Cliff 'Em All is a compilation of video footage by the American heavy metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band Metallica

Metallica

Metallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1981 when James Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich had posted in a local newspaper. The current line-up features long-time lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo ...

. It was released in 1987 as a tribute to Metallica's bassist Cliff Burton

Cliff Burton

Clifford Lee "Cliff" Burton was an American musician, best known as the bass guitarist for the American heavy metal band Metallica....

, who was killed in a tour bus accident on September 27, 1986, at the age of 24, near Ljungby

Ljungby Municipality

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, Sweden

Sweden

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 during the European leg of their Damage, Inc. Tour

Damage, Inc. Tour

Damage, Inc. was the third concert tour by the American thrash metal band Metallica. It began on March 27, 1986 and ended on February 13, 1987. The name of the tour is inspired by the last song on the group's third studio album, Master of Puppets. Metallica supported Ozzy Osbourne in the shows from...

. Its title is derived from Metallica's debut album, Kill 'Em All

Kill 'Em All

Kill 'Em All is the debut studio album by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released on July 25, 1983. Since its release, it has been certified 3x platinum by the RIAA, having sold over 3 million copies in the United States alone.-Music:...

. The homevideo contains also a performance with former guitarist Dave Mustaine

Dave Mustaine

David Scott "Dave" Mustaine is the founder, main songwriter, guitarist, and lead vocalist for the American heavy metal band Megadeth. Prior to Megadeth, Mustaine was the first lead guitarist and a co-songwriter of the heavy metal band Metallica until he was fired from the band in 1983. In 2009, he...

 on March 19, 1983, shortly before his release for heavy drugs and alcohol abuse.

The video is a retrospective on the 3 and a half years that Cliff Burton was in Metallica, presented as a collection of bootleg footage shot by fans, some professional filming and TV shots that were never used and some of his best bass solos, personal photos and live concerts. Photos and narrations by the band (Ulrich

Lars Ulrich

Lars Ulrich is a Danish drummer, and one of the founding members of the American thrash metal band Metallica. He was born in Gentofte, Denmark to an upper-middle class family. A tennis player in his youth, Ulrich moved to Los Angeles, California at age sixteen to pursue his training; though rather...

, Hetfield

James Hetfield

James Alan Hetfield is the rhythm guitarist, co-founder, main songwriter, and lead vocalist for the American heavy metal band Metallica. Hetfield co-founded Metallica in October 1981 after answering a classified advertisement by drummer Lars Ulrich in the Los Angeles newspaper The Recycler,...

 and Hammett

Kirk Hammett

Kirk Lee Hammett is the lead guitarist and a songwriter in the heavy metal band Metallica and has been a member of the band since 1983. Before joining Metallica he formed and named the band Exodus. In 2003, Hammett was ranked 11th on Rolling Stones list of The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time...

 drinking beer) are placed between songs which focus on Burton before fading into a title card of a performance. The video ends with the melodic interlude of "Orion" as pictures of Burton are shown.

With this video, the band tries to show the unique personality and style he had. While ostensibly the film focuses on Burton, it also has given fans a rare glimpse of Metallica's less-documented early career. This contrasts sharply with the 'Metallica business' represented in the feature film Some Kind of Monster

Some Kind of Monster (film)

Some Kind of Monster is a 2004 documentary film featuring the American heavy metal band Metallica. It shares its name with the song "Some Kind of Monster" from Metallica's 2003 album St. Anger....

.

Footage on this release includes:

Detroit, April 4, 1986 - "supporting Ozzy"

Shot from the left of the stage. VG with closeups.

• "Creeping Death
  Creeping Death
  -Covers:* New Jersey Hardcore band Shattered Realm includes a cover of "Creeping Death" on the reissue of their 2002 album "Broken Ties Spoken Lies"* Plays Metallica by Four Cellos by Apocalyptica.* During Ozzfest 2002 by Drowning Pool....
  
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• "Am I Evil?
  Am I Evil?
  The song was made most famous by Metallica's cover of the song, found on the 1988 re-release and the Japanese version of its debut album Kill 'Em All , though the cover was originally released as a b-side to the "Creeping Death" single in 1984, and was later released on Garage Inc. in 1998...
  
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• "Damage, Inc."

Long Island, April 28, 1986 - "still drunk on Ozzy tour"

Shot from ground level above heads, VG with closeups

• "Master of Puppets
  Master of Puppets (song)
  "Master of Puppets" is a song by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It is the title track and was released as the first single from their album of the same name....
  
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The Stone, San Francisco, March 19, 1983 - "Cliff's second gig"

Shot just above ground level, VG with closeups

• "(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth"
• "Whiplash
  Whiplash (song)
  -External links:*...
  
  "

Germany, September 14, 1985 - "Metal Hammer Fest headlining with Venom, Nazareth, beer!"

Professionally shot video

• "The Four Horsemen"
• "Fade to Black
  Fade to Black (song)
  "Fade to Black" is a song by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released as the first promotional single from its second studio album, Ride the Lightning...
  
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• "Seek & Destroy"

Denmark, July 6, 1986 - "Roskilde Festival with Phil Collins

Phil Collins

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, Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton

Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of The Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and...

, Elvis Costello

Elvis Costello

Elvis Costello , born Declan Patrick MacManus, is an English singer-songwriter. He came to prominence as an early participant in London's pub rock scene in the mid-1970s and later became associated with the punk/New Wave genre. Steeped in word play, the vocabulary of Costello's lyrics is broader...

 and Big Country

Big Country

Big Country are a Scottish rock band formed in Dunfermline, Fife in 1981. They were most popular in the early to mid-1980s, but they still release material for a cult following...

"

Shot from ground level, with closeups

• "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
  Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
  "Welcome Home " is a song by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released as the third and final single from their third album, Master of Puppets...
  
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• "(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth"

Oakland, August 31, 1985 - "Day on the Green"

• "Cliff Solo"
• "For Whom the Bell Tolls
  For Whom the Bell Tolls (Metallica song)
  "For Whom the Bell Tolls" is a song by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It was released as the third and final single from their second album, Ride the Lightning....
  
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Chicago, August 12, 1983 - "Supporting Raven on the 'Kill Em All for One' tour"

• "No Remorse"
• "Metal Militia"

External links

• Cliff 'Em All at Metallica's official website
• Cliff 'em All IMDb page