Cliff Burton

We remember Cliff Burton with our picks for the Top 10 songs from his time in Metallica.

Yesterday (Sept. 27) marked the 26th anniversary of Metallica bassist Cliff Burton's shocking death, prompting an outpouring of memories from fans -- as well as a tribute from his surviving bandmates.

26 years ago today, the music world lost one of, if not the greatest metal bassist of all time, Cliff Burton.  On September 27th, 1986, Burton lost his life when Metallica's tour bus over-turned in Sweden.  He was 24 years old. Burton played on the Metallica albums Kill 'Em All, Ride The Lightning and Master Of Puppets, which was recently voted the greatest heavy metal album of all time by readers