James Hetfield once revealed what Cliff Burton would have made of Metallica's 90s era: "there would have been some resistance"
![I get emotional when I think about Cliff and when we're together we think about Cliff": Memories of Metallica's lost bass titan Cliff Burton from Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield I get emotional when I think about Cliff and when we're together we think about Cliff": Memories of Metallica's lost bass titan Cliff Burton from Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Wrcad6ik5Y8FCUDYD2NXFE.jpg)
I get emotional when I think about Cliff and when we're together we think about Cliff": Memories of Metallica's lost bass titan Cliff Burton from Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield
We do what we wanna do. If people consider that selling out, then… whatever!” Watch Metallica respond to being called sell-outs all the way back in 1986
![Three months after Cliff Burton's death Metallica's James Hetfield told me "You can't give up" - earofnewt.com Three months after Cliff Burton's death Metallica's James Hetfield told me "You can't give up" - earofnewt.com](https://i0.wp.com/earofnewt.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/metallica-band-1986.jpg?ssl=1)
Three months after Cliff Burton's death Metallica's James Hetfield told me "You can't give up" - earofnewt.com
![METALLICA's JAMES HETFIELD And KIRK HAMMETT Remember CLIFF BURTON: 'We Miss Him To This Day' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET METALLICA's JAMES HETFIELD And KIRK HAMMETT Remember CLIFF BURTON: 'We Miss Him To This Day' - BLABBERMOUTH.NET](https://assets.blabbermouth.net/media/jameshetfieldkirkhammettkerrangradio2023_638.jpg)