re: What would Metallica be like if Cliff Burton had never died?

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Tell that to Slayer

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But they were always niche' band. Never gonna be massive like Metallica. Cool but never massive. Don't get me wrong. its not like they were playing pool halls or anything but because they were SO heavy they weren't going to get Metallica big. Whether that is good or bad is another thread in itself.

Another band and another genre and time but, what if Andy Wood had never died? No Pearl Jam? Eddie Vedder is still a security guard, or that old dude in a cover bar-band? He dies and you have a guy move to Seattle with a bunch of motivated guys who are able to now hold it together for 20 plus years. Metallica is pushing up on 30.

Had Burton died in 1994 after 10 years together and huge success they would have probably went the way of Led Zepplin and said screw it and broke up. Mother Love Bone would not have had the legs to sustain 20+years? IMO.