Didn’t Cliff state he liked REM? Besides, he looked like a asshat. I saw the early 90 shows with Newsted and the dude was a headbanger on stage.
Burton had different musical tastes than the rest of the band for sure. I think he got them into BOC and Skynyrd. I always thought he was the cool. He head banged like a maniac. He looked like cousin It on meth.
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