To Live Is To Die

The Life & Death Of Metallica's Cliff Burton

Joel McIver, Kirk Hammett, Kirk Hammett , Frank Bello

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Jawbone
01 September 2023

Heavy Metal music; Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups; Biography: arts & entertainment

Today, Metallica are known as consummate musicians, but it wasn’t always that way. Their early career is marked by a gradual evolution from garage thrash to sophisticated, progressive heights – an evolution driven by their bass player, Cliff Burton, who pushed the band to new heights with his songwriting ability and phenomenal bass skills across the band’s first three albums, including their undisputed masterpiece, Master Of Puppets.

Cliff’s life was short but influential; his death at the age of 24 in a tour bus crash on a Swedish mountain road was sudden and shocking. Following his passing, Metallica went on to huge global success, but by their own admission they never pushed the creative envelope as radically as they had done during the first four years of their career.

The cult of Burton grows year on year, and so too the list of bassists acknowledging his influence in metal and beyond. Published to coincide with the 40th anniversary of Metallica’s debut album, Kill ’Em All, this revised and updated edition of To Live Is To Die Testament bass master Steve Di Giorgio, who shares his memories of meeting Burton as a teenager and then watching on from close quarters as Metallica began to take off.

‘One of the best biographies you’ll ever read.’– Robb Flynn, Machine Head

By: Joel McIver
Afterword by: Frank Bello
Foreword by: Kirk Hammett, Kirk Hammett
Imprint: Jawbone
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 3rd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 215mm, Width: 150mm,
ISBN: 9781911036999
ISBN 10: 1911036998
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 01 September 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Joel McIver is the author of 35 books on music. As well as writing biographies of leading figures in rock and metal, he has co-written the memoirs of a number of musicians, including members of Megadeth, Deep Purple, Soulfly, the Spiders From Mars, and the Sex Pistols. He contributes regularly to magazines and newspapers such as Classic Rock, Metal Hammer, the Guardian, and the Daily Telegraph.