Metallica paid tribute to Ray Burton who passed away last week at the age of 94. He was the father of the band's late bassist Cliff Burton.
On the band’s website, they posted this: “It is with incredible sorrow that we said farewell to Cliff’s dad Ray Burton last week. For 38 years, we were lucky enough to have the energy, wisdom and light of Ray in our lives. His eternal youth with his drive, positivity and relentless smile were both incredibly powerful and stirringly honest. From coast to coast and overseas too, Ray’s beaming face would regularly greet us, offering warmth and anchor to our travels, and when it came to the entire Metallica family, band, crew and fans, he viewed us all as his own.”
Roy Burton’s son, Cliff, joined Metallica in 1982 and performed on the band's first three studio albums. His life was tragically cut short at the age of 24 in a tour bus crash on September 27, 1986 in Sweden.