The father of legendary Metallica bassist Cliff Burton has been keeping his son’s name alive through charity in his home town.
In a new interview, Ray Burton tells the podcast Alphabetallica that he’s been putting Cliff’s Metallica royalties to a scholarship program for kids at Castro Valley High School, where Cliff went as a youth.
We recently published a list of the highest-selling hard rock and metal albums of 2016.
Incredibly, all three Metallica albums Cliff played on made the Top 25.
Master of Puppets sold a massive 163,000 copies in 2016, while Ride the Lightning came in close behind with 153,000 albums sold.
This is completely unprecedented in the metal world, allowing the members of Metallica to collect huge amounts of royalties decades later.
At 92 years of age, Ray Burton isn’t slowing down, having attended multiple stops of Metallica’s current WorldWired tour:. »
