Par Cliffovih izjava za vreme Puppets turneje.
Cliff told Jorgen Holmsted of Sweden`s OK! magazine that he thought Metallica would become more 'mellow and melodic' as the time went by. 'We don't care about that right now'.
Cliff Burton’s big idol was Johann Sebastian Bach. He actually, listened very little to trash metal.
- it’s a big difference of what we do and what we listen to, he explained.
I listen to stuff that has nothing at all to do with hard rock, like R.E.M. have you heard them?
I also like Peter Gabriel, Roxy music and the older hard rock, you know, Thin Lizzy, Blue öyster Cult, Rush and Black Sabbath and also punk like the Misfits.
During his last interview, Cliff Burton foresaw Metallica’s future like a more controlled hard rock-band with lower tempo and softer appearance.
- Sometimes when I listen to softer music than what we do, I feel like writing songs like that.
Right now though, there’s no time for that.
But one day I’ll think it will happen.
We would like to work with 'some big - name producer', something we actually considerd for MOP.
'If we get our wish, we'll probably record in Southern California, probably Los Angeles
He had not like enduring 'the worse winter' of their months at Sweet Silence in Denmark, complaining that there had been `no energy`.
Next time, it would be cool to do it where it`s light and there is plenty of sun.
In this business you can never expect anything. It’s not about becoming a star over night exactly. I’m surprised we’ve gotten this far without being played on the radio. We have shown that there’s a hope for our kind of music.
- Do you think it will continue growing?
- Well, I am not sure, everything changes. New trends come and leave before you even notice. You have to keep pushing, trying to be original, fresh and different.
But there are always some bands that hold tight to the old stuf.