40 years ago tonight, Cliff Burton played his final show with Metallica.
It was September 26, 1986, at Solnahallen in Stockholm, Sweden, a stop on the Damage, Inc. tour behind "Master of Puppets." The setlist included his bass showcase "(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth."
Hours later, early on September 27, the band's tour bus crashed near Ljungby, Sweden. Cliff was killed. He was 24.
Forty years on, he is still the bassist so many picked up the instrument for.