February 20, 2024 |website=www.uberproaudio.com}}</ref> [[Martín Méndez]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Kevin |date=August 31, 2021 |title=Martin Mendez: My Top Five Bass Influences |url=https://www.notreble.com/buzz/2021/08/31/martin-mendez-my-top-five-bass-influences/ |access-date=February 20, 2024 |website=No Treble |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Paolo Gregoletto]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Casadei |first=Stefano |date=August 7, 2017 |title=Exclusive For Bass Players Only interview Paolo Gregoletto |url=https://forbassplayersonly.com/paolo-gregoletto/ |access-date=February 20, 2024 |website=For Bass Players Only |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Paul Gray (American musician)|Paul Gray]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 8, 2021 |title=Slipknot: Paul Gray's 10 best songs |url=https://www.kerrang.com/slipknot-paul-grays-10-best-songs/ |access-date=February 20, 2024 |website=Kerrang! |language=en}}</ref> [[Paulo Jr.]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Maragno |first=Karla |year=2009 |title=Entrevista com Paulo Xisto – SEPULTURA |url=http://baixobrasil.blogspot.be/2009/05/entrevista-com-paulo-xisto-sepultura.html |publisher=baixobrasil.com}}</ref> [[Reginald Arvizu]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=McIverpublished |first=Joel |date=February 10, 2020 |title=Korn's Fieldy: "I want it to be an almost percussion-sounding instrument rather than a bass" |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/korns-fieldy-i-want-it-to-be-an-almost-percussion-sounding-instrument-rather-than-a-bass |access-date=February 20, 2024 |website=guitarworld |language=en}}</ref> [[Tony Campos]],<ref>{{cite web |date=April 10, 2012 |title=Previously Unreleased "Golden Gods" Interview With TONY CAMPOS (Soulfly, Prong, ex-Static X)! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUVQvCnNZn0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/HUVQvCnNZn0 |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |access-date=May 3, 2015 |publisher=YouTube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=April 25, 2007 |title=Interview with Tony Campos Bassist for Static-X |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT8gPhXr6q0 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/kT8gPhXr6q0 |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |access-date=May 3, 2015 |publisher=YouTube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and [[Troy Sanders]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Mastodon's Troy Sanders - Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction? | date=January 25, 2017 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogCm_RnAVV8 |access-date=February 20, 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=September 11, 2020 |title=Mastodon's Troy Sanders: "We Went From Crashing On Cat-Littered… |url=https://www.kerrang.com/mastodons-troy-sanders-we-went-from-crashing-on-cat-littered-floors-to-playing-the-biggest-stages-with-all-of-our-heroes/ |access-date=February 20, 2024 |website=Kerrang! |language=en}}</ref> [[Yuke Sampurna]] & [[Erwin Prasetya]]

Metallica wrote a tribute to Burton titled "To Live Is to Die" for ''[[...And Justice for All (album)|...And Justice for All]]''. Burton also received a writing credit for the lyrics in the middle of the song,  as well as the bass lines being a medley of unused recordings Burton had performed prior to his death.<ref>{{cite book|last=McIver|first=Joel|author-link=Joel McIver|title=To Live Is to Die: The Life and Death of Metallica's Cliff Burton|year=2009|publisher=Jawbone Publishing|isbn=978-1-906002-24-4|page=230}}</ref> A non-Metallica tribute to Burton, "[[In My Darkest Hour]]", was created by [[thrash metal]] band [[Megadeth]]. According to [[Dave Mustaine]], after hearing of Burton's death, he sat down and wrote the music for the song in one sitting.<ref>{{cite web|last=Herzog|first=Kenny|title=Setlist - Dave Mustaine|url=https://www.avclub.com/dave-mustaine-1798226690|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=July 18, 2011|access-date=November 6, 2013|archive-date=November 9, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109010157/http://www.avclub.com/articles/dave-mustaine,59091/|url-status=live}}</ref> The lyrics, however, are unrelated to Burton's death. Mustaine was Metallica's lead guitarist in the early days and was a close friend of Burton at the time.<ref name="Mustaine on Burton">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.guitarworld.com/article/dave_mustaine_countdown_to_extinction?page=0,1 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120908073357/http://www.guitarworld.com/article/dave_mustaine_countdown_to_extinction?page=0,1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 8, 2012 |title=Dave Mustaine: Countdown to Extinction |access-date=November 27, 2010 |magazine=Guitar World }}</ref> [[Thrash metal]] band [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] dedicated its album ''[[Among the Living]]'' to him, as did [[Metal Church]] with ''[[The Dark (Metal Church album)|The Dark]]''.{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}}

