Tricknology

Even in my extreme youth, I recognized that Cliff was the soul of Metallica, and perhaps even the shepherd of reality for the entire wave of independent American metal during the early 80′s. I’m not sure if it was his musicianship, the depth of his instrumental compositions, or what he said during interviews that mattered to me the most. But it was clear that while James was spelling his name with a ‘Z’ and Lars was making funny faces into Halfin’s lens, Cliff was focusing on staying true to the game.

Ken of Metal Fanzine has posted part of a rare audio interview he did with Cliff back on January 31, 1984 in Cortland, New York (after METALLICA’s show at the Riverboat in Rochester, New York).

Check it out here.