Metallica are the cover stars of the new issue of Classic Rock magazine. Alongside everything you could possibly need to know about the San Franciscan metal titans' forthcoming 72 Seasons album, the expansive cover story sees guitarist Kirk Hammett share warm memories of his former room-mate and bandmate, the late Cliff Burton.
Recruited from Exodus after Metallica fired lead guitarist Dave Mustaine ahead of the recording of their debut album, Kill 'Em All, Hammett flew to New York while Mustaine was en route back to California on a Greyhound bus, and found himself sharing floor space in The Music Building in Queens beside Burton, who Hammett first saw performing at the International Cafe in Berkeley, California alongside future Faith No More guitarist Jim Martin in Bay Area covers band EZ Street.