In 2006, a memorial stone was unveiled in Sweden near the scene of the fatal crash. The lyrics "...cannot the Kingdom of Salvation take me home" from "To Live Is to Die" are written on Burton's memorial stone. On April 4, 2009, Burton was posthumously inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]], with Metallica bandmates [[James Hetfield]], [[Lars Ulrich]], and [[Kirk Hammett]]. Subsequent bassists [[Jason Newsted]] and [[Robert Trujillo]] were inducted as well. During the ceremony, the induction was accepted by his father Ray Burton, who shared the stage with the band and said that Cliff's mother was Metallica's biggest fan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgrSwealWCs&t=960s|title=Metallica - Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Ceremony 2009|website=YouTube |date=September 25, 2011}}</ref>

A biography, ''To Live Is to Die: The Life and Death of Metallica's Cliff Burton'', written by [[Joel McIver]], was published by Jawbone Press in June 2009. Hammett provided the book's [[foreword]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=112537 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120530064914/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=112537 |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 30, 2012 |title=BLABBERMOUTH.NET&nbsp;– METALLICA Guitarist Provides Foreword To First-Ever CLIFF BURTON Biography |publisher=Roadrunnerrecords.com |access-date=December 30, 2009 }}</ref>

On the “Hardwired… to Self Destruct Deluxe" bonus track “Fade to Black (Live at Rasputin Music)" James dedicates the song to Cliff, saying “For Cliff!” and “Can you hear us Cliff?”<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/watch-metallica-perform-live-at-berkeleys-rasputin-music/|title=Watch METALLICA Perform Live At Berkeley's Rasputin Music|last=Blabbermouth|date=April 16, 2016|website=BLABBERMOUTH.NET|access-date=December 25, 2016|archive-date=December 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225081415/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/watch-metallica-perform-live-at-berkeleys-rasputin-music/|url-status=live}}</ref>

A 2011 reader poll from ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' placed Burton as the ninth greatest bassist of all time.<ref name=TopBassists/>

In 2017, it was revealed that Burton's parents had been donating his posthumous royalty payments to a scholarship fund for music students at his alma mater Castro Valley High School.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wmmr.com/2017/08/11/cliff-burtons-father-donates-metallica-royalties-music-scholarships-2/|title=Cliff Burton's Father Donates Metallica Royalties To Music Scholarships|date=August 11, 2017|access-date=June 20, 2019|archive-date=June 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620095623/https://wmmr.com/2017/08/11/cliff-burtons-father-donates-metallica-royalties-music-scholarships-2/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, the [[Alameda County, California]], [[Alameda County Board of Supervisors|Board of Supervisors]] issued a proclamation declaring February 10, 2018, which would have been Burton's 56th birthday, as "Cliff Burton Day" after a fan petition successfully passed.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/02/alameda-county-california-has-declares-february-10th-as-cliff-burton-day-in-honor-of-the-late-metallica-bassist/|title=Alameda County, California declares February 10th as "Cliff Burton Day" in honor of the late Metallica bassist|last=Young|first=Alex|date=February 6, 2018|access-date=February 7, 2018|magazine=[[Consequence of Sound]]|archive-date=February 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180207072123/https://consequenceofsound.net/2018/02/alameda-county-california-has-declares-february-10th-as-cliff-burton-day-in-honor-of-the-late-metallica-bassist/|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''[[S&M2]]'' concert in 2019 featured [[San Francisco Symphony]] bassist Scott Pingel paying tribute to Burton by playing his signature bass solo, "Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth)", using an electric double bass with pedal effects.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/san-francisco-symphony-bassist-on-show-stopping-tribute-to-metallicas-cliff-burton-891589/|magazine=Rolling Stone|title=San Francisco Symphony Bassist on Show-Stopping Tribute to Metallica's Cliff Burton|date=September 27, 2019|access-date=September 26, 2020|author=Grow, Kory|archive-date=September 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927004244/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/san-francisco-symphony-bassist-on-show-stopping-tribute-to-metallicas-cliff-burton-891589/|url-status=live}}</ref>